A Compact Low-profile 5G Millimeter-wave Circularly Polarized Antenna Based on LTCC

Authors

  • Ting Wang School of Information and Control Engineering China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • Jun Wang School of Information and Control Engineering China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6459-5830
  • Chenyu Ding State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
  • Zhuowei Miao State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
  • Jie Wang Suzhou Bohai Microsystem Co. Ltd. Suzhou, China
  • Lei Zhao School of Information and Control Engineering China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.380910

Keywords:

5G millimeter wave (mm-Wave), circularly polarized (CP), low-profile, low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC), substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)

Abstract

In this paper, a circularly polarized millimeter-wave L-shaped dipole antenna based on low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology is proposed, which realizes compact size and low-profile performance. The designed antenna consists of radiation patches and the grounded coplanar waveguide-substrate integrated waveguide (GCPW-SIW) feeding structure, which connects each other by two via holes. The radiation patches include a pair of L-shaped patches and four parasitic patches. The simulated results show that the proposed antenna operates from 26.5 to 29.5 GHz for |S11|<−10 dB and AR<3 dB with a peak gain of 6.7 dBic. The antenna element size is only 0.58λ0×0.58λ0×0.056λ0, where λ0 is free-space wavelength at the center frequency of 28 GHz. A sample of the antenna is fabricated and measured to verify the proposed design, which has a good agreement with the simulated ones, indicating that the antenna has potential applications for the fifth generation (5G) mm-Wave n257 (26.5 - 29.5 GHz) frequency band communications and satellite communication systems.

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Author Biographies

Ting Wang, School of Information and Control Engineering China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Ting Wang was born in Xuzhou, China, in 1998. She is currently working toward the master’s degree with China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China. Her research interest is circularly polarized antenna theory and application.

Jun Wang, School of Information and Control Engineering China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Jun Wang was born in Jiangsu, China. He received the B.Eng. and M.S. degrees from Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China, in 2013 and 2017, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology from Southeast University, Nanjing, in 2021. From 2015 to 2016, he was with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, as a research associate.

He joined the China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2021. He has authored or co-authored over 30 referred journal and conference papers. His current research interests include the design of RF/microwave antennas and components.

Chenyu Ding, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China

Chen-Yu Ding received the B.S. degree in electromagnetic fields and wireless technology from Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2020. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology at the State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing, China., His current research interests include high-gain antenna array, multibeam antennas, and terahertz technology.

Zhuowei Miao, State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China

Zhuo-Wei Miao received the B.S. degree in electronics and information engineering from Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China, in 2014, and the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology from Southeast University, Nanjing, in 2020. From 2019 to 2020, he was a visiting Ph.D. student with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

He is currently a research fellow with the State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University. His current research interests include millimeter-wave and terahertz antennas and circuits, terahertz systems, and metamaterials.

Jie Wang, Suzhou Bohai Microsystem Co. Ltd. Suzhou, China

Jie Wang Deputy General Manager of Suzhou Bohai Entrepreneurial Microsystems Co., LTD. He received degree in electromagnetic field and microwave technology from Southeast University, Nanjing and as a postdoctoral fellow with Department of Electronic Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and adjunct professor with School of Electronic Information, Soochow University.

His research interests include electromagnetic field numerical calculation, LTCC multilayer circuit numerical calculation and equivalent circuit derivation, LTCC microwave device design, microwave millimeter wave component design based on LTCC, etc. He has published more than 10 papers such as IEEE-MTT, Journal of Electronics, Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Wave, Journal of Radio Wave Science, etc.

Lei Zhao, School of Information and Control Engineering China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China

Lei Zhao received the B.S. degree in mathematics from Jiangsu Normal University, China, in 1997, and the M.S. degree in computational mathematics and the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic fields and microwave technology from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2004 and 2007, respectively.

He joined the China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China, in 2019, where he is currently a full professor. From September 2009 to December 2018, he worked with Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China. From August 2007 to August 2009, he worked with the Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, as a research associate. From February 2011 to April 2011, he worked with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, as a research fellow. From September 2016 to September 2017, he worked with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA, as a visiting scholar. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 refereed journal and conference papers. His current research interests include spoof surface plasmon polaritons theory and its applications, RF/microwave antenna and filter design, computational electromagnetics, and effects of electromagnetic radiation on the human body.

Dr. Zhao serves as an associate editor for IEEE Access, an associate editor-in-chief for ACES Journal and a reviewer for multiple journals and conferences including the IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, ACES Journal, and other primary electromagnetics and microwave related journals.

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Published

2023-09-30

How to Cite

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T. . Wang, J. . Wang, C. . Ding, Z. . Miao, J. . Wang, and L. . Zhao, “A Compact Low-profile 5G Millimeter-wave Circularly Polarized Antenna Based on LTCC”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 09, pp. 703–709, Sep. 2023.

Issue

2023: Vol 38 Iss 9

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Special Issue on ACES-China 2022 Conference