Title :
Broadband Planar Superstrate Antenna for Integrated Millimeterwave Transceivers
Author :
Zwick, Thomas ; Liu, Duixian ; Gaucher, Brian P.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Abstract :
In this paper, a new planar superstrate antenna concept suitable for integration with millimeter wave (mmWave) transceiver integrated circuits (ICs) is presented. The antenna is printed on the bottom of a dielectric superstrate with a ground plane below. The new design provides high bandwidth and high efficiency. Two different examples of the new concept have been designed and manufactured for the 60 GHz industrial scientific medical (ISM) band using folded dipoles. Simulated and measured input impedance matching and far field radiation patterns for both antennas will be shown and discussed. Both designs achieve over 10% bandwidth while maintaining better than 80% efficiency
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; dipole antenna arrays; impedance matching; microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; millimetre wave integrated circuits; planar antenna arrays; transceivers; ISM band; broadband antenna; dielectric superstrate; far field radiation pattern; folded dipole; impedance matching; industrial scientific medical band; millimeter wave transceiver integrated circuit; planar superstrate antenna; printed antenna; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Dielectric measurements; Dipole antennas; Impedance measurement; Manufacturing industries; Medical simulation; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Transceivers; Millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna; planar dipole; superstrate antenna;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2006.882167
