60-GHz switched-beam end-fire antenna module integrated with novel microstrip-to-slot transition

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Amadjikpè, Arnaud L ^a   Choudhury, Debabani ^b   Ponchak, George E ^c   Papapolymerou, John ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

60 GHz; antenna in package; end fire antenna; microstrip to slot transition; slow wave; tapered slot; transmit antenna module

Indexed keywords

60-GHZ; ANTENNA-IN-PACKAGE; END-FIRE; MICROSTRIP-TO-SLOT TRANSITION; SLOW WAVE; TAPERED SLOTS; TRANSMIT ANTENNA;

INTEGRATION; LIQUID CRYSTALS; METAL CLADDING;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 80052337066     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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