Wideband balanced folded dipole antenna with a dual-arm monopole structure for mobile handsets (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., & Excell, P. (2010). Wideband balanced folded dipole antenna with a dual-arm monopole structure for mobile handsets. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 4(2), 240-246. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2008.0412

In this study, a balanced antenna for mobile handset applications with enhanced bandwidth performance, covering the bands from 1.8 to 2.45 GHz, is investigated. The antenna is a slot planar dipole with folded structure and a dual-arm on each half. Th... Read More about Wideband balanced folded dipole antenna with a dual-arm monopole structure for mobile handsets.

Compact wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets (2010)
Journal Article
Zhou, D., Abd-Alhameed, R., See, C. H., Alhaddad, A., & Excell, P. (2010). Compact wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets. IET microwaves, antennas & propagation, 4(5), 600-608. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-map.2009.0153

A novel miniature balanced mobile handset antenna is presented in this study, which covers digital communication system (DCS) (1710-1880 MHz), personal communication system (PCS) (1850-1990 MHz), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) (192... Read More about Compact wideband balanced antenna for mobile handsets.

Ultra-wideband planar inverted FF antenna (2010)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R., Zhou, D., Hraga, H., Excell, P., & Child, M. (2010). Ultra-wideband planar inverted FF antenna. Electronics Letters, 46(8), 549-550. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2010.3131

A novel, miniaturised, planar inverted FF antenna (PIFFA) assembly is presented. The antenna design electromagnetically couples two PIFA antennas on an air substrate, and employs a broadband rectangular plate feeding mechanism to achieve an ultra-wid... Read More about Ultra-wideband planar inverted FF antenna.

Folded and slotted internal antenna design for 3G IMT-2000 mobile handsets (2010)
Journal Article
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., Ramli, K. N., Mcewan, N. J., & Excell, P. S. (2010). Folded and slotted internal antenna design for 3G IMT-2000 mobile handsets. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 52, 1549-1553. https://doi.org/10.1002/mop.25271

A four-sided folded, slotted and shorted rectangular patch antenna for 3G mobile handsets is described. The antenna provides a 17.65% bandwidth with S11 <–10 dB from 1885 MHz to 2250 MHz, which completely encompasses the desired UMTS frequency ban... Read More about Folded and slotted internal antenna design for 3G IMT-2000 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, November). Design of a planar inverted F-L antenna (PIFLA) for lower-band UWB applications. Presented at Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

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.

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, November). A capacitively loaded antenna for use in mobile handsets. Presented at 2010 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, United Kingdom

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 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.

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.

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, April). Small Wideband Antenna For GSM And WLAN Applications. Presented at 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (Eucap 2010), Barcelona, Spain

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.

New Antenna Designs for Wideband Harmonic Suppression Using Adaptive Meshing and Genetic Algorithms (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., See, C. H., Bin-Melha, M., & Excell, P. (2010, March). New Antenna Designs for Wideband Harmonic Suppression Using Adaptive Meshing and Genetic Algorithms. Presented at Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Propagation, and Electronics (MIC-CPE 2010), Amman, Jordon

New Design of Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
See, C. H., Abd-Alhameed, R. A., Zhou, D., Alhaddad, A., Elfergani, I., & Excell, P. S. (2010, March). New Design of Balanced Handset Antenna for WLAN Application. Presented at Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Propagation, and Electronics (MIC-CPE 2010), Amman, Jordan

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, December). Miniature dual-frequency half planar inverted F-L-antenna for WLAN/cellular applications. Presented at 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference - (APMC 2009), Singapore, Singapore

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, December). Precise computation of the induced fields inside biological cell tissue using floquet boundary and subgridding quasi-static FDTD method. Presented at 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference - (APMC 2009), Singapore, Singapore

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, December). A Zigbee based wireless sensor network for sewerage monitoring. Presented at 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference - (APMC 2009), Singapore, Singapore

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, November). Dual-band balanced handset antenna for WLAN application. Presented at 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, UK

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, November). New approach for designing beam steering uniform antenna arrays using Genetic Algorithms. Presented at 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, UK

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/10.1002/mop.24694

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, September). Equal-Spaced Rectangular Meander-line Antenna RFID Tag Design for UHF Band. Presented at 3rd International Conference on Internet Technologies and Applications (ITA 09), Glyndwr University, Wrexham, Wales, UK

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.