High gain and wide-band aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna with mounted horn integrated on FR4 for 60 GHz communication systems

Author

Sethi, Waleed Tariq ; Vettikalladi, Hamsakutty ; Minhas, Babar Kaleem ; Alkanhal, Majeed A.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

359

Lastpage

362

Abstract

A multi-layer antenna with high gain and wide bandwidth for 60 GHz Millimeter wave (MMW) applications is presented. The proposed antenna is a combination of aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna with an integrated Horn mounted on FR-4 substrate. The maximum size of the proposed antenna is 7.14mm × 7.14mm × 4mm. The design is optimized by means of parametric-variation. Investigations are made on the physical parameters of the proposed design by optimization, in order to achieve wide band and high gain millimeter wave antenna structure. The S11 bandwidth of the optimized antenna is 8.3% (57.4-62.4 GHz). The maximum gain and directivity of the proposed antenna is 11.65 dBi and 12.51 dBi respectively. The estimated efficiency is 82%. The proposed antenna finds application in V-band communication systems.

Keywords

aperture antennas; horn antennas; microstrip antennas; millimetre wave antennas; FR4; V-band communication systems; aperture coupled microstrip patch antenna; bandwidth 57.4 GHz to 62.4 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; gain 11.65 dB; high gain aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna; integrated horn; millimeter wave antenna structure; millimeter wave application; multilayer antenna; size 4 mm; size 7.14 mm; wide-band aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna mounted horn; Bandwidth; Gain; Horn antennas; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Substrates; 60 GHz; Aperture coupling; Millimeter wave; Mounted Horn; Multi-layer antenna; Wide bandwidth;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology and Applications (ISWTA), 2013 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kuching

ISSN

2324-7843

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0155-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWTA.2013.6688804

Filename

6688804