274-GHz CMOS Signal Generator with an On-Chip Patch Antenna in a QFN Package
Abstract
A 274-GHz signal generator with an on-chip antenna in a quad-flat no-leads (QFN) package is demonstrated. The circuit is fabricated in a 65-nm Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) process. The effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) measured from the packaged signal generator is -12.8-dBm at 274GHz with DC power consumption of 26.3mW. The packaging material can help improve the antenna performance, and integrated circuits with on-chip antennas operating at ~300GHz can be packaged using low-cost techniques.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- June 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1906.05117
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1906.05117
- Bibcode:
- 2019arXiv190605117B
- Keywords:
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- Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Signal Processing
- E-Print:
- 2 pages, 6 figures