LTCC ultra-wideband antenna with transceiver integration capability

Author

Brzezina, G.M. ; Roy, L. ; MacEachern, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont.

fYear

2005

fDate

6-7 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

287

Lastpage

290

Abstract

We present a novel ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna embedded in a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) package designed to house the UWB transceiver chip. A partial ground plane triangular monopole (PGP-TM) having parasitic elements is employed. The design and performance in both the frequency and time domain are presented. The antenna´s measured 3.5 GHz to 6.5 GHz bandwidth and 0 dB gain is suitable for the DS-UWB lower sub-band. The complete LTCC module, which can accommodate the transceiver electronics, measures only 30 mm times 25 mm times 1.2 mm. This is believed to be the first demonstration of system-in-package SIP technology for UWB applications

Keywords

ceramics; monopole antennas; spread spectrum communication; transceivers; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; 3.5 to 6.5 GHz; DS-UWB; LTCC ultra-wideband antenna; UWB antenna; low-temperature co-fired ceramic package; partial ground plane triangular monopole; system-in-package SIP technology; transceiver integration capability; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Electronics packaging; Impedance; Microstrip antennas; Transceivers; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2005. EURAD 2005. European

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-3-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2005.1605620

Filename

1605620