A W-Band 8 × 8 series fed patch array detector on Liquid Crystal Polymer

Author

Chieh, Jia-Chi Samuel ; Pham, Anh-Vu ; Kannell, George ; Pidwerbetsky, Alex

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

The design and fabrication of a W-Band 64 element antenna array detector based on the series fed patch antenna is presented. The prototype antenna array is fabricated on a Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) substrate using standard printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing processes. Characterization of the unbalanced antenna is accomplished through the use of a millimeter-wave diode detector circuit, which is integrated onto the antenna array. Measurements show a beamwidth of approximately 13.2°. The total size of the antenna array with detector circuit is 4 cm × 3 cm.

Keywords

antenna feeds; detector circuits; liquid crystal polymers; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave circuits; millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave diodes; printed circuit design; LCP substrate; PCB manufacturing process; W-band 64 element antenna array detector; W-band fed patch array detector; antenna array design; antenna array fabrication; beamwidth measurement; liquid crystal polymer; millimeter-wave diode detector circuit; patch antenna; printed circuit board; unbalanced antenna; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Detectors; Microwave measurements; Schottky diodes; Transmission line measurements; Liquid crystal polymer; antenna array; diode detector circuit; planar antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348038

Filename

6348038