Millimeter-wave Quarter-Wave Patch Antenna on Benzocyclobutene Polymer

Author

Seok, Seonho ; Rolland, Nathalie ; Rolland, Paul-Alain

Author_Institution

IEMN/IRCICA, Villeneuve d´´Ascq

fYear

2008

fDate

27-31 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1018

Lastpage

1021

Abstract

This paper presents design, fabrication and characterization of a millimetre-wave lambda/4-patch antenna on a benzocyclobutene (BCB) polymer. This antenna is compatible with a wafer level packaging for a miniaturized wireless communication system. All components of this antenna are manufactured by using a gold electroplated and a BCB polymer patterned by a photolithography. The implemented antenna size was 3.5 times 3.5 times 0.05 mm³. The manufactured patch antenna mounted on V-connector was characterized using HP network analyzer for a return loss and a range-calibration setup for a radiation pattern. The fabricated antenna showed a minimum return loss of 30 dB at 51.75 GHz, -10 dB impedance bandwidth of 5 GHz from 49.5 to 54.5 GHz. In addition, the -3 dB beam-width is nearly 45 degree.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; millimetre wave antennas; polymers; HP network analyzer; V-connector; bandwidth 5 GHz; benzocyclobutene polymer; frequency 51.75 GHz; impedance bandwidth; loss 30 dB; millimeter-wave quarter-wave patch antenna; miniaturized wireless communication system; photolithography; radiation pattern; return loss; wafer level packaging; Antenna accessories; Fabrication; Gold; Lithography; Manufacturing; Millimeter wave communication; Patch antennas; Polymers; Wafer scale integration; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2008. EuMC 2008. 38th European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-006-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751629

Filename

4751629