Antennas are essential part of every wireless communication system. The increasing trend of applications in the radio frequency (RF) and millimeter wave frequency spectrum has reduced the antenna sizes to only a few millimeters, which makes it practical for on-chip implementations. Integrated Circuit (IC) designers who have traditionally remained isolated from antenna design now need to understand its design process and trade-offs. This comprehensive resource addresses the challenges, benefits and trade-offs of on-chip antenna implementation.
It presents practical design and integration considerations of the IC and antenna combination and how both ends of the system can be utilized in a complimentary way. The book includes on-chip antenna layout considerations, layout for testability and various methods of their characterization. It also includes the state-of-the-art on-chip antennas in III-V and Silicon IC technologies and their usage in transmitter and receiver ICs. A look at the future trends and utilization of on-chip antennas for different applications concludes the book.
Introduction to AoC; Design and Implementation Challenges; Radiation Enhancement and Measurement Techniques; Co-Design of Circuits and Antennas; AoC Design Example; Future Trends in AoC
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Hammad M. Cheema
is an associate professor and dean of the Research Institute for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Studies (RIMMS) at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, as well as principal investigator of the Radar Research Group. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and is a senior member of IEEE.
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Atif Shamim
is an associate professor of electrical engineering and principal investigator of the IMPACT Lab at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Carleton University, Canada. Dr. Shamim has delivered over 65 invited talks at various international forums, authored over 250 publications, holds 30 patents, and is a senior member of IEEE.
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Fatima Khalid
is a research scientist in the domain of antenna design and RF energy harvesting. She received her B.S. in electrical engineering from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), NUST, and her M.S. in RF and microwave engineering from RIMMS, NUST.