Differential 60 GHz Antenna-on-Chip in mainstream 65 nm CMOS technology

Author

Smolders, A.B. ; Johannsen, U. ; Liu, Minggang ; Yu, Yen-Ting ; Baltus, Peter G. M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol. (TU/e), Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

356

Lastpage

357

Abstract

The integration of a differential antenna in mainstream 65 nm CMOS was investigated. A 60 GHz prototype integrated circuit (IC) was developed, including a seal-ring and on-chip calibration structures. Measured results show excellent impedance matching properties over a 10 GHz bandwidth and a moderate antenna gain of -1.5 dBi. However, this is still a significant improvement as compared to state-of-the-art in mainstream CMOS.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; calibration; impedance matching; microprocessor chips; microwave antennas; microwave integrated circuits; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave integrated circuits; antenna gain; bandwidth 10 GHz; differential antenna-on-chip; frequency 60 GHz; gain -1.5 dB; impedance matching properties; integrated circuit; mainstream 65 nm CMOS technology; onchip calibration structure; seal-ring structure; Antenna measurements; CMOS integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Dipole antennas; Silicon; System-on-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904510

Filename

6904510