Title :
60 GHz beam selection grid antenna on low cost packaging substrate
Author :
Papio Toda, Anna ; De Flaviis, Franco
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, a grid antenna with beam selection capability is presented. The antenna covers the entire 60GHz band, from 57 to 64 GHz, and has a gain greater than 11dB over the whole band. With only 3 different feeding points, fed by in-phase and quadrature signals, the antenna can generate 5 beams between -14° to 14° from broadside in steps of 7°. The antenna, fabricated on a low cost packaging substrate, satisfies the requirements of low cost and small size for mass production and is a good candidate for 60GHz LOS communication systems.
Keywords :
microwave antennas; multibeam antennas; LOS communication systems; beam selection grid antenna; frequency 60 GHz; low cost packaging substrate; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Arrays; Broadband antennas; Substrates;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5315-1
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2013.6711364
