Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/SENSOR.2005.1497492
