Grid assembly-free 60-GHz antenna module embedded in fr-4 transceiver carrier board

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1573-1580

  Hong, Wonbin ^a   Baek, Kwang Hyun ^a   Goudelev, Alexander ^a  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

60 GHz antennas; antenna arrays; FR 4; low cost; wide bandwidth

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; TRANSCEIVERS;

60-GHZ TRANSCEIVERS; DIGITAL INTERFACES; FR-4; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; LOW-COST; PHASED ARRAY MODULES; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 84876034740     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2232635     Document Type: Article

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