Millimetre Wave Antennas for Gigabit Wireless Communications A Practical Guide to Design and Analysis in a System Context

Millimeter wave antennas for Gigabit wireless communications offers a comprehensive summary of current design and analysis principles of millimetre wave antennas. Practical applications, clear procedures of design and analysis are included to meet the needs of fast-moving technology development. The book presents the modern design and analysis principles of millimeter-wave antennas for wireless devices and to give pracising engineers the design rules and considerations when designing antennas for terminals. Modern wireless communications systems are moving into Giga bit Age. Millimeter wave antennas are going to play key roles in this application area. The authors include coverage of new configurations with advanced angular and frequency filtering characteristics, new design and analysis techniques, and methods for filter miniaturization. The book reviews up-to-date research results and utilize numerous design and analysis examples to emphasize computer analysis and synthesis while also discussing the applications of commercially available software. Other highlights include: Practical guides to integrated antennas for specific configurations requirements Construction and fabrication issues. Detailed design examples, drawings and predicted performance Identification of system issues at these frequencies Networking considerations Bibliographic data. Identification of suitable design software. Millimeter wave antennas for Gigabit wireless communications is not only be a valuable design and analysis resource for antenna professionals, but also a handy reference for students and researchers in millimeter wave engineering. This essential book on the principles and applications of millimeter wave antenna is an all-encompassing current treatment of the area, addressing both the traditional elements, such as planar antennas, and 3D antennas, and more recently emerging topics like antenna arrays, MIMO, Mega antennas, superconducting antennas, and nano-antennas. These fundamentals are related to practical applications and the dominant wireless standards, including IEEE 802.15.3c and WiMediar.

KAO-CHENG HUANG, PhD, is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology UK, Vice President at the Dharma Academy, and President of the Association of Vijnaptimatrata of China in Taiwan. Dr. Huang is the author of two previous books, including Millimeter Wave Communication Systems, and holds several patents in the area of millimeter wave antennas.

David J. Edwards is with Oxford University's Department of Engineering Science in the U.K.