Millimeter-wave multibeam antenna based on eight-port hybrid

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Cheng, Yu Jian ^a   Hong, Wei ^a   Wu, Ke ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beamforming network (BFN); Eight port hybrid; Multibeam antenna; Substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMING NETWORK (BFN); COMPACT SIZES; EIGHT-PORT HYBRID; HIGH RELIABILITIES; LOW COSTS; LOW LOSS; MILLIMETER-WAVE; MILLIMETER-WAVE SYSTEMS; MULTIBEAM ANTENNA; ORTHOGONAL PLANES; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE (SIW);

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; BEAMFORMING; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SUBSTRATES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 64249161965     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2015497     Document Type: Article

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