Summary
International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation
2013
Session Number:TP-2(B)
Session:
Number:TP-2(B)-3
A D-Band Packaged Antenna on Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramics for Wire-Bond Connection with an Indium Phosphide Power Meter
Bing Zhang, Li Wei, Herbert Zirath,
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Publication Date:2013/10/22
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.54.TP-2(B)-3
Summary:
A D-band packaged grid array antenna (GAA) on Ferro A6M low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC, εr = 5.74, tanδ = 0.0023 @ 145 GHz) is presented. It is designed for wirebond connection with an indium phosphide (InP) power meter as a demonstration of a D-band packaged radio. Dimensions of the GAA (x, y, z) = (12, 12, 0.5) mm3 . Simulated by Ansoft HFSS, the antenna’s impedance bandwidth is 139 - 149.3 GHz, maximum gain of 20.9 dBi @ 147.8 GHz with 3-dB gain bandwidth 139.5 ? 150.8 GHz, vertical beams of 10o beamwidth in the broadside are detected 139 ? 151 GHz on both E- and H-planes. The 25 um diameter co-planar bonding wires that bridge the InP chip and LTCC antenna substrate over a 250 um separation are studied, showing acceptable insertion loss and limited bandwidth.