Title :
Compact size high gain AoC using rectangular AMC in CMOS for 60 GHz millimeter wave applications
Author :
Barakat, Ayman ; Allam, A. ; Pokharel, Ramesh K. ; Elsadek, Hala ; El-Sayed, M. ; Yoshida, Kenta
Author_Institution :
Egypt-Japan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract :
This paper presents a compact size, high gain triangular Antenna-on-Chip (AoC), designed and fabricated using a 0.18 μm CMOS process and optimized over different cells´ configurations of rectangular artificial magnetic conductor (R-AMC). An AMC acts as a shield plane between the AoC and the lossy CMOS substrate. R-AMC shows better shielding characteristics than previously reported AMCs. Measurement results confirm the wide impedance bandwidth of the AoC.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; magnetic shielding; millimetre wave antennas; AoC; CMOS substrate; R-AMC; antenna-on-chip; compact size; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter wave applications; rectangular artificial magnetic conductor; shielding characteristics; size 0.18 mum; Antennas; Bandwidth; CMOS integrated circuits; Conductors; Gain; Substrates; Wireless communication; 60 GHz; Antenna-on-Chip (AoC); Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC); CMOS;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (IMS), 2013 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6177-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2013.6697475
