Antenna Theory and Design, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780470576649 | 0470576642
Edition: 3rdFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 5/22/2012
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Stutzman provides a pedagogical approach to Antenna Theory, with an emphasis on computational methods. Addition of more modern material on systems, low-profile elements, and base station antennas to make the book more exciting to undergraduates and more relevant to practicing engineers.
Stutzman's 3rd edition of Antenna Theory and Design provides a more pedagogical approach with a greater emphasis on computational methods. New features include additional modern material to make the text more exciting and relevant t... MORE
Stutzman's 3rd edition of Antenna Theory and Design provides a more pedagogical approach with a greater emphasis on computational methods. New features include additional modern material to make the text more exciting and relevant t... MORE
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The History of Antennas | p. 1 |
| What Is an Antenna and When Is it Used? | p. 10 |
| How Antennas Radiate | p. 13 |
| The Four Antenna Types | p. 17 |
| References | p. 21 |
| Problems | p. 22 |
| Antenna Fundamentals | p. 23 |
| Fundamentals of Electromagnetics | p. 23 |
| Solution of Maxwell's Equations for Radiation Problems | ... MORE |
| The Ideal Dipole | p. 32 |
| Radiation Patterns | p. 36 |
| Directivity and Gain | p. 50 |
| Antenna Impedance | p. 56 |
| Radiation Efficiency | p. 60 |
| Antenna Polarization | p. 61 |
| References | p. 66 |
| Problems | p. 66 |
| Simple Radiating Systems | p. 70 |
| Electrically Small Dipoles | p. 70 |
| Half-Wave Dipoles | p. 73 |
| Monopoles and Image Theory | p. 75 |
| Small Loop Antennas and Duality | p. 81 |
| Two-Element Arrays | p. 89 |
| References | p. 97 |
| Problems | p. 97 |
| System Applications for Antennas | p. 100 |
| Introduction | p. 100 |
| Receiving Properties of Antennas | p. 100 |
| Antenna Noise and Radiometry | p. 103 |
| Antennas in Communication Systems | p. 107 |
| Antennas In Wireless Communication Systems | p. 116 |
| Antennas in Radar System | p. 122 |
| Antennas As Unintentional Radiators | p. 123 |
| References | p. 125 |
| Problems | p. 125 |
| Line Sources | p. 128 |
| The Uniform Line Source | p. 128 |
| Tapered Line Sources | p. 137 |
| Fourier Transform Relations Between the Far-Field Pattern and the Source Distribution | p. 142 |
| Fast Wave And Slow Wave Distributions | p. 143 |
| Superdirective Line Sources | p. 145 |
| References | p. 148 |
| Problems | p. 148 |
| Wire Antennas | p. 151 |
| Dipole Antennas | p. 151 |
| Straight Wire Dipoles | p. 152 |
| The Vee Dipole | p. 160 |
| Folded Dipole Antennas | p. 161 |
| Yagi-Uda Antennas | p. 166 |
| Feeding Wire Antennas | p. 175 |
| Loaded Wire Antennas | p. 186 |
| Ground Plane Backed Wire Antennas | p. 190 |
| Wire Antennas Above an Imperfect Ground Plane | p. 198 |
| Large Loop Antennas | p. 205 |
| References | p. 211 |
| Problems | p. 212 |
| Broadband Antennas | p. 218 |
| Introduction | p. 218 |
| Traveling-Wave Wire Antennas | p. 220 |
| Helical Antennas | p. 225 |
| Biconical Antennas | p. 233 |
| Sleeve Antennas | p. 239 |
| Principles of Frequency-Independent Antennas | p. 243 |
| Spiral Antennas | p. 245 |
