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Compact LTCC Patch Antenna Integrating a Wideband Vertical Transition for millimeter-wave SoP Applications

밀리미터파 SoP 응용을 위해 광대역 수직천이를 집적한 초소형 LTCC 팻치안테나

  • Received : 2014.01.13
  • Accepted : 2014.02.19
  • Published : 2014.02.28

Abstract

In this work, a compact patch antenna based on a low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) has been presented for V-band system-on-package (SoP) applications. In order to integrate it with transceiver block, a waveguide (W/G) to embedded microstrip line (eMSL) vertical transition was designed using slot-fed double stacked patch antennas for easy assembly and wide bandwidth. The $2{\times}2$ patch antenna integrating the transition was designed and fabricated in the 5-layer LTCC dielectrics. The whole size of the fabricated antenna including the $2{\times}2$ patches, transition and W/G was $20{\times}24{\times}5.39mm^3$. The fabricated antenna has achieved a 10 dB impedance bandwidth of 2.45 GHz from 61 to 63.45 GHz.

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