Microstrip and Printed Antenna Design (Telecommunications)

✍ Scribed by Randy Bancroft

• Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 363
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This thoroughly updated third edition of this popular book covers all types of printed microstrip antenna design, from rectangular to circular, broadband and dual band, and millimeter wave microstrip antenna to microstrip arrays.

The book features new analysis of rectangular and circular microstrip antenna efficiency, and surface wave phenomena. Rectangular microstrip antenna cross polarization analysis and mitigation is expanded upon. Microstrip antenna array geometry options have been added to the text. The design of Vivaldi antennas has been revised and updated based on recent analysis. A chapter has been added which addresses design considerations for millimeter wave microstrip antennas and arrays. Sections addressing the design of shorted annular, patch-ring, corporate fed OMA, stripline series slot, inverted F, RFID Loop Coupler, CPW monopole, and characteristic mode antennas have been added. The appendices have been enlarged, and address PIM, efficiency computation, twin strip and parallel plate transmission line, the history of the decibel, return loss and reflection loss, new impedance matching methods, as well as a new appendix on baluns for printed antennas.

Written with commercial applications in mind and aimed at practicing engineers, this book covers printed antennas and their design from the perspective of a seasoned consulting engineer who has worked many years in the field and has implemented all design concepts and technologies featured in the book and is essential reading for antenna designers and engineers.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Microstrip antennas
1.1 The origin of microstrip radiators
1.2 Microstrip antenna analysis methods
1.3 Microstrip antenna advantages and disadvantages
1.4 Microstrip antenna applications
References
Chapter 2 Rectangular microstrip antennas
2.1 The transmission line model
2.2 The cavity model
2.2.1 The TM10 and TM01 modes
2.3 Radiation pattern of a linear rectangular patch
2.4 Quarter-wave microstrip antenna
2.5 Circular-polarized design
2.5.1 Single feed CP design
2.5.2 Dual-feed CP design
2.5.3 Quadrature (90°) hybrid
2.5.4 Impedance and axial ratio bandwidth
2.6 Efficiency
2.7 Design of microstrip antenna with dielectric cover
2.8 Design guidelines for rectangular microstrip antenna
2.9 Design guidelines for a circularly polarized microstrip antenna
2.10 Electromagnetically coupled rectangular microstrip antenna
2.11 Ultra-wide rectangular microstrip antennas
2.12 Rectangular microstrip antenna cross-polarization
2.12.1 MSA with shorted non-radiating edges
References
Chapter 3 Circular microstrip antennas
3.1 Circular microstrip antenna properties
3.2 Directivity
3.3 Input resistance and impedance bandwidth
3.3.1 TM11, TM21, and TM02 impedance bandwidth
3.4 Gain, radiation pattern, and efficiency
3.4.1 TM11 efficiency
3.4.2 TM21 efficiency
3.4.3 TM02 efficiency
3.5 Circular microstrip antenna radiation modes
3.5.1 The TM11 bipolar mode
3.5.2 TM11 bipolar mode circular polarized design
3.5.3 The TM21 quadrapolar mode
3.5.4 The TM02 unipolar mode
3.6 Circular microstrip antenna cross-polarization
3.7 Annular microstrip antenna
3.8 Shorted annular microstrip antenna
References
Chapter 4 Broadband microstrip antennas
4.1 Broadband microstrip antennas
4.2 Microstrip antenna broadbanding
4.2.1 Microstrip antenna matching with capacitive slot
4.2.2 Microstrip antenna broadband matching with bandpass filter
4.2.3 Example microstrip antenna lumped-element broadband match
4.2.4 Lumped elements to T-line conversion
4.2.5 Real frequency technique broadband matching
4.3 Patch shape for optimized bandwidth
4.3.1 Patch shape bandwidth optimization using genetic algorithm
4.4 Broadband monopole pattern patch-ring
