Switched Parasitic Antennas for Cellular Communications

This first-of-its-kind book introduces you to the basic concepts and wide range of potential applications of switched parasitic antennas, including smart antennas for wireless communications. The book's clear, detailed discussion of design rules for both wire and patch antenna structures, together with their circuit requirements, gives you the knowledge you need to successfully design and implement low-cost, small, switched parasitic antennas for a variety of uses.

Thiel (microelectronic engineering, Griffith U., Brisbane) and Smith (CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics, Sydney) introduce practitioners to the basic concepts and wide range of potential applications of switched parasitic antennas. Coverage includes basic antenna theory, wire and patch antenna structures and their circuit requirements, design examples of switched parasitic antennas, antenna optimization, and performance limitations. The advantages of these antennas is explored, and information provided for designing economical switch parasitic antennas for applications such as direction finding and multibeam communications systems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

David V. Thiel, a chartered professional engineer, is the director, Radio Science Laboratory, School of Microelectronic Engineering at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. Dr. Thiel received his Ph.D. in electromagnetics, and M.Sc. in antenna design and modeling at James Cook University, Townsville, Qld Australia. He earned his B.Sc. in physics and applied mathematics at the University of Adelaide in South Australia. Stephanie Smith, a member of IEEE, is an antenna engineer, Electromagnetics and Antenna Group, CSIRO Telecommunications and Industrial Physics in New South Wales, Australia. She received her Ph.D. and B. Engineering from Griffith University