TY - GEN
T1 - Wireless interconnect between on-chip and LTCC antennas for system-in-package applications
AU - Shamim, A.
AU - Arsalan, Muhammad
AU - Roy, L.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - A novel System-in-Package (SiP) implementation is presented for a transmitter (TX) module which makes use of electromagnetic coupling between the TX chip and package antennas at 5.2 GHz. The TX chip is realized in 0.13 μ m CMOS process and comprises an on-chip antenna. This on-chip antenna serves as the oscillator's inductor as well. The TX chip is housed in a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) package with a patch antenna. The on-chip antenna feeds the LTCC patch antenna through aperture coupling, thus negating the need for RF buffer amplifiers, matching elements, baluns, bond wires and package transmission lines. This first ever combination of on-chip and LTCC antennas increases the gain of the module by 32 dB and range by 23 m with respect to the on-chip antenna alone, without deteriorating the circuit performance and power consumption.
AB - A novel System-in-Package (SiP) implementation is presented for a transmitter (TX) module which makes use of electromagnetic coupling between the TX chip and package antennas at 5.2 GHz. The TX chip is realized in 0.13 μ m CMOS process and comprises an on-chip antenna. This on-chip antenna serves as the oscillator's inductor as well. The TX chip is housed in a Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) package with a patch antenna. The on-chip antenna feeds the LTCC patch antenna through aperture coupling, thus negating the need for RF buffer amplifiers, matching elements, baluns, bond wires and package transmission lines. This first ever combination of on-chip and LTCC antennas increases the gain of the module by 32 dB and range by 23 m with respect to the on-chip antenna alone, without deteriorating the circuit performance and power consumption.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62549116190
SN - 9782874870088
T3 - Proceedings of the 1st European Wireless Technology Conference, EuWiT 2008
SP - 21
EP - 24
BT - Proceedings of the 1st European Wireless Technology Conference, EuWiT 2008
T2 - 1st European Wireless Technology Conference, EuWiT 2008
Y2 - 27 October 2008 through 31 October 2008
ER -