TY - GEN
T1 - PCB bowing effects on 60 GHz switched-beam antenna modules
AU - Baniya, Prabhat
AU - Melde, Kathleen L.
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation under Grant ECCS-1708458.
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© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/7
Y1 - 2019/7
N2 - This paper introduces a method to incorporate the bowing curvature on the 3-D models of 60 GHz switched-beam multilayer antenna modules. This allows such manufacturing effects on the fabricated prototypes to be taken into account in the post-fabrication simulation. The curvature is introduced on the flat 3-D model by intersecting the raised metal patterns with curve solid layers. The method is general and can be applied on any layered structure even if vias are present. The full-wave simulations of the model, with and without the bow, are performed. The reflection coefficients (both measured and simulated) and radiation patterns are compared and analyzed to determine the effects of bowing.
AB - This paper introduces a method to incorporate the bowing curvature on the 3-D models of 60 GHz switched-beam multilayer antenna modules. This allows such manufacturing effects on the fabricated prototypes to be taken into account in the post-fabrication simulation. The curvature is introduced on the flat 3-D model by intersecting the raised metal patterns with curve solid layers. The method is general and can be applied on any layered structure even if vias are present. The full-wave simulations of the model, with and without the bow, are performed. The reflection coefficients (both measured and simulated) and radiation patterns are compared and analyzed to determine the effects of bowing.
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U2 - 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2019.8888652
DO - 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2019.8888652
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85075256640
T3 - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019 - Proceedings
SP - 687
EP - 688
BT - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, APSURSI 2019
Y2 - 7 July 2019 through 12 July 2019
ER -