Design, optimisation and fabrication of silicon-based integrated waveguides at millimetre-wave frequencies

Details

Supervisors

Lederer, Dimitri ; Raskin, Jean-Pierre

Faculty

Ecole polytechnique de Louvain

Degree label

Master [120] : ingénieur civil électricien, à finalité spécialisée

Abstract

We live in a world more and more connected where utilization of the hertz wave is part of our daily life. Currently, the main problem with the high frequencies is the size of the waveguide to transmit them. The purpose of this Master's thesis is to design, optimise, fabricate and measure a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) for the W band with a reduced thickness. The material inside the waveguide is a BenzoCycloButene polymer (BCB) which is the main constraint of the design.