Realization of millimeter-wave planar antennas on PDMS

Author

Tiercelin, N. ; Coquet, Ph ; Sauleau, R. ; Senez, V. ; Fujita, H.

Author_Institution

LIMMS/CNRS-IIS UMI, IIS Tokyo Univ., Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

5-9 June 2005

Firstpage

1994

Abstract

The authors presented here, for the very first time, the use of PDMS as a new substrate for the realization of millimeter wave planar antennas. The aimed frequency range is the 60GHz band. Two configurations have been studied. First, PDMS was used directly as a dielectric material. Then, the radiating element was supported on a PDMS membrane over an air cavity. The design of these antennas was first presented with the method of moments (MoM) and the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique, and then the technological process is described. The two antenna types have been experimentally characterized: the input impedance and radiation pattern measurements show a good agreement with the theoretical results, which confirms the validity of the developed technological process.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; finite difference time-domain analysis; method of moments; millimetre wave antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; 60 GHz; PDMS; air cavity; antenna design; dielectric material; finite difference time domain technique; input impedance; method of moments; millimeter wave planar antennas; radiating element; radiation pattern measurements; Antenna theory; Biomembranes; Dielectric materials; Dielectric substrates; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Millimeter wave technology; Moment methods; Planar arrays; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. TRANSDUCERS '05. The 13th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8994-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1497492

Filename

1497492