| Preface | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Single-Element Characteristics | p. 2 |
| Printed Circuit and Microstrip Arrays | p. 4 |
| Organization of Text | p. 7 |
| Analytical Techniques for Microstrip Antennas | p. 9 |
| Empirical Models | p. 9 |
| Transmission Line Model | p. 10 |
| Cavity Model | p. 16 |
| Semiempirical Models | p. 19 |
| Variational Approach | p. 19 |
| Generalized Variational Approach | p. 20 |
| Dual Integral Equation Approach | p. 21 |
| Electric Surface Current Model | p. 22 |
| Hankel Transform Technique | p. 28 |
| Reciprocity Method | p. 28 |
| Generalized Edge Boundary Condition (GEBC) Technique | p. 29 |
| Full-Wave Analyses | p. 29 |
| Moment Method in Space Domain | p. 30 |
| Moment Method in Spectral Domain | p. 30 |
| Transform-Domain Analyses | p. 41 |
| Mixed Potential Integral Equation (MPIE) Approach | p. 41 |
| Conjugate-Gradient Fast Fourier Transform (CGFFT) Technique | p. 42 |
| Materials and Substrate Selection | p. 47 |
| Substrate Materials for Microstrip Antennas | p. 47 |
| Criteria for Substrate Selection | p. 48 |
| Surface-Wave Excitation | p. 49 |
| Dispersion Effects | p. 51 |
| Dielectric Loss and Copper Loss | p. 52 |
| Substrate Anisotropy | p. 55 |
| Environmental Considerations | p. 57 |
| Mechanical Considerations | p. 58 |
| Cost Considerations | p. 58 |
| Recommendations | p. 58 |
| Design of Microstrip Radiating Elements at High Frequencies | p. 61 |
| Mode Spectrum of Surface Waves Excited in the Microstrip Antenna | p. 62 |
| Characteristics of Open-Circuited Microstrip Stub Radiator at High Frequencies | p. 65 |
| Design of Printed Dipole over a Thick Grounded Dielectric Slab | p. 73 |
| Studies on Hertzian Microstrip Dipole over a Thick Grounded Dielectric Slab | p. 75 |
| Printed Dipole on a Dielectric Half-Space | p. 79 |
| Full-Length Dipole on Grounded Dielectric Slab | p. 81 |
| Printed Dipole Antenna with Dielectric Cover | p. 87 |
| Design of Rectangular Patch Antenna Element Using Moment Method Solution | p. 95 |
| Circular Patch Antenna with Surface-Wave Effects | p. 107 |
| Circular Microstrip Antenna on Thin Substrate with Surface-Wave Effects | p. 108 |
| Input Impedance of a Circular Patch Antenna over a Thick Substrate | p. 114 |
| Feed Structures for Microstrip Antenna Elements and Arrays | p. 125 |
| Single-Layer Open Type of Feed Systems | p. 127 |
| Microstrip Feed | p. 127 |
| Microstrip Antenna Feed through a Gap | p. 130 |
| Dual-Polarized Microstrip Feed | p. 130 |
| Probe Feeding in Microstrip Antennas | p. 131 |
| Waveguide Iris-Microstrip Transition | p. 132 |
| Side-Coupled Microstrip Feed | p. 132 |
| Double-Layered Closed Type of Feed Mechanism in Microstrip Antennas | p. 134 |
| Principle of Electromagnetically Coupled (ECM) Feeding of Microstrip Antenna through Suspended Line Configuration | p. 135 |
| Feeding by Aperture Coupling | p. 137 |
| Feed Transitions | p. 146 |
| Insular Guide Feed to Microstrip Element | p. 150 |
| Feed Configurations for Arrays | p. 158 |
| Constrained Feed Structure | p. 159 |
| Lens-Mode Feeds | p. 166 |
| Discontinuities at High Frequencies | p. 166 |
| Frequency-Dependent Equivalent Circuit Approach for Microstrip Discontinuities | p. 167 |
| Full-Wave Analysis of Discontinuities Using Dyadic Green's Function | p. 176 |
| Wideband Microstrip Antenna Structures | p. 183 |
| Single-Element Bandwidth Enhancement | p. 183 |
| Effect of Bandwidth on Parametric Changes | p. 184 |
| Improvement of Bandwidth by Parasitic Elements | p. 185 |
| Multilayered Wideband Microstrip Antenna Structures | p. 194 |
| Large Bandwidth Structures | p. 201 |
| Wideband CP-PADS Antenna | p. 201 |
| Bow-Tie Antenna as a Wideband Element | p. 203 |
| Characteristics of Wideband Spiral Antennas | p. 207 |
| Tapered Slot Antenna (TSA) | p. 211 |
| Wideband Array Antennas | p. 216 |
| Series and Parallel Fed Microstrip Arrays | p. 217 |
| Traveling Wave Microstrip Antennas | p. 219 |
| Electromagnetically Coupled Log-Periodic Microstrip Array Antenna | p. 220 |
| Design and Analysis of Microstrip Antenna Arrays at High Frequencies | p. 227 |
| Design of Linear Antenna Arrays | p. 228 |
| Design of Comb-Line Array with Microstrip Stubs | p. 229 |
| Linear Array Design with Microstrip Patches | p. 240 |
| Linear Array with Capacitively Coupled Fingers | p. 247 |
| Linear Array with Hybrid Microstrip Insular Feeder | p. 249 |
| Design of Planar Array Antennas | p. 252 |
| Infinite Array with Printed Dipole Radiating Elements | p. 254 |
| Infinite Array of Rectangular Microstrip Patches | p. 260 |
| Finite Planar Arrays with Corporate Feed Arrangement | p. 264 |
| Finite Planar Array of Printed Dipole Elements | p. 267 |
| Mutual Coupling Effect in Microstrip Arrays Printed over Thick Dielectric Substrates | p. 275 |
| Printed Dipole Planar Array with Insular Guide Feeder | p. 282 |
| Printed Lens Arrays on an Ungrounded Dielectric Substrate | p. 286 |
| Monopulse Printed Circuit Antenna | p. 290 |
| Monolithic Integrated Phased Arrays | p. 295 |
| Design Considerations | p. 296 |
| Array Architecture and its Subsystems | p. 299 |
| Phased Array Examples | p. 303 |
| Bibliography | p. 311 |
| List of Symbols | p. 315 |
| Index | p. 319 |
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