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DesignofCompactStacked-PatchAntennasonLTCCDesignofCompactStacked-PatchAntennasonLTCCTechnologyforWirelessCommunicationApplicationsE.Tentzeris,R.L.Li,K.Lim,M.Mseng,E.Tsai,G.DeJean,andJ.LaskarSchoolofElectricalandComputerEngineeringGeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,Atlanta,GA30332-0250,USAI.IntroductionTheexplodinggrowthofwirelesscommunicationssystemsleadstoanincreasingdemandfarintegratedcompactlow-costantennas,Asaresult,LTCC(LowTemperalureCo-firedCeramics)multilayertechnologyisbecomingmoreandmorepopularfortheproductionofhighlyintegrated,complexmultilayermodulesandantennas.Thistechnologyisappreciatedforitsflexibilityinrealizinganarbitrarynumberoflayers.However,LTCCmaterialstypicallypossessahighdielectricconstant,Ononehand,th……