Book excerpt: "Presenting information typically not found in other books, the authors explore the numerous advantages of these antennas - including high-speed signal acquisition, fixed input impedance, low loss, and small footprint. Professionals find practical design examples, strategies, and optimization methods for designing economical switched parasitic antennas for applications such as direction finding and multibeam communications systems. Cutting-edge technologies and applications such as MEMs RF switches are also discussed."--Jacket.