Aperture-coupled on-chip patch antennas for ISM band 60 GHz

This paper presents the development of aperture-coupled patch antennas operating in industrial scientific and medical band at 60 GHz (57 GHZ to 64 GHz), with square and circular shapes, for on-chip application. The aperture-coupled antenna proposed is composed by a transmission feed line, an aperture and patch element built in aluminum with 10 micrometers of thickness lying on two layers of silicon with height of 200 micrometers. Dimensions of the square and circular antennas were calculated according to the effective wavelength for resonance frequency at 60 GHz in order to match at 50 Ohms. The proposed antennas have been simulated using the commercial software ANSYS. Both antennas show omnidirectional radiation pattern, with half power beamwidth greater than 149 degrees. Square patch presented a more compact structure, with dimension less than 1.55 mm, return loss of -55 dB, and bandwidth of 3.98 GHz, however the circular antenna, with a greater metallic area, achieved a better gain of 5.88 dBi.