Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP): A new organic material for the development of multilayer dual-frequency/dual-polarization flexible antenna arrays

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-26

  DeJean, G ^a   Bairavasubramanian, R ^a   Thompson, D ^a   Ponchak, G E ^b   Tentzeris, M M ^a   Papapolymerou, J ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual frequency dual polarization; Liquid crystal polymer; Microstrip antenna array; Multilayer fabrication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FREQUENCIES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MULTILAYERS; REMOTE SENSING;

DUAL FREQUENCY/DUAL POLARIZATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNA ARRAY; MULTILAYER FABRICATION;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 31144455719     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2004.841626     Document Type: Article

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