E-band aperture coupled GaAs / LCP antennas

Author

Merkle, T. ; Smith, S.L. ; Nikolic, N. ; Smart, K.W. ; Shen, M.

Author_Institution

CSIRO ICT Centre, Epping, NSW, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

501

Lastpage

504

Abstract

An E-band aperture coupled patch antenna using a combination of GaAs and liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrates packaged with a laminated multi-chip module (MCM-L) process is presented in this paper. The antenna offers an electromagnetic interface between a GaAs MMIC and a separate dielectric antenna package. Design, manufacture, packaging and test results of the proposed antenna are presented. Measurement of a waveguide to microstrip transition used in the testing of the antenna is presented with excellent performance obtained across the E-band. Further analysis of the packaging method is required to assess the unpredicted loss observed in the measurements.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; MMIC; gallium arsenide; liquid crystal polymers; microstrip antennas; microstrip transitions; microwave antennas; multichip modules; substrates; E-band aperture coupled patch antenna; GaAs; MMIC; dielectric antenna package; electromagnetic interface; laminated multichip module; liquid crystal polymer; microstrip transition; packaging method; waveguide; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Frequency measurement; Gain; Gain measurement; Gallium arsenide; Substrates;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7366-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2010.5653709

Filename

5653709