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Message started by loose-electron on Jun 20^th, 2009, 12:56pm

Title: Antenna Design Textbook - Small Format, Planar
Post by loose-electron on Jun 20^th, 2009, 12:56pm

Hey all - I am looking for some suggestions on a textbook on antenna design, small format antennas, planar, pcb type of antennas.

Practical considerations in design, geometry, optimization, are important, not a course in EM design.

My specifc needs are for a receiving antenna design, for 400MHz and 430MHz (one or the other) and able to sit inside something the size of an I-pod.

Textbooks, papers, and other suggestions are all welcome here.

Title: Re: Antenna Design Textbook - Small Format, Planar
Post by pancho_hideboo on Jun 21^st, 2009, 10:25pm

loose-electron wrote on Jun 20^th, 2009, 12:56pm:

My specifc needs are for a receiving antenna design, for 400MHz and 430MHz (one or the other)
and able to sit inside something the size of an I-pod.

I think loop antenna(electric or magnetic current) is suitable for your application.

Electric current loop antenna and Magnetic current loop antenna(or Slit Antenna) were used in Pager System.
Especially magnetic current antenna is advantageous in the proximity of human body.

https://www.silabs.com/Marcom%20Documents/Resources/EZRadio_EZRadioPRO_Solutions.pdf
This loop antenna is novel.

http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/an_pk/4302
http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/an_pk/3621
http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/an_pk/3622

http://www.micrel.com/_PDF/micrf102.pdf ; Common electrical loop antenna
http://www.micrel.com/_PDF/micrf112.pdf
http://www.micrel.com/_PDF/micrf211.pdf ; Spiral antenna

The following book is very good and useful.
Warren L. Stutzman and Gary A. Thiele, Antenna Theory and Design, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1981.

Title: Re: Antenna Design Textbook - Small Format, Planar
Post by pancho_hideboo on Jun 22^nd, 2009, 8:49am

This is a popular PIFA(Planar Inverted-F Antenna).