30GHz self-assembled highly-efficient on-chip monopole antennas

Authors

J. I. Kim
D. Peroulis

Abstract

A novel monopole antenna made from an out-of-plane stressed cantilever beam is presented. The radiating element is isolated from a low-resistivity silicon substrate with a ground plane and thus high radiation efficiency of more than 50 can be achieved even with a CMOS-grade silicon substrate. The proposed antennas can be readily fabricated by a conventional IC fabrication process, which enables a high level of integration and low cost. Our experimental results of the monopole operating at 30GHz agree well with our theoretical predictions. 2008 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

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Keywords

Antennas, silicon

Date of this Version

January 2008

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el:20082606

Published in:

Electronics Letters 44,25 (2008) 1437-1439;