Microstrip and Printed Antennas New Trends, Techniques and Applications

This book focuses on new techniques, analysis, applications and future trends of microstrip and printed antenna technologies, with particular emphasis to recent advances from the last decadeAttention is given to fundamental concepts and techniques, their practical applications and the future scope of developments. Several topics, essayed as individual chapters include reconfigurable antenna, ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna, reflectarrays, antennas for RFID systems and also those for body area networks. Also included are antennas using metamaterials and defected ground structures (DGSs). Essential aspects including advanced design, analysis and optimization techniques based on the recent developments have also been addressed.Key Features: Addresses emerging hot topics of research and applications in microstrip and printed antennas Considers the fundamental concepts, techniques, applications and future scope of such technologies Discusses modern applications such as wireless base station to mobile handset, satellite earth station to airborne communication systems, radio frequency identification (RFID) to body area networks, etc. Contributions from highly regarded experts and pioneers from the US, Europe and AsiaThis book provides a reference for R&D researchers, professors, practicing engineers, and scientists working in these fields. Graduate students studying/working on related subjects will find this book as a comprehensive literature for understanding the present and future trends in microstrip and printed antennas.

Debatosh Guha is Professor in Radio Physics and Electronics of the University of Calcutta, India. He has been active in research and teaching at post-graduate level in the areas of microwaves and antennas for last 18 years. He has published more than 100 Journal and Conference articles and has developed CAD for various microstrip antennas, which were reported in IEEE and IEE Journals. He has also developed some high gain microstrip antennas for a North American Wireless Industry, which have been implemented as commercial products.

Yahia M. M. Antar is Professor of ECE Department of the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario.  He has authored or co-authored over 150 journal papers, holds several patents, chaired conferences and sessions in many conferences, and supervised or co-supervised over 60 Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses at the Royal Military College and at Queen's University, of which several have received the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal as well as best paper awards in major symposia.  He served as the Chairman of the Canadian National Commission for Radio Science (CNC, URSI,1999-2008), holds adjunct appointment at the University of Manitoba, and, has a cross appointment at Queen's University in Kingston.