Substrate-Integrated Millimeter-Wave Antennas for 5G/B5G Communications and Next-generation Radars

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Contributors

Preface to follow

Chapter 1 Introduction to Millimeter Wave Antennas

1.1 Millimeter Waves

1.2 Propagation of Millimeter Waves

1.3 Millimeter Wave Technology

1.3.1 Important Features

1.3.2 Major Modern Applications

1.4 Unique Challenges of Millimeter Wave Antennas

1.5 Briefing of State-of-the-Art Millimeter Wave Antennas

1.6 Implementation Considerations of Substrate Integrated Millimeter Wave Antennas

1.6.1 Fabrication Processes and Materials of the Antennas

1.6.2 Commonly Used Transmission Line Systems for Antennas

1.7 Note on Losses in Microstrip-lines and Substrate Integrated Waveguides

1.8 Update of Millimeter Wave Technology in 5G and Beyond

1.9 Summary

References

Chapter 2 Measurement Methods and Setups of Antennas at 60-325-GHz Bands

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 Far-field Antenna Measurement Setup

2.1.2 Near-field Antenna Measurement Setup

2.2 Sate-of-the-art mmW Measurement Systems

2.2.1 Commercially Available mmW Measurement Systems

2.2.2 Customized mmW Measurement Systems

2.3 Considerations for Measurement Setup Configuration

2.3.1 Near-field versus Compact Range

2.3.2 RF System

2.3.3 Interface Between the RF Instrument and AUT

2.3.4 On-Wafer Antenna Measurement

2.4 mmW Measurement Setup Examples

2.4.1 60-GHz Antenna Measurement Setup

2.4.2 140-GHz Antenna Measurement Setup

2.4.3 270-GHz Antenna Measurement Setup

2.5 Summary

References

Chapter 3 Substrate Integrated mmW Antennas in LTCC

3.1 Introduction

3.1.1 Unique Design Challenges and Promising Solutions

3.1.2 SIW Slot Antennas and Arrays in LTCC

3.2 High-gain mmW SIW Slot Antenna Arrays in LTCC

3.2.1 SIW Three-Dimensional Corporate Feed

3.2.2 Substrate Integrated Cavity Antenna Array at 60 GHz

3.2.3 Simplified Designs and High-order-mode Antenna Array at 140 GHz

3.2.4 Fully Substrate Integrated Antennas at 270 GHz

3.3 Summary

References

Chapter 4 Broadband Metamaterial-Mushroom Antenna Array at 60-GHz Bands

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Broadband Low-Profile CRLH-Mushroom Antenna

4.2.1 Working Principle

4.2.2 Impedance Matching

4.3 Broadband LTCC Metamaterial-Mushroom Antenna Array at 60 GHz

4.3.1 SIW Fed CRLH-Mushroom Antenna Element

4.3.2 Self-Decoupling Functionality

4.3.3 Self-Decoupled Metamaterial-Mushroom Subarray

4.3.4 Metamaterial-Mushroom Antenna Array

4.4 Summary

References

Chapter 5 Narrow-Wall-Fed Substrate Integrated Cavity Antenna at 60 GHz

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Broadband Techniques for Substrate Integrated Antennas

5.2.1 Enhancement of Impedance Matching for SIW Antennas

5.2.2 Multi-Mode Substrate Integrated Cavity Antennas

5.2.3 Substrate Integrated Cavity Backed Slot Antenna

5.2.4 Patch Loaded Substrate Integrated Cavity Antenna

5.2.5 Travelling-wave Elements Loaded Substrate Integrated Cavity Antenna

5.3 SIW Narrow Wall Fed SIC Antennas at Ka- and V-bands

5.3.1 SIW Narrow Wall Fed SIC Antenna

5.3.2 SIW Narrow Wall Fed SIC Antenna Array at 35 GHz

5.3.3 60-GHz SIW Narrow Wall Fed SIC Antenna Array

5.4 Summary

References

CHAPTER 6 Cavity-Backed SIW Slot Antennas at 60 GHz

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Operating Principle of the Cavity-backed Antenna

6.2.1 Configuration

6.2.2 Analysis of the Backing-cavity

6.2.3 Design of the Backing-cavity

6.3 Cavity-backed SIW Slot Antenna

6.3.1 Feeding techniques

6.3.2 The SIW Backing-cavity

6.3.3 Radiating Slot

6.4 Types