Abstract
Conference Title: 2014 XXXIth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS) Conference Start Date: 2014, Aug. 16 Conference End Date: 2014, Aug. 23 Conference Location: Beijing, China This paper presents a design process and simulation results of a U-shaped antenna over an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) using a standard 65-nm CMOS technology for 60-GHz applications. The structure of the proposed on-chip antenna consists of a U-shaped monopole antenna fed with conductor-backed CPW line at the terminal aluminum layer LB and a novel AMC constructed with M1 to M6 metal layers. Ansoft HFSS is used for design simulation. Based on the simulated results after optimization, the U-shaped CPW-fed monopole antenna mounted on the AMC can offer higher gain and wider impedance bandwidth while maintaining an electrical size reduction.