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DESCRIPTION:Antennas are an integral part of wireless communication devices
  and traditionally have remained off the Integrated Circuits (ICs which ar
 e also commonly known as chips) resulting in large-sized modules. In the l
 ast decade\, the increased level of integration provided by silicon techno
 logies and emerging applications at millimeter-wave frequencies has helped
  to achieve true System-on-Chip solutions bringing the antennas on the chi
 p. This is because antenna sizes at these frequencies become small enough 
 for practical on-chip realization. Though\, there are a number of benefits
  of putting antennas on-chip\, such as monolithic integration resulting in
  compact systems\, robustness due to the absence of bond wires or other co
 nnection mechanisms between the antenna and the circuits\, lower cost due 
 to mass manufacturing in standard CMOS processes\, etc. However\, there ar
 e a number of challenges to overcome\, for instance dealing with silicon s
 ubstrate high conductivity and permittivity (resulting in poor radiation e
 fficiency)\, metal stack-up and layout restrictions\, and on-chip characte
 rization through delicate probes\, etc. Furthermore\, the co-design of cir
 cuits and antenna which sometimes have contradicting requirements needs kn
 owledge of both domains. This talk aims to discuss the above challenges in
  detail as well as the proposed solutions. In particular\, many design exa
 mples will be shown for the gain and radiation efficiency enhancement of o
 n-chip antennas. The talk will conclude with the upcoming trends in the fi
 eld of on-chip antennas.\n\nSpeaker(s): Atif Shamim\, \n\nVirtual: https:/
 /events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306570
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306570
ORGANIZER:mhelaoui@ucalgary.ca
SEQUENCE:6
SUMMARY:On-Chip Antennas: The Last Barrier to True RF System-on-Chip
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/306570
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Antennas are an integral part of wireless 
 communication devices and traditionally have remained off the Integrated C
 ircuits (ICs which are also commonly known as chips) resulting in large-si
 zed modules. In the last decade\, the increased level of integration provi
 ded by silicon technologies and emerging applications at millimeter-wave f
 requencies has helped to achieve true System-on-Chip solutions bringing th
 e antennas on the chip. This is because antenna sizes at these frequencies
  become small enough for practical on-chip realization. Though\, there are
  a number of benefits of putting antennas on-chip\, such as monolithic int
 egration resulting in compact systems\, robustness due to the absence of b
 ond wires or other connection mechanisms between the antenna and the circu
 its\, lower cost due to mass manufacturing in standard CMOS processes\, et
 c. However\, there are a number of challenges to overcome\, for instance d
 ealing with silicon substrate high conductivity and permittivity (resultin
 g in poor radiation efficiency)\, metal stack-up and layout restrictions\,
  and on-chip characterization through delicate probes\, etc. Furthermore\,
  the co-design of circuits and antenna which sometimes have contradicting 
 requirements needs knowledge of both domains. This talk aims to discuss th
 e above challenges in detail as well as the proposed solutions. In particu
 lar\, many design examples will be shown for the gain and radiation effici
 ency enhancement of on-chip antennas. The talk will conclude with the upco
 ming trends in the field of on-chip antennas.&nbsp\;</p>
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