Title :
Textured LTCC substrates for printed antenna miniaturization and bandwidth improvement
Author :
Psychoudakis, D. ; Knapp, A. ; Kiziltas, G. ; Volakis, J.L. ; Halloran, J.
Author_Institution :
Radiat. Lab., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
The use of textured low temperature cofiring ceramics (LTCC) substrates for printed antennas is presented. An aperture fed patch antenna resonating at 1.56 GHz is developed and analyzed. This antenna has a volume reduction by a factor of 10 as compared to patches on traditional dielectrics. Moreover, measurements of the gain and return loss show that miniaturization has remarkably little effect on the gain value and bandwidth.
Keywords :
ceramics; microstrip antennas; surface texture; 1.56 GHz; antenna bandwidth improvement; antenna miniaturization; aperture fed patch antenna; low temperature cofiring ceramics; printed antennas; textured LTCC substrates; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Dielectric measurements; Dielectric resonator antennas; Dielectric substrates; Gain measurement; Patch antennas; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7846-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2003.1219865
