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2024-11-14
4 × 4 RHCP Array Antenna Base on LTCC and Quartz Interposer
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 150, 81-88, 2024
Abstract
This paper designs, simulates, fabricates, and measures a right hand circular polarization (RHCP) array antenna, which is based on a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) and quartz interposer. The proposed array antenna consists of $4\times 4$ antenna cells, and axis ratio of the antenna element in array antenna can be optimized after array expansion. This RHCP antenna's wide frequency band and good axial ratio band are obtained by the stacked patches. The thickness of the proposed antenna without fixed structure is about 1.7 mm, and it is realized by a LTCC substrate with 14 layers and a quartz interposer with the thickness of 0.254 mm. The measured results demonstrate that, for the operated frequency band of 17.5 GHz~21.5 GHz, the VSWR of the proposed antenna is better than 1.7, the RHCP gain more than 15.5 dB, the axial ratio less than 3 dB, and the size of the proposed antenna without connectors is 29.6 mm × 29.6 mm × 1.7 mm.
Citation
Hao Wei, Wei Han, and Naibo Zhang, "4 × 4 RHCP Array Antenna Base on LTCC and Quartz Interposer," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 150, 81-88, 2024.
doi:10.2528/PIERC24051802
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