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Antenna Theory and Applications

Name: Antenna Theory and Applications
Author: Hubregt J. Visser
ISBN: 9781119990253

by Hubregt J. Visser

March 2012

Beginner

280 pages

7h 7m

English

Wiley

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Preface
Reference
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 The Early History of Antennas1.2 Antennas and Electromagnetic Radiation1.3 The Modern History of Antennas1.4 Frequency Spectrum and Antenna Types1.5 Organization of the Book1.6 ProblemsReferences
Chapter 2: Antenna System-Level Performance Parameters
2.1 Radiation Pattern2.2 Antenna Impedance and Bandwidth2.3 Polarization2.4 Antenna Effective Area and Vector Effective Length2.5 Radio Equation2.6 Radar Equation2.7 ProblemsReferences
Chapter 3: Vector Analysis
3.1 Addition and Subtraction3.2 Products3.3 Differentiation3.4 Problems
Chapter 4: Radiated Fields
4.1 Maxwell Equations4.2 Vector Potential4.3 Far-Field Approximations4.4 Reciprocity4.5 ProblemsReferences

Chapter 5: Dipole Antennas
5.1 Elementary Dipole5.2 Non-Infinitesimal Dipole Antenna5.3 Printed Monopole and Inverted-F Antennas5.4 ProblemsReferences
Chapter 6: Loop Antennas
6.1 General Constant Current Loop6.2 Printed Loop Antenna6.3 ProblemsReferences
Chapter 7: Aperture Antennas
7.1 Magnetic Sources7.2 Uniqueness Theorem7.3 Equivalence Principle7.4 Radiated Fields7.5 Uniform Distribution in a Rectangular Aperture7.6 Uniform Distribution in a Circular Aperture7.7 Microstrip Antennas7.8 ProblemsReferences
Chapter 8: Array Antennas
8.1 A Linear Array of Non-Isotropic Point-Source Radiators8.2 Array Factor8.3 Side Lobes and Grating Lobes8.4 Linear Phase Taper8.5 Grating Lobes8.6 Special Topics8.7 Array Antenna Design8.8 ProblemsReferences
Appendix A: Effective Aperture and Directivity
Appendix B: Vector Formulas
Appendix C: Complex Analysis
C.1 Complex NumbersC.2 Use of Complex Variables
Appendix D: Physical Constants and Material Parameters
References
Appendix E: Two-Port Network Parameters
Appendix F: Transmission Line Theory
F.1 Distributed ParametersF.2 Guided WavesF.3 Input Impedance of a Transmission LineF.4 Terminated Lossless Transmission LineF.5 Quarter Wavelength Impedance Transformer
Appendix G: Coplanar Waveguide (CPW)
References
Index

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Index

Antenna

Antenna diversity

Antenna impedance

Antenna reciprocity

Antenna terminals

Aperture

Aperture antenna

Aperture weighing

Areal

Array antenna

Array factor

Asymmetric printed dipole antenna

Axial ratio

Back lobe

Balanced

Balun

Beam

Beamwidth

Bessel function

Bisectioning

Boresight

Boundary conditions

Capacitor-matched circuit

Carrier

Cavity

Chain rule

Characteristic impedance

Characteristic impedance of free space

Charged particle

Circuit parameters

Circular aperture

Circular polarization

Circular wire loop

Circularly polarized

Circumference

Clamp

Clamps, 78Co-polarized

Coaxial cable

Complex conjugate

Conductivity

Conductor loss

Conjugate matching

Constructive interference

Continuity equation

Contour integral

Convergence

Copper

Corporate feeding network

Cosine integral

CPW

Cross-polarized

Cross product

Curl

Current blocking slots

Current density

Destructive interference

Determinant

Dielectric displacement

Dielectric slab

Difference fields

Dipole antenna

Dirac delta

Directivity

Directivity function

Discrete port

Dissipation

Divergence

Divergence theorem

Dot-product

Dot product

E-plane

Edge effect

Effective aperture

Effective area

Effective length

Effective relative permittivity

Efficiency

Electric charge density

Electric current density

Electric field

Electric field lines

Electric scalar potential

Electric sources

Electric vector potential

Electromagnetic radiation

Electromagnetic wave

Electromagnetic waves

Electrostatic potential

Element factor

Elementary dipole

Elementary ...

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