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Co-design of on-chip antennas and circuits for a UNII band monolithic transceiver

1 min read · Thu, Apr 29 2010

UNII band monolithic transceiver on-chip antennas

Atif Shamim, et al., "Co-design of on-chip antennas and circuits for a UNII band monolithic transceiver." In 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2010, 1. For the first time, a UNII band monolithic transceiver with two on-chip antennas has been demonstrated. The complete chip, sized 3 mm2, is the smallest reported for such a configuration. The antenna on the TX side performs double duty by providing the inductance to the VCO resonant tank. On the other hand, the RX side antenna has been conjugate matched to the LNA. Through a co-design strategy, the circuits have