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    Switched beam horn arrays at 60 GHz based on the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology are presented for use in reconfigurable chip-to-chip communications. Each array has eight identical printed horn elements. The elements can be individually excited to produce eight directive endfire beams, at an angular spacing of 45°, in the azimuth plane. The arrays enable each chip to communicate with its eight surrounding neighbors. The side and back lobes of the element radiation pattern, however, causes interference to chips that are in the unintended directions. The wireless links are analyzed using the measured and simulated transmission coefficients between the arrays in the line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) directions. 
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    The link model of switched beam horn arrays at 60 GHz based on the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technology with 360° angular coverage is presented. Each array has eight identical printed horn elements. The elements are oriented 45° relative to one another and can be individually excited to produce eight endfire beams in the horizontal plane. The over-the-air (OTA) transmission coefficients are measured and simulated between two arrays, in the line-of-sight (LoS) and non-LoS (NLoS) directions. The phase centers (PCs) of the excited elements are determined from post-processing optimization of simulated far-fields and incorporated in the Friis equation to accurately model the transmission. 
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  3. This paper introduces a method to incorporate the bowing curvature on the 3-D models of 60 GHz switched-beam multilayer antenna modules. This allows such manufacturing effects on the fabricated prototypes to be taken into account in the post-fabrication simulation. The curvature is introduced on the flat 3-D model by intersecting the raised metal patterns with curve solid layers. The method is general and can be applied on any layered structure even if vias are present. The full-wave simulations of the model, with and without the bow, are performed. The reflection coefficients (both measured and simulated) and radiation patterns are compared and analyzed to determine the effects of bowing. 
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  4. This paper proposes an improvement of the link model of 60 GHz directional surface wave antenna arrays. Since the transmit and receive arrays share the grounded substrate, the total coupling power is contained in both space and surface waves. The dominant TM 0 mode of the grounded substrate contributes to the surface wave coupling. In addition, it is shown that the finite extent of the substrate creates a TM 0 standing wave. This wave is responsible for oscillations in the power coupling between the arrays as a function of their separation. 
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