Air-filled Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Technology for Broadband and Highly-Efficient Photonic-Enabled Antenna Systems

Sam Lemey; Olivier Caytan; Quinten Van den Brande; Igor Lima de Paula; Laurens Bogaert; Haolin Li; Joris Van Kerrebrouck; Ad C.F. Reniers; A.B. Smolders; J.M.R. Bauwelinck; Piet Demeester; Guy Torfs; Dries Vande Ginste; Steven Verstuyft; Bart Kuyken; Hendrik Rogier

doi:10.23919/URSIGASS49373.2020.9232291

Air-filled Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Technology for Broadband and Highly-Efficient Photonic-Enabled Antenna Systems

Sam Lemey, Olivier Caytan, Quinten Van den Brande, Igor Lima de Paula, Laurens Bogaert, Haolin Li, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Ad C.F. Reniers, A.B. Smolders, J.M.R. Bauwelinck, Piet Demeester, Guy Torfs, Dries Vande Ginste, Steven Verstuyft, Bart Kuyken, Hendrik Rogier

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The combination of microwave photonics, radio-over-fiber (RoF) and air-filled substrate-integrated-waveguide (AFSIW) technology opens many promising pathways to realize robust, broadband, and highly-integrated multi-antenna systems that address the stringent demands of (beyond-)5G wireless applications. In this paper, we demonstrate the potential of such a multi-disciplinary approach by discussing three designs. First, two AFSIW-based photonic-enabled remote antenna units (RAUs) are presented for downlink sub-6GHz RoF. By adopting an extensive full-wave/circuit co-simulation model, the power transfer between the optical and electrical domain is maximized. In the first design, this is done by using a Chebyshev impedance matching network, while the second design exploits conjugate matching. Second, a hybrid integration strategy for compact, broadband and highly efficient mmWave antennas is introduced. Its excellent performance is proven by realizing an on-chip AFSIW stacked patch antenna. In addition, the design facilitates compact integration of the opto-electronic front-end, making it attractive for the realization of next-generation photonic-enabled mmWave planar multi-antenna systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2020 33rd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, URSI GASS 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9789463968003
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/URSIGASS49373.2020.9232291
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2020
Event	33rd URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2020 - Rome, Italy Duration: 29 Aug 2020 → 5 Sept 2020 Conference number: 33 https://www.ursi.org/events.php?gass=on

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Conference	33rd URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, URSI GASS 2020
Abbreviated title	URSI GASS 2020
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Rome
Period	29/08/20 → 5/09/20
Internet address	https://www.ursi.org/events.php?gass=on

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Lemey, S., Caytan, O., Van den Brande, Q., Lima de Paula, I., Bogaert, L., Li, H., Van Kerrebrouck, J., Reniers, A. C. F., Smolders, A. B., Bauwelinck, J. M. R., Demeester, P., Torfs, G., Vande Ginste, D., Verstuyft, S., Kuyken, B., & Rogier, H. (2020). Air-filled Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Technology for Broadband and Highly-Efficient Photonic-Enabled Antenna Systems. In 2020 33rd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, URSI GASS 2020 Article 9232291 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.23919/URSIGASS49373.2020.9232291

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Air-filled Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Technology for Broadband and Highly-Efficient Photonic-Enabled Antenna Systems. / Lemey, Sam; Caytan, Olivier; Van den Brande, Quinten et al.
2020 33rd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science, URSI GASS 2020. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020. 9232291.

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