Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition

by Volakis, John

• ISBN13: 9780071475747
• ISBN10: 0071475745
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-06-28
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

The "bible of antenna engineering" fully updated to provide state-of-the-art coverage in antenna design and applications Edited by John L. Volakis, one of the world's leading authorities in antenna engineering, this trusted resource covers all the classic antenna types plus many new types and designs used in communications systems, satellites, radars, and emerging applications from WLAN to automotive systems to biomedical to smart antennas.You will also find expert discussion of topics critical to successful antenna design and engineering, such as measurement techniques and computational methods, a materials guide, wave propagation basics, microwave circuits, and matching techniques, as well as diversity and MIMO propagation models, frequency selective surfaces, and metamaterials. Packed with 1,500 illustrations, the 4th Edition of Antenna Engineering Handbook presents: Step-by-step guidance on most antennas (modern and classic) 59 chapters with 21 new chapters and 38 fully updated chapters from the previous edition Contributions from over 80 well-known antenna experts Full-color insert illustrating many commercial and military antennas Get Quick Access to All of Today's Cutting-Edge Antennas bull; Printed and Conformal Antennas bull; Wideband Patch Antennas bull; Wideband Arrays bull; Leaky-Wave Antennas bull; EBG Antennas bull; UWB Antennas and Arrays bull; Portable TV Antennas bull; Reconfigurable Antennas bull; Active Antennas bull; Millimeter Wave and TeraHertz Antennas bull; Fractal Antennas bull; Handset and Terminal Antennas bull; Biomedical Antennas bull; ECM and ESM antennas bull; Dielectric Resonator Antennas bull; Lens Antennas bull; Radiometer Antennas bull; Satellite Antennas bull; Reflector and Earth Station Antennas bull; and Dozens More!

Author Biography

John L.Volakis, Ph.D., is the Royand Lois Chope Chair Professor of Engineering.Volakis has published 200-plus articles and more than250 conference papers and has coauthored two prior books.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Introduction and Fundamentals

Fundamentals of Ants,Arrays & Mobile Communications

Frequency Bands for Military and Commercial Applications

Arrays of Discrete Elements

Types and Design Methods

Dipoles and Monopoles

Loop Antennas

Small Antennas

Microstrip Antennas

Slot Antennas

Waveguide Slot Antenna Arrays

Surface-Wave Antennas

Leaky Wave Antennas

Helical Antennas

Frequency Independent Antennas

Horn Antennas

Reflector Antennas

Wideband Microstrip Antennas

Dielectric Resonator Antennas

Lens Antennas

Ultrawide Bandwidth Antenna Design

Phased Arrays

Array Phase Shifters: Theory and Technology

Conformal and Low-Profile Arrays

Millimeter-Wave and Teraherz Antennas

Ultra Wideband Arrays

Smart Antennas

Methods of Polarization Synthesis

Applications

Low- and Medium-Frequency Antennas

HF Antennas

VHF and UHF Antennas for Communications

Portable TV Antennas

Reconfigurable Antennas

Active Antennas

Fractal Antennas

Low Profile Antenna Performance Enhancement Utilizing Engineered Electromagnetic Materials

Reflectarray Antennas

Mobile Handset Antennas

Broadband Planar Antennas for High Speed Wireless Communications

Antennas for Medical Applications

Automobile Antennas

Aircraft Antennas

Radiometer Antennas

Antenna Tracking

Microwave Beacon Antennas

Satellite Antennas

Earth Station Antennas

Seeker Antennas

Direction Finding Antennas and Systems

ESM and ECM Antennas

Radio-Telescope Antennas

Indoor Antenna Measurements

Topics Associated with Antennas

Transmission Lines and Waveguides

Impedance Matching, Broadbanding, and Baluns

Randomes

Propagation

Materials and Design Data

Frequency Selective Surfaces

Propagation Models and Antennas for MIMO

Multipath Techniques for Handset/Terminal Antennas

Computational Electromagetics for Antennas

Index

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