Grid array antennas with subarrays and multiple feeds for 60-GHz radios

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2270-2275

  Zhang, Bing ^a   Zhang, Yue Ping ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

60 GHz; grid array antenna; low temperature co fired ceramic

Indexed keywords

60-GHZ; 60-GHZ RADIO; DESIGN FLEXIBILITY; FABRICATION PROCESS; FEED POINT; GAIN BANDWIDTH; GRID ARRAY ANTENNA; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES; MAXIMUM GAIN; MEASURED RESULTS; QUARTER WAVES; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SINGLE-ENDED; SUB-ARRAYS; SUB-GRIDS; T JUNCTIONS; TOLERANCE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL BEAMS;

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MICROELECTRONICS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84860666379     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2189733     Document Type: Article

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