Microstrip Patch Antennas: A Designer’s Guide

Microstrip Patch Antennas: A Designer’s Guide
Author: Rod Waterhouse
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2013-04-17
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1475737912

This useful tool provides the reader with a current overview of where microstrip patch antenna technology is at, and useful information on how to design this form of radiator for their given application and scenario. Practical design cases are provided for each goal.

Microstrip Patch Antennas

Microstrip Patch Antennas
Author: Kai Fong Lee
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 184816453X

Microstrip patch antennas have become the favorite of antenna designers because of its versatility and advantages of planar profile, ease of fabrication, compatibility with integrated circuit technology, and conformability with a shaped surface. As there is currently an urgent need for graduate students and practicing engineers to gain an in-depth understanding of this subject, this book was written with this purpose in mind. The authors are IEEE Fellows who have made significant contributions to their fields of expertise. Professor K F Lee was the recipient of the 2009 John Kraus Antenna Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.

Microstrip Patch Antennas (Second Edition)

Microstrip Patch Antennas (Second Edition)
Author: Kai Fong Lee
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 688
Release: 2017-07-10
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9813208619

Microstrip patch antennas have become the favorite of antenna designers because of their versatility and having the advantages of planar profile, ease of fabrication, compatibility with integrated circuit technology, and conformability with a shaped surface. There is a need for graduate students and practicing engineers to gain an in depth understanding of this subject. The first edition of this book, published in 2011, was written with this purpose in mind. This second edition contains approximately one third new materials. The authors, Prof KF Lee, Prof KM Luk and Dr HW Lai, have all made significant contributions in the field. Prof Lee and Prof Luk are IEEE Fellows. Prof Lee was the recipient of the 2009 John Kraus Antenna Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society while Prof. Luk receives the same award in 2017, both in recognition of their contributions to wideband microstrip antennas.

Handbook of Microstrip Antennas

Handbook of Microstrip Antennas
Author: James R. James
Publisher:
Total Pages: 864
Release: 1989
Genre: Aerospace engineering
ISBN:

The book reviews developments in the following fields:circular microstrip antennas; microstrip patch antennas; circular polarisation and bandwidth; microstrip dipoles; multilayer and parasitic configurations; wideband flat dipole and short-circuit microstrip patch elements and arrays; numerical analysis; multiport network approach; transmission-line model; rectangular microstrip antennas; low-cost printed antennas; printed phased-array antennas; circularly polarised antenna arrays; microstrip antenna feeds; substrate technology; computer-aided design of microstrip and triplate circuits; resonant microstrip antenna elements and arrays for aerospace applications; mobile and satellite systems; conical conformal microstrip tracking antenna; and microstrip field diagnostics.

Microstrip Antenna Design Handbook

Microstrip Antenna Design Handbook
Author: Ramesh Garg
Publisher: Artech House
Total Pages: 878
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780890065136

Based on Bahl and Bhartia's popular 1980 classic, Microstrip Antennas, this all new book provides the detail antenna engineers and designers need to design any type of microstrip antenna. After addressing essential microchip antenna theory, the authors highlight current design and engineering practices, emphasizing the most pressing issues in this area, including broadbanding, circular polarization, and active microstrip antennas in particular. Special design challenges, ranging from dual polarization, high bandwidth, and surface wave mitigation, to choosing the proper substrate, and shaping an antenna to achieve desired results are all covered.

