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., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

4-6 Oct. 2005

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 × 25 mm × 1.2 mm. This is believed to be the first demonstration of system-in-package SIP technology for UWB applications.

Keywords

ceramic packaging; microwave antennas; system-in-package; transceivers; ultra wideband antennas; 1.2 mm; 25 mm; 3.5 to 6.5 GHz; 30 mm; LTCC ultra-wideband antenna; UWB transceiver chip; low-temperature cofired ceramic package; parasitic elements; partial ground plane triangular monopole; system-in-package 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

Microwave Conference, 2005 European

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-2-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2005.1610363

Filename

1610363