Technologies for integrated millimeter-wave antennas

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Technologies for integrated millimeter-wave antennas
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Johannsen, U. (2013). Technologies for integrated millimeter-wave antennas. [Phd Thesis 1 (Research TU/e /
Graduation TU/e), Electrical Engineering]. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. https://doi.org/10.6100/IR754833
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Technologies for integrated
millimeter-wave antennas
This research was financially supported by the European Catrene project PANAMA as well
astheFP7-projectPar4CR.
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Technologies for integrated
millimeter-wave antennas
PROEFSCHRIFT
terverkrijgingvandegraadvandoctoraande
TechnischeUniversiteitEindhoven,opgezagvande
rectormagnificus,prof.dr.ir.C.J.vanDuijn,vooreen
commissieaangewezendoorhetCollegevoor
Promotiesinhetopenbaarteverdedigen
opwoensdag3juli2013om14.00uur
door
UlfJohannsen
geborenteFlensburg,Duitsland
Ditproefschriftisgoedgekeurddoordepromotoren:
prof.dr.ir.A.B.Smolders
en
prof.dr.ir.G.Gerini
”SoeineArbeitwirdeigentlichniefertig,
manmusssiefu¨rfertigerkla¨ren,
wennmannachZeitundUmsta¨nden
dasMo¨glichstegetanhat.”
JohannWolfgangvonGoethe(1749-1832)

Meinen Eltern

Contents
Summary xiii
Samenvatting xv
Listofabbreviations xvii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Contextandgeneralbackgroundofthethesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.1 Societalcontext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.2 Briefreviewof60GHzwirelesscommunication . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.3 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2 Objectives,researchapproachandoutline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 Originalcontributionofthethesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Electromagnetictheoryandantennamodeling 9
2.1 Electromagneticfieldsindielectricmedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.1 TheMaxwellequations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1.2 Effectoffiniteelectricresistivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.3 Vectorpotentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.4 Confinedsubstratemodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2 Numericalcomputation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2.1 Themethodofmoments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2.2 Finite-differencetime-domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.3 Antennaparameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3.1 Fieldregions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3.2 Inputimpedanceandradiationefficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3.3 Gain,polarization,andradiationpattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.4 Friistransmissionequation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4 Thin-wirecircularloopantennamodel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.1 Derivationoftheintegralequation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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