Inkjet printed BST thick-films for x-band phase shifter and phased array applications

Author

Nikfalazar, Mohammad ; Sazegar, M. ; Friederich, Andreas ; Kohler, Christoph ; Zheng, Yu ; Wiens, Andrew ; Binder, Joachim R. ; Jakoby, Rolf

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microwave Eng. & Photonics, Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

4-6 March 2013

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

124

Abstract

This paper presents a novel method of inkjet printed Barium-Strontium-Titanate (BST) material for low-cost RF application. To demonstrate its capability in phased array antenna application, a compact continuously tunable load line phase shifter in the frequency range from 8 GHz to 10 GHz is realized. The BST thick-film is printed at the areas which interdigital capacitors are later patterned. A phase shift of 175° and the figure of merit (FoM) of 20° /dB at 10GHz are achieved. The size of the planer circuit is 8mm × 6mm.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; barium compounds; capacitors; ink jet printing; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave phase shifters; strontium compounds; thick films; BaSrTiO₄; FoM; X-band phase shifter; barium-strontium-titanate material; figure of merit; frequency 8 GHz to 10 GHz; inkjet printed BST thick-film; interdigital capacitor; low-cost RF application; phased array antenna application; phased array application; planer circuit; tunable load line phase shifter; Arrays; Materials; Microwave circuits; Permittivity; Phase shifters; Phased arrays; Barium-Strontium-Titanate (BST); Ferroelectric devices; Phase shifters; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2013 International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Karlsruhe

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2830-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2829-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWAT.2013.6518313

Filename

6518313