Broadband Microstrip Antennas (Artech House Antennas and Propagation Library)

Look to this new, cutting-edge microstrip antenna book for the first exhaustive coverage of broadband techniques, including the most up-to-date information to help you choose and design the optimum broadband microstrip antenna configurations for your applications, without sacrificing other antenna parameters. The book shows you how to take advantage of the lightweight, low volume benefits of these antennas, by providing clear explanations of the various configurations and simple design equations that help you analyze and design microstrip antennas with speed and confidence. This practical resource offers you a comprehensive understanding of the radiation mechanism and characteristic of microstrip antennas, and provides guidance in designing new types of planar monopole antennas with multi-octave bandwidth. You learn how to select and design proper broadband microstrip antenna configurations for compact, tunable, dual-band and circular polarization applications. Moreover, the book compares all the broadband techniques and suggests the most attractive configuration. Extensively referenced with over 300 illustrations and 140 equations. A guide to broadband microstrip antennas, offering information to help you choose and design the optimum broadband microstrip antenna configurations for your applications, without sacrificing other antenna parameters. The text shows you how to take advantage of the light-weight, low volume benefits of these antennas, by providing explanations of the various configurations and simple design equations that help you analyze and design microstrip antennas with speed and confidence. This practical resource presents an understanding of the radiation mechanism and characteristics of microstrip antennas, and provides guidance on designing new types of planar monopole antennas with multi-octave bandwidth. The authors explore how to select and design proper broadband microstrip antenna configurations for compact, tunable, dual-band and circular polarization applications. Moreover, the work compares all the broadband techniques and suggests the most attractive configuration. Cover......Page 1 Broadband Microstrip Antennas......Page 2 Contents......Page 8 Foreword......Page 18 Preface......Page 20 Acknowledgments......Page 24 1 An Introduction to Microstrip Antennas......Page 26 2 Regularly Shaped Broadband MSAs......Page 54 3 Planar Multiresonator Broadband MSAs......Page 114 4 Multilayer Broadband MSAs......Page 156 5 Stacked Multiresonator MSAs......Page 196 6 Compact Broadband MSAs......Page 230 7 Tunable and Dual-Band MSAs......Page 276 8 Broadband Circularly Polarized MSAs......Page 334 9 Broadband Planar Monopole Antennas......Page 382 Appendix A: MSA Substrates......Page 404 Appendix B: Expressions for Various Parameters of RMSAs......Page 408 Appendix C: MNM for RMSAs......Page 416 Acronyms......Page 428 List of Symbols......Page 430 About the Authors......Page 432 Artech House Antennas and Propagation Library Cover 1 Broadband Microstrip Antennas 2 Contents 8 Foreword 18 Preface 20 Acknowledgments 24 1 An Introduction to Microstrip Antennas 26 2 Regularly Shaped Broadband MSAs 54 3 Planar Multiresonator Broadband MSAs 114 4 Multilayer Broadband MSAs 156 5 Stacked Multiresonator MSAs 196 6 Compact Broadband MSAs 230 7 Tunable and Dual-Band MSAs 276 8 Broadband Circularly Polarized MSAs 334 9 Broadband Planar Monopole Antennas 382 Appendix A: MSA Substrates 404 Appendix B: Expressions for Various Parameters of RMSAs 408 Appendix C: MNM for RMSAs 416 Acronyms 428 List of Symbols 430 About the Authors 432 A guide to broadband microstrip antennas, offering information on choosing and designing the optimum broadband microstrip antenna configurations for your applications. There are explanations of the various configurations, along with simple design equations. Deschamps first proposed the concept of the MSA in 1953 [1].