Microstrip Patch Antennas: A Designer's Guide

by Rod Waterhouse

Acknowledgements. 1: Introduction; R. Waterhouse. 1.1. History. 1.2. Advantages and Issues. 1.3. Applications. 1.4. Summary of Book. 1.5. Bibliography. 2: Fundamental Properties of Single Layer Microstrip Patch Antennas; R. Waterhouse, D. Novak, D.-K. Park, Y. Qian, T. Itoh. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. General Theory of Operation and Design Tools. 2.3. The Effect of Conductor Shape. 2.4. Impedance and Radiation Performance of Single Layer Patches. 2.5. Excitation Methods of Microstrip Patches. 2.6. Circular Polarization Generation. 2.7. Summary. 2.8. Bibliography. 3: Enhancing the Bandwidth of Microstrip Patch Antennas; R. Waterhouse, J.T. Aberle, D. M. Kokotoff, A. Mitchell, M. Lech, S.D. Targonski, M. Lye, F. Zavosh, K. Ghorbani, D. Novak, A. Nirmalathas, C. Lim. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Intuitive Procedures. 3.3. Horizontally Coupled Parasitic Patches. 3.4. Stacked Patches. 3.5. Large Slot Excited Patches. 3.6. Aperture Stacked Patches. 3.7. Ultra-wideband ASPs. 3.8. Summary. 3.9. Bibliography. 4: Improving the Efficiency of Microstrip Patch Antennas; R. Waterhouse, D. Pavlickovski, D. M. Kokotoff, J.T. Aberle. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Surface Waves. 4.3. Patches that do not Excite TM Surface Waves. 4.4. Hi-lo Stacked Patches. 4.5. Photonic Band-gap Structures. 4.6. Summary. 4.7. Bibliography. 5: Small Microstrip Patch Antennas; R. Waterhouse, H.K. Kan, D.M. Kokotoff, S.D. Targonski, J.T. Rowley, D. Pavlickovski. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Shorted Microstrip Patches. 5.3. Further Size Reduction Techniques for Shorted Patches. 5.4. Winged Shorted Patch. 5.5. Shorted Spiral Patches. 5.6. Improving the Performances of Shorted Microstrip Patches. 5.7. Performance of Shorted Microstrip Patch Antennas for Mobile Communications Handsets at 1800 MHz. 5.8. Summary. 5.9. Bibliography. 6: Direct Integration of Microstrip Antennas; R. Waterhouse, W.S.T. Rowe, D. Novak, A. Nirmalathas, C. Lim. 6.1. Overview for Requirernents for Integration. 6.2. Slot Coupled Procedures and Solutions. 6.3. Direct Contact Procedures and Solutions. 6.4. Summary. 6.5. Bibliography. 7: Microstrip Patch Arrays; R. Waterhouse, K. Ghorbani, W.S.T. Rowe, S.D. Targonski, L. Mali, H.K. Kan, D. Novak, A. Nirmalathas, C. Lim. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Series Fed Arrays. 7.3. Parallel Fed Arrays. 7.4. Combination Fed Arrays. 7.5. Large Scanned Arrays of Microstrip Patches. 7.6. Alternatives to Large Arrays of Microstrip Patches. 7.7. Wraparound Patch Antenna Arrays. 7.8. Summary. 7.9. Bibliography. 8: Summary; R. Waterhouse. 8.1. Overview. 8.2. Future Directions of Microstrip Patch Technology. 8.3. Bibliography. List of Contributors.

436 pages, Paperback

First published February 28, 2003