The Tapered Slot Antenna—A New Integrated Element for Millimeter-wave Applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 365-374

  Yngvesson, K Sigfrid ^a   Korzeniowski, T L ^b   Kim, Young Sik ^a   Kollberg, Erik L ^c   Johansson, Joakim F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS--TRAVELING WAVE; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, HYBRID; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MONOLITHIC--MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIO RECEIVERS;

ANTENNA BEAM SHAPING; ANTENNA BEAMWIDTH; ANTENNA DIRECTIVITY; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; TAPERED SLOT ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS, SLOT;

EID: 0024611430     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.20062     Document Type: Article

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