A 76 GHz multi-layered phased array antenna using a non-metal contact metamaterial waveguide

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages 840-853

  Kirino, Hideki ^a   Ogawa, Koichi ^b  

^a Panasonic Healthcare Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennas; Metamaterial; Millimetre wave radar; Phased arrays

Indexed keywords

CONTACT TECHNOLOGIES; DIRECTIVITY; FEED NETWORKS; FUNDAMENTAL OPERATIONS; MEASURED DATA; METAL CONTACTS; MILLIMETRE-WAVE RADAR; MULTI-LAYERED; PHASE DIFFERENCE; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; RIDGE WAVEGUIDES; STACKED STRUCTURE; TILT ANGLE;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; METAMATERIAL ANTENNAS; METAMATERIALS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

RADIATORS;

EID: 84857023343     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2173112     Document Type: Article

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