A DR Loaded Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antenna for 60 GHz High Speed Wireless Communication Systems

Table 2

60 GHz antenna/array designs and performance comparisons from literature.

Antennas for 60 GHz	Design description		Bandwidth (GHz)	Gain (dBi)	Dimension; (𝑙×𝑤×ℎ mm^3)
Our work	Single layer design with thin substrate of RT/duroid 5880 having permittivity 𝜖𝑟=2.23, loss tangent tan 𝛿=0.003 with thickness 0.127 mm. The DR thickness is 0.79 mm.	Single antenna element	6.20; (58.80–65)	6.6	10×3×0.952; (with DR)
			2.70; (58.40–61.10)	6	10×3×0.162; (without DR)
		1×4 antenna array	6.40; (59.5–65.90)	11.2	20×10×0.952; (with DR)
			2.70; (58.70–61.40)	11.2	20×10×0.162; (without DR)
[17]	Multilayer SIW based slot couple patch antenna design that consists of two layers of substrate of RT/duroid 5870 having permittivity 𝜖𝑟=2.33, loss tangent tan 𝛿=0.002, each substrate with thickness 0.79 mm	Single antenna element	14; (56.30–70.30)	5	>15 ×4.8×1.63
[9]	Multilayer layer design that consists of two layers of pyralux substrate, each having thickness 0.75 𝜇m with permittivity 𝜖𝑟=2.4, loss tangent tan 𝛿=0.002 and one layer of FR4 having substrate thickness of 200 𝜇m.	Single antenna element	5.8; (58.7–64.5)	7.6	30×30×0.484
		1×4 antenna array	6.3; (58.7–65)	12.4	30×30×0.484
[18]	Single layer design with thick substrate of RO3006 having permittivity 𝜖𝑟=6.15, loss tangent tan 𝛿=0.003 with thickness 0.635 mm	Single antenna element	7; (57–64)	7.4	10×6×0.67
		2×4 antenna array	7; (57–64)	12	Not given