Enrichment of package antenna approach with dual feeds, guard ring, and fences of vias

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 612-618

  Zhang, Y P ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology; Microstrip antenna; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD RADIATION; DESIGN GUIDELINES; DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL; DUAL-FEED; FAR-FIELD RADIATION; GHZ BAND; GUARD-RINGS; INPUT IMPEDANCE MATCHING; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; LOW-TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMIC (LTCC) TECHNOLOGY; MICROSTRIP PATCH RADIATORS; OPEN CAVITY; RADIO CHIPS; SINGLE-ENDED; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS MODULE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FENCES;

EID: 68949184853     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2008.2001769     Document Type: Article

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