A compact 60-GHz tapered slot antenna printed on LCP substrate for WPAN applications

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 9, Issue , 2010, Pages 272-275

  Pazin, Lev ^a   Leviatan, Yehuda ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Microstrip to slot transition; RF module; Tapered slot antenna (TSA); Wireless personal area network (WPAN)

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIVE GAINS; END-FIRE; METALLIC CARRIERS; METALLIC REFLECTORS; MICROSTRIPES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OPERATING FREQUENCY BANDS; RF MODULE; TAPERED SLOT ANTENNAS; WIDE-BAND; WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS;

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY BANDS; IMAGE SENSORS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAL CLADDING; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SLOT ANTENNAS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 77951519433     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2010.2046612     Document Type: Article

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