Novel Antenna Concept for Compact Millimeter-Wave Automotive Radar Sensors

Author

Beer, Stefan ; Adamiuk, Grzegorz ; Zwick, Thomas

Author_Institution

Inst. fuer Hochfrequenztech. und Elektron. (IHE), Univ. Karlsruhe (TH), Karlsruhe, Germany

Volume

8

fYear

2009

fDate

7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

771

Lastpage

774

Abstract

An antenna concept for compact millimeter-wave radar sensors that desire a fan-beam radiation pattern is proposed. It combines an end-fire antenna on a ceramic substrate with a cylindrical parabolic reflector that can be integrated in the sensor´s metal housing. The concept allows a direct interconnection from the active components to the antenna in a flip-chip attachment. It is validated with a 77-GHz Yagi-Uda antenna on a 127-mum thick Alumina substrate by measurements with a probe-based measurement setup. The measured return loss, gain, and radiation patterns of the antenna without and with the reflector are given.

Keywords

Yagi antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; electric sensing devices; millimetre wave antenna arrays; road vehicle radar; Alumina substrate; Yagi-Uda antenna; antenna concept; compact millimeter-wave automotive radar sensors; cylindrical parabolic reflector; end-fire antenna; fan-beam radiation pattern; flip-chip attachment; frequency 77 GHz; probe-based measurement setup; sensor metal housing; size 127 mum; End-fire antennas; millimeter-wave antennas; millimeter-wave radar; radar antennas; reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2009.2026917

Filename

5159468