Open AccessFully packaged millimetre‐wave dielectric waveguide with multimodal excitation
Author(s) -
Dolatsha N.,
Saiz N.,
Arbabian A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1350-911X
pISSN - 0013-5194
DOI - 10.1049/el.2015.2306
Subject(s) - millimetre wave , excitation , dielectric , waveguide , millimeter , materials science , optoelectronics , extremely high frequency , optics , acoustics , telecommunications , electrical engineering , physics , computer science , engineering
A millimetre‐wave interconnect on a very low‐cost plastic waveguide is proposed for applications in terabit per second wireline links. Simultaneous utilisation of the two fundamental and polarisation‐orthogonal degenerate E x 11 and E y 11 waveguide modes doubles the capacity of a single line without sacrificing robustness or adding implementation cost and complexity. A prototype of the structure has been fabricated in high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) fed with dipole/slot coupling structures on Rogers RO6006, and operates at frequencies of about 75 GHz with an aggregate 3 dB bandwidth exceeding 60 GHz.