Cu/Co based metaconductor array antennas
The present disclosure describes various embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for implementing an array antenna having a combination of ferromagnetic and nonferromagnetic conductors in alternating multilayers. One such antenna device comprises an array of patch antennas on a substrate, wherein the patch antennas are formed of a combination of ferromagnetic and nonferromagnetic conductors in alternating multilayers; and a microstrip feeding line coupled to the array of patch antennas. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are also presented.
1. An antenna device comprising:
an array of patch antennas on a substrate, wherein the patch antennas are formed of a combination of a ferromagnetic conductor material at a first thickness and a nonferromagnetic conductor material at a second thickness in alternating multilayers of the ferromagnetic conductor material and the nonferromagnetic conductor material; and
a microstrip feeding line coupled to the array of patch antennas.
2. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the nonferromagnetic conductor material is Copper and the ferromagnetic conductor material is Cobalt.
3. The antenna device of claim 2 , wherein the second thickness of the Copper layer is approximately 150 nm and the first thickness of the Cobalt layer is 25 nm.
4. The antenna device of claim 3 , wherein each patch antenna contains at least 10 pairs of the Copper and Cobalt layers.
5. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the array of patch antennas comprises at least a 4×4 array of the patch antennas.
6. The antenna device of claim 5 , wherein a resonance radiation frequency of the patch antennas is substantially 31.9 GHz.
7. The antenna device of claim 6 , wherein an operation frequency of the antenna device comprises at least 28 GHz.
8. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is glass.
9. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the antenna device is coupled to a 5G radio frequency (RF) front end module for signal transmission and reception.
10. The antenna device of claim 1 , wherein the microstrip feeding line comprises a power divider.
11. A method of fabricating an antenna device comprising:
forming a combination of a ferromagnetic conductor material at a first thickness and a nonferromagnetic conductors material at a second thickness in alternating multilayers of the ferromagnetic conductor material and the nonferromagnetic conductor material on a substrate to form a patch antenna;
assembling a plurality of fabricated patch antennas into an array of patch antennas; and
coupling a microstrip feeding line to the array of patch antennas.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the nonferromagnetic conductor material is Copper and the ferromagnetic conductor material is Cobalt.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the second thickness of the Copper layer is approximately 150 nm and the first thickness of the Cobalt layer is 25 nm.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein each patch antenna contains at least 10 pairs of the Copper and Cobalt layers.
15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the array of patch antennas comprises at least a 4×4 array of the patch antennas.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a resonance radiation frequency of the patch antennas is substantially 31.9 GHz.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein an operation frequency of the antenna device comprises at least 28 GHz.
18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the substrate is glass.
19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the microstrip feeding line is coupled to a 5G radio frequency (RF) front end module for signal transmission and reception.
20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the microstrip feeding line comprises a power divider.