Multibeam antenna with a passive beamforming system in LTCC technology for Mm-wave systems-in-package

Francesco Foglia Manzillo; Maciej Smierzchálski; Mauro Ettorre; Jouko Aurinsalo; Kari T. Kautio; Markku S. Lahti; Antti E.I. Lamminen; Jussi Säily; Ronan Sauleau

doi:10.1049/cp.2018.0936

Multibeam antenna with a passive beamforming system in LTCC technology for Mm-wave systems-in-package

Francesco Foglia Manzillo, Maciej Smierzchálski, Mauro Ettorre, Jouko Aurinsalo, Kari T. Kautio, Markku S. Lahti, Antti E.I. Lamminen, Jussi Säily, Ronan Sauleau

Universite de Rennes 1

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This paper presents an innovative switched-beam antenna system at 60 GHz which is completely integrated in a low-profile, planar low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) module. A broadband, wide-angle scanning performance is achieved resorting to parallel-fed continuous transverse stub (CTS) arrays excited by passive, quasi-optical (QO) beamformers. The realization of substrate-integrated CTS arrays is enabled by the unique three-dimensional (3-D) integration capabilities of the LTCC process. The antenna architecture includes two separate CTS arrays, activated one at a time by a co-integrated switch-network. With this choice, the overall system simultaneously achieves low side lobe levels (SLLs) and high overlap of the radiated beams, within an angular sector of ±38^◦ in the scan plane. The proposed technology and module are suitable for realization of low-cost, multi-chip systems-in-package (SiPs) for millimeter-wave (mm-wave) applications, such as wireless access points in fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Publisher	Institution of Engineering and Technology IET
Number of pages	3
Volume	CP741
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-78561-816-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0936
Publication status	Published - 2018
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2018 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Apr 2018 → 13 Apr 2018 Conference number: 12

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Conference	12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2018
Abbreviated title	EuCAP 2018
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	9/04/18 → 13/04/18

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5G communications
Antenna-in-package
Low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC)
Millimeter-wave antennas

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Manzillo, F. F., Smierzchálski, M., Ettorre, M., Aurinsalo, J., Kautio, K. T., Lahti, M. S., Lamminen, A. E. I., Säily, J., & Sauleau, R. (2018). Multibeam antenna with a passive beamforming system in LTCC technology for Mm-wave systems-in-package. In 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Vol. CP741). Institution of Engineering and Technology IET. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2018.0936

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Multibeam antenna with a passive beamforming system in LTCC technology for Mm-wave systems-in-package. / Manzillo, Francesco Foglia; Smierzchálski, Maciej; Ettorre, Mauro et al.
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