The Design and Fundamentals of Printed Antennas [Book/Software Reviews]

This book focuses more on practical antenna design than theoretical analysis and presents a good balance between fundamentals and the printed antenna design. This text concentrates on real-world antenna design and avoids too many formulations and theories. Includes topics that cover fundamentals of printed and microstrip antennas. These principles are presented in a logical way, beginning with an examination of single-element printed antennas and moving on to a system- level review of printed antenna fundamentals, antenna design techniques, and real-world, application-based antenna designs. The book also features information on an overview of antenna design used in smartphones; various compliance requirements of mobile phone antenna designs; frequency and polarization reconfiguration; printed ray antennas, microwave remote sensing; phased array antennas; automobile antenna design, and recent research and development trends in the design, analysis, and synthesis of broadband, multiband, and reconfigurable antenna for modern wireless systems. Taken together, the chapters provide several antenna design projects to demonstrate antenna design steps, antenna physical dimensions, and simulation results. This book begins with a very basic introduction of ultrawideband (UWB) antenna theory and a simple explanation of each type of UWB antenna. This is a perfect starting point for entry-level UWB antenna designers, equipment designers, and operators.