Title :
On-chip antennas in silicon ICs and their application
Author :
O, K.K. ; Kim, Kihong ; Floyd, Brian A. ; Mehta, Jesal L. ; Yoon, Hyun ; Hung, Chih-Ming ; Bravo, Dan ; Dickson, Timothy O. ; Guo, Xiaoling ; Li, Ran ; Trichy, Narasimhan ; Caserta, Jim ; Bomstad, Wayne R., II ; Branch, Jason ; Yang, Dong-Jun ; Bohorquez,
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA
fDate :
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The feasibility of integrating antennas and required circuits to form wireless interconnects in foundry digital CMOS technologies has been demonstrated. The key challenges including the effects of metal structures associated with integrated circuits, heat removal, packaging, and interaction between transmitted and received signals, and nearby circuits appear to be manageable. This technology can potentially be applied for implementation of a true single-chip radio for general purpose communication, on-chip and inter-chip data communication systems, RFID tags, RF sensors/radars, and others.
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; CMOS digital integrated circuits; data communication equipment; integrated circuit packaging; microwave antennas; BiCMOS; RF radars; RF sensors; RFID tags; Si; clock distribution; digital CMOS technology; inter-chip data communication system; metal structure effect; on-chip antenna; on-chip data communication system; silicon IC; single-chip radio; wireless interconnects; CMOS digital integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Data communication; Foundries; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit packaging; Integrated circuit technology; RFID tags; Silicon; System-on-a-chip; BiCMOS; CMOS; clock distribution; data communication; on-chip antenna; silicon; wireless;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TED.2005.850668
