Membrane supported CPW-FED wideband slot antenna for millimeter wave applications Article

Krishnan, S, Boone, J, la Rosa, H et al. (2012). Membrane supported CPW-FED wideband slot antenna for millimeter wave applications . 28 15-26. 10.2528/PIERC11112108

cited authors

  • Krishnan, S; Boone, J; la Rosa, H; Bhansali, S

abstract

  • A low profile CPW fed millimeter wave rectangular slot antenna operating with a wideband; centered at 94 GHz has been designed, fabricated and tested on a 10 μm silicon diaphragm. To improve the bandwidth of the conventional slot antenna a C-shaped tuning stub has been incorporated. Measurement results show that the antenna operates from 75 to 105 GHz with a reflection coefficient better than -10 dB. At its resonant frequency the fabricated slot antennas have a reflection co-efficient ranging from -25 dB to -35 dB. The bandwidth of the antenna with a tuning stub was found to be over 30% at -10 dB. By using the slot antenna with a C-shaped tuning stub the bandwidth has been shown to improve, which could be used for several Millimeter wave applications.

publication date

  • January 1, 2012

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 15

end page

  • 26

volume

  • 28