Abstract
This paper presents the design of a 60-GHz rectenna with an on-chip antenna and rectifier in 65nm CMOS technology. The rectenna is often the bottleneck in realizing a fully-integrated monolithic wireless sensor tag. In this paper, problems of the mm-wave rectifier are discussed, and the self-threshold voltage modulation method is proposed for better sensitivity and efficiency. Based on this discussion, the design of a 60 GHz rectenna is provided. The designed on-chip antenna has 2 dBi gain at 60 GHz. The designed rectifier reaches 4.4% efficiency with 7 dBm input power with a 1.5 k¿ load in simulation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 19-23 May 2013, Bejing, China |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| Pages | 2796-2799 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013) - Bejing, China Duration: 19 May 2013 → 23 May 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013) |
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| Abbreviated title | ISCAS 2013 |
| Country/Territory | China |
| City | Bejing |
| Period | 19/05/13 → 23/05/13 |