{"title":"A QFN packaged grid array antenna in low dielectric constant LTCC for D-band applications","authors":"Camilla Kärnfelt, Bing Zhang, H. Zirath","doi":"10.1109/IMWS-AMP.2016.7588410","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A medium-gain Grid Array Antenna (GAA) is developed and manufactured in ESL41110, a low εr Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) from ElectroScience Laboratory. The antenna dimensions are 12 mm × 12 mm × 0.3 mm and it has a measured impedance bandwidth from 135 to 142 GHz, with a boresight maximum gain of 7.96 dBi and vertical beams. In order to realize this antenna, new LTCC fabrication steps had to be developed and qualified in the in-house procedure, including laser ablation of gold in the green state as well as after sintering.","PeriodicalId":132755,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP)","volume":"259 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes for RF and THz Applications (IMWS-AMP)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMWS-AMP.2016.7588410","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A medium-gain Grid Array Antenna (GAA) is developed and manufactured in ESL41110, a low εr Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) from ElectroScience Laboratory. The antenna dimensions are 12 mm × 12 mm × 0.3 mm and it has a measured impedance bandwidth from 135 to 142 GHz, with a boresight maximum gain of 7.96 dBi and vertical beams. In order to realize this antenna, new LTCC fabrication steps had to be developed and qualified in the in-house procedure, including laser ablation of gold in the green state as well as after sintering.