A 60-GHz active receiving switched-beam antenna array with integrated butler matrix and GaAs amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3599-3607

  Patterson, Chad E ^a   Khan, Wasif Tanveer ^a   Ponchak, George E ^b   May, Gary S ^a   Papapolymerou, John ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Butler matrix; Integrated circuit (IC) packaging; Liquid crystal polymer (LCP); Phased arrays; Receiving antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; FREQUENCY BANDS; GALLIUM ARSENIDE; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM;

ACTIVE ARRAYS; ACTIVE BEAMS; BEAM-STEERING; DC POWER; GAAS; GAAS AMPLIFIERS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGING; ORGANIC LIQUID; RECEIVER NOISE; RETURN LOSS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SINGLE POLE DOUBLE THROW; SWITCHED BEAM ANTENNAS;

BUTLER MATRIX;

EID: 84869204675     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2012.2213834     Document Type: Article

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