Low-Cost Wideband mm-Wave Phased Array Using the Piezoelectric Transducer for 5G Applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 6403-6412

  Briqech, Zouhair ^a   Sebak, Abdel Razik ^a   Denidni, Tayeb A ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

60 GHz; beam steering; electromagnetic bandgap (EBG); millimeter wave (mm Wave); tapered slot antennas; wideband power divider

Indexed keywords

5G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; COSTS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY GAP; MILLIMETER WAVES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; SLOT ANTENNAS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); VOLTAGE DIVIDERS; WAVEGUIDE JUNCTIONS;

60GHZ; BEAM-STEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAPS; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; POWER DIVIDER; TA-PERED-SLOT ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 85028931804     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2017.2730239     Document Type: Article

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