Heterogeneous Phased Array Architecture Consisting of AoD and AiP to Enhance Spherical Beamforming Coverage for 5G/6G Cellular Handsets

Junho Park, Bumhyun Kim, Jonghyun Kim, Jaehyun Choi, Ahmed Abdelmottaleb Omar, Wonbin Hong

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Abstract

This paper presents a first-of-the-kind heterogeneous phased array architecture to enhance spherical beamforming coverage while maintaining present-day device design trends. The proposed architecture symmetrically arranges both antenna-on-display (AoD) and antenna-in-package (AiP) modules in the foreside direction to achieve three independent multi-beamsteering radiation in two opposing broadside and one-endfire directions. The proof-of-concept (POC) model is designed to prove the feasibility of the proposed phased array configuration and architecture. The phased array AoD and AiP modules of the POC model achieve more than 1.7 GHz impedance bandwidth across the 3GPP's licensed n261 (27.5 - 28.35 GHz) bands. The POC model improves EIRP at CDF = 50% by more than 2.8 dB compared to that of each independent AoD and AiP module.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9788831299022
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

Name15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2021

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 EurAAP.

Keywords

  • 5G
  • 6G
  • Millimeter-wave antennas
  • phased array antennas
  • terahertz atnenans

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Signal Processing
  • Instrumentation

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