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Abstract : This work presents the design of a miniaturized on-chip meandered loop antenna (OCMLA) with improved gain characteristics at 11 GHz. A standard CMOS technology with low resistive Si wafer (ρ=10Ω.cm) is considered for simulation and fabrication of design. The meandered loop miniaturization technique applied for enhancing the electrical length of the antenna and achieving miniaturization up to λ0/15.11 with a dimension of 2.1×2 mm 2 . The introduction of the partially shield layer (PSL) layer below the top radiating layer in between the SiO 2 in OCMLA provides the gain enhancement of +4 dBi by reducing EM wave propagation toward the substrate. The proposed antenna shows a gain and bandwidth of -29.2 dB and 250 MHz respectively. Also, the simulated and measured results of OCMLA are showing very good agreement and has been presented successfully. The characteristics proposed OCMLA makes it an appropriate candidate for short and ultra-short range communication SoC devices.