Microwave antennas at UCL: a design point of view

Antenna activities at UCL have led to validated design methods at microwave frequencies for planar antennas and base stations: computation of the patch antenna resonant frequency, calculation of co-polar and cross polar radiation patterns radiated by microstrip antennas coupled to a director, lens design for narrowing patch beamwidth, space wave and surface wave radiation prediction in slot structures, efficient computation of co polar and cross polar radiation patterns radiated by tapered slot antennas (including the Vivaldi antenna), site shielding efficiency evaluation, cellular antenna coverage computation in urban environments and evaluation of people's exposure to microwave fields by a simplified method.