| Log-Periodic Antennas | p. 251 |
| Wideband EMC Antennas | p. 261 |
| Ultra-Wideband Antennas | p. 264 |
| References | p. 266 |
| Problems | p. 268 |
| Array Antennas | p. 271 |
| Introduction | p. 271 |
| The Array Factor for Linear Arrays | p. 272 |
| Uniformly Excited, Equally Spaced Linear Arrays | p. 278 |
| The Complete Array Pattern - Pattern Multiplication | p. 286 |
| Directivity of Uniformly Excited, Equally Spaced Linear Arrays | p. 293 |
| Nonuniformly Excited, Equally Spaced Linear Arrays | p. 298 |
| Mutual Coupling in Arrays | p. 303 |
| Multidimensional Arrays | p. 311 |
| Phased Arrays and Array Feeding Techniques | p. 314 |
| Elements for Arrays | p. 327 |
| Wideband Phased Arrays | p. 332 |
| References | p. 336 |
| Problems | p. 338 |
| Aperture Antennas | p. 344 |
| Radiation from apertures and huygens' principle | p. 344 |
| Rectangular Apertures | p. 353 |
| Techniques for Evaluating Gain | p. 360 |
| Rectangular Horn Antennas | p. 368 |
| Circular Apertures | p. 385 |
| Reflector Antennas | p. 391 |
| Feed Antennas for Reflectors | p. 416 |
| Lens Antennas | p. 424 |
| References | p. 425 |
| Problems | p. 427 |
| Antenna Synthesis | p. 433 |
| The Antenna Synthesis Problem | p. 433 |
| Line-Source Shaped Beam Synthesis Methods | p. 437 |
| Linear Array Shaped Beam Synthesis Methods | p. 440 |
| Low Side Lobe, Narrow Main Beam Synthesis Methods | p. 446 |
| The Iterative Sampling Method | p. 459 |
| References | p. 461 |
| Problems | p. 461 |
| Low-Profile Antennas and Personal Communication Antennas | p. 465 |
| Introduction | p. 465 |
| Microstrip Antenna Elements | p. 466 |
| Microstrip Arrays | p. 478 |
| Microstrip Leaky Wave Antennas | p. 481 |
| Fundamental Limits on Antenna Size | p. 488 |
| Antennas for Compact Devices | p. 498 |
| Dielectric Resonator Antennas | p. 512 |
| Near Fields of Electrically Large Antennas | p. 519 |
| Human Body Effects on Antenna Performance | p. 523 |
| Radiation Hazards | p. 526 |
| References | p. 531 |
| Problems | p. 533 |
| Terminal and Base Station Antennas for Wireless Applications | p. 536 |
| Satellite Terminal Antennas | p. 537 |
| Base Station Antennas | p. 538 |
| Mobile Terminal Antennas | p. 545 |
| Smart Antennas | p. 549 |
| Adaptive and Spatial Filtering Antennas | p. 553 |
| References | p. 557 |
| Problems | p. 557 |
| Antenna Measurements | p. 559 |
| Reciprocity and Antenna Measurements | p. 559 |
| Pattern Measurement and Antenna Ranges | p. 564 |
| Gain Measurement | p. 571 |
| Polarization Measurement | p. 576 |
| Field Intensity Measurement | p. 580 |
| Mobile Radio Antenna Measurements | p. 582 |
| Rules for Experimental Investigations | p. 583 |
| References | p. 584 |
| Problems | p. 584 |
| CEM for Antennas: The Method of Moments | p. 587 |
| General Introduction to Cem | p. 587 |
| Introduction to The Method of Moments | p. 590 |
| Pocklington's Integral Equation | p. 591 |
| Integral Equations and Kirchhoff's Network Equations | p. 594 |
| Source Modeling | p. 596 |
| Weighted Residuals And The Method Of Moments | p. 601 |
| Two Alternative Approaches To The Method Of Moments | p. 606 |
| Formulation and Computational Considerations | p. 610 |
| Calculation of Antenna and Scatterer Characteristics | p. 618 |
| The Wire Antenna or Scatterer as an N-Port Network | p. 621 |
| Antenna Arrays | p. 625 |
| Radar Cross Section of Antennas | p. 631 |
