Low-Profile Natural and Metamaterial Antennas : Wiley-IEEE Press : 9781118859797 : 1118859790 : 29 Nov 2016 : Presents recent progress in low?profile natural and metamaterial antennas This book presents the full range of low?profile antennas that use novel elements and take advantage of new concepts in antenna implementation, including metamaterials. Typically formed by constructing lattices of simple elements, metamaterials possess electromagnetic properties not found in naturally occurring materials, and show great promise in a number of low?profile antenna implementations. Introductory chapters define various natural and metamaterial?based antennas and provide the fundamentals of writing computer programs based on the method of moments (MoM) and the finite?difference time?domain method (FDTDM). Chapters then discuss low?profile natural antennas classified into base station antennas, mobile card antennas, beam?forming antennas, and satellite?satellite and earth?satellite communicati