Multi-physics design and performance of a surface-micromachined ka-band cavity backed patch antenna

SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 321-324

  Lukic, M ^a   Kim, K ^a   Lee, Y ^a   Saito, Y ^a   Filipovic, D S ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity backing; Multi physics modeling; Phased array; Surface micromachining

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROMACHINING; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; PHOTONICS; SURFACE MICROMACHINING;

CAVITY-BACKING; K A-BAND; MULTI-PHYSICS MODELING; PATCH ANTENNAS; PHASED ARRAY;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 50449108076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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