A Q-band broadband on-chip antenna with switches backed by an off-chip reflector in 0.18-μm CMOS SOI technology

A Q-band on-chip frequency reconfigurable antenna is implemented in this work. A pair of switches is introduced in this design to enhance the bandwidth of the antenna. An optimized layout of the switch control lines is proposed in this work. It has shown that, with this layout the performance of ant...

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Published in2017 47th European Microwave Conference (EuMC) pp. 1104 - 1107
Main Authors Song, Yexi, Wu, Yunqiu, Tian, Yin, Yu, Chao, Kang, Kai
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published European Microwave Association 01.10.2017
Subjects
Antenna measurements
antenna reflector
Bandwidth
Broadband antennas
CMOS
CMOS technology
Gain
on-chip antenna
Reflector antennas
switch
System-on-chip
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Summary:A Q-band on-chip frequency reconfigurable antenna is implemented in this work. A pair of switches is introduced in this design to enhance the bandwidth of the antenna. An optimized layout of the switch control lines is proposed in this work. It has shown that, with this layout the performance of antenna affected by the metal strips below it can be remarkably decreased. To achieve a higher gain, an off-chip reflector on the bottom of a PCB is placed under this antenna. The space between the antenna and its reflector is optimized by tuning the thickness of the PCB. The proposed antenna has a measured −10 dB bandwidth of 53.4%, from 29.5 GHz to 51 GHz, which covers the whole Q-band. A measured gain of 2.2 dBi is obtained at the center frequency of 40 GHz, while the cross-polarization levels are less than −15 dB in the E-plane and less than −11 dB in the H-plane.
DOI:10.23919/EuMC.2017.8231040