Design and measurement of a dipole-antenna on a 130nm CMOS substrate for 60GHz communications

Author

Titz, Diane ; Kyro, Mikko ; Ben Abdeljelil, Fahd ; Luxey, Cyril ; Jacquemod, Gilles ; Vainikainen, Pertti

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electron., Antennes et Telecommun., Univ. de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, Valbonne, France

fYear

2010

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we propose to design a 60 GHz antenna using a CMOS 130 nm bulk process. The chosen antenna is a dipole with meandered arms to minimize the occupied space on the chip. With a simulated matching bandwidth of 11% (|S₁₁| less than -10 dB), this antenna operates in the available bandwidth around 60 GHz which is of particular interest for Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) applications. Measured and simulated return loss are presented. Radiation pattern measurements are achieved using a unique measurement set-up for millimeter-wave probe-fed antenna.

Keywords

dipole antennas; millimetre wave antennas; CMOS substrate; dipole antenna; frequency 60 GHz; millimeter-wave probe-fed antenna; radiation pattern measurement; simulated matching bandwidth; size 130 nm; wireless personal area network; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; CMOS integrated circuits; Dipole antennas; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ICECom, 2010 Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Dubrovnik

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-998-0

Type

conf

Filename

5729747