Title :
Design of compact stacked-patch antennas on LTCC technology for wireless communication applications
Author :
Tentzeris, E. ; Li, R.L. ; Lim, K. ; Maeng, M. ; Tsai, E. ; DeJean, G. ; Laskar, J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Stacked-patch antennas on LTCC (low temperature cofired ceramics) multilayer structures can be easily designed for optimal bandwidth performance by an adjustment of the number of LTCC layers. This paper presents a methodology suitable for the design of compact broadband antennas. It is demonstrated that a stacked-patch antenna on an LTCC substrate with a thickness of less than 0.03λ0 can achieve a bandwidth of up to 7%, which may find applications in a number of wireless communication systems.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; electric impedance; microstrip antennas; multilayers; substrates; 27.5 to 29.25 GHz; LTCC substrate; broadband antennas; compact antennas; input impedance; low temperature cofired ceramics; radiation pattern; stacked-patch antennas; Application software; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Communications technology; Dielectric materials; High-K gate dielectrics; Impedance; Nonhomogeneous media; Patch antennas; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7330-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2002.1016131
