Compact and Broadband Microstrip Antennas [Hardcover]

• 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

Preface.

1. Introduction and Overview.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Compact Microstrip Antennas.

1.3 Compact Broadband Microstrip Antennas.

1.4 Compact Dual-Frequency Microstrip Antennas.

1.5 Compact Dual-Polarized Microstrip Antennas.

1.6 Compact Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas.

1.7 Compact Microstrip Antennas with Enhanced Gain.

1.8 Broadband Microstrip Antennas.

1.9 Broadband Dual-Frequency and Dual-Polarized Microstrip Antennas.

1.10 Broadband and Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas.

2. Compact Microstrip Antennas.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Use of a Shorted Patch with a Thin Dielectric Substrate.

2.3 Use of a Meandered Patch.

2.4 Use of a Meandered Ground Plane.

2.5 Use of a Planar Inverted-L Patch.

2.6 Use of an Inverted U-Shaped or Folded Patch.

3. Compact Broadband Microstrip Antennas.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Use of a Shortelóc