Radiation-pattern improvement of patch antennas on a large-size substrate using a compact soft-surface structure and its realization on LTCC multilayer technology

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 1 I, 2005, Pages 200-208

  Li, RongLin ^a   DeJean, Gerald ^a   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a   Papapolymerou, John ^a   Laskar, Joy ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology; Patch antenna; Radiation pattern improvement; Soft surface; Surface wave suppression

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE WAVES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LOW TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMIC (LTCC) TECHNOLOGY; PATCH ANTENNA; RADIATION PATTERN IMPROVEMENT; SOFT SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVE SUPPRESSION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 13244256961     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.840754     Document Type: Article

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