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

KAO-CHENG HUANG, PhD, is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology UK, Vice President at the Dharma Academy, and President of the Association of Vijnaptimatrata of China in Taiwan. Dr. Huang is the author of two previous books, including Millimeter Wave Communication Systems, and holds several patents in the area of millimeter wave antennas. David J. Edwards is with Oxford University's Department of Engineering Science in the U.K.

Preface List of Abbreviations 1 Gigabit Wireless Communications 1.1 Gigabit Wireless Communications 1.2 Regulatory Issues 1.3 Millimetre Wave Characterisations 1.4 Channel Performance 1.5 System Design and Performance 1.6 Antenna Requirements 1.7 Link Budget 1.8 Summary References 2 Critical Antenna Parameters 2.1 Path Loss and Antenna Directivity 2.2 Antenna Beamwidth 2.3 Maximum Possible Gain-to-Q 2.4 Antenna Polarisation References 3 Planar Antennas 3.1 Printed Antennas 3.2 Slot Antennas 3.3 Quasi-Yagi Antennas 3.4 Bow-Tie Antennas 3.5 Reflector Antennas 3.6 Millimetre Wave Design Consideration 3.7 Production and Manufacture References 4 Horn Antennas 4.1 Waveguide Modes 4.2 Multimode Horn Antenna 4.3 Integrated Horn 4.4 Cylinder Horn and Circular Polarisation 4.5 Tilt Horn 4.6 Dielectric Sectoral Horn References 5 Dielectric Antennas 5.1 Dielectric Resonator Antennas 5.2 Dielectric Rod Antenna 5.3 Maximum Gain Rod Antenna 5.4 Dual Rod 5.5 Patch-Fed Circular Rod 5.6 Rod Array and Phase Compensation 5.7 Optimisation of a Rod Antenna References 6 Lens Antennas 6.1 Luneberg Lens 6.2 Hemispherical Lens 6.3 Extended Hemispherical Lens 6.4 Off-Axis Extended Hemispherical Lens 6.5 Planar Lens Array 6.6 Metal Plate Lens Antennas References 7 Multiple Antennas 7.1 The 60 GHz Multibeam Antenna 7.2 Antenna Array 7.3 Millimetre Wave Arrays 7.4 Mutual Coupling between Antennas References 8 Smart Antennas 8.1 Beam-Switching Antennas 8.2 Beam-Steering/Forming Antennas 8.3 Millimetre Wave MIMO 8.4 Mode-Tracking Antennas References 9 Advanced Antenna Materials 9.1 Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramics 9.2 Liquid Crystal Polymer 9.3 CMOS 9.4 Left-Handed Material 9.5 High-Temperature Superconducting Antenna 9.6 Nano Antennas References 10 High-Speed Wireless Applications 10.1 V-Band Antenna Applications 10.2 E-Band Antenna Applications 10.3 Distributed Antenna System 10.4 Wireless Mesh Networks References Index