Industrial HTCC Antenna-Module SiP for 60-GHz Applications

Author

Titz, Diane ; Pilard, Romain ; Gianesello, Frédéric ; Ferrero, Fabien ; Luxey, Cyril ; Brachat, Patrice ; Jacquemod, Gilles ; Gloria, Daniel

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electron., Antennes et Telecommun. (LEAT), Univ. Nice Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France

Volume

11

fYear

2012

fDate

7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

576

Lastpage

579

Abstract

During recent years, various research teams have developed 60-GHz chipset solutions, using both BiCMOS and advanced CMOS technologies. However, for the 60-GHz market to flourish, not only low-cost RFICs are required, but also cheap antennas and package solutions. In order to address these two last issues, we present the design of a Tx-Rx antenna-module using industrial high-temperature co-fired ceramics (HTCC) substrate for millimeter-wave (MMW) large-volume consumer applications. The antennas are integrated within the module. Measured realized peak gain is above 6 dBi over the 57-66-GHz frequency band.

Keywords

BiCMOS integrated circuits; ceramics; millimetre wave antennas; radiofrequency integrated circuits; BiCMOS; RFIC; Tx-Rx antenna-module; frequency 57 GHz to 66 GHz; industrial HTCC antenna-module SiP; industrial high-temperature co-fired ceramics substrate; millimeter-wave large-volume consumer application; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Assembly; Gain; Gain measurement; Gain measurement; high-temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC) module; integrated antennas; radiation pattern;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2012.2200449

Filename

6203354