Electrothermal Design of SIW Slot Antenna Array With Fin-Shaped Heatsink Enclosed
Li Zhou, Min Tang, Yueping Zhang, Junfa Mao
Abstract
In this article, an electrothermal co-design of substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) slot antenna array combined with fin-shaped heatsink is proposed. The antenna array is constructed by 4 <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\times8$ </tex-math></inline-formula> SIW slot elements. The heatsink structure above the antenna array not only improves the radiation performance of the antenna array but also enhances the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and the heat dissipation capability of the whole structure. The measured realized gains over the operating frequency range increase from 15.4–18.1 to 16.1–19.7 dBi when the heatsink is mounted on the antenna array. Meanwhile, the enclosed heatsink reduces the hotspot temperature rise of the system by 57%. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated ones.