Gain enhancement of low profile on-chip dipole antenna via Artificial Magnetic Conductor at 94 GHz

Mahmoud Nafe, Ahad Syed, Atif Shamim

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Abstract

The bottleneck for realizing high efficiency System-on-Chip is integrating the antenna on the lossy silicon substrate. To shield the antenna from the silicon, a ground plane can be used. However, the ultra-thin oxide does not provide enough separation between the antenna and the ground plane. In this work, we demonstrate one of the highest reported gains to date for low profile 94 GHz on-chip dipole antenna while the ground plane is in the lowest metal in the oxide (M1). This is achieved by optimizing an Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) structure midway the antenna and M1. The dipole antenna without the AMC has a gain of - 11 dBi while with the AMC structure a gain of + 4.8 dBi and hence achieving a gain enhancement of + 15.8 dB.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9788890701856
StatePublished - Aug 27 2015
Event9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: May 13 2015May 17 2015

Publication series

Name2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015

Conference

Conference9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period05/13/1505/17/15

Keywords

  • High-Impedance-Surface (HiS)
  • SoC
  • artifical magnetic conductor (AMC)
  • mm-wave
  • on-chip antenna

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Radiation
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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