Compact size high gain AoC using rectangular AMC in CMOS for 60 GHz millimeter wave applications

This paper presents a compact size, high gain triangular Antenna-on-Chip (AoC), designed and fabricated using a 0.18 μm CMOS process and optimized over different cells' configurations of rectangular artificial magnetic conductor (R-AMC). An AMC acts as a shield plane between the AoC and the lossy CMOS substrate. R-AMC shows better shielding characteristics than previously reported AMCs. Measurement results confirm the wide impedance bandwidth of the AoC.