Integration of SiP-based 60-GHz 4 × 4 antenna array with CMOS OOK transmitter and LNA

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1869-1878

  Karim, Muhammad Faeyz ^a   Guo, Yong Xin ^b   Sun, Mei ^a   Brinkhoff, James ^c   Ong, Ling Chuen ^a   Kang, Kai ^d   Lin, Fujiang ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Silanna   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

60 GHz radio; Aperture coupled patch antenna; low noise amplifier (LNA); low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC); millimeter wave; modems; on off keying (OOK); system in package (SiP)

Indexed keywords

60-GHZ RADIO; APERTURE-COUPLED PATCH-ANTENNAS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; ON-OFF KEYING; SYSTEM-IN-PACKAGE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MODULATORS; TRANSMITTERS; WIRE;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 79960409705     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2132734     Document Type: Article

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