Performance Improvements for On-Chip Antenna Via Structural and Material Engineering

In this paper, performance improvements for on-chip antenna via structural and material engineering are proposed and evaluated. With respect to structure, an on-chip helical antenna with a reflecting ring based on silicon nitride (SiNx) self-rolled-up membrane (S-RuM) nanotechnology is proposed. Through the design of the SiNx S-RuM structure, the inner diameter, pitch and number of turns of a three-dimensional (3D) helical structure are controlled. With respect to material advancements, a new kind of Br-MLG ( bromine intercalated multilayer graphene) patch antenna is proposed. The kinetic inductance of the material itself is loaded into the antenna, and modelling results show that this method benefits the miniaturization of the patch antenna, with size benefits increasing with frequency.