Ball Grid Array Module with Integrated Shaped Lens for 5G Backhaul/Fronthaul Communications in F-Band
| Autor: | Yuri Alvarez, Aimeric Bisognin, Cyril Luxey, Baptiste Grave, Daniel Gloria, Fernando Las-Heras, Nour Nachabe, Mahmoud Sawaby, Amin Arbabian, Carlos A. Fernandes, Ana Arboleya-Arboleya, Nemat Dolatsha, Frederic Gianesello, Jorge R. Costa, Jaime Laviada |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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F band
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica Eletrónica e Informática [Domínio/Área Científica] 02 engineering and technology 7. Clean energy law.invention law Ball grid array Millimeter-wave (mmw) antennas 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Physics 3-D printing Dielectric lens business.industry 020208 electrical & electronic engineering Electrical engineering 020206 networking & telecommunications Backhaul/fronthaul links Organic module Lens (optics) Backhaul (telecommunications) Embedded system Return loss Bit error rate Transceiver Ball grid array (BGA) business 5G |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| Popis: | In this paper, we propose a ball grid array (BGA) module with an integrated 3-D-printed plastic lens antenna for application in a dedicated 130 GHz OOK transceiver that targets the area of 5G backhaul/fronthaul systems. The main design goal was the full integration of a small footprint antenna with an energy-efficient transceiver. The antenna system must be compact and cost effective while delivering an approximately 30 dBi gain in the working band, defined as 120 to 140 GHz. Accordingly, a 2×2 array of aperture-coupled patch antennas was designed in the 7×7×0.362 mm3 BGA module as the feed antenna of the lens. This achieved a 7.8 dBi realized gain, broadside polarization purity above 20 dB, and over 55% total efficiency from 110 to 140 GHz (20% bandwidth). A plastic elliptical lens 40 mm in diameter and 42.3 mm in height was placed on top of the BGA module. The antenna achieved a return loss better than ?10 dB and a 28 dBi realized gain from 114 to 140 GHz. Finally, active measurements demonstrated a >12 Gbps Tx/Rx link at 5 m with bit error rate (BER) < 10?6 at 1.6 pJ/b/m. These results pave the way for future cost-effective, energy-efficient, high-data rate backhaul/fronthaul systems for 5G communications. info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
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