摘要
In this paper, we present a compact low-temperature co-fired ceramic（LTCC） dual-band antenna by using the electromagnetic coupling effect concept for global positioning system（GPS） and universal mobile telecommunication system（UMTS） applications. The overall dimension of the antenna is 8.6 mm × 13.0 mm × 1.1 mm. It consists of double meander lines and a via hole line. The top meander line operates at the upper band, and the bottom radiating patch is designed for the lower band. The via-hole line is employed to connect the double meander lines. Because of the effect of the coupled line,total dimension of the proposed antenna is greatly reduced. With the 2.5： voltage standing wave ratio（VSWR） impedance bandwidth definition, the lower and upper bands have the bandwidths of 110 MHz and 150 MHz, respectively. The proposed antenna is successfully designed, simulated, and analyzed by a high frequency structure simulator（HFSS）. And the antenna is manufactured by using the 0.95Zn2SiO4-0.05 CaTiO3ceramics（εr = 7.1, tanδ = 0.00038） that is prepared by ourselves. The results show that the antenna is compact, efficient, and of near omnidirectional radiation pattern.
In this paper, we present a compact low-temperature co-fired ceramic（LTCC） dual-band antenna by using the electromagnetic coupling effect concept for global positioning system（GPS） and universal mobile telecommunication system（UMTS） applications. The overall dimension of the antenna is 8.6 mm × 13.0 mm × 1.1 mm. It consists of double meander lines and a via hole line. The top meander line operates at the upper band, and the bottom radiating patch is designed for the lower band. The via-hole line is employed to connect the double meander lines. Because of the effect of the coupled line,total dimension of the proposed antenna is greatly reduced. With the 2.5： voltage standing wave ratio（VSWR） impedance bandwidth definition, the lower and upper bands have the bandwidths of 110 MHz and 150 MHz, respectively. The proposed antenna is successfully designed, simulated, and analyzed by a high frequency structure simulator（HFSS）. And the antenna is manufactured by using the 0.95Zn2SiO4-0.05 CaTiO3ceramics（εr = 7.1, tanδ = 0.00038） that is prepared by ourselves. The results show that the antenna is compact, efficient, and of near omnidirectional radiation pattern.
基金
Project supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(Grant No.20133718120009)
the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Provence,China(Grant Nos.ZR2013FQ002 and ZR2014FQ006)
the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2014M551935)
the Qingdao Municipality Postdoctoral Science Foundation,China
the Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Science and Technology for Recruited Talents,China(Grant Nos.2013RCJJ042 and 2014RCJJ052)
