High-efficient and high-gain superstrate antenna for 60-GHz indoor communication

Abstract

A high-efficient and high-gain aperture coupled patch antenna with superstrate at 60 GHz is studied and presented. It is noted that adding superstrate will result in a significant effect on the antenna performances, and the size of the superstrate is critical for the optimum performance. The maximum measured gain of a single antenna with superstrate is 14.6 dBi, which is higher than that of a classical 2×2 array. It is found that the gain measured of a single antenna with superstrate increases nearly 9 dB at 60 GHz over its basic patch antenna. This superstrate antenna gives a very high estimated efficiency of 76%. The 2:1 measured VSWR bandwidth with superstrate is 6.8%. The radiation patterns are found to be broadside all over the frequency band. Also, this letter explains a comparison to another source of parasitic patch superstrate antenna with normal microstrip coupling. It is found that aperture coupling is better for high-gain antenna applications. © 2010 IEEE.