Microstrip and Printed Antenna Design from Noble Publishing is written for practicing engineers new to the field, but it also contains up-to-date research that is useful for the more experienced designer.

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The volume includes a succinct treatment of wireless designs with enough detail that CAD formulas may be implemented with relative ease. In addition, an extensive discussion on creating microstrip antennas which radiate circular polarization is included. Both rectangular and elliptical patches with broadside circular polarization and circular patches with monopole type circularly polarized radiation patterns are discussed.

Additional subjects include maximizing the radiation efficiency of a patch antenna, creating broadband and dual-band microstrip antennas, corporate and series fed arrays which produce broadside and omnidirectional patterns, and electrically small printed antennas.

Randy Bancroft, P.E., holds a BSEE from Iowa State University, and a MSEE from the University of Colorado at Boulder. The author of ten publications, including the 1996 book Understanding Electromagnetic Scattering Using the Moment Method, Bancroft is a senior member of the IEEE and is credited for six patents. During a diverse career in industry, he has worked for Lockheed, Martin Marietta, Thomson Consumer Electronics, Centurion Wireless, and Ball Aerospace among others.