A low-profile unidirectional printed antenna for millimeter-wave applications

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Original languageEnglish
Article number6691938
Pages (from-to)1232-1237
Journal / PublicationIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume62
Issue number3
Online published23 Dec 2013
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2014

Abstract

By combining a printed reflector-backed one-wave-length bowtie antenna and a printed double loop antenna, a new wideband high-gain antenna element is demonstrated. Due to its low-profile structure of ∼ 0.05λ0, it is attractive to be used in an array environment. Experimentally, a series of antenna arrays operated at 60 GHz are designed and fabricated. They achieve wide impedance bandwidths covering the 57-64 GHz unlicensed frequency band. Over this band, the measured antenna gains are ranged from 14.5-15.5 dBi, 18.3-20.1 dBi and 22.5-25.2 dBi for 4-element, 14-element and 50-element antenna arrays, respectively. The measured radiation pattern has low cross-polarization level and low back radiation. The proposed low-profile antenna and arrays are low-cost in fabrication as they are simply made on a single-layer printed circuit board. © 1963-2012 IEEE.

Research Area(s)

  • 60 GHz radio, Antenna array, low-profile antenna, wideband antenna