by Kai Fong Lee (The University of Mississippi, USA) & Kwai Man Luk (City University of Hong Kong, PRC)

Table of Contents (109k)
Preface (57k)
Chapter 1: Introduction (5,005k)
Chapter 3: General Formulation of the Cavity Model (533k)
Chapter 5: Characteristics of the Circular Patch Antenna (393k)

About Kai Fong Lee

About Kwai Man Luk

Microstrip patch antennas have become the favorite of antenna designers because of its versatility and advantages of planar profile, ease of fabrication, compatibility with integrated circuit technology, and conformability with a shaped surface. As there is currently an urgent need for graduate students and practicing engineers to gain an in-depth understanding of this subject, this book was written with this purpose in mind.

The authors are IEEE Fellows who have made significant contributions to their fields of expertise. Professor K F Lee was the recipient of the 2009 John Kraus Antenna Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.

• Introduction
• Review of Some Background Materials
• General Formulation of the Cavity Model
• Characteristics of the Rectangular Patch Antenna
• Characteristics of the Circular Patch Antenna
• The Annular-Ring Patch and the Equitriangular Patch
• Introduction to Full Wave Analysis
• Some Methods of Tuning the Resonant Frequencies of Patch Antennas
• Broadbanding Techniques I — General Principles, Probe Compensation, Coplanar Parasitic Patches, Stacked Parasitic Patches
• Broadbanding Techniques II — The U-Slot Patch Antenna
• Broadbanding Techniques III — The L-Probe Coupled Patch and the Meandering-Probe Fed Patch
• Broadbanding Techniques IV — Aperture Coupled Patches
• Size Reduction Techniques
• Dual- and Multi-Band Designs
• Dual Polarized Patch Antenna Designs
• Circular Polarization
• Microstrip Antenna Array