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1 Introduction (Zhi Ning Chen). |
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2.2 Performance Requirements. |
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2.3 Electrically Small Antennas. |
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2.4 Classes of Handset Antennas. |
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2.5 The Quest for Efficiency and Extended Bandwidth. |
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2.5.1 Handset Geometries. |
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2.5.2 Antenna Position in the Handset. |
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2.5.3 The Effect of the User. |
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2.5.5 Impedance Behavior of a Typical Antenna in the Low Band. |
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2.5.6 Fields and Currents on Handsets. |
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2.5.7 Managing the Length–Bandwidth Relationship. |
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2.5.8 The Effect on RF Efficiency of Other Components of the Handset. |
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2.5.9 Specific Absorption Rate. |
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2.5.10 Hearing Aid Compliance. |
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2.5.11 Economic Considerations. |
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2.6.2 Materials and Construction. |
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2.6.4 Building the Prototype. |
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2.6.6 Design Optimization. |
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2.7 Starting Points for Design and Optimization. |
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2.7.3 Antennas for Other Services. |
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2.7.4 Dual-Antenna Interference Cancellation. |
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2.7.5 Multiple Input, Multiple Output. |
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2.7.6 Antennas for Lower-Frequency Bands – TV and Radio Services. |
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2.8 The RF Performance of Typical Handsets. |
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3 RFID Tag Antennas (Xianming Qing and Zhi Ning Chen). |
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3.2.1 RFID System Configuration. |
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3.2.2 Classification of RFID Systems. |
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3.2.3 Principles of Operation. |
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3.2.4 Frequencies, Regulations and Standardization. |
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3.3 Design Considerations for RFID Tag Antennas. |
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3.3.1 Near-field RFID Tag Antennas. |
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3.3.2 Far-field RFID Tag Antennas. |
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3.4 Effect of the Environment on RFID Tags. |
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4 Laptop Antenna Design and Evaluation (Duixian Liu and Brian Gaucher). |
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4.2 Laptop-Related Antenna Issues. |
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4.2.1 Typical Laptop Display Construction. |
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4.2.2 Possible Antennas for Laptop Applications. |
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4.2.3 Mechanical and Industrial Design Restrictions. |
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4.2.4 LCD Surface Treatment in Simulations. |
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4.2.5 Antenna Orientation in Display. |
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4.2.6 The Difference between Laptop and Cellphone Antennas. |
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4.2.7 Antenna Location Evaluations. |
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4.3 Antenna Design Methodology. |
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4.4 PC Card Antenna Performance and Evaluation. |
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4.6 An INF Antenna Implementation. |
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4.7 Integrated and PC Card Solutions Comparison. |
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4.8.1 An Inverted-F Antenna with Coupled Elements. |
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4.8.2 A Dualband PCB Antenna with Coupled Floating Elements. |
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4.8.3 A Loop Related Dualband Antenna. |
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4.9 Remarks on WLAN Antenna Design and Evaluations. |
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4.10 Antennas for Wireless Wide Area Network Applications. |
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4.10.1 INF Antenna Height Effects on Bandwidth. |
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4.10.2 A WWAN Dualband Example. |
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4.11 Ultra-Wide Band Antennas. |
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4.11.1 Description of the UWB Antenna. |
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4.11.2 UWB Antenna Measurement Results. |
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5 Antenna Issues in Microwave Thermal Therapies (Koichi Ito and Kazuyuki Saito). |
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5.1 Microwave Thermal Therapies. |
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5.1.2 Classification by Therapeutic Temperature. |
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5.2 Interstitial Microwave Hyperthermia. |
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5.2.1 Introduction and Requirements. |
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5.2.2 Coaxial-Slot Antenna. |
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5.2.3 Numerical Calculation. |
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5.2.4 Performance of the Coaxial-Slot Antenna. |
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5.2.5 Temperature Distributions Around the Antennas. |
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5.3.2 Treatment by Use of a Single Antenna. |
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5.3.3 Treatment by Use of an Array Applicator. |
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5.3.4 Results of the Treatment. |
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5.4.1 Treatment of Brain Tumors. |
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5.4.2 Intracavitary Microwave Hyperthermia for Bile Duct Carcinoma. |
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6 Antennas for Wearable Devices (Akram Alomainy, Yang Hao and Frank Pasveer). |
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6.1.1 Wireless Body Area Networks. |
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6.1.2 Antenna Design Requirements for Wireless BAN/PAN. |
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6.2 Modelling and Characterization of Wearable Antennas. |
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6.2.1 Wearable Antennas for BANs/PANs. |
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6.2.2 UWB Wearable Antennas. |
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6.3 WBAN Radio Channel Characterization and Effect of Wearable Antennas. |
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6.3.1 Radio Propagation Measurement for WBANs. |
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6.3.2 Propagation Channel Characteristics. |
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6.4 Case Study: A Compact Wearable Antenna for Healthcare Sensors. |
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6.4.1 Application Requirements. |
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6.4.2 Theoretical Antenna Considerations. |
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6.4.3 Sensor Antenna Modelling and Characterization. |
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6.4.4 Propagation Channel Characterization. |
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7 Antennas for UWB Applications (Zhi Ning Chen and Terence S.P. See). |
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7.1 UWB Wireless Systems. |
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7.2 Challenges in UWB Antenna Design. |
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7.3 State-of-the-Art Solutions. |
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7.3.1 Frequency-Independent Designs. |
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7.3.2 Planar Broadband Designs. |
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7.3.3 Crossed and Rolled Planar Broadband Designs. |
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7.3.4 Planar Printed PCB Designs. |
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7.3.5 Planar Antipodal Vivaldi Designs. |
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7.4.1 Small Printed Antenna with Reduced Ground-Plane Effect. |
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