Wideband LTCC 60-GHz antenna array with a dual-resonant slot and patch structure

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 174-182

  Chin, Kuo Sheng ^a   Jiang, Wen ^b   Che, Wenquan ^b   Chang, Chih Chun ^a   Jin, Huayan ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dual resonant slot patch structure; inverted center fed microstrip; parasitic patch; Slot antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES;

CAVITY BACKED SLOT ANTENNAS; GAIN AND BANDWIDTHS; INVERTED MICROSTRIPS; LOW TEMPERATURE COFIRED CERAMIC SUBSTRATES; MICROSTRIPES; ON CHIP MEASUREMENTS; PARASITIC PATCH; SIGNAL EXCITATION;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 84892376548     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2013.2287294     Document Type: Article

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