77 GHz beam-switching high-gain end-fire antenna on LTCC

Antti Lamminen; Jussi Säily

77 GHz beam-switching high-gain end-fire antenna on LTCC

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Abstract

In this paper, a design of a 77 GHz beam-switching antenna on Ferro A6-M LTCC is presented. The antenna consists of three high-gain end-fire type antenna elements pointing at different directions. One element is active at a time and the appropriate element is selected using a commercial SP4T GaAs pin-diode switch. A design of a transition from a WR-10 waveguide to a microstrip line for radiation pattern testing purposes is also described. The transition covers almost the entire waveguide W-band and the measured reflection coefficient is below -10-dB between 77 GHz and 110 GHz. The total loss of the transition is only 1 dB at the maximum. Measured maximum gain of 9.2 dBi and a -3-dB beamwidth of about 40° are achieved for a single antenna element. Simulated radiation efficiency is 89 %. Beam switching between three different directions is demonstrated with radiation pattern measurements at 78 GHz. Good agreement is achieved between the simulated and measured results. The presented antenna is a very promising candidate for high data rate short-range millimetre-wave applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of ICECom 2010
Place of Publication	Croatia
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-9-5360-3758-2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61284-998-0
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	20th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, ICECom 2010 - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: 20 Sept 2010 → 23 Sept 2010 Conference number: 20

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Conference	20th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, ICECom 2010
Abbreviated title	ICECom 2010
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	20/09/10 → 23/09/10

Keywords

Millimetre waves
E-band
LTCC
beam-switching antenna
high-gain
end-fire

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6 Citations
1 Dissertation

Design of millimetre-wave antennas on LTCC and PCB technologies for beam-steering applications
Lamminen, A., 2019, Aalto University. 80 p.
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77 GHz beam-switching high-gain end-fire antenna on LTCC

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Design of millimetre-wave antennas on LTCC and PCB technologies for beam-steering applications

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