High-efficiency elliptical slot antennas with quartz superstrates for silicon RFICs

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5010-5020

  Edwards, Jennifer M ^a   Rebeiz, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna efficiency; Antenna theory; Dielectric loaded antennas; Dielectric slabs; Factor; Microstrip antennas; Millimeter wave antennas; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Slot antennas; Submillimeter wave antennas

Indexed keywords

SLOT ANTENNAS; ANTENNAS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVES; QUARTZ; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

ANTENNA EFFICIENCY; ANTENNA THEORY; DIELECTRIC LOADED ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC SLABS; FACTOR; MILLIMETER-WAVE ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER-WAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; WAVE ANTENNAS; Q-FACTORS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 84883270677     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2207353     Document Type: Article

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