A 94-GHz LTCC microstrip grid array antenna for imaging application

Author

Zihao Chen ; Yue Ping Zhang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A microstrip grid array antenna consisting of 32 meshes is designed on Ferro A6M LTCC substrate of 0.19 mm thickness with 5.9 dielectric constant and 0.002 loss tangent. The antenna is designed to operate at 94 GHz with the mesh dimension of 0.81mm by 1.62mm. Simulation results in Ansoft HFSS show an impedance bandwidth of 8 GHz from 87 GHz-95 GHz and 17.3 dBi gain at 94 GHz. A main beam in the broadside direction with low side lobes can be also seen from the simulation.

Keywords

ceramic packaging; dielectric losses; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave imaging; permittivity; Ansoft HFSS; Ferro A6M LTCC substrate; LTCC microstrip grid array antenna; bandwidth 8 GHz; bandwidth 87 GHz to 95 GHz; dielectric constant; frequency 94 GHz; imaging application; impedance bandwidth; loss tangent; low-temperature co-fired ceramic packaging; size 0.19 mm; size 0.81 mm; size 1.62 mm; Decision support systems; 94 GHz; Grid array antenna; Imaging application; LTCC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2014 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANTEM.2014.6887694

Filename

6887694