TY - GEN
T1 - E-Band 3-D Printed Antenna Fabrication and Measurement Using VNA and One-Side Frequency-Extender
AU - Zhou, S.
AU - Pan, George
AU - Zhang, K.
AU - Pan, C.
AU - Davis, C.
PY - 2018/11/13
Y1 - 2018/11/13
N2 - Millimeter wave radar has appeared in the scene as automotive safety devices for cruise control, automatic braking and collision warning. These radars use the 75-to 81-GHz band, and their fine resolution permits to detect small objects in movement with high precision. In this paper, we introduce the low-cost 3D printed ABS based plastic antennas, outlining the electro plating process. We focus on high precision E-band measurements, employing popular vector network analyzer (VNA) along with a single frequency-extender to reduce the equipment budget. The setup extends its frequency range of VNA from the K-band into E-band. Connections, setup and block diagram are discussed in detail, and prevention of equipment mismatch is revealed. Finally, laboratory measurements are compared to the HFSS simulation data and good agreement is seen.
AB - Millimeter wave radar has appeared in the scene as automotive safety devices for cruise control, automatic braking and collision warning. These radars use the 75-to 81-GHz band, and their fine resolution permits to detect small objects in movement with high precision. In this paper, we introduce the low-cost 3D printed ABS based plastic antennas, outlining the electro plating process. We focus on high precision E-band measurements, employing popular vector network analyzer (VNA) along with a single frequency-extender to reduce the equipment budget. The setup extends its frequency range of VNA from the K-band into E-band. Connections, setup and block diagram are discussed in detail, and prevention of equipment mismatch is revealed. Finally, laboratory measurements are compared to the HFSS simulation data and good agreement is seen.
KW - Calibration
KW - E-band
KW - Extender
KW - VNA
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U2 - 10.1109/EPEPS.2018.8534293
DO - 10.1109/EPEPS.2018.8534293
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85059017987
T3 - EPEPS 2018 - IEEE 27th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems
SP - 127
EP - 129
BT - EPEPS 2018 - IEEE 27th Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 27th IEEE Conference on Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging and Systems, EPEPS 2018
Y2 - 14 October 2018 through 17 October 2018
ER -