Designed on 0.18 μm CMOS Process Small Size Broadband Millimeter Wave Chip Antenna
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Parameter Analysis of Antenna Feed Line
2.2. Parameter Analysis of Triangular Patch
2.3. Parameter Analysis of Different Numbers of Circular Slot
2.4. Surface Current Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Value (μm) | Parameter | Value (μm) |
---|---|---|---|
W | 1200 | L | 1200 |
W1 | 450 | L1 | 50 |
W2 | 200 | L2 | 400 |
W3 | 10 | L3 | 350 |
W4 | 12 | L4 | 15 |
W5 | 110 | L5 | 20 |
W6 | 40 | L6 | 20 |
W7 | 20 | L7 | 140 |
W8 | 10 | L8 | 75 |
W9 | 50 | L9 | 45 |
W10 | 70 | L10 | 90 |
W11 | 250 | L11 | 20 |
Reference | Process | * Freq. (GHz) | * FBW (%) | Gain (dBi) | * Eff. (%) | Size (mm2) |
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This Work | 0.18 μm CMOS | 64 | 54 | −0.4 | 40.9 | 1.2 × 1.2 |
[18] | 0.65 μm CMOS | 28, 60 | 5.3, 5.9 | −10, 4 | 45, 30 | 0.25 × 0.3 |
[19] | 0.13 μm SiGe CMOS | 81.5 | 12.1 | 1.61 | NA | 1.296 × 1.508 |
[20] | 0.65 μm CMOS | 24, 40 | 19, 20 | −1, 0 | 41, 31 | 2.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 |
[21] | 0.18 μm CMOS | 60 | 16 | 0.3 | 45 | 5 × 5 |
[22] | CMOS | 60 | 9.8 | −2.3 | 21 | 1.5 × 0.75 |
[23] | 0.13 μm BiCMOS | 84 | 11.7 | −0.5 | 41 | 0.32 × 0.1 |
[24] | MEMS | 28.5 | 13 | 6.6 | 90.9 | 0.52 × 0.52 |
[25] | 0.28 μm CMOS | 33 | 16.3 | 14 | 37.3 | 0.66 × 0.85 |
[26] | 0.18 μm CMOS | 40 | 53.4 | 3.3 | NA | 1.1 × 1.7 |
[27] | 0.13 μm CMOS | 81 | 31.4 | −0.3 | NA | 0.1 × 0.05 |
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Chung, M.-A.; Huang, S.-R.; Huang, P.-R. Designed on 0.18 μm CMOS Process Small Size Broadband Millimeter Wave Chip Antenna. Inventions 2023, 8, 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions8030064
Chung M-A, Huang S-R, Huang P-R. Designed on 0.18 μm CMOS Process Small Size Broadband Millimeter Wave Chip Antenna. Inventions. 2023; 8(3):64. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions8030064
Chicago/Turabian StyleChung, Ming-An, Siao-Rong Huang, and Pin-Rui Huang. 2023. "Designed on 0.18 μm CMOS Process Small Size Broadband Millimeter Wave Chip Antenna" Inventions 8, no. 3: 64. https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions8030064