Antennas
Antenna Theory (3rd Edition), C. Balanis, Wiley 2005
Antenna Theory and Design (2nd Edition), W. Stutzman and G. Thiele, Wiley 1997
Antennas (3rd Edition), J. Kraus and R. Marhefka, McGraw-Hill 2001
"RF Engineering for Wireless Networks", D. Dobkin, Elsevier 2004, Chapter 5; see also p. 350 for references covering the microwave properties of common construction materials.

Reflection from Dielectric Surfaces
"Physics of Waves", W. Elmore and M. Heald, Dover 1985, Chapter 8
"Classical Electricity and Magnetism (2nd Edition)", W. Panofsky and M. Philips, Addison Wesley 1962, Chapter 11

About the Author
Daniel Dobkin is an RFID consultant, writer and teacher. He holds six patents as inventor or co-inventor. He is the author of such books as: Principles of Chemical Vapor Deposition and RF Engineering for Wireless Networks, and The RF in RFID. Additionally, he is a published author of 25 technical publications. He has taught RFID courses internationally in Singapore for the SMa/RFID Focus; and domestically at SDForum, Mitre Corporate University, and San Jose State University. Daniel is a Stanford University PhD in Applied Physics. He has MS and BS degrees from CalTech.

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