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Harmonics measurement on active patch antenna using sensor patches (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Ali, N. T., & Bin-Melha, M. S. (2010). Harmonics measurement on active patch antenna using sensor patches. Progress in Electromagnetics Research C: PIER C, 17, 121-130. https://doi.org/10.2528/PIERC10092802

Performance of the sensing patch technique for measuring the power accepted at the antenna feed port of active patch antennas has been evaluated at harmonic frequencies. A prototype antenna, including two sensors at appropriate locations, was fabrica... Read More about Harmonics measurement on active patch antenna using sensor patches.

A Compact UWB Antenna Design for Breast Cancer Detection (2010)
Journal Article
Adnan, S., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., Hraga, H. I., Elfergani, I. T. E., & Zhou, D. (2010). A Compact UWB Antenna Design for Breast Cancer Detection. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 6(2), 129-132

Near field imaging using microwave in medical applications has gain much attention recently as various researchers show its high ability and accuracy in illuminating object compares to well known screening tools. This paper documents the development... Read More about A Compact UWB Antenna Design for Breast Cancer Detection.

Compact Dual-band Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application (2010)
Journal Article
Alhaddad, A., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Elkhazmi, E., & Excell, P. (2010). Compact Dual-band Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 6(1), 11-15

In this paper, a balanced antenna for mobile handset applications with dual-frequency performance, covering the 2.4 GHz and the entire 5 GHz WLAN frequency bands, is investigated and discussed. The antenna is a thin-strip planar dipole with folded st... Read More about Compact Dual-band Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application.

A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Child, M., & Excell, P. (2010). A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2010.5666208

A tuneable slotted patch antenna design is presented and verified for use in the DCS, PCS and UMTS bands. The tuning circuit consists of two varactor diodes, with some passive components, and is integrated fully with the radiator patch, with the vara... Read More about A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets.

Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hraga, H., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Jones, S., Child, M., Elfergani, I., & Excell, P. (2010). Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2010.5666202

This paper examines the case for an ultrawideband planar inverted-F-L-antenna design intended for use in the lower sub-band. The antenna construction is based on the conventional inverted F, and inverted L as its feed element, and parasitic element,... Read More about Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications.

Novel Wideband Harmonic Suppression Antenna Designed using Adaptive meshing and Genetic Algorithms (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., & Excell, P. (2010, September). Novel Wideband Harmonic Suppression Antenna Designed using Adaptive meshing and Genetic Algorithms. Presented at 2010 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC'10), Toyama, Japan

Microstrip patch antennas with harmonic suppression are designed and optimised, using a genetic algorithm and applying a novel adaptive meshing program to generate a wire-grid simulation. A coaxially-fed air-dielectric patch antenna design with a fol... Read More about Novel Wideband Harmonic Suppression Antenna Designed using Adaptive meshing and Genetic Algorithms.

Design of Planar Double Inverted-F Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., & Excell, P. (2010, September). Design of Planar Double Inverted-F Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications. Presented at 2010 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference (AP-RASC'10), Toyama, Japan

A novel miniaturized planar double inverted-F antenna is presented. The antenna design is based on the electromagnetic coupling of two air dielectric PIFA antennas, combined with a broadband rectangular plate feed structure to achieve ultra-wideband... Read More about Design of Planar Double Inverted-F Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications.

Small Wideband Antenna For GSM And WLAN Applications (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hraga, H., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Adnan, S., Elfergani, I., & Excell, P. (2010). Small Wideband Antenna For GSM And WLAN Applications.

In this paper, a small printed antenna for mobile handset and WLAN applications is presented and discussed. The proposed antenna is a printed crescent shape monopole which is mounted on top of a defected ground plane. A 50 ohms microstrip line is use... Read More about Small Wideband Antenna For GSM And WLAN Applications.

Design of Dual-Band Quadrifilar Spiral Antennas For Satellite-Mobile Handsets (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., & Excell, P. S. (2010). Design of Dual-Band Quadrifilar Spiral Antennas For Satellite-Mobile Handsets. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 52(4), 987-990. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.25090

A novel quadrifilar spiral antenna is 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). Feeding of the antenna from the outer pe... Read More about Design of Dual-Band Quadrifilar Spiral Antennas For Satellite-Mobile Handsets.

Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Elkhazmi, E., Abusitta, M., Ramli, K., & Excell, P. (2009). Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications. In 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (2802-2804). https://doi.

A reduced size miniature dual-bands planar inverted F-L antenna for WLAN and cellular applications is achieved by applying the magnetic wall concept. The proposed antenna provides a 12% and 9.3% bandwidth at S₁₁ < -10 dB for 2.5 GHz and 5.2 GHz WLAN... Read More about Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications.

Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ramli, K., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Zhou, D., Elkhazmi, E., & Excell, P. (2009). Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method. In 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Con

This paper demonstrates the detailed electromagnetic modelling of biological cell structures by using modified subgridding FDTD techniques. This is done by incorporating a quasi-static FDTD solution, Floquet periodic boundary conditions and modified... Read More about Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method.

A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C., Horoshenkov, K., Tait, S., Abd-Alhameed, R., Hu, Y., Elkhazmi, E., & Gardiner, J. (2009). A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring. In 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (731-734). https://doi.org/10.1109/apmc.2009.5384

Blockages in sewers are major causes of both sewer flooding and pollution. Water companies which fail to tackle this problem face hefty fines and high operational costs if they unsuccessful to provide a practical solution to prevent flooding. As a re... Read More about A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring.

Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alhaddad, A., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Usman, M., Abidin, Z., & Excell, P. (2009). Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application. In 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (681-684). https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2009.53

A built-in planar metal plate antenna for mobile handsets with balanced operation is presented. The antenna was designed by folding a thin strip planar dipole with extra arm on each monopole. The antenna features balanced operation, is to reduce the... Read More about Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application.

New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abusitta, M., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., See, C., Jones, S., & Excell, P. (2009). New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms. In 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (617-620). https://doi.org

A new approach to the design of electronic beam steering in antenna arrays is introduced and analysed. The technique is demonstrated for a uniform antenna array structure. The radiation pattern of the antenna array is formed and the beam steering tun... Read More about New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms.

Design of Wideband Balanced Folded-Arms Dipole Antenna for Mobile Handsets (2009)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., See, C. H., & Excell, P. S. (2009). Design of Wideband Balanced Folded-Arms Dipole Antenna for Mobile Handsets. Electromagnetics, 29(8), 641-651. https://doi.org/10.1080/02726340903287406

Investigations of a wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets covering three bands—GSM1800, GSM1900, and UMTS—are presented. Balanced antennas have advantages in handset applications as they are less affected by juxtaposition with human tissue th... Read More about Design of Wideband Balanced Folded-Arms Dipole Antenna for Mobile Handsets.

Quadrifilar Helical Antenna Design for Satellite-Mobile Handsets Using Genetic Algorithms (2009)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., See, C., Alhameed, R., Excell, P., Khalil, K., Hu, Y., & McEwan, N. (2009). Quadrifilar Helical Antenna Design for Satellite-Mobile Handsets Using Genetic Algorithms. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 51(11), 2668-2671. https://doi.org/1

A circularly polarized quadrifilar helical antenna, operated at 2.4 GHz and intended for applications in satellite mobile communications, is designed using genetic algorithms (GA). The antenna was firstly considered as a test on an infinite ground pl... Read More about Quadrifilar Helical Antenna Design for Satellite-Mobile Handsets Using Genetic Algorithms.

Equal-Spaced Rectangular Meander-line Antenna RFID Tag Design for UHF Band (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., AlKhambashi, M., See, C. H., Abusitta, M., & Excell, P. S. (2009). Equal-Spaced Rectangular Meander-line Antenna RFID Tag Design for UHF Band.

Design and testing of an equal-spaced rectangular meander-line antenna (ESRMLA) for RFID tag applications in the European UHF band 865-868 MHz is presented. The tag antenna was modelled and analysed using two established electromagnetic simulator pac... Read More about Equal-Spaced Rectangular Meander-line Antenna RFID Tag Design for UHF Band.

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for Underground Assets Monitoring (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Horoshenkov, K., Tait, S., Hu, Y., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., & Gardiner, J. (2009, July). A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for Underground Assets Monitoring. Poster presented at Wireless Sensing Showcase 2009, National Physical Laboratory, UK

Abstract not available.