Dual-polarized patch array antenna package for 5G communication systems

Abstract

For applications of 5G (5 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">th</sup> generation mobile networks) communication systems, dual-polarized patch array antenna operating at 28.5 GHz is designed on the package substrate. To verify the radiation performance of designed antenna itself, a test package including two patch antennas is also design and its scattering parameters were measured. Using a large height of dielectric materials, 1.5 ~ 2.0 GHz of antenna bandwidth is achieved which is wide enough. Besides, the dielectric constants are reduced to reflect variances of material properties in the higher frequency region. Measured results of the test package show a good performance at the operating frequency, indicating that the fabricated antenna package will perform well, either. In the future work, manufacturing variances will be investigated further.