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- Title
Three-dimensional printed ABS plastic peanut-lens with integrated ball grid array module for high-data-rate communications in F-band.
- Authors
Bisognin, Aimeric; Arboleya, Ana; Luxey, Cyril; Gianesello, Frederic; Gloria, Daniel; Matos, Sérgio A.; Costa, Jorge R.; Fernandes, Carlos A.
- Abstract
A ball grid array (BGA) module integrated within a three-dimensional printed peanut-shaped lens is proposed for high-data-rate wireless communications in the F-band (116-140 GHz) between a video camera and a TV or a laptop. The module implements a 1 × 2 array antenna which radiates a wide beam in the horizontal plane (H-plane) and a narrower beam in the vertical plane (E-plane). The dielectric lens, fabricated in ABS-M30 plastic, is a shaped lens designed to achieve a fan-beam radiation pattern further narrowing the vertical plane and widening the horizontal plane of the BGA module. The realised gain of the full antenna system is required to exceed 5 dBi within a 120° angular interval in the horizontal plane and a 20° angular interval in the vertical plane. Measurements show a reflection coefficient below -9 dB from 116 to 140 GHz and a maximum realised gain of 8.5 dBi at 130 GHz demonstrating feasibility of the cost-effective proposed design for a high-data-rate communications.
- Subjects
PLASTIC lenses; THREE-dimensional printing; BALL grid array technology; BIT rate; ANTENNA arrays; COST effectiveness
- Publication
IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation (Wiley-Blackwell), 2017, Vol 11, Issue 14, p2021
- ISSN
1751-8725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1049/iet-map.2017.0190