A Chip Antenna in LTCC for UWB Radios

Author

Mei, Sun ; Ping, Zhang Yue

Author_Institution

Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

56

Issue

4

fYear

2008

fDate

4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1177

Lastpage

1180

Abstract

The correspondence presents a chip antenna for ultrawide- band (UWB) radios. The chip antenna is realized with a simple radiating element and small ground plane in low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology. The chip antenna has size 17 X 8 X 0.8 mm³ and achieves impedance bandwidth from 3.75 to 10.45 GHz and gain from - 2 to 2.3 dBi over this frequency band. The measured radiation patterns are presented and small group-delay variations are found at the UWB frequencies from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; ceramics; low-temperature techniques; microwave antennas; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; LTCC technology; UWB radios; antenna radiation pattern; chip antenna; frequency 3.1 GHz to 10.6 GHz; impedance bandwidth; low temperature cofired ceramic; ultrawide band radio; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Frequency; Geometry; Impedance; Semiconductor device measurement; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Chip antennas; low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology; ultrawideband (UWB) antennas; wireless communications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2008.919216

Filename

4483605