Terahertz Antenna-in-Package Design and Measurement for 6G Communications System

This paper presents the novel design techniques for terahertz (THz) antenna-in-package (AiP) to overcome issues resulting from multilayer PCB-based antenna array integration, fabrication, and measurement. We propose a wideband dual-polarized stub-loaded proximity-coupled stacked patch antenna and ve...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2024-02, Vol.72 (2), p.1-1
Main Authors: Jung, Dongjin, Park, Chan-Ju, Kwon, Taek Sun, Seo, Jung Woo, Ahn, Byungkuon, Wi, Sang-Hyuk, Na, Ilju
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AiP
Antenna arrays
Antenna design
Antenna measurements
antenna-in-package
Antennas
Bandwidths
Boresights
Circuit boards
Circuit design
Communications systems
Design
Dual polarization (waves)
Equivalent circuits
Impedance matching
Multilayers
Package design
Patch antennas
Power dividers
Printed circuits
stacked patch antenna
subarray
terahertz
Transmission line measurements
vertical power divider
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Summary:This paper presents the novel design techniques for terahertz (THz) antenna-in-package (AiP) to overcome issues resulting from multilayer PCB-based antenna array integration, fabrication, and measurement. We propose a wideband dual-polarized stub-loaded proximity-coupled stacked patch antenna and vertical power divider as design solutions. Circuit analysis is performed to provide the equivalent circuit model and its design validity. We designed, simulated, and measured a 4×1 subarray, which ultimately builds THz 8×8 AiP for the next generation 6G communications system. The designed proximity-coupled stacked patch antenna employs open and short stubs in via transition of the antenna's feeding for bandwidth enhancement. The designed power divider is constructed vertically to minimize the size of the 4×1 subarray. This innovative power-splitting architecture significantly decreases the complexity of the feeding network because the divider is designed without conventional T-junctions and quarter wavelength impedance transformers. Thus, the size of the dual-fed dual-polarized 4×1 subarray, limited by two 4-way power dividers can be shrunken considerably. Based on these proposed techniques, we fabricated and measured an 8×8 antenna array package on our custom-built probe station. The measured boresight gain of the 8×8 antenna array package exceeds 17.1 dBi within the operating bandwidth of 136 to 148 GHz.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2023.3320276