Metamaterial-based LTCC Compressed Luneburg Lens Antenna at 60 GHz for Wireless Communications
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Zelenchuk, Dmitry; Karnfelt, Camilla; Gallee, Francois; Munina, Irina
- Source
- 2021 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Antennas, Communications and Electronic Systems (COMCAS) Microwaves, Antennas, Communications and Electronic Systems (COMCAS), 2021 IEEE International Conference on. :513-515 Nov, 2021
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Microwave antennas
Wireless communication
Microwave communication
Optics
Microwave theory and techniques
Metamaterials
Indexes
metamaterials
antenna
lens
scattering
- Language
The paper presents a metamaterial based LTCC compressed Luneburg lens antenna for wireless communications. The antenna is designed at 60 GHz to utilize the unlicensed mm-wave spectrum available for short-range high-data-rate communications. The gradient index compressed Luneburg lens antenna is designed using the quasi-conformal transformation optics method. The design of the antenna is fully compliant with the standard LTCC process with a high-permittivity host material. The diameter of the antenna is 19 mm and the thickness is less than 2 mm. The peak antenna gain at 60 GHz of 16 dBi is demonstrated. Beam scanning capacity is demonstrated with 1 dB scan loss within ±25 degree field of view.