60GHz printed grid array antenna on low cost packaging substrate

Author

Toda, Anna Papió ; De Flaviis, Franco

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

3-8 July 2011

Firstpage

512

Lastpage

514

Abstract

In this paper, a printed grid array antenna on a low cost packaging substrate is presented. Simulation and measurement results of the antenna return losses and radiation patterns are provided. Simulations show that the antenna is matched on the frequency band from 57 to 64GHz and has a broadside gain of over 11dB all over the band. Measurement results show that the antenna performance is shifted 2GHz upwards in frequency but is not degraded. The difference between the simulated and the real substrate permittivity has been identified as the source of the frequency response shift.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; antenna return losses; frequency 2 GHz; frequency 57 GHz to 64 GHz; frequency response shift; low cost packaging substrate; printed grid array antenna; radiation pattern; substrate permittivity; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Permittivity; Permittivity measurement; Substrates; 60GHz band; grid array antenna; low cost packaging substrate; millimetre wave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Spokane, WA

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9562-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2011.5996757

Filename

5996757