Tunable RF Antennas and Filters for Advanced Communication Systems and Wideband Quasi ...

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Title
Tunable RF Antennas and Filters for Advanced Communication Systems and Wideband
Quasi-Optical Network Analyzer for Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Applications
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Alazemi, Abdullah J.
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2015

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UNIVERSITYOFCALIFORNIA,SANDIEGO
TunableRFAntennasandFiltersforAdvancedCommunicationSystemsand
WidebandQuasi-OpticalNetworkAnalyzerforMillimeter-WaveandTerahertz
Applications
Adissertationsubmittedinpartialsatisfactionofthe
requirementsforthedegree
DoctorofPhilosophy
in
ElectricalEngineering(ElectronicCircuitsandSystems)
by
AbdullahJ.Alazemi
Committeeincharge:
ProfessorGabrielM.Rebeiz,Chair
ProfessorJamesF.Buckwalter
ProfessorGertCauwenberghs
ProfessorBrianG.Keating
ProfessorDanielF.Sievenpiper
2015
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AbdullahJ.Alazemi,2015
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ThedissertationofAbdullahJ.Alazemiisapproved,anditis
acceptable in quality and form for publication on microfilm
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Chair
UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego
2015
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DEDICATION
In memory of my mother
With love and eternal appreciation
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EPIGRAPH
“Donotfollowwherethepathmaylead. Goinsteadwherethereisnopathandleavea
trail.”
—RalphWaldoEmerson
“Yesterdayisbuttoday’smemory,andtomorrowistoday’sdream.”
—KahlilGibran
“Afathergiveshischildnothingbetterthanagoodeducation.”
—ProphetMohammed(PBUH)
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TABLEOFCONTENTS
SignaturePage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Epigraph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
TableofContents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
ListofFigures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
ListofTables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Vita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
AbstractoftheDissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xx
Chapter1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Millimeter-WaveandTerahertzTechnology . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 EvolutionofMobileCommunications . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 RF-MEMSTechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.4 ScopeofDissertation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter2 Wideband Double Bow-Tie Slot Antennas for Millimeter-Wave
andTerahertzApplications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 DesignandSimulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.1 Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.2 WidebandLow-PassFilter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.2.3 RadiationPatterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.3 Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.1 Impedance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.2 WidebandCPWLow-PassFilter . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3.3 RadiationPatterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.4 AbsoluteGainMeasurements . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.5 Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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Chapter3 A 100 300 GHz Free-Space Scalar Network Analyzer Using
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CompactTxandRxModules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.2 Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2.1 SystemArchitecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2.2 AntennaDesignandMeasurements . . . . . . . . . 32
3.2.3 HarmonicMultiplierDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
3.2.4 HarmonicMixerDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
3.3 System-LevelMeasurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.3.1 Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
3.3.2 Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
3.3.3 SystemDynamicRangeandFree-SpaceMeasurements 45
3.3.4 FrequencySelectiveSurfaces(FSS) . . . . . . . . . 45
3.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
3.5 Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter4 A Tunable Dual-Band Quadruple-Pole LTE Antenna for Carrier
AggregationSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4.2 TheoreticalAnalysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.1 AntennaDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.2.2 WidebandResponsewithaThirdTuner . . . . . . . 61
4.3 Dual-feedDual-BandQuadruple-PoleAntenna . . . . . . . 63
4.3.1 AntennaDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
4.3.2 InputMatching,Isolation,andTuningCapabilities . 64
4.3.3 RadiationPatternsandAntennaEfficiency . . . . . . 67
4.4 WidebandResponsewiththeThirdTuner . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.5 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
4.6 Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter5 RFMEMSTunable4-PoleBandpassFiltersWithBandwidthCon-
trolandImprovedStopbandRejection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.2 FilterDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
5.3 0.7-1GHzTunable4-PoleBandpassFilterwithSPIDigital
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.3.1 S-Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
5.3.2 BandwidthControlandShapeFactor . . . . . . . . 81
5.4 1.7 - 2.4 GHz Tunable 4-Pole Bandpass Filter with RFFE
DigitalControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
5.4.1 S-Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
5.4.2 BandwidthControlandShapeFactor . . . . . . . . 86
5.5 LinearityandComplex-SignalMeasurements . . . . . . . . 86
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5.6 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
5.7 Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter6 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6.1 SummaryofWork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
6.2 FutureWork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
AppendixA TheUCSDFabricationProcessinDetails . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
AppendixB ATunableDual-BandSingle-FeedTriple-ResonanceLTEAntenna
forCarrierAggregationSystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
B.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
B.2 AntennaDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
B.3 SimulatedandExperimentalResults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
B.3.1 InputMatching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
B.3.2 RadiationPatternsandEfficiency . . . . . . . . . . 106
B.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
AppendixC ALow-Loss1.4-2.1GHzCompactTunableThree-PoleFilterWith
ImprovedStopbandRejectionUsingRF-MEMSCapacitors . . . . 110
C.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
C.2 FilterDesign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
C.3 Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
C.4 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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LISTOFFIGURES
Figure1.1: Millimeter-waveandterahertzapplicatons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Figure1.2: Antennaondifferentlenspositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure1.3: Carrieraggregationmodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Figure2.1: Widebanddoublebow-tieslotantennawithCPWlow-passfilter. . . 11
Figure2.2: (a) 100 300 GHz Double bow-tie slot antenna layout, (b) design
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schematic, (c) antenna return loss vs. different bow-tie angles (φ)
withZ =100ΩandS =0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
in
Figure2.3: S of200 600GHzantennawithZ =100Ω. . . . . . . . . . . 14
11 in
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Figure2.4: (a) CPW low-pass filter layout (gap is white, air-bridges are not
shown), (b) zoom-in of the filter, (c) simulated S-parameters of the
wideband low-pass filter with input impedance = 50 Ω and Smith
chartfor115 285GHz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
−
Figure2.5: Simulated radiation patterns inside the silicon at: (a) 125 GHz, (b)
175GHz,(c)225GHz. (d)275GHz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure2.6: (a) Simulated double bow-tie slot antenna directivity at different
lens positions, (b) aperture and Gaussian coupling efficiencies for
doublebow-tieslotantennaandstandarddoubleslotantenna. . . . 18
Figure2.7: Measured and simulated S with differential input impedance Z
11 in
=100Ω. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure2.8: MeasuredS-parametersofthewidebandCPWlow-passfilter. . . . 20
Figure2.9: Doublebow-tieslotantennameasurementsetup. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure2.10: Simulated(a,b,c,f)andmeasured(d,e,f,i)radiationpatternsonsyn-
thesized elliptical silicon lens with R = 6 mm. (Solid: E-plane,
lens
Dashed: H-plane) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Figure2.11: Measured and simulated 3-dB beamwidths for the E and H planes
(R =6mm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
lens
Figure2.12: Comparisonbetweenmeasuredpatternsat225GHzandaGaussian
beam(R =6mm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
lens
Figure2.13: Measured and simulated 100 300 GHz antenna directivity and
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gain(R =6mm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
lens
Figure2.14: Measured radiation patterns (a,b,c) for the 200 600 GHz on syn-
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thesized elliptical silicon lens with R = 3 mm. (Solid: E-plane,
lens
Dashed: H-plane), (d) microscopic image of the antenna. (units in
µm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure2.15: Measured and simulated 200 600 GHz antenna directivity and
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gain(R =3mm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
lens
Figure2.16: Measurementsetupforwidebanddoublebow-tieslotantennas. . . 27
Figure3.1: Quasi-optical network analyzer architecture for 100 300 GHz
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systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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