1 Basic Concepts of Antennas 1.1Introduction 1.2Radiation Mechanism 1.3Two Kinds of Elementary Linear Sources and Huygens'Planar Element 1.4Fundamental Parameters of Antennars 2 Arrays and Array Synthesis 2.1Introduction 2.2N-Element Linear Array:Uniform Amplitude and Spacing 2.3Phased Array,Grating Lobe and Sub array 2.4N-Element Linear Array:Uniform Spacing ,Nonuniform Amplitude 2.5N-Element Linear Array:Uniform Amplitude,Nonuniform 2.6Signal Processign Antenna Array 2.7Planar Arrays 2.8Array Synthesis Through Genetic Algorithm 3 Microstrip Patch Antennas 3.1Introduction 3.2Cavity Model and Transmission Line Model 3.4Design Procedure of a Single Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna 3.5Exammple of LTCC Microstrip Patch Antenna 4 Spectal Domain Approach and Its Application to Microstrip Antennas 4.1Introduction 4.2Basic Concept of Spectral Domain Approach 4.3Some Useful Transform Relations 4.4Scalarization of Maxwell'sEquations 4.5Dyadic Green's Function 4.6Mixed Potential Representations 4.7Transmission-Line Green's Functions 4.8Introduction to Complex Integration Techniques 4.9Full Wave Discrete Image and Full Wave Analysis of Microstrip Antennas 4.10Asymptotic Integration Techniques and Its Applications 5 Effective Methods in Using Commercial Softwares for Antenna Design 5.1Introduction 5.2Space Mapping Technique 5.3Extrapolation and Interpolation Methods 5.4Using Model From Physical Insight to Create Formual 5.5Using Model From the Artificial Neural Network to Train Formula 5.6Summary 6 Design of Conventional and DBF Microstrip Antenna Array 6.1Introduction 6.2Feeding Architecture 6.3Desing of Power Divider and Trannsmission on the Transformer 6.4Design Examples of Microstrip Antenna Arrays 6.5Mutral Coupling in Finite Microstrip Antenna Arrays 6.6Introduction to a Digital Beamforming Receiving Microstrip Antenna Array 7 High Frequency Methods and Their AppHcatioIlS To Antennas 7.1IntrodUCtion 7.2Geometrical Optics 7.3Physical Optics 7.4Diffraction by a Conducting Half Plane With Normal Incidence 7.5Difiraction by a Conducting Half Plane With Arbitrary Incidence 7.6Applications of Geometrical Theory of Diffraction in Antennas 7.7Fresnel Diffraction in Three Dimensions Bibliography Problems Index 8 Planar Near-Field Measurement and Array Diagnostics 8.1IntrOdUCtion 8.2Fundamental Transformations 8.3Probe Compensation 8.4Integral Equation Approach 8.5Array Diagnostics