Modern plastic millimeter-wave array antennas

Author

Yamaguchi, Satoshi ; Yukawa, Hidenori ; Nishino, Tamotsu ; Konishi, Yoshihiko

Author_Institution

IT R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 28 2010-Sept. 3 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents two types of millimeter-wave waveguide-type array antennas using low-loss engineering plastics not only to reduce cost but also to obtain high performances. The first one is a post-wall slotted waveguide array antenna with an offset directional beam using a post-wall rectangular waveguide inside a Grafted Olefin-Styrene resin printed circuit board. The other is a Cyclo-Olefin Polymer (COP) waveguide horn array antenna which is fabricated by injection molding process.

Keywords

horn antennas; injection moulding; millimetre wave antenna arrays; polymers; printed circuits; rectangular waveguides; slot antenna arrays; cyclo-olefin polymer waveguide; grafted olefin-styrene resin; horn array antenna; injection molding; low-loss engineering plastics; millimeter-wave waveguide; offset directional beam; plastic millimeter-wave array antennas; post-wall rectangular waveguide; post-wall slotted waveguide array antenna; printed circuit board; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Horn antennas; Millimeter wave communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7091-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICWITS.2010.5611965

Filename

5611965