A detailed account of the state-of-the-art in electromagnetic band gap (EBG) theory, analysis and applications, ideal for researchers and engineers.

Fan Yang is Assistant Professor of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Mississippi. Dr. Yang received Young Scientist Awards in the 2005 General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and in the 2007 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory.

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. FDTD Method for periodic structure analysis; 3. EBG Characterizations and classifications; 4. Design and optimizations of EBG structures; 5. Patch antennas with EBG structures; 6. Low profile wire antennas on EBG surfaces; 7. Surface wave antennas; Appendix: EBG literature review.