Coplanar 122-GHz antenna array with air cavity reflector for integration in plastic packages

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 160-163

  Beer, Stefan ^a   Gulan, Heiko ^a   Rusch, Christian ^a   Zwick, Thomas ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennas; millimeter wave integrated circuits; packaging; radar; radio frequency integrated circuits

Indexed keywords

AIR CAVITY; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS; BANDWIDTH-EFFICIENCY PRODUCT; FRONT END; MILLIMETER WAVE RADAR; MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OFF-CHIP; PLASTIC PACKAGES; RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; WIREBOND;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CHIP SCALE PACKAGES; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PRODUCT DESIGN; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; SURFACE WAVES;

PACKAGING;

EID: 84859056083     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2012.2186783     Document Type: Article

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