60-GHz LTCC differential-fed patch antenna array with high gain by using soft-surface structures

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 206-216

  Jin, Huayan ^a   Che, Wenquan ^a   Chin, Kuo Sheng ^b   Shen, Guangxu ^a   Yang, Wanchen ^a   Xue, Quan ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c City University of Hong Kong ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Differential fed structure; High gain; Low cross polarization; Low temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC); Soft surface structure; Surface wave suppression; Wide bandwidth

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; MICROELECTRONICS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION; SLOT ANTENNAS; SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE WAVES; TEMPERATURE; WAVEGUIDES;

60 GHZ; DIFFERENTIAL FEDS; HIGH GAIN; LOW CROSS POLARIZATION; LOW-TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMICS; SOFT SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE-WAVE SUPPRESSION; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 85009168702     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2016.2631078     Document Type: Article

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