On-chip integrated antenna structures in CMOS for 60 GHz WPAN systems

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1367-1378

  Gutierrez Jr , Felix ^a   Agarwal, Shatam ^a   Parrish, Kristen ^a   Rappaport, Theodore S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

60 GHz; CMOS; Millimeter wave; mmWave communications; On chip antenna; Passive radiating elements; RFIC; WPAN

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; CMOS; MM-WAVE; ON CHIP ANTENNA; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RFIC; WPAN;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MILLIMETER WAVES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 78649428755     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2009.091007     Document Type: Article

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