Title :
60 GHz monolithic active antenna array
Author :
Dixon, J. ; O´Dell, G. ; Schoenberg, J. ; Duncan, S. ; Popovic, Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present a monolithic 60-GHz quasi-optical amplifier antenna array. An input plane wave is received by the slot antennas in the ground plane, capacitively coupled through the GaAs substrate to the microstrip PHEMT amplifiers, and radiated in transmission by patch antennas.
Keywords :
HEMT integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; active antenna arrays; antenna feeds; field effect MIMIC; microstrip antenna arrays; microstrip circuits; millimetre wave amplifiers; millimetre wave antenna arrays; receiving antennas; slot antenna arrays; transmitting antennas; 60 GHz; 60 GHz monolithic active antenna array; GaAs; GaAs substrate; ground plane; input plane wave; microstrip PHEMT amplifiers; patch antennas; quasi-optical amplifier antenna array; slot antennas; transmission; Antenna arrays; Couplings; Gallium arsenide; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; PHEMTs; Patch antennas; Receiving antennas; Slot antennas; Transmitting antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1997. IEEE., 1997 Digest
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4178-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1997.630079
