Authors: H. Dinis, M. Zamith, J. Fernandes, J. Magalhães, P. M. Mendes
Source: FERMAT,Volume 12,Communication,Nov-Dec,2015
Abstract: The high path losses experienced by wireless applications at millimeter wavelengths may be mitigated using high gain antennas. The intrinsic small wavelengths makes very attractive to develop solutions with on-chip integrated antennas. However, due to silicon high losses, on-chip antenna elements on RFCMOS technology have reduced efficiency. This paper proposes a solution to obtain an on-chip integrated antenna array based on 3D efficient antenna elements. A 4 element antenna was designed to operate at 57.5 GHz central frequency, with maximum gain of 5.8 dB, and maximum expected efficiency of 45%.
Index Terms: integrated antenna, on-chip antenna, antenna array, 60 GHz.
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On-Chip, Efficient and Small Antenna Array for Millimeter-Wave Applications