Mutual Coupling Between Antennas

Mutual Coupling Between Antennas
Author: Trevor S. Bird
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1119564980

Mutual Coupling Between Antennas A guide to mutual coupling between various types of antennas in arrays such as wires, apertures and microstrip patches or antennas co-sited on platforms Mutual Coupling Between Antennas explores the theoretical underpinnings of mutual coupling, offers an up-to-date description of the physical effects of mutual coupling for a variety of antennas, and contains techniques for analysing and assessing its effects. The book puts the topic in historical context, presents an integral equation approach, includes the current techniques, measurement methods, and discusses the most recent advances in the field. With contributions from noted experts on the topic, the book reviews practical aspects of mutual coupling and examines applications that clearly demonstrate where the performance is impacted both positively and negatively. Mutual Coupling Between Antennas contains information on how mutual coupling can be analysed with a wide range of methods from direct computer software using discrete methods, to integral equations and Greens function methods as well as approximate asymptotic methods. This important text: Provides a theoretical background for understanding mutual coupling between various types of antennas Describes the interaction that occurs between antennas, both planned and unplanned Explores a key aspect of arrays in any wireless, radar or sensing system operating at radio frequencies Offers a groundbreaking book on antenna mutual coupling Written for antenna engineers, technical specialists, researchers and students, Mutual Coupling Between Antennas is the first book to examine mutual coupling between various types of antennas including wires, horns, microstrip patches, MIMO antennas, co-sited antennas and arrays in planar or conformal configurations.

Analyzing the Physics of Radio Telescopes and Radio Astronomy

Analyzing the Physics of Radio Telescopes and Radio Astronomy
Author: Yeap, Kim Ho
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2020-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1799823830

In the field of astrophysics, modern developments of practice are emerging in order to further understand the spectral information derived from cosmic sources. Radio telescopes are a current mode of practice used to observe these occurrences. Despite the various accommodations that this technology offers, physicists around the globe need a better understanding of the underlying physics and operational components of radio telescopes as well as an explanation of the cosmic objects that are being detected. Analyzing the Physics of Radio Telescopes and Radio Astronomy is an essential reference source that discusses the principles of the astronomical instruments involved in the construction of radio telescopes and the analysis of cosmic sources and celestial objects detected by this machinery. Featuring research on topics such as electromagnetic theory, antenna design, and geometrical optics, this book is ideally designed for astrophysicists, engineers, researchers, astronomers, students, and educators seeking coverage on the operational methods of radio telescopes and understanding the physical processes of radio astronomy.

Compact and Broadband Microstrip Antennas

Compact and Broadband Microstrip Antennas
Author: Kin-Lu Wong
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2004-04-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0471465739

Compact microstrip antennas are of great importance in meeting the miniaturization requirements of modern portable communications equipment This book is a comprehensive treatment of design techniques and test data for current compact and broadband microstrip designs Summarizes the work of the author and his graduate students who have published over 80 refereed journal articles on the subject in the past few years Advanced designs reported by various other prestigious antenna designers are incorporated as well

Antenna Theory and Microstrip Antennas

Antenna Theory and Microstrip Antennas
Author: D. G. Fang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 311
Release: 2017-12-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1439807396

Antenna Theory and Microstrip Antennas offers a uniquely balanced analysis of antenna fundamentals and microstrip antennas. Concise and readable, it provides theoretical background, application materials, and details of recent progress. Exploring several effective design approaches, this book covers a wide scope, making it an ideal hands-on resource for professionals seeking a refresher in the fundamentals. It also provides the basic grounding in antenna essentials that is required for those new to the field. The book’s primary focus is on introducing practical techniques that will enable users to make optimal use of powerful commercial software packages and computational electromagnetics used in full wave analysis and antenna design. Going beyond particular numerical computations to teach broader concepts, the author systematically presents the all-important spectral domain approach to analyzing microstrip structures including antennas. In addition to a discussion of near-field measurement and the high-frequency method, this book also covers: Elementary linear sources, including Huygen’s planar element, and analysis and synthesis of the discrete and continuous arrays formed by these elementary sources The digital beam-forming antenna and smart antenna Cavity mode theory and related issues, including the design of irregularly shaped patches and the analysis of mutual coupling Based on much of the author’s own internationally published research, and honed by his years of teaching experience, this text is designed to bring students, engineers, and technicians up to speed as efficiently as possible. This text purposefully emphasizes principles and includes carefully selected sample problems to ease the process of understanding the often intimidating area of antenna technology. Paying close attention to this text, you will be able to confid