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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2008.19.12.1402

Microstrip Patch Array Antenna Using Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic Substrates for 60 GHz WP AN Applications  

Byun, Woo-Jin (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Bong-Su (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kang, Min-Soo (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Kwang-Seon (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Jong-Myun (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Song, Myung-Sun (Radio Technology Research Department, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
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Abstract
In this paper, a low temperature co-fired ceramic cavity backed antenna in order to improve the performances of radiation and bandwidth for the antenna with high relative dielectric constant is proposed. Low temperature co-fired ceramic cavity consisted of several ground planes with closely spaced metallic vias connected. It is shown that the size of a low temperature co-fired ceramic cavity has the effects on the performances of radiation and bandwidth for the antenna. The proposed 2x4 low temperature co-fired ceramic cavity backed antenna is $10{\times}20\;mm^2$ in size. Measured results show antenna gain of $11.8{\sim}14.1\;dBi$ and bandwidth of 13 %(7.9 GHz) in the $57{\sim}64\;GHz$ band.
Keywords
Millimeter Wave; 60 GHz WPAN; Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic(LTCC); Antenna;
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