Balanced-Fed Planar Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Transceivers

A balanced antenna design is presented that is tailored to broadband communication in the 60-GHz frequency band. The antenna can be realized in printed circuit-board technology, has a high radiation efficiency and can be used in array configurations. It is modeled with a method-of-moments implementa...

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Published inIEEE transactions on antennas and propagation Vol. 57; no. 10; pp. 2871 - 2881
Main Authors Akkermans, J.A.G., Herben, M.H.A.J., van Beurden, M.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.10.2009
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Antenna arrays
antenna efficiency
antenna measurements
antenna optimization
Antennas
Arrays
Balancing
Broadband antennas
Broadband communication
Circuits
Frequency
Guidelines
Mathematical models
millimeter wave antennas
Millimeter wave circuits
Millimeter wave communication
Millimeter wave technology
millimeter-wave antenna
millimeter-wave antenna arrays
Optimization
Optimization methods
Planar arrays
Simulation
Transceivers
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Summary:A balanced antenna design is presented that is tailored to broadband communication in the 60-GHz frequency band. The antenna can be realized in printed circuit-board technology, has a high radiation efficiency and can be used in array configurations. It is modeled with a method-of-moments implementation. The radiation efficiency is analyzed in detail, and design guidelines are given. Moreover, an optimization method is outlined that optimizes both antenna bandwidth and radiation efficiency. The antenna element and a circular antenna array have been realized. Measurements of these antennas are in good agreement with simulated results.
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ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2009.2029278