Microstrip Patch Antennas

Microstrip patch antennas have become the favorite of antenna designers because of their versatility and having the advantages of planar profile, ease of fabrication, compatibility with integrated circuit technology, and conformability with a shaped surface. There is a need for graduate students and practicing engineers to gain an in depth understanding of this subject. The first edition of this book, published in 2011, was written with this purpose in mind. This second edition contains approximately one third new materials. The authors, Prof KF Lee, Prof KM Luk and Dr HW Lai, have all made significant contributions in the field. Prof Lee and Prof Luk are IEEE Fellows. Prof Lee was the recipient of the 2009 John Kraus Antenna Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society while Prof. Luk receives the same award in 2017, both in recognition of their contributions to wideband microstrip antennas.

Contents:

Introduction

Review of Some Background Materials

General Formulation of the Cavity Model

Characteristics of the Rectangular Patch Antenna

Characteristics of the Circular Patch Antenna

The Annular-Ring Patch and the Equitriangular Patch

Introduction to Full Wave Analysis

Microstrip Patch Antennas with Adjustable Air Gaps

Broadbanding Techniques I — General Principles, Probe Compensation, Coplanar Parasitic Patches, Stacked Parasitic Patches

Broadbanding Techniques II — The U-Slot Patch Antenna

Broadbanding Techniques III — The L-Probe Coupled Patch and the Meandering-Probe Fed Patch

Broadbanding Techniques IV — Aperture Coupled Patches

Size Reduction Techniques

Dual- and Multi-Band Designs

Dual Polarized Patch Antenna Designs

Circular Polarization

Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antennas

Microstrip Antenna Array I — Basic Principles and Examples of Design Below 5 GHz

Microstrip Antenna Array II — Sixty (60) GHz Antenna Array Design and Applications

Novel Material Patch Antennas

Readership: Graduate students, academics and antenna designers in the industry.
Keywords:Microstrip Antennas;Printed Antennas;Planar AntennasReview:

Review of the First Edition:

"With problems at the end of each chapter and many references, this book on MPA is an outstanding textbook for a graduate course or as a self-study guide for the practicing engineer. It will not only give the reader a firm understanding of the fundamentals of MPAs but will also provide the necessary tools for designing and optimizing MPAs. Anyone who designs MPAs or wants to learn about them needs to get a copy of this book."

IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine
Key Features:

• Although there are a number of books on microstrip antennas, they were written as reference books rather than as textbooks. The proposed book will present the subject in a way that is suitable as a textbook for a graduate course on antennas, or as a self-study textbook for practicing engineers
• As befits a textbook, there are problems and/or mini-projects at the end of each chapter, which are absent in existing books on microstrip antennas. The first edition of the book has been classroom tested by Professor K F Lee in his graduate course on Microstrip Antennas at The University of Mississippi and in the short courses he gave at City University of Hong Kong and National University of Singapore
• The authors have been active contributors to microstrip antenna development since the 1980's. Professor K F Lee was one of the early pioneers. They are well recognized, as evident from the frequent citations to their work in the microstrip antenna literature. This book will draw on many of their own contributions. Describing these contributions first hand will stand out from existing publications