• DocumentCode
    3568335
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    375
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7846-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2003.1219865
  • Filename
    1219865