A 17-mW 5-Gb/s 60-GHz CMOS transmitter with efficiency-enhanced on-chip antenna

A 60-GHz CMOS transmitter with on-chip antenna for high-speed short-range wireless interconnection is presented. The radiation efficiency of the on-chip antenna is doubled using substrate loss improvement techniques. The transmitter fabricated in a 65-nm CMOS process achieves over 5Gb/s data rate with an EVM performance of -12 dB for BPSK modulation. The whole transmitter consumes 17 mW from a 1.2-V supply and occupies a core area of 0.64 mm2 including the on-chip antenna.

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