Development of small-area and tunable transmission-line oscillator using on-chip metamaterial technique for millimeter-wave integrated circuits

• Project/Area Number: 21760259
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Electron device/Electronic equipment
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: TSUCHIYA Akira Kyoto University, 大学院・情報学研究科, 助教 (20432411)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: ミリ波集積回路 / メタ物質 / 伝送線路 / 共振器 / 集積回路

Research Abstract

A method to realize on-chip metamaterial for small-area and tunable oscillator at 60GHz millimeter-wave band is developed. Stacked SRR (Split-Ring Resonator) that utilizes multi-layer interconnect is proposed to realize adequate resonant frequency of SRR. Then tunable SRR is developed by connecting transistors to the proposed SRR. The proposed structures are fabricated in a CMOS process and verified by chip measurement.

Research Products

• [Presentation] Measurement of On-Chip Transmission-Line with Stacked Split-Ring Resonators (2010)
  • Author(s): A.Tsuchiya, H.Onodera
  • Organizer: 14th IEEE Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects
  • Place of Presentation: Germany
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-10
• [Presentation] Measurement of On-Chip Transmission-Line with Stacked Split-Ring Resonators (2010)
  • Author(s): 土谷亮
  • Organizer: 14^<th> IEEE Workshop on Signal Propagation on Interconnects
  • Place of Presentation: ヒルデスハイム(ドイツ)
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-10
• [Presentation] On-Chip Metamaterial Transmission-Line Based on Stacked Split-Ring Resonator for Millimeter-Wave LSIs (2009)
  • Author(s): A.Tsuchiya, H.Onodera
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-09
• [Presentation] On-Chip Metamaterial Transmission-Line Based on Stacked Split-Ring Resonator for Millimeter-Wave LSIs (2009)
  • Author(s): Akira Tsuchiya, Hidetoshi Onodera
  • Organizer: Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference 2009
  • Place of Presentation: シンガポール
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-09
• [Presentation] Split-Ring Resonatorを用いたチップ内メタ物質の構成に関する検討 (2009)
  • Author(s): 土谷亮, 小野寺秀俊
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会第21回シリコンアナログRF研究会
  • Place of Presentation: Kyoto
  • Year and Date: 2009-11-10
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