Compact beam-steerable lens antenna for 60-GHz wireless communications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 10 PART 1, 2009, Pages 2926-2933

  Costa, Jorge R ^a,b   Lima, Eduardo B ^a   Fernandes, Carlos A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

60 GHz wireless communication; Compact lens antennas; Low cost; Mechanical beam steering

Indexed keywords

60-GHZ WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; BEAM-STEERING; COMPACT LENS ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC LENS; FEED VOLUME; LENS ANTENNA; LOW COSTS; NEW CONCEPT; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; ROTARY JOINT; SCAN LOSS; STEERABLE BEAMS; UNLICENSED SPECTRUM; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; POWDERS; STEERABLE ANTENNAS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 77953497418     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2029288     Document Type: Article

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