Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures in Antenna Engineering [Hardcover]

This book is a detailed account of electromagnetic band gap (EBG) theory, analysis and applications, ideal for researchers and engineers.Understand EBG theory, analysis and applications with this authoritative survey which includes a wealth of practical examples, and complete design details. A customized FDTD method of EBG analysis gives you a powerful computational engine for your EBG designs.Understand EBG theory, analysis and applications with this authoritative survey which includes a wealth of practical examples, and complete design details. A customized FDTD method of EBG analysis gives you a powerful computational engine for your EBG designs.This comprehensive, applications-oriented survey of Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) engineering explains the theory, analysis, and design of EBG structures. It helps you to understand EBG applications in antenna engineering through an abundance of novel antenna concepts, a wealth of practical examples, and complete design details. You discover a customized FDTD method of EBG analysis, for which accurate and efficient electromagnetic software is supplied (www.cambridge.org/9780521889919) to provide you with a powerful computational engine for your EBG designs. The first book covering EBG structures and their antenna applications, this provides a dynamic resource for engineers, and researchers and graduate students working in antennas, electromagnetics and microwaves.Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. FDTD Method for periodic structure analysis; 3. EBG Characterizations and classifications; 4. Design and optimizations of EBG structures; 5. Patch antennas with EBG structures; 6. Low profile wire antennas on EBG surfaces; 7. Surface wave antennas; Appendix: EBG literature review.