Calibratable adaptive antenna combiner at 5.2 ghz with high yield for laptop interface card

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2714-2720

  Ellinger, Frank ^a   Vogt, Rolf ^a   Bächtold, Werner ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amplitude control; Gaas mesfet; HIPERLAN; MMIC; Phase control; Smart antennas; Vector modulator

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ANTENNAS; LAPTOP INTERFACE CARDS;

CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MESFET DEVICES; MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHASE CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; USER INTERFACES;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 0034430370     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.899035     Document Type: Article

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