Planar antennas in LTCC technology with transceiver integration capability for ultra-wideband applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2830-2838

  Brzezina, Grzegorz ^a,b   Roy, Langis ^a,b   MacEachern, Leonard ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipodal Vivaldi antenna (AVA); Low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC); Path loss; System in packagc (SIP); Ultra wideband (UWB) antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTIPODAL VIVALDI ANTENNAS (AVA); PATH LOSSES; SYSTEM IN PACKAGC (SIP); ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB) ANTENNAS;

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; LOGIC DESIGN; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSCEIVERS;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

EID: 33947384980     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.875448     Document Type: Article

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