60-GHz Substrate Integrated Waveguide Fed Cavity-Backed Aperture-Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna Arrays

被引:162
作者
Li, Yujian [1 ]
Luk, Kwai-Man [1 ]
机构
[1] City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Elect Engn, State Key Lab Millimeter Waves, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
关键词
Antenna array; high gain; microstrip patch antenna; millimeter-wave; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW); COST HIGH-GAIN; BAND; NETWORK; LTCC;
D O I
10.1109/TAP.2015.2390228
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Cavity-backed patch antenna arrays with full corporate substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) feed networks are demonstrated at V-band for applications with the needs of high-gain antennas. A prototype of 16 x 16 radiating elements with a waveguide transition is fabricated by applying standard printed circuit board (PCB) facilities. A gain up to 30.1 dBi with a 3-dB gain bandwidth of 16.1%, an impedance bandwidth of 15.3% for SWR< 2, and symmetrically broadside radiation patterns with -40 dB cross-polarizations are achieved. The performance of the proposed antenna array is also systematically evaluated. The result serves as a reference for designing large antenna arrays operating at millimeter-wave frequencies.
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页码:1075 / 1085
页数:11
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