Gold Plated Carbon Nanotube Bundle Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Applications

Author

Kuan-Ting Lin ; Yu-Jen Chen ; Jian-Yu Hsieh ; Shuo-Hung Chang ; Ying-Jay Yang ; Jung-Tang Huang ; Shey-Shi Lu

Author_Institution

Grad. Inst. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

35

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

Mar-14

Firstpage

378

Lastpage

380

Abstract

A gold plated carbon nanotube (CNT) bundle antenna, which is integrated with a voltage control oscillator (VCO) is reported. Gold plating reduces ohmic loss and improves radiation efficiency of the CNT antenna. Reflection measurements of the antenna show a return loss of 12 dB at 67 GHz and -6 dB impedance bandwidth at 53-87.5 GHz, 140-168 GHz, and 207-220 GHz, respectively. The VCO implemented in 65-nm CMOS technology is designed to be integrated with the antenna for the measurement of antenna gain. The measurement result of the antenna gain is -9.7 dBi at 50.7 GHz. These experimental results demonstrate that the proposed antenna is very promising for millimeter-wave applications.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; carbon nanotubes; electromagnetic wave reflection; gain measurement; gold; millimetre wave antennas; voltage-controlled oscillators; Au; CMOS technology; CNT antenna; VCO; antenna gain; bandwidth 140 GHz to 168 GHz; bandwidth 207 GHz to 220 GHz; bandwidth 53 GHz to 87.5 GHz; frequency 50.7 GHz; frequency 67 GHz; gain measurement; gold plated carbon nanotube bundle antenna; loss 12 dB; millimeter wave applications; ohmic loss; radiation efficiency; reflection measurements; size 65 nm; voltage control oscillator; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Carbon nanotubes; Gain; Gain measurement; Gold; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Antenna; carbon nanotube (CNT); millimeter-wave; voltage control oscillator (VCO);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Device Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0741-3106

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LED.2014.2298236

Filename

6715999