Frequency agile mechanical antenna for low-cost millimeter-wave applications

Author

Orlic, Y. ; Lacroix, B. ; Tiercelin, N. ; Preobrazhensky, V. ; Pernod, P. ; Coquet, P. ; Papapolymerou, J.

Author_Institution

Int. Assoc. Lab. LEMAC, PRES Lille Nord de France, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

fYear

2012

fDate

8-14 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper presents for the first time a frequency tunable, mechanical patch antenna on PDMS/LCP for low-cost millimeter-wave applications. A pneumatic actuation system controls the height of the antenna, resulting in an analog tuning in frequency. The antenna is fed with a typical microstrip line coupled through a slot aperture patterned in the ground plane at the back side of a liquid crystal polymer substrate where the antenna is bonded to. The proposed antenna has a measured gain of 8 dBi, a 10-dB bandwidth of 4.8 GHz at 61.75 GHz and a tuning frequency range of 450 MHz. The designed antenna can be easily scaled to fit other millimeter-wave frequency applications.

Keywords

antenna feeds; aperture antennas; liquid crystal polymers; microstrip antennas; microstrip lines; millimetre wave antennas; pneumatic actuators; slot antennas; PDMS-LCP; analog tuning; antenna height control; bandwidth 4.8 GHz; frequency 450 MHz; frequency 61.75 GHz; frequency agile mechanical antenna; frequency tunable mechanical patch antenna; ground plane; liquid crystal polymer substrate; low-cost millimeter-wave antenna; microstrip line; pneumatic actuation system; slot aperture antenna; Antenna measurements; Cavity resonators; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Millimeter wave technology; Patch antennas; Antennas; millimeter wave devices; organic materials; polymers; tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0461-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2012.6348457

Filename

6348457