| Modeling of Solid Surfaces | p. 636 |
| Summary | p. 645 |
| References | p. 646 |
| Problems | p. 647 |
| CEM for Antennas: Finite Difference Time Domain Method | p. 652 |
| Maxwell's Equations for the FDTD Method | p. 654 |
| Finite Differences and the Yee Algorithm | p. 657 |
| Cell Size, Numerical Stability, and Dispersion | p. 664 |
| Computer Algorithm and FDTD Implementation | p. 667 |
| Absorbing Boundary Conditions | p. 670 |
| Source Conditions | p. 674 |
| Near Fields and Far Fields | p. 681 |
| A Two-Dimensional Example: An E-Plane Sectoral Horn Antenna | p. 682 |
| Antenna Analysis and Applications | p. 689 |
| Summary | p. 697 |
| References | p. 697 |
| Problems | p. 698 |
| CEM for Antennas: High-Frequency Methods | p. 700 |
| Geometrical Optics | p. 701 |
| Wedge Diffraction Theory | p. 707 |
| The Ray-Fixed Coordinate System | p. 716 |
| A Uniform Theory of Wedge Diffraction | p. 718 |
| E-Plane Analysis of Horn Antennas | p. 722 |
| Cylindrical Parabolic Antenna | p. 725 |
| Radiation by a Slot on a Finite Ground Plane | p. 727 |
| Radiation by a Monopole on a Finite Ground Plane | p. 730 |
| Equivalent Current Concepts | p. 732 |
| A Multiple Diffraction Formulation | p. 735 |
| Diffraction by Curved Surfaces | p. 737 |
| Application of UTD to Wireless Mobile Propagation | p. 742 |
| Extension of Moments Method Using the UTD | p. 745 |
| Physical Optics | p. 750 |
| Frequency Dependence of First-Order Scattering Sources | p. 757 |
| Method of Stationary Phase | p. 760 |
| Physical Theory of Diffraction | p. 763 |
| Cylindrical Parabolic Reflector Antenna-PTD | p. 769 |
| Summary | p. 771 |
| References | p. 771 |
| Problems | p. 773 |
| Frequency Bands | p. 781 |
| Radio Frequency Bands | p. 781 |
| Television Channel Frequencies (in North America) | p. 781 |
| Cellular Telephone Bands | p. 782 |
| Radar Bands | p. 782 |
| Material Data and Constants | p. 783 |
| Conductivities of Good Conductors | p. 783 |
| Wire Data | p. 783 |
| Dielectric Constant: Permittivity | p. 784 |
| Permeability | p. 784 |
| Velocity of Light | p. 784 |
| Imtrinsic Impedance of Free Space | p. 784 |
| Coordinate Systems and Vectors | p. 785 |
| The Coordinate Systems and Unit Vectors | p. 785 |
| Vector Identities | p. 786 |
| Vector Differential Operators | p. 787 |
| Trigonometric Relations | p. 789 |
| Hyperbolic Relations | p. 791 |
| Mathematical Relations | p. 792 |
| Dirac Delta Function | p. 792 |
| Binomial Theorem | p. 792 |
| Bessel Functions | p. 792 |
| Some Useful Integrals | p. 793 |
| Computing Tools | p. 794 |
| Wire Antenna Simulation Packages | p. 794 |
| Parabolic Reflector Antenna Simulation Packages | p. 795 |
| Web Sites with Antenna Calculation and Modeling Tools | p. 795 |
| Book List | p. 796 |
| Introduction | p. 796 |
| Antenna Definitions | p. 796 |
| Fundamental Books on Antennas | p. 796 |
| Books on Antennas with Propagation | p. 798 |
| Books On Antennas With Other Topics | p. 798 |
| Handbooks and General Reference Books on Antennas | p. 798 |
| Books on Antenna Measurements | p. 799 |
| Books on Specific Antenna Topics | p. 800 |
| Books on Antennas For Specific Applications | p. 804 |
| Books on Computational Methods for Antennas | p. 806 |
| Books on Topics Closely Related to Antennas | p. 808 |
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