60-GHz Circularly Polarized Antenna Array Made in Low-Cost Fabrication Process

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 864-867

  Guntupalli, Ajay Babu ^a   Wu, Ke ^a  

^a POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

Author keywords

60 GHz radio; axial ratio; circular polarization; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MILLIMETER WAVES; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RADAR ANTENNAS; WAVEGUIDES;

60-GHZ RADIO; AXIAL RATIO; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS; LOW COST FABRICATION; MILLIMETER-WAVE RADIO; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS (PCB); RADIATION PERFORMANCE;

SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 84961677873     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2014.2320906     Document Type: Article

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