Millimeter-wave band slot antenna on shielded BGA package

Author

Hashimoto, Koji ; Tsutsumi, Yukako ; Ito, Takao ; Kasami, H. ; Yamada, Koji ; Yamamoto, Takayuki ; Ishida, Makoto

Author_Institution

Corp. R&DCenter, Toshiba Corp., Kawasaki, Japan

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

1280

Lastpage

1281

Abstract

High-speed short-range wireless communication systems utilizing the 60-GHz band are expected. An installation of a 60-GHz transceiver into a mobile terminal with high packaging density is one of the promising usages. Electromagnetic noise in the mobile terminals is an important issue, because it may degrade the communication quality of the 60-GHz transceiver. This paper presents a novel antenna-in-package solution realizing both efficient radiation of millimeter waves and high shielding effectiveness to electromagnetic noises. The antenna is composed of U-shaped slots cut on the shielded ball grid array package. The antenna is designed to have a wide-angle radiation characteristic in the horizontal plane. The measured antenna gain of the fabricated antenna is from 2.9 to 5.2 dBi in the frequency range from 57 to 65 GHz.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; ball grid arrays; millimetre wave antennas; slot antennas; transceivers; antenna gain; antenna in package solution; ball grid array package; electromagnetic noise; frequency 57 GHz to 65 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; high packaging density; high speed short range wireless communication systems; millimeter wave band slot antenna; mobile terminals; shielded BGA package; transceiver; wide angle radiation characteristic; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Frequency measurement; Millimeter wave communication; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904967

Filename

6904967