The increasing demand for wireless communications hasrevolutionised the lifestyle of today's society and one ofthe key components of wireless technology is antenna design. Broadband planar antennas are the newest generation of antennasboasting the attractive features required, such as broad operatingbandwidth, low profile, light weight, low cost and ease ofintegration into arrays or Radio Frequency (RF) circuits, to makethem ideal components of modern communications systems. Researchinto small and broadband antennas has been spurred by the rapiddevelopment of portable wireless communication devices such as cellphones, laptops and personal digital assistants.
This all-encompassing volume, Broadband Planar Antennas:Design and Applications, systematically describes thetechniques for all planar antennas from microstrip patch antennas,suspended plate antennas and planar inverted-L/F antennas to planardipole antennas. Also discussed are some of the most recentoutcomes such as broadband antenna issues in promisingultra-wideband applications.
* Clearly describes the fundamentals of planar antennas andcategorises them according to their radiation characteristics
* Introduces the advanced progress in broadband planar antennasfor modern wireless communications
* Includes a wealth of case studies, design guidelines, figuresand tables
This text is essential reading for antenna, RF and microwaveengineers and manufacturers within the telecommunications industry.Its highly accessible approach will also appeal to researchers,postgraduate students and academic lecturers.
Zhi Ning Chen
Antennas & Propagation Drahtlose Kommunikation Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Mobile & Wireless Communications Sende- u. Empfangseinrichtungen