Title: Design and prototyping of radiation- and area-efficient monolithic integrated antennas

Authors: Hristomir Yordanov

Addresses: Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab, Department Communication Networks, Faculty of Telecommunications, Technical University – Sofia, Kliment Ohridski blvd. 8, 1505 Sofia, Bulgaria

Abstract: The wireless chip-to-chip interface is an interesting alternative to wired digital buses. An important element from a wireless interconnect is the monolithic integrated antenna. On-chip antennas have to meet several restrictions - they have to cover very little chip area and they need to have high radiation efficiency in a large enough frequency range to allow for fast interchip communication. This work describes two methods for designing efficient on-chip antennas, namely using high-impedance substrate with standard thickness, or using very thin substrate. The proposed antennas have been prototyped and their parameters were verified via measurement.

Keywords: embedded antennas; near-field communications; on-chip integrated systems; antenna design; prototyping; monolithic integrated antennas; wireless interconnect.

DOI: 10.1504/IJRIS.2013.058190

International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems, 2013 Vol.5 No.3, pp.189 - 194

Published online: 09 Dec 2013 *

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