Efficiency and Bandwidth Enhancement of On-Chip Antennas by Using Connected Arrays and Artificial Dielectrics

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

D. Cavallo Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
W.H. Syed Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
A. Neto Tera-Hertz Sensing - EEMCS
Research Group
Tera-Hertz Sensing (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 D. Cavallo, W.H. Syed, A. Neto
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2016.7758355
Reflection coefficient Wideband Antenna arrays Dielectrics System-on-chip Dipole antennas
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Published Date

2016-9

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Tera-Hertz Sensing

Abstract

On-chip antennas operating in the THz frequency range are characterized by narrow bandwidth and poor radiation efficiency. This is because they are electrically very close to the ground plane that is used to shield the antenna from the lossy substrate. In this work we propose a novel approach to increase the efficiency and the bandwidth of antennas integrated on chip, by exploiting and combining the two concepts of connected arrays and artificial dielectric layers.