Title :
An integrated traveling-wave slot radiator
Author :
Bowers, Steven M. ; Safaripour, Amirreza ; Hajimiri, Ali
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A traveling-wave integrated slot radiator is designed using electromagnetic duality theory based off of the ring portion of a radial multi-port driven radiator to minimize the area required exclusively for the antenna. It is designed in 32 nm SOI CMOS and driven by a buffered quadrature VCO at 4 points to create the traveling wave that radiates out of the backside of the chip. It is measured to have a maximum EIRP of 6.0 dBm at 134.5 GHz with a total radiated power of -1.7 dBm while drawing 168 mW DC power.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; duality (mathematics); electromagnetic waves; millimetre wave oscillators; silicon-on-insulator; voltage-controlled oscillators; EIRP; SOI CMOS; buffered quadrature VCO; electromagnetic duality theory; frequency 134.5 GHz; integrated traveling-wave slot radiator; power 168 mW; radial multiport driven radiator; size 32 nm; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Couplings; Metals; Power measurement; Semiconductor device measurement; Slot antennas; CMOS integrated circuits; antenna theory and design; integrated radiators; millimeter-wave silicon RFICs; on-chip antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3862-9
DOI :
10.1109/RFIC.2014.6851744
