Linear tapered slot antennas on LTCC substrate for millimeter-wave applications

Author

Kim, Il K W. O. n ; Pinel, Stephan ; Papapolymerou, John ; Tentzeris, Manos M. ; Laskar, Joy ; Yook, Jong-Gwan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

2A

fYear

2005

fDate

3-8 July 2005

Firstpage

483

Abstract

In this paper, one linear tapered slot antenna (LTSA), backed with an air cavity, is proposed and fabricated on low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) substrate. Conventionally, when LTSA is designed on LTCC board, due to its high dielectric constant and thickness, the gain and radiation property is degraded seriously. Therefore in this paper. by adopting an air cavity in the back side of the LTCC substrate, high gain and good endfire radiation pattern can be obtained. In particular, this antenna has broad bandwidth (about from 45 GHz to 75 GHz) and high gain (4.9-6.9 dB) property. This antenna can be used for a variety of millimeter-wave applications due to its easy integrability with 3D LTCC modules.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; linear antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; slot antenna arrays; 3D LTCC modules; LTCC substrate; air cavity; endfire radiation pattern; gain; linear tapered slot antennas; low temperature cofired ceramic; millimeter-wave applications; radiation property; Antenna accessories; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Degradation; Dielectric substrates; Gain; High-K gate dielectrics; Slot antennas; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8883-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2005.1551850

Filename

1551850