Gain-enhanced 60-GHz LTCC antenna array with open air cavities

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3470-3473

  Yeap, Siew Bee ^a   Chen, Zhi Ning ^a   Qing, Xianming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

60 GHz; arrays; low temperature co fired ceramic (LTCC); millimeter wave antennas; surface waves

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; AIR CAVITY; ARRAYS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; FEED NETWORKS; FREE SPACE; GAIN ENHANCEMENT; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; MILLIMETER WAVE ANTENNAS; PATCH ANTENNA ARRAYS; PATCH ARRAYS; PROBE STATIONS; RADIATING PATCHES; STRIP LINE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SURFACE WAVES; WAVES;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 80052633311     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2161549     Document Type: Article

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