Abstract
In this paper, we present a novel method for significantly enhancing the performance of low cost millimeter wave sensors systems based on active integrated antennas. Our method uses the planar active antenna's parasitic surface-wave field as LO signal for a mixing rectenna. Compared to a self-mixing active 67 GHz antenna, the surface-wave coupled rectenna receiver shows a considerably improved MDS (10 dB lower) and the possibility for high quality homodyne I/Q signal detection.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1891-1894 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest |
| Volume | 3 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium. Part 1 (of 3) - Baltimore, MD, USA Duration: 7 Jun 1998 → 12 Jun 1998 |