ABSTRACT
This chapter is a brief overview of contemporary antenna types used in cellular, communication links, satellite communication, radar, and other microwave and millimeter wave systems. In this presentation, microwave is presumed to cover the frequency spectrum from 800 MHz to 94 GHz. A discussion of Maxwell’s equations of electromagnetic theory and the wave equation, which together mathematically describe nonionizing electrodynamic wave propagation and radiation, are described in detail in Chapters 28 and 29 of the companion volume, RF and Microwave Applications and Systems, in this handbook series. The reader is referred to the literature for detailed electromagnetic analysis of the multitude of antennas used in contemporary microwave and millimeter wave systems.
