Optimized Microstrip Antenna Arrays for Emerging Millimeter-Wave Wireless Applications

Author

Biglarbegian, Behzad ; Fakharzadeh, Mohammad ; Busuioc, Dan ; Nezhad-Ahmadi, Mohammad-Reza ; Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada

Volume

59

Issue

5

fYear

2011

fDate

5/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1742

Lastpage

1747

Abstract

Two compact planar antennas operating in the unlicensed 60 GHz frequency band are presented based on the physical layer specifications of IEEE 802.15.3c and ECMA 387 standards for different classes of wireless applications. Each antenna is an array of 2 × 2 microstrip antennas covering at least two channels of the 60 GHz spectrum. The first antenna is optimized to achieve the highest gain, while the second antenna is optimized to give the largest beamwidth. The maximum measured radiation gain of the first antenna is 13.2 dBi. The measured beamwidth and gain of the second antenna are 76^° and 10.3 dBi, respectively. The areas of these two antenna are only 0.25 and 0.16 cm². The variation of radiation gain of each antenna over the frequency range of 57-65 GHz is less than 1 dB.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; radiocommunication; ECMA 387 standard; IEEE 802.15.3c standard; antenna radiation gain; compact planar antenna; frequency 57 GHz to 65 GHz; millimeter-wave wireless application; optimized microstrip antenna array; physical layer specification; wireless communication; Antenna measurements; Gain; Loss measurement; Microstrip antenna arrays; Standards; 60 GHz; IEEE 802.15.3c; microstrip patch antenna; wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2011.2123058

Filename

5723707