Miniaturized Antennas for Platform-level Integration Scenarios

To my brother Wonhyung Hong, my mother Misoon Hwang and my father Kyung Hong with love and gratitude. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many hands and hearts have contributed to the completion of this studies. I first thank my family, to whom I dedicate this dissertation. They are constant reminders of how fortunate I am. I am immensely grateful to Dr. Kamal Sarabandi, my advisor and role model. Under his generous and faithful guidance, I have learned about passion, persistence and patience. support and advice while serving as my dissertation committee members. Sincere thanks are given to Dr. Mahta Moghaddam and Dr. Michael P. Flynn for their kind assistance and encouragements. I have been extremely fortunate to have worked together with very astute and generous people. Oh have all taught me many things while we endured countless days and nights in the lab. I will always value these times. My journey has been a quite life altering experience largely due to the friends I have met along the way. Cho and Jae-sun Seo have had a profound impact on my past, present and future. I am certain our friendships will continue well beyond this chapter of my life.tim Bukhari have been key members of the family at the University of Michigan. Thanks to them, my days here were never uninteresting. I also express gratitude to friends and colleagues I am most certain I have left out with a mixture of sincere regret. Nevertheless, having met these people is by far the most treasured memories of this journey.