Commercial Applications of Millimeterwaves History, Present Status, and Future Trends

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1639-1653

  Meinel, Holger H ^a  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PERFORMANCE; RADAR; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRANSMITTERS;

AUTOMOTIVE RADAR; COLLISION WARNING DEVICES; CRUISE CONTROL SENSORS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; SHORT HAUL TRANSMISSION LINKS;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 0029336275     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.392935     Document Type: Article

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