Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures in Antenna Engineering

A detailed account of the state-of-the-art in electromagnetic band gap (EBG) theory, analysis and applications, ideal for researchers and engineers.

This comprehensive, applications-oriented survey of Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) engineering explains the theory, analysis, and design of EBG structures. It helps you to understand EBG applications in antenna engineering through an abundance of novel antenna concepts, a wealth of practical examples, and complete design details. You discover a customized FDTD method of EBG analysis, for which accurate and efficient electromagnetic software is supplied (www.cambridge.org/9780521889919) to provide you with a powerful computational engine for your EBG designs. The first book covering EBG structures and their antenna applications, this provides a dynamic resource for engineers, and researchers and graduate students working in antennas, electromagnetics and microwaves.

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. FDTD Method for periodic structure analysis; 3. EBG Characterizations and classifications; 4. Design and optimizations of EBG structures; 5. Patch antennas with EBG structures; 6. Low profile wire antennas on EBG surfaces; 7. Surface wave antennas; Appendix: EBG literature review.

Understand the state-of-the-art in EBG theory, analysis and applications with this authoritative survey, which includes a wealth of practical examples, and complete design details. A customized FDTD method of EBG analysis gives you a powerful computational engine for your EBG designs.

Fan Yang is Assistant Professor of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Yang received Young Scientist Awards in the 2005 General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and in the 2007 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory.
Yahya Rahmat-Samii is a Distinguished Professor, holder of the Northrop-Grumman Chair in electromagnetics and past Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He has received numerous recognitions and awards including IEEE Fellow in 1985, IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the 2005 URSI Booker Gold Medal, the 2007 Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and the membership of the US National Academy of Engineering.