Photonic 60-GHz maximum directivity beam former for smart antennas in mobile broad-band communications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1169-1171

  Grosskopf, G ^a   Eggemann, R ^a   Zinal, S ^a   Kuhlow, B ^a   Przyrembel, G ^a   Rohde, D ^a   Kortke, A ^a   Ehlers, H ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam forming; Broad band mobile communication; Integrated optoelectronics; Microwave antennas; Smart antennas

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HETERODYNING; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

SMART ANTENNAS;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0036684567     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.1022007     Document Type: Article

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