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Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices (2012)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., Alhaddad, A., See, C. H., Noras, J., Excell, P., & Gao, S. (2012). Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices. IET Science Measurement and Technology, 6(4), 306-310. https://doi.org/10.1049/ie

A balanced antenna for wireless portable devices applications with multiple band operational performance is investigated and discussed. The designed antenna is weakly ground-couple, although can be considered as an energy-efficient radiator. The ante... Read More about Multi-band weakly ground-coupled balanced antenna design for portable devices.

Design and Analysis of Planar Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Function (2012)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Ho, A. T. S., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Li, J., & Xu, J. (2012). Design and Analysis of Planar Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Function. Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 127, 523-536

A novel planar ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with dual band-notched characteristics is proposed. The antenna is fabricated on a printed circuit board (PCB), having a circular monopole and arc-shaped parasitic strips on one side and a ground plane with... Read More about Design and Analysis of Planar Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Dual Band-Notched Function.

Dual band-notched tapered slot antenna using λ/4 band-stop filters (2012)
Journal Article
Zhu, F., Gao, S., Li, J., Ho, A., See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., & Xu, J. (2012). Dual band-notched tapered slot antenna using λ/4 band-stop filters. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 6(15), 1665-1673. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2012.0502

This study proposed a novel quarter-wavelength band-rejected element for band-notched antennas. It consists of a metal via and a rectangular strip connected to the radiating patch. In order to validate the design, a dual band-notched elliptically tap... Read More about Dual band-notched tapered slot antenna using λ/4 band-stop filters.

Design of a compact tuned antenna system for mobile MIMO applications (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Elfergani, I., Hussaini, A. S., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C., Child, M., & Rodriguez, J. (2012). Design of a compact tuned antenna system for mobile MIMO applications. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2012.6403013

A small tuneable MIMO antenna module is investigated for possible UMTS mobile applications. The radiators are realized as slotted planar monopoles. The two-element MIMO antenna module occupies a volume of 50.0 × 37. 5 × 1.6 mm³ , and is printed onto... Read More about Design of a compact tuned antenna system for mobile MIMO applications.

Miniaturised UWB antenna for a Wireless Body Area Network (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hraga, H., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., & McEwan, N. J. (2012). Miniaturised UWB antenna for a Wireless Body Area Network. . https://doi.org/10.1109/lapc.2012.6402977

A miniaturised modified planar inverted-F UWB antenna with a broadband rectangular feeding structure, for a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN), is proposed. The antenna is designed to cover a wide frequency range from 3 GHz to 13 GHz. Details of the p... Read More about Miniaturised UWB antenna for a Wireless Body Area Network.

A band-suppression UWB suspended planar antenna incorporating a slotted spiral resonator (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Hraga, H. I., Excell, P. S., Jones, S. M. R., & Noras, J. M. (2013). A band-suppression UWB suspended planar antenna incorporating a slotted spiral resonator. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engine

A novel miniaturized planar inverted F-L antenna assembly is considered for UWB radio operations. The antenna design utilizes the electromagnetic coupling between an air dielectric planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) and a parasitic planar inverted-L (P... Read More about A band-suppression UWB suspended planar antenna incorporating a slotted spiral resonator.

Folded Loop Balanced Coplanar Antenna for WLAN Applications (2012)
Journal Article
Alhaddad, A. G., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., See, C. H., Excell, P. S., & Jones, S. M. R. (2012). Folded Loop Balanced Coplanar Antenna for WLAN Applications. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(10), 4916-4920. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap

A novel balanced rectangular loop antenna is proposed, having an ungrounded coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed configuration and a folded structure at both ends. This antenna is designed for operation over the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WLAN frequency bands. Bond-... Read More about Folded Loop Balanced Coplanar Antenna for WLAN Applications.

A low-profile ultra-wideband modified planar inverted-f antenna (2012)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Hraga, H. I., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., McEwan, N. J., Noras, J. M., & Excell, P. S. (2013). A low-profile ultra-wideband modified planar inverted-f antenna. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 61(1), 100-108. https://doi.org/10.1109/tap

A miniaturized modified planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) is presented and experimentally studied. This antenna consists of a planar rectangular monopole top-loaded with a rectangular patch attached to two rectangular plates, one shorted to the ground... Read More about A low-profile ultra-wideband modified planar inverted-f antenna.

Planar monopole antennas for new generation mobile and lower band ultra-wide band applications (2012)
Journal Article
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Jones, S., Zhou, D., McEwan, N., Excell, P., Elmegri, F., & Noras, J. (2012). Planar monopole antennas for new generation mobile and lower band ultra-wide band applications. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 6(11), 1207-12

This study presents two multiband planar printed monopole antennas with an optimised size of 57 × 37.5 × 0.8 mm³ for mobile/wireless and low-band ultra-wide band (UWB) applications. Both these antennas are constructed as a chorded crescent-shaped rad... Read More about Planar monopole antennas for new generation mobile and lower band ultra-wide band applications.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.