IPD technology for passive circuits and antennas at millimeter-wave frequencies

Author

Bisognin, Aimeric ; Titz, Diane ; Ferrero, Fabien ; Luxey, Cyril ; Jacquemod, Gilles ; Brachat, Patrice ; Laporte, Claire ; Ezzeddine, Hilal ; Pilard, Romain ; Gianesello, Frederic ; Gloria, Daniel

Author_Institution

EPIB, Univ. Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

326

Lastpage

329

Abstract

IPD™ technology offers an aggressive process in terms of drawing lines, on a low loss glass substrate. This process is widely used for low frequency circuits (1-10 GHz). In this paper, we investigate the potential of IPD™ to deliver affordable and high performance solutions for circuits and antennas in the millimeter-wave bands. We first present a microstrip line exhibiting 0.75 dB/cm insertion loss at 60 GHz. Then, a branchline and a QLQC coupler is designed, optimized and measured. Finally, a Vivaldi antenna is proposed for endfire radiation.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip lines; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave couplers; IPD technology; QLQC coupler; Vivaldi antenna; branch line; endfire radiation; frequency 1 GHz to 10 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; low frequency circuits; low loss glass substrate; microstrip line; millimeter-wave frequency antenna; passive circuits; quasilumped quadrature coupler; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Frequency measurement; Materials; Millimeter wave measurements; Ports (Computers); 60 GHz antenna; IPD technology; branchline coupler; vivaldi antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546274