Evolution of Innovative 5G Millimeter-Wave Antenna Designs Integrating Non-Millimeter-Wave Antenna Functions Based on Antenna-in-Package (AiP) Solution to Cellular Phones

被引:13
作者
Huang, Huan-Chu [1 ]
Lu, Jiaguo [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Etheta Commun Technol Co Ltd, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China
[2] Xidian Univ, Sch Elect Engn, Xian 710071, Peoples R China
[3] East China Res Inst Microelect, Hefei 230088, Peoples R China
关键词
5G mobile communication; Antennas; Cellular phones; MIMO communication; Antenna arrays; Mobile antennas; Commercialization; 5G mobile communications; AiP; AiPiA; AiPaA; antennas; evolution; millimeter-wave; BAND;
D O I
10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3077309
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
This article presents an inspiring retrospect and prospect on the evolution of innovative 5G millimeter-Wave (mm-Wave) antenna designs integrating non-mm-Wave functions based on the antenna-in-package (AiP) solution to cellular phones. The innovative designs include mm-Wave antennas-in-package integrating non-mm-Wave antennas (AiPiA), mm-Wave antennas-in-package as non-mm-Wave antennas (AiPaA), and mm-Wave antennas-in-package integrating and as non-mm-Wave antennas (AiPiaA). In comparison with conventional AiP-based mm-Wave antenna designs, these designs advance to achieve the total solutions for the 5(th) generation mobile communications (5G) antennas to cellular phones, which remarkably benefit design efforts of antenna designers for cellular phones, occupied space by antennas in cellular phones, and applications of 5G antennas to cellular phones.
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页码:72516 / 72523
页数:8
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