Low-cost wideband microstrip antenna array for 60-GHz applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3012-3018

  Li, Mingjian ^a   Luk, Kwai Man ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

60 GHz radio; Antenna array; L probe feed; microstrip antenna

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION; PROBES;

60-GHZ RADIO; AXIAL RATIO BANDWIDTH; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CO PLANAR WAVEGUIDE FEED (CPW); DIFFERENTIAL OUTPUT; IMPEDANCE BANDWIDTHS; L-PROBE FEEDS; WIDEBAND MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 84902105438     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2014.2311994     Document Type: Article

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