A wideband mmWave antenna element with an unbalanced feed

In this article an ultra-wideband (UWB), millimeter wave (mmWave) fragmented antenna with a single feed point is presented. The conductor region of the antenna aperture is approximately 0.5 mm by 2.0 mm or 0.07 λ × 0.25 λ at the shortest wavelength of operation. The antenna was fabricated on a 1.97...

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Published in2017 IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference (NAECON) pp. 209 - 212
Main Authors Landgren, David W., Cook, Kevin R., Dykes, Daniel J. P., Perez, Jonathan, Bowden, Phillip R., Allen, Kenneth W.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2017
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Bluetooth
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Temperature measurement
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Wireless communication
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Summary:In this article an ultra-wideband (UWB), millimeter wave (mmWave) fragmented antenna with a single feed point is presented. The conductor region of the antenna aperture is approximately 0.5 mm by 2.0 mm or 0.07 λ × 0.25 λ at the shortest wavelength of operation. The antenna was fabricated on a 1.97 mm thick Rogers 5880LZ substrate using standard etching processes. Prior to fabrication, the antenna design was simulated across two different full-wave electromagnetic (EM) solvers, HFSS and GTRI's in-house finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) code; the two codes were in close agreement. The antenna prototype was characterized for reflection coefficient, realized gain, and principle plane patterns. These measurements closely agree with EM predictions.
ISSN:2379-2027
DOI:10.1109/NAECON.2017.8268771