E-Band Beam-Steerable and Scalable Phased Antenna Array for 5G Access Point

Table 3

Simulated and measured antenna characteristics for different beam-steering angles at 72.5 Ghz.

PCB	Angle	Gain sim./meas. (dBi)	3 dB angular width sim./meas.	Efficiency meas. (dB)
Boresight		16.9/15.2	18.6°/18.4°	−3.6
Elevation plane	10°	14.2/13.3	19.2°/18.6°	−3.3
	20°	13.8/13.1	19.8°/18.2°	−3.8
	30°	12.7/12.1	21°/20.8°	−3.5
	40°	11.7/11.2	22.7°/21.6°	−3.6
Azimuth plane	10°	16.7/15.1	19.8°/18.7°	−3.6
	20°	15.7/13.7	19.1°/18.8°	−3.2
	30°	13.2/11.6	21.6°/20.8°	−3.4
	40°	12/11.3	22.1°/21.8°	−3.4
Diagonal direction	10°	15.4/13.6	18.8°/18.5°	−3.6
	20°	14.8/13.2	18.9°/18.3°	−3.9