Double exponentially tapered slot antenna (DETSA) on liquid crystal polymer (LCP) for UWB applications

Author

Nikolaou, Symeon ; Ponchak, George E. ; Papapolymerou, John ; Tentzeris, Manos M.

Author_Institution

Sch. of ECE, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

3-8 July 2005

Firstpage

623

Abstract

A DETSA on organic material (LCP), suitable for packaging and integration with other components, is introduced and proposed for the UWB range. The measurements agree fairly well with the simulation and this antenna is proved to perform well in the whole UWB range. Return loss below -10 dB is measured for the whole frequency range of operation. The antenna performs with high gain starting from 7 dB for low frequencies and up to 12 dB for the higher frequencies. The antenna on LCP is conformal, can be easily fabricated with relatively low cost and is a good candidate for a number of UWB applications.

Keywords

conformal antennas; liquid crystal polymers; slot antennas; substrates; ultra wideband technology; 7 to 12 dB; UWB; conformal antenna; double exponentially tapered slot antenna; double slot antenna; liquid crystal polymer substrate; radiation patterns; return loss; Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; Liquid crystal polymers; Loss measurement; Organic materials; Packaging; Performance evaluation; Performance gain; Slot antennas; Ultra wideband antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1551888

Filename

1551888