60-GHz-band switched-beam eight-sector antenna with SP8T switch for 180° azimuth scan

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E93-B, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 551-559

  Miura, Amane ^a   Ohira, Masataka ^a   Kitazawa, Shoichi ^a   Ueba, Masazumi ^a  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave; Multisector antenna; Single pole eight throw switch; Switched beam antenna; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FREQUENCY BANDS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MILLIMETER WAVES; POLES; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SCANNING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SLOT ANTENNAS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

COMPONENT EVALUATION; MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL; OPERATING FREQUENCY BANDS; PORT-TO-PORT ISOLATION; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RETURN LOSS BANDWIDTH; SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNAS; WAVEGUIDE SLOT ARRAY ANTENNAS;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950418364     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E93.B.551     Document Type: Article

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