Title :
Wide-Bandwidth 60-GHz Aperture-Coupled Microstrip Patch Antennas (MPAs) Fed by Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW)
Author :
Abdel-Wahab, Wael M. ; Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
fDate :
7/3/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A wide-bandwidth aperture-coupled microstrip patch antenna (MPA) fed by substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology is presented at V-band (60 GHz) to enhance the overall radiation efficiency. The antenna is designed using two different slot configurations with a simulated impedance bandwidth of 22% and gain up to 6.8 dB. Furthermore, the antennas show wideband radiation characteristics. The simulated radiation efficiency is better than 98% within the operating impedance bandwidth.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; slot antennas; substrate integrated waveguides; antenna radiation efficiency; antenna wideband radiation characteristics; bandwidth 60 GHz; slot configurations; substrate integrated waveguide technology; wide bandwidth aperture-coupled microstrip patch antennas; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Patch antennas; Feeding methods; microstrip patch antenna (MPA); radiation efficiency; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW);
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LAWP.2011.2168373
