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

by Kao-Cheng Huang (University of Greenwich); David J. Edwards (University Of Oxford)

• ISBN13: 9780470712139
• ISBN10: 0470712139
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Complete and comprehensive application-focused reference on millimetre wave antennasMillimetre Wave Antennas for Gigabit Wireless Communications covers a vast wealth of material with a strong focus on the current design and analysis principles of millimetre wave antennas for wireless devices. It provides practising engineers with the design rules and considerations required in designing antennas for the terminal. 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 utilizes numerous design examples to emphasize computer analysis and synthesis whilst also discussing the applications of commercially available software.Key Features:Advanced and up-to-date treatment of one of the fastest growing fields of wireless communicationsCovers topics such as Gigabit wireless communications and its required antennas, passive and active antenna design and analysis techniques, multibeam antennas and MIMO, IEEE 802.15.3c, WiMediar, and advanced materials and technologiesOffers a practical guide to integrated antennas for specific configurations requirementsAddresses a number of complex, real-world problems that system and antenna engineers are going to face in millimetre-wave communications industry and provides solutions Contains detailed design examples, drawings and predicted performanceThis book is an invaluable tool for antenna professionals (engineers, designers, and developers), microwave professionals, wireless communication system professionals, and industries with microwave and millimetre wave research projects. Advanced students and researchers working in the field of millimetre wave engineering will also find this book very useful.

Table of Contents

PrefaceList of Abbreviations1 Gigabit Wireless Communications1.1 Gigabit Wireless Communications1.2 Regulatory Issues1.3 Millimetre Wave Characterisations1.4 Channel Performance1.5 System Design and Performance1.6 Antenna Requirements1.7 Link Budget1.8 SummaryReferences2 Critical Antenna Parameters2.1 Path Loss and Antenna Directivity2.2 Antenna Beamwidth2.3 Maximum Possible Gain-to-Q2.4 Antenna PolarisationReferences3 Planar Antennas3.1 Printed Antennas3.2 Slot Antennas3.3 Quasi-Yagi Antennas3.4 Bow-Tie Antennas3.5 Reflector Antennas3.6 Millimetre Wave Design Consideration3.7 Production and ManufactureReferences4 Horn Antennas4.1 Waveguide Modes4.2 Multimode Horn Antenna4.3 Integrated Horn4.4 Cylinder Horn and Circular Polarisation4.5 Tilt Horn4.6 Dielectric Sectoral HornReferences5 Dielectric Antennas5.1 Dielectric Resonator Antennas5.2 Dielectric Rod Antenna5.3 Maximum Gain Rod Antenna5.4 Dual Rod5.5 Patch-Fed Circular Rod5.6 Rod Array and Phase Compensation5.7 Optimisation of a Rod AntennaReferences6 Lens Antennas6.1 Luneberg Lens6.2 Hemispherical Lens6.3 Extended Hemispherical Lens6.4 Off-Axis Extended Hemispherical Lens6.5 Planar Lens Array6.6 Metal Plate Lens AntennasReferences7 Multiple Antennas7.1 The 60 GHz Multibeam Antenna7.2 Antenna Array7.3 Millimetre Wave Arrays7.4 Mutual Coupling between AntennasReferences8 Smart Antennas8.1 Beam-Switching Antennas8.2 Beam-Steering/Forming Antennas8.3 Millimetre Wave MIMO8.4 Mode-Tracking AntennasReferences9 Advanced Antenna Materials9.1 Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramics9.2 Liquid Crystal Polymer9.3 CMOS9.4 Left-Handed Material9.5 High-Temperature Superconducting Antenna9.6 Nano AntennasReferences10 High-Speed Wireless Applications10.1 V-Band Antenna Applications10.2 E-Band Antenna Applications10.3 Distributed Antenna System10.4 Wireless Mesh NetworksReferencesIndex