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Compact-size linearly tapered slot antenna for portable ultra-wideband imaging systems. (2012)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Ho, A. T. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Li, J., & Xu, J. (2013). Compact-size linearly tapered slot antenna for portable ultra-wideband imaging systems. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 23(3),

A compact‐size asymmetrical linearly tapered slot antenna required for portable ultra‐wideband (UWB) imaging systems is presented. The total antenna size is reduced compared with the conventional linearly tapered slot antenna by using a triangular sl... Read More about Compact-size linearly tapered slot antenna for portable ultra-wideband imaging systems..

A Compact Design of Tunable Band-Notched Ultra-Wide Band Antenna (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Elfergani, I. E. E., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Jones, S., & Excell, P. S. (2012). A Compact Design of Tunable Band-Notched Ultra-Wide Band Antenna. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 54(7), 1642-1644. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.26907

In this letter, a compact ultrawideband planar inverted F‐L antenna with a tunable band‐notched response is presented. Tuning of the rejected frequency bands is realized by loading a variable capacitor on an embedded slot of the proposed antenna stru... Read More about A Compact Design of Tunable Band-Notched Ultra-Wide Band Antenna.

Miniaturized Tapered Slot Antenna With Signal Rejection in 5–6-GHz Band Using a Balun (2012)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S. S., Ho, A. T. S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Li, J., & Xu, J. (2012). Miniaturized Tapered Slot Antenna With Signal Rejection in 5–6-GHz Band Using a Balun. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 11, 507-510. https://doi.

A miniaturized elliptically tapered slot antenna fed by a novel balun is proposed for directional ultrawideband (UWB) applications. The feeding configuration consists of a stepped mi-crostrip line and a folded slotline connected with a circular slot.... Read More about Miniaturized Tapered Slot Antenna With Signal Rejection in 5–6-GHz Band Using a Balun.

A frequency tunable PIFA design for handset applications (2012)
Journal Article
Hwang See, C., Elfergani, I. E., Abd-Alhameed, R., Bin-Melha, M., Zhou, D., Child, M., & Excell, P. S. (2012). A frequency tunable PIFA design for handset applications. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 77, 688-693. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-3515

A frequency tunable planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) is presented for use in the following bands: DCS, PCS, and UMTS. Initially, the tuning was achieved by placing a lumped capacitor, with values in the range of 1.5 to 4 pF, along the slot of the rad... Read More about A frequency tunable PIFA design for handset applications.

A Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Gully Pot Monitoring in Urban Catchments (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Horoshenkov, K., abd-alhmeed, R. A., Hu, Y., & Tait, S. (2012). A Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Gully Pot Monitoring in Urban Catchments. IEEE Sensors Journal, 12(5), 1545-1553. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsen.2011.2174354

Sewer and gully blockages are the main cause of residential sewer flooding in the U.K. A low-cost and power efficient wireless sensor mesh networking communication system has been designed, developed and implemented to provide adequate warning on pot... Read More about A Low Power Wireless Sensor Network for Gully Pot Monitoring in Urban Catchments.

Wideband Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna for WiFi/WiMAX Applications (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Abidin, Z. Z., McEwan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2012). Wideband Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna for WiFi/WiMAX Applications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(4), 2028-2035. https://doi.org/10.1109/t

A novel printed diversity monopole antenna is presented for WiFi/WiMAX applications. The antenna comprises two crescent shaped radiators placed symmetrically with respect to a defected ground plane and a neutralization lines is connected between them... Read More about Wideband Printed MIMO/Diversity Monopole Antenna for WiFi/WiMAX Applications.

A novel RFID tag antenna mountable on metallic objects (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alkhambashi, M., Hussaini, A., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Noras, J., Child, M., & Rodriguez, J. (2012). A novel RFID tag antenna mountable on metallic objects. In 2012 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP) (1-4). https://doi.org/10.

This paper investigates the design of UHF RFID tagging antennas mounted on, or in close proximity, with a conducting surface. Detailed simulation and analysis of the tag antenna was carried out for 900 MHz operation. The antenna dimensions were fixed... Read More about A novel RFID tag antenna mountable on metallic objects.

Four element antenna array working at 2.4/5.2 GHz for wireless USB dongle applications (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abidin, Z., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Ali, N., & Excell, P. (2012). Four element antenna array working at 2.4/5.2 GHz for wireless USB dongle applications. In 2012 16th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (43-45). https://doi.org/10.1109/melc

A four-element antenna array for a USB dongle multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna working in dual 2.4/5.2 GHz frequency bands is presented. For achieving reasonably low mutual coupling and good return loss characteristics of the antenna arr... Read More about Four element antenna array working at 2.4/5.2 GHz for wireless USB dongle applications.

Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Adnan, S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Usman, M., See, C., Noras, J., & Child, M. (2012). Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging.

Near field imaging using microwaves in medical applications has gained much attention recently as various researchers have shown its capability and accuracy in identifying features of interest compared to better known screening tools. This paper docu... Read More about Simulation and Experimental Measurements for Near Field Imaging.

Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Usman, M., Elfergani, I., & Noras, J. (2012). Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna.

