Millimeter-Wave Microstrip Array Antenna for Automotive Radars

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E86-B, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2728-2738

  Iizukat, Hideo ^a   Watanabe, Toshiaki ^a   Sato, Kazuo ^a   Nishikawa, Kunitoshi ^a  

^a Rd Management Section   (Japan)

Author keywords

45 degree inclined linear polarization; Automotive radars; High aperture efficiency; Microstrip array antenna; Millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; AUTOMATION; FEEDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADAR SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOTIVE RADARS; HIGH APERTURE EFFICIENCY;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 1542375072     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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