Pattern and polarization measurements of integrated-circuit spiral antennas at 10 μm wavelength

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2842, Issue , 1996, Pages 501-512

  MacDonald, Michael E ^a   Grossman, Erich N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equiangular spiral antennas; Infrared; Integrated circuit antennas; Lithographic antennas; Submillimeter wave

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; GEOMETRY; INFRARED RADIATION; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; SUBSTRATES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; EQUIANGULAR SPIRAL; LINEAR POLARIZATION; PLANAR EQUIANGULAR SPIRAL ANTENNAS; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; RADIATION WAVELENGTH;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 85076776321     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.262773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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