Photonics Research, Volume. 2, Issue 4, B40(2014)

Wide-bandwidth, high-gain, low-temperature cofired ceramic magneto-electric dipole antenna and arrays for millimeter wave radio-over-fiber systems

Zheng Guo1,2, Huiping Tian1,2、*, Xudong Wang1,2, and and Yuefeng Ji1,2
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  • 1State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 2School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    (a) Half-wavelength dipole antenna (electric dipole). (b) Quarter-wavelength short-circuit patch antenna (magnetic dipole). (c) ME dipole antenna.
    Configuration of LTCC ME dipole antenna: (a) simulation model, (b) top view, and (c) side view.
    Simulated |S11| versus (a) L, (b) d1, and (c) d2 for the antenna in Fig. 2.
    Current distribution at (a) 58 and (b) 67.3 GHz.
    Bandwidth and gain characteristics of the antenna in Fig. 2.
    Configuration of the antenna array.
    Simulated S parameters of the T-junction power divider.
    Simulated (a) E-plane and (b) H-plane couplings for antenna array.
    Bandwidth and gain characteristics of the antenna array.
    Radiation pattern of the antenna array at 58, 60, and 65 GHz: (a) E plane and (b) H plane.
    • Table 1. Comparisons Between This Work and Other 60 GHz Dipole Antenna Arrays

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      Table 1. Comparisons Between This Work and Other 60 GHz Dipole Antenna Arrays

      Antenna TypeSize (mm3)Impedance BW (GHz)Peak Gain at 60 GHz
      Antenna-in-Package [17]12.5×8×1.26559–657 dBi
      Grid Array Antennas [18]15×15×0.656–67.516.5 dBi
      Vertical Off-Center dipole [19]16×14.7×1.256.2–65.815.6 dBi
      Our Work13.6×13.6×0.956.5–6817.67 dBi
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    Zheng Guo, Huiping Tian, Xudong Wang, and Yuefeng Ji. Wide-bandwidth, high-gain, low-temperature cofired ceramic magneto-electric dipole antenna and arrays for millimeter wave radio-over-fiber systems[J]. Photonics Research, 2014, 2(4): B40

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    Paper Information

    Special Issue: MICROWAVE PHOTONICS

    Received: Mar. 28, 2014

    Accepted: Jun. 10, 2014

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2014

    The Author Email: Huiping Tian (hptian@bupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.2.000B40

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