Sub-millimeter-wave imaging array at 500 GHz based on 3-D electromagnetic-bandgap material

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2556-2565

  Ederra, Iñigo ^a   Gonzalo, Ramón ^a   Alderman, Byron E J ^b   Huggard, Peter G ^b   De Hon, Bastiaan P ^c   Van Beurden, Martijn C ^c   Murk, Axel ^d   Marchand, Laurent ^e   De Maagt, Peter ^e  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) technology; Imaging array; Millimeter wave technology

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BANDPASS FILTERS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY GAP; HETERODYNING; MILLIMETER WAVES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON;

BANDGAP MATERIALS; COPLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES; DIRECTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP; ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP (EBG) TECHNOLOGY; HETERODYNE RECEIVERS; IMAGING ARRAY; MILLIMETER-WAVE TECHNOLOGY; PARABOLIC MIRRORS; PLANAR DIPOLE ANTENNAS; QUARTZ SUBSTRATES; SCHOTTKY DIODES; SUB MILLIMETERS; WOODPILE STRUCTURES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 55849117698     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2005926     Document Type: Article

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