A triangular patch harmonic-rejecting antenna at 0.7 GHz is proposed. Simulated results obtained using HFSS software show that a triangular antenna with shorting pin feed, and of compact size, exhibits high reflection coefficients at the second and t... Read More about Harmonic Rejection Triangle Patch Antenna.

Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bin-Melha, M. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Alkambashi, M., Zhou, D., Jones, S. M., & Excell, P. (2012). Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems. In Personal Satellite Services (81-86). https:/

Two novel reduced-size, printed spiral antennas are proposed for use in personal communications mobile terminals exploiting the “big low earth orbit” (Big-LEO) satellite system (uplink 1.61–1.63 GHz; downlink 2.48–2.5 GHz). The two proposed antenna g... Read More about Two Miniaturized Printed Dual-Band Spiral Antenna Designs for Satellite Communication Systems.

The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Chung, S. W. J., Zhou, D., Al-Ahmad, H., & Excell, P. S. (2012). The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(5),

A resistively loaded bowtie antenna, intended for applications in breast cancer detection, is adaptively modified through modelling and genetic optimization. The required wideband operating characteristic is achieved through manipulation of the resis... Read More about The Design of a Resistively Loaded Bowtie Antenna for Applications in Breast Cancer Detection Systems.

A novel dual band tunable balanced handset antenna for WLAN application (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., Ali, N., Alhaddad, A., See, C., & Cabongomuqueba, E. (2011). A novel dual band tunable balanced handset antenna for WLAN application. In 2011 18th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (516-5

This paper presents a tunable balanced antenna covering WLAN frequency bands near 2.4 GHz (2.4-2.4835 GHz) and 5 GHz (5.15-5.35 GHz & 5.650-5.925 GHz), for mobile application. The design is based on loading two variable capacitors onto the planar bal... Read More about A novel dual band tunable balanced handset antenna for WLAN application.

Meander-line filter for short range radio communications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alqahtani, S., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Hussaini, A., Abidin, Z., Excell, P., & Noras, J. (2011). Meander-line filter for short range radio communications. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications, IT

Filters and antennas play a significant part in many different RF and microwave transceiver systems. This paper describes the design and testing of two RF filters for use in narrow-band short-range radio communications. The structures of these filter... Read More about Meander-line filter for short range radio communications.

Broadband dual planar inverted F-antenna for wireless local area networks/worldwide interoperability for microwave access and lower-band ultra wideband wireless applications (2011)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Hraga, H., & Excell, P. (2011). Broadband dual planar inverted F-antenna for wireless local area networks/worldwide interoperability for microwave access and lower-band ultra wideband wireless applications. IET micr

An extension of the planar inverted F-antenna (PIFA) concept is proposed, combining two such antennas (one of them fed parasitically) to extend the usable bandwidth to cover the WiFi wireless local area network, worldwide interoperability for microwa... Read More about Broadband dual planar inverted F-antenna for wireless local area networks/worldwide interoperability for microwave access and lower-band ultra wideband wireless applications.

New antenna designs for wideband harmonic suppression using adaptive surface meshing and genetic algorithms (2011)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. . H., Bin-Melha, M., Zainal-Abdin, Z., & Excell, P. (2011). New antenna designs for wideband harmonic suppression using adaptive surface meshing and genetic algorithms. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 5(9), 1054

A novel design strategy for microstrip harmonic-suppression antennas is presented. The computational method is based on an integral equation solver using adaptive surface meshing driven by a genetic algorithm (GA). Three examples are illustrated, all... Read More about New antenna designs for wideband harmonic suppression using adaptive surface meshing and genetic algorithms.

Broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) design for mobile wireless applications (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elmegri, F., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Elfergani, I. T. (2011). Broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) design for mobile wireless applications. In 2011 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (1-3). https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2011

This paper presents a broadband dielectric resonator antenna operating from 1.15 to 6 GHz to cover most of the existing wireless mobile standards. This antenna assembly is constructed by a printed monopole antenna and a defected cylindrical dielectri... Read More about Broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) design for mobile wireless applications.

Reconfigurable antenna design approach for mobile applications and a technique for harmonics suppression (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., Sadeghpour, T., & Jones, S. (2011). Reconfigurable antenna design approach for mobile applications and a technique for harmonics suppression. In 2011 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (1-4). https

A design procedure for reconfigurable mobile antenna module is presented. A tuneable antenna, including a varactor diode placed at specific position over the radiating slot, was fabricated and tested over several targeted frequency bands (centred at... Read More about Reconfigurable antenna design approach for mobile applications and a technique for harmonics suppression.

Beam steering of horizontally polarized circular antenna arrays (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abusitta, M. M., Dama, Y., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C., Noras, J., Adebola, A., & Excell, P. (2011). Beam steering of horizontally polarized circular antenna arrays. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2011.6114126

In this paper, a simple switching process is employed to steer the beam of a horizontally polarised circular antenna array. A time modulated switching process is applied through Genetic Algorithm optimisation. Several examples illustrate the radiatio... Read More about Beam steering of horizontally polarized circular antenna arrays.