Gap Waveguide Structure in LTCC for Millimeter-Wave Applications

Autor: Cristina Arenas Buendia, François Gallée, Christian Person, Alejandro Valero Nogueira
Přispěvatelé: Département Micro-Ondes (MO), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Télécom Bretagne-Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB), Institute for Telecommunication and Multimedia Applications (iTEAM) (UPV (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia)) (iTEAM Insitute), Lab-STICC_TB_MOM_DIM, Laboratoire des sciences et techniques de l'information, de la communication et de la connaissance (Lab-STICC), École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Télécom Bretagne-Institut Brestois du Numérique et des Mathématiques (IBNM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Université de Brest (UBO)-Télécom Bretagne-Institut Brestois du Numérique et des Mathématiques (IBNM), Université de Brest (UBO)-Université européenne de Bretagne - European University of Brittany (UEB)-École Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Proceedings EuCAP 2014 : 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
EuCAP 2014 : 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
EuCAP 2014 : 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Apr 2014, La Haye, Netherlands
Popis: International audience; Gap waveguide technology represents an emerging and interesting solution for the development of circuits and components operating in the millimeter-wave and sub-millimeter-wave region. In this new guiding structure the energy is transmitted through the air gap existing between two parallel metal plates with a HIS boundary condition to assure energy confinement. These conditions are implemented by means of a multiplicity of conducting nails periodically distributed on both sides of the guiding media. This paper resents a new of the Gap Waveguide concept using low temperature co-fired ceramic technology (LTCC) in sub-millimeterwave band. Compared to substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology, the first interest is the minimization of dielectric losses due to the propagation in air. Furthermore, it is shown that the technological constraints are less severe than for the conception of SIW waveguide (diameter and periodicity of vias). The concept is illustrated with a gap waveguide example working at around 170 GHz.
Databáze: OpenAIRE