• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 16, Issue 3, 166 (2020)
Yun-long TENG*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Microelectronics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-020-9081-6 Cite this Article
    TENG Yun-long. 120 GHz on-chip multi-mode wideband dielectric resonator antennas for THz applications[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2020, 16(3): 166 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    This work discusses the design methods of 120 GHz on-chip dual-mode and three-mode dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) based on a standard CMOS technology. The bandwidths of the DRAs are expanded by merging adjacent modes with similar radiation patterns. The impedance bandwidth of 18.6% with the peak gain of 6 dBi is achieved for the proposed on-chip dual-mode DRA. In addition, the impedance bandwidth of 20.1% with the peak gain of 6.9 dBi is achieved for the proposed three-mode DRA. To the best of authors’ knowledge, the on-chip multi-mode DRAs are first proposed. The impedance bandwidth of the proposed three-mode on-chip DRA is wider than the other on-chip DRAs using planar feeding with on-chip ground. The proposed antennas are promising for terahertz applications due to the merits of wide band, high gain and high radiation efficiency.
    TENG Yun-long. 120 GHz on-chip multi-mode wideband dielectric resonator antennas for THz applications[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2020, 16(3): 166
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