Integration of array antennas in chip package for 60-GHz radios

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2364-2371

  Liu, Duixian ^a   Zhang, Y P ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Antennas; packages

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PACKAGING; SCANNING ANTENNAS; STEERABLE ANTENNAS;

60 GHZ; ARRAY ANTENNAS; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; FEED NETWORKS; GRID ARRAY ANTENNA; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PROCESS TECHNIQUES; SWITCHED-BEAM ARRAY ANTENNA;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 84862804447     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2012.2186101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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