Compact antennas for wireless communications and terminals : theory and design /

• Other Authors: Laheurte, Jean-Marc
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : ISTE ; 2011.; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011.
• Series: ISTE.
• Subjects: Antennas (Electronics) > Design and construction.; Wireless communication systems.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Mobile & Wireless Communications.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Radio.; Electronic books.

Compact Antennas for Wireless Communications and Terminals deals with compact microwave antennas and, more specifically, with the planar version of these antennas. Planar antennas are the most appropriate type of antenna in modern communication systems and more generally in all applications requirin...

Table of Contents:

• General information about printed antennas
• Transmission line model
• Cavity model
• Radiation of a printed antenna
• Electrical equivalent circuit of a printed antenna
• Feeding circuits for microstrip antennas
• Circularly polarized antennas
• Wideband antennas
• Miniature antennas
• Reconfigurable antennas
• Introduction to antenna diversity.