Title :
The design of 80 GHz antenna array on LTCC substrate
Author :
El-Nawawy, Mohamed ; Korzec, Darek ; Mahler, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Eng. & Technol., German Univ. in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
A 2×2 array of an aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna (ACMPA) was designed. The antenna was designed on Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) substrate with an embedded air cavity to increase gain and bandwidth. Simulated S11 was -21.45 dB at 81 GHz with 3.5% bandwidth and the simulated radiation pattern shows a maximum gain of 10.42 dBi. Moreover, a prototype has been fabricated and measured for an ACMPA scaled down to 15 GHz.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; ceramic packaging; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; ACMPA; LTCC substrate; antenna array; aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna; embedded air cavity; frequency 15 GHz; frequency 80 GHz; frequency 81 GHz; low temperature cofired ceramic substrate; simulated radiation pattern; Antennas and propagation; Arrays; Bandwidth; Cavity resonators; Conductors; Gain; Substrates; ACMPA; LTCC;
Conference_Titel :
GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCC), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dubai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-118-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752507