References
Chapter 5 Dual-band microstrip antennas
5.1 Rectangular microstrip dual-band antenna
5.2 Multiple resonator dual-band antennas
5.2.1 Coupled microstrip dipoles
5.2.2 Stacked rectangular microstrip antennas
5.3 Dual-band microstrip antenna design using a diplexer
5.3.1 Example dual-band microstrip antenna using a diplexer
5.4 Multiband patch shaping using a genetic algorithm
References
Chapter 6 Microstrip arrays
6.1 Planar array theory
6.2 Rectangular microstrip antenna array modeled with slots
6.3 Aperture excitation distribution
6.4 Microstrip array feeding methods
6.4.1 Corporate-fed microstrip array
6.4.2 Series-fed microstrip array
6.4.3 Series/parallel standing wave feed
6.4.4 Series/parallel matched tapped feed array
6.4.5 Feedline radiation and loss
6.4.6 Microstrip transmission line radiation
6.5 Mutual coupling
6.5.1 Mutual coupling between square MSAs
References
Chapter 7 Printed antennas
7.1 Omnidirectional microstrip antenna
7.1.1 Low sidelobe omnidirectional MSA
7.1.2 Element shaping of OMA
7.1.3 Single-short omnidirectional microstrip antenna
7.1.4 Corporate-fed omnidirectional microstrip antenna
7.2 Tapered (Vivaldi) antenna
7.3 Microstrip-fed slot antenna
7.3.1 Slot antenna “fictitious resonance”
7.4 Stripline Series Slot Antenna
7.5 Inverted F antenna
7.6 Electrically small antennas
7.6.1 Electrically small antenna limitations
7.6.2 Meanderline antenna
7.6.3 Meanderline antenna radiation patterns
7.6.4 Half patch with reduced SC plane (PIFA)
7.6.5 Dual-band PIFA
7.7 Tapered balun printed dipole
7.8 Log-periodic balun dipole
7.9 Loop antenna and coupler for RFID
7.10 CPW flexible monopole
7.11 Characteristic mode antenna
References
Chapter 8 Millimeter wave microstrip antennas
8.1 General millimeter wave design considerations
8.2 Corporate-fed patch arrays
8.2.1 28 GHz example
8.2.2 60 GHz example
References
Appendix A Microstrip antenna substrates
A.1 Microstrip antenna/transmission line substrates
A.2 Metal cladding
A.3 Dielectric materials
A.3.1 Plastics
A.3.2 Ceramics
A.3.3 Glass transition temperature (Tg)
A.3.4 Composite dielectric substrates
A.3.5 FR-4
A.3.6 Fiberglass
A.3.7 Dielectric foam
A.4 Radome materials
A.5 Water absorption
A.6 Dielectric films
A.7 Passive intermodulation
A.8 Solder mask and conformal coatings
References
Appendix B Numerical methods
B.1 Numerical integration
B.2 Evaluation of sums
B.3 Fixed-point iteration
B.4 Bisection algorithm
B.5 MSA Q-efficiency calculation
References
Appendix C Planar transmission lines
C.1 Microstrip transmission line design
C.2 Discontinuity compensation
C.3 Dielectric covered microstrip line
C.4 Twin strip transmission line
C.5 Parallel plate transmission line
References
Appendix D Antenna topics
D.1 Friis transmission formula
D.2 Wireless link range versus power input
D.3 Decibels
D.3.1 Historical origin of the decibel (dB)
D.4 Antenna gain and directivity
D.5 Attenuation and voltage standing wave ratio
D.5.1 Example 1
D.5.2 Example 2
D.6 Return Loss and Reflection Loss
D.7 Attenuators
D.7.1 Example 3
References
Appendix E Impedance matching techniques
E.1 The λ/8 transmission line transformer
E.1.1 Example: Combined λ/8 and λ/4 transformer matching
E.1.2 Dual λ/8 transmission line transformer
E.2 Q matching with λ/8 transmission line transformer
E.2.1 Example: Combined λ/8 transformer and Q matching
E.3 Single section series T-line impedance transformer
E.3.1 Example: Single section impedance match
E.4 Bramham–Regier two-section impedance transformer
E.4.1 Example: BR transmission line transformer design
E.5 Two-section Chebyshev impedance transformer
E.5.1 Example: λ/8 with two-section Chebyshev transformer
E.6 Bode-Fano limits/matching overview
References
Appendix F Baluns for printed antennas
F.1 Transmission line theory
F.2 L-C lattice balun
F.3 Coupled microstrip transmission line balun
F.4 Microstrip transmission line Marchand balun
F.5 Microstrip branchline (ladder) balun
References
Index