A low-cost 60-GHz switched-beam patch antenna array with butler matrix network

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 432-435

  Tseng, Chao Hsiung ^a   Chen, Chih Jung ^b   Chu, Tah Hsiung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas; Millimeter wave antenna arrays; Millimeter wave communication; Switched beam antenna

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ANTENNA; ARRAY FACTORS; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; FABRICATION TOLERANCES; MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNA ARRAYS; MILLIMETER WAVE COMMUNICATION; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PATCH ANTENNA ARRAYS; RADIATION PATTERNS; RECTANGULAR PATCH; SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNAS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BUTLER MATRIX;

EID: 72949121778     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.2001849     Document Type: Article

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