A coplanar patch antenna for integration with mmWave SiGe transceiver

Abstract

A coplanar patch antenna suitable for integration with millimeter wave (mmWave) transceiver ICs is presented. The antenna is printed on a fused silica substrate and can be connected to a silicon transceiver via solder balls with 150μm pitch. The antenna was designed and manufactured for the 60GHz industrial scientific medical (ISM) band and shows about 5GHz of bandwidth with high efficiency. In the following, simulations and measurements of antenna matching, gain and radiation pattern are presented and discussed. © 2006 IEEE.