paper 150204215730

Abstract

A metamaterial-based antenna, such as a composite right/left-handed(CRLH) an- tenna, has reduced size, which results in reduced loss in the metal wire in the antenna. In this study, a CRLH monopole antenna was designed and fabricated in 0.18 µm CMOS with six metal layers. The CRLH unit cell was 300×420 µm. Two unit cells were used to construct the monopole antenna. The designed CRLH monopole antenna had LH and RH radiation modes at 41 and 65 GHz, respectively. The measured gains of the CRLH monopole antenna were −5.8 dBi in RH mode and −14.4 dBi in LH mode.

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Eiichi Sano

Kazuki Hiraishi

Takehiro Kawauchi