Differential antennas : Theory and practice / Yueping Zhang.

About the Author
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Balanced and Unbalanced Antennas
1.3 Even and Odd Modes
1.4 Differential and Single-Ended Circuits
1.5 An Important Ratio
1.6 Mixed-Mode S-Parameters
1.7 Balun
1.8 Concluding Remarks
2 Differential Wire Antennas
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Dipole and Monopole Antennas
2.3 Folded Dipole and Monopole Antennas
2.4 Loop and Half-Loop Antennas
2.5 Loop-Dipole and Half-Loop-Monopole Antennas
2.6 Yagi-Uda and Half-Yagi-Uda Antennas
2.7 Concluding Remarks
3 Differential Slot Antennas
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Slot and Half-Slot Antennas
3.3 Self-Complementary Antennas
3.4 Yin-Yang Antennas
3.5 Concluding Remarks
4 Differential Microstrip Patch Antennas
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Cavity Model
4.3 Rectangular Patch
4.4 Circular Patch
4.5 Stacked Patch
4.6 Patch Arrays
4.7 Applications
4.8 Concluding Remarks
5 Differential Microstrip Shorted Patch Antennas
5.1 Introduction
5.2 SPA and DSPA
5.3 Modified SPA and DSPA
5.4 PIFA and DPIFA
5.5 ME and DME Dipoles
5.6 Concluding Remarks
6 Differential Microstrip Slot Antennas
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Resonant Modes
6.3 Excitation of Resonant Modes
6.4 Half-Wavelength Microstrip Slot Antenna
6.5 Full-Wavelength Microstrip Slot Antenna
6.6 Concluding Remarks
7 Differential Microstrip Grid Array Antennas
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Basic Configuration
7.3 Principle of Operation
7.4 Fundamental Characteristics
7.5 Differential Excitation
7.6 Design Procedure, Formulas, and Examples
7.7 An Impedance Matching Technique
7.8 A Slow-Wave Structure
7.9 Dual Current Modes
7.10 Co-Aperture Dual Bands
7.11 Applications
7.12 Concluding Remarks
8 Differential Printed Antennas
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Quasi-Yagi Antennas
8.3 Fractal Antennas
8.4 Spiral Antennas
8.5 Applications
8.6 Concluding Remarks
9 Differential Antenna Measurements
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Impedance
9.3 Efficiency
9.4 Radiation Pattern
9.5 Gain
9.6 Concluding Remarks
References
Index.