A folded-slot antenna on low resistivity Si substrate with a polyimide interface layer for wireless circuits

Author

Papapolymerou, J. ; Schwartzlow, C. ; Ponchak, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

14-14 Sept. 2001

Firstpage

215

Lastpage

218

Abstract

A novel mm-wave finite ground coplanar (FGC) folded slot antenna on a low-resistivity Si substrate (1 /spl Omega/-cm) with a polyimide interface layer is presented for the first time. The antenna resonates around 30 GHz with a return loss of 14.6 dB. Measured radiation patterns indicate the existence of a main lobe, but its radiation pattern is affected by a strong surface wave mode. This antenna can be part of various low cost wireless communication systems.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; coplanar transmission lines; coplanar waveguide components; electrical resistivity; interface structure; millimetre wave antennas; mobile antennas; mobile radio; polymer films; slot antennas; 1 ohmcm; 14.6 dB; 30 GHz; Si; antenna resonant frequency; folded-slot antenna; low resistivity Si substrate; low-resistivity Si substrate; main lobe radiation pattern; measured radiation patterns; mm-wave finite ground coplanar folded slot antenna; polyimide interface layer; return loss; surface wave mode; wireless circuits; wireless communication systems; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Circuits; Conductivity; Coplanar waveguides; Costs; Polyimides; Silicon; Slot antennas; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Silicon Monolithic Integrated Circuits in RF Systems, 2001. Digest of Papers. 2001 Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7129-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMIC.2001.942368

Filename

942368