Design of a microstrip patch antenna using Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Technology

Author

Natashah, N. Mohd ; Muammar, M.I. ; Soh, P.J. ; Azremi, A.A.H. ; Norhawati, A.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Microelectron. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Arau

fYear

2008

fDate

1-3 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a single rectangular microstrip patch antenna for operation at 2.4 GHz frequency on Radio Frequency (RF) antenna application using low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology. LTCC is chosen as the substrate because of compactness and or being light-weight. It also offers high-speed and functionality for portable electronic devices used for wireless voice and data communication in rapidly expanding mobile network systems. The aim of this project was to design and simulate a microstrip patch antenna on the LTCC substrate call Ferro A6M tape operating at 2.4 GHz. Two microstrip patch antennas operating at 2.4 GHz was designed, and simulated; a rectangular microstrip patch antenna using LTCC technology has a length, L, 25.5 mm and a width, W, 34 mm and a rectangular microstrip patch antenna using printed circuit board (PCB) technology has a length, L, 28 mm and width, W, 37 mm. Those designs were simulated with Microwave Office software.

Keywords

microstrip antennas; microwave antennas; printed circuits; Ferro A6M tape; PCB; frequency 2.4 GHz; low temperature co-fired ceramic technology; microstrip patch antenna; printed circuit board; radio frequency antenna; single rectangular patch antenna; size 25.5 mm; size 28 mm; size 34 mm; size 37 mm; Ceramics; Circuit simulation; Design engineering; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Feeds; Frequency; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Temperature; Microstrip patch antenna; Microwave antennas; low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC); printed circuit board (PCB);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronic Design, 2008. ICED 2008. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2315-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2315-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICED.2008.4786769

Filename

4786769