Laser ablated 48 GHz ZOR CRLH antenna on alumina substrate

Author

Sajin, G. ; Craciunoiu, F. ; Dinescu, Adrian ; Mocanu, I.A. ; Stefanescu, A.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for R&D in Microtechnologies, IMT Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2012

fDate

Oct. 31 2012-Nov. 2 2012

Firstpage

437

Lastpage

440

Abstract

The paper presents a zeroth order resonance (ZOR) Composite Right / Left-Handed (CRLH) coplanar waveguide (CPW) antenna on AlSiMag 614 alumina substrate. The device was designed, microprocessed by laser ablation and tested for millimeter wave frequency range (48 GHz). Experimental results for two antenna samples show return loss of -21.98 dB at 48.01 GHz and -20.42 dB at 48.17 GHz respectively. The -3 dB beamwidth of the transversal radiation lobe for two antenna samples are 57° and 54°, respectively. The gain measured at 48 GHz using the De Friis method was 8.98 dBi.

Keywords

alumina; coplanar waveguides; laser ablation; metamaterial antennas; millimetre wave antennas; AlSiMag alumina substrate; CPW antenna; De Friis method; composite right-left-handed coplanar waveguide; frequency 48 GHz; laser ablated ZOR CRLH antenna; metamaterial; millimeter wave frequency range; transversal radiation lobe; zeroth order resonance; Antenna measurements; Gain; Metamaterials; Microwave antennas; Microwave theory and techniques; Receiving antennas; Antenna; CRLH; coplanar waveguide; metamaterials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2012 9th European

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2471-7

Type

conf

Filename

6450623