| PREFACE | 第1-7页 |
| Acknowledgments | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-10页 |
| Abstract | 第10-14页 |
| Table of Contents | 第14-18页 |
| List of Figures | 第18-22页 |
| Introduction | 第22-34页 |
| THE IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCHING ON INNOVATIVE ANTENNA SOLUTIONS FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | 第24-28页 |
| CONTRIBUTIONS PRESENTATION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第28-34页 |
| Contributions | 第28-29页 |
| Research methodology and Analysis Tools | 第29-31页 |
| Organization of the Thesis | 第31-34页 |
| Chapter 1 Antenna Techniques in Wireless Communication Systems Evolution | 第34-82页 |
| ·ANTENNAS AND RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION | 第34-42页 |
| ·Antenna Fundamentals | 第34-37页 |
| ·Antenna Key Concepts | 第37-42页 |
| ·BANDWIDTH SPECIFICATIONS FOR MULTIBAND AND BROADBAND ANTENNAS AND SYSTEMS | 第42-47页 |
| ·Bandwidth Connotations | 第42-44页 |
| ·Bandwidth Specifications | 第44-47页 |
| ·RECENT ADVANCES IN WIDEBAND AND MULTIBAND ANTENNA TECHNIQUES | 第47-55页 |
| ·Conducting Plate and Printed Antenna Technology | 第48-49页 |
| ·Recent Advances in Wideband Antennas | 第49-52页 |
| ·Recent Advances in Multiband Antennas | 第52-53页 |
| ·Feed Mechanism and Impedance Matching | 第53-55页 |
| ·TRENDS TOWARDS ANTENNA MINIATURIZATION AND FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS OF SMALL ANTENNAS | 第55-60页 |
| ·Antenna Q and fundamental limits of small antennas | 第55-58页 |
| ·Antenna Miniaturization and Equivalent Wavelength Tricks | 第58-60页 |
| ·SPACE-TIME WIRELESS COMMNUNICATIONS AND MULTI-ANTENNA TECHNIQUES | 第60-76页 |
| ·Evolution of Wireless Communication Systems | 第60-63页 |
| ·Space-Time Wireless Communications | 第63-64页 |
| ·MIMO Systems | 第64-66页 |
| ·Antenna Diversity | 第66-72页 |
| ·Antenna Diversity Evaluation | 第72-76页 |
| ·ANTENNA DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR BEAM SELECTION MIMO SYSTEMS | 第76-78页 |
| ·Directional antennas and Hybrid Smart antenna Approach | 第76-77页 |
| ·Antenna Design Considerations | 第77-78页 |
| ·FIGURE OF MERIT OF AN ANTENNA | 第78-80页 |
| ·Broadband or Multiband Response | 第78-79页 |
| ·Radiation Efficiency | 第79页 |
| ·Polarization Purity | 第79页 |
| ·High Gain | 第79页 |
| ·Frequency Operation Scalability and Re-configurability | 第79页 |
| ·Compactness, Design Simplicity and Cost Effectiveness | 第79-80页 |
| SUMMARY | 第80-82页 |
| Chapter 2 Introduction to a New Hybrid Dipole-Monopole Broadband Antenna Element | 第82-102页 |
| ·THE DIPOLE-MONOPOLE CONCEPT | 第82-84页 |
| ·Dipole and Monopole Antenna Limitations | 第82-83页 |
| ·The Hybrid Dipole-Monopole Concept | 第83-84页 |
| ·HYBRID DIPOLE-MONOPOLE ANTENNA GEOMETRY DERIVATION | 第84-87页 |
| ·Oblique Transformation | 第84-85页 |
| ·Dipole- Monopole Superposition | 第85页 |
| ·Multi-Branch Monopole Transformation | 第85页 |
| ·Special Design Features | 第85-87页 |
| ·HDM ANTENNA DESIGN EQUATIONS | 第87-94页 |
| ·NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS FROM EXAMPLE DESIGN | 第94-100页 |
| ·Bandwidth Performance | 第94-97页 |
| ·Predicted Radiation Pattern | 第97-100页 |
| ·EXTENDED CONFIGURATION HIGHLIGHTS AND APPLICATIONS | 第100-101页 |
| ·Broadband Stand-Alone Omnidirectional Element | 第100页 |
| ·Driven element in quasi-yagi configuration | 第100-101页 |
| ·Low Profile Element in Broadband Dual Polarized Pair Configuration | 第101页 |
| SUMMARY | 第101-102页 |
| Chapter 3 A Method for the Design of Miniaturized Suspended Plate MultibandAntennas | 第102-114页 |
| ·INTRODUCTION | 第102-103页 |
| ·SUSPENDED PLATE ANTENNA FOLDING ALGORITHM FORMULATION | 第103-107页 |
| ·EXAMPLE DESIGN | 第107-109页 |
| ·NUMERICAL RESULTS | 第109-113页 |
| SUMMARY | 第113-114页 |
| Chapter 4 Class of Traveling Wave Antennas Based on Smooth Damped HarmonicFunctions | 第114-137页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第114-115页 |
| ·THE DAMPED HARMONIC TRAVELING WAVE ANTENNA FORMULATION AND DESIGN EQUATIONS | 第115-118页 |
| ·DHTWA DESIGN EQUATIONS | 第118-121页 |
| ·NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS | 第121-135页 |
| ·Parametric Analysis | 第121-126页 |
| ·Radiation Pattern Analysis | 第126-130页 |
| ·Field Distribution Analysis | 第130-132页 |
| ·Experimental Results | 第132-135页 |
| SUMMARY | 第135-137页 |
| Chapter 5 High Gain Dual Tapered Slot Broadband Antenna with Short Taper Profile | 第137-147页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第137-139页 |
| ·DTSA ANTENNA GEOMETRY | 第139-140页 |
| ·NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS | 第140-146页 |
| ·Realized bandwidth | 第141-144页 |
| ·Radiation Pattern Analysis | 第144-146页 |
| SUMMARY | 第146-147页 |
| Chapter 6 Compact Dual Band Dual Polarized Antenna Array with Directional AntennaElements for Beam Selection MIMO Systems | 第147-179页 |
| INTRODUCTION | 第147-149页 |
| ·DUAL BAND DUAL POLARIZED DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA ARRAY DESIGN | 第149-156页 |
| ·Antenna Elements Options for Dual band Dual Polarized Arrays | 第149-150页 |
| ·Antenna Elements for the Hexahedral Dual Band Dual Polarized Array | 第150-156页 |
| ·NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS | 第156-177页 |
| ·Concurrent Dual Band Performance | 第157-160页 |
| ·Mutual Coupling and Port Isolation | 第160-162页 |
| ·Radiation Pattern Analysis | 第162-169页 |
| ·Radiation Efficiency | 第169-170页 |
| ·Diversity Performance Evaluation of the DBDP Array | 第170-176页 |
| ·The Prototype DBDP Array Performance Overall Assessment | 第176-177页 |
| SUMMARY | 第177-179页 |
| Chapter 7 OVERALL THESIS SUMMARY | 第179-185页 |
| OVERALL THESIS SUMMARY | 第179-182页 |
| CONCLUSION AND ENDNOTE THOUGHTS | 第182页 |
| Original Contributions | 第182-183页 |
| Publications (Published and Submitted) | 第183-184页 |
| Endnote Thoughts | 第184-185页 |
| REFERENCES | 第185-203页 |
