Terahertz Planar Antennas for Next Generation Communication [Hardcover]

This book describes various methods to enhance the directivity of planar antennas, enabling the next generation of high frequency, wireless communication. The authors discuss various applications to the terahertz regime of the electromagnetic spectrum, with an emphasis on gain enhancement mechanisms. The numerical models of these antennas are presented and the analytical results are supported, using commercial simulators. The multilayer substrate microstrip transmission line at terahertz frequency is also explored and a method to obtain the various parameters of this interconnect at high frequency is described. This book will be a valuable resource for anyone needing to explore the terahertz band gap for future wireless communication, in an effort to solve the bandwidth (spectrum scarcity) problem.

Looking ahead to the next generation of terahertz wireless communications, this volume describes various methods of enhancing the directivity of planar antennas. The authors use commercial simulators to support their numerical models and data analysis.

Terahertz Sources and Antennas.- Multilayered microstrip transmission-line.- Microstrip Antenna Design by using Electromagnetic Bandgap Material.- Patch Array Antenna on EBG Substrate.- Ring-resonator Integrated Hemi-elliptical Lens Antenna.- Design of Highly Directive Cavity type Terahertz Antenna.- Performance Analysis of an Open-Loop Resonator Loaded Terahertz Microstrip Antenna.- Comparison Method to Predict the Directivity of Terahertz Patch Antenna.- THz Frequency Selective Surface.- Development in the Terahertz Communication System.

Kumud Ranjan Jha passed the Under-Graduation and Post-Graduation Examinations in the Electronics and Communication Engineering branch in 1999 and 2007, respectively. Since 2007, he is an Assistant Professor in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir, India, and before joining this University, he has served in the Indian Air Force.? In 2012, he ló*