Fundamentals of antennas : concepts and applications / Christos G. Christodoulou, Parveen F. Wahid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christodoulou, Christos G.

Contributor:

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

Wahid, Parveen F.

Series:

Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 50.

Tutorial texts in optical engineering ; v. TT 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antennas (Electronics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This tutorial explains antenna design and application for various systems, including communications, remote sensing, radar, and biomedicine. It describes basic wire and array antennas in detail and introduces other types such as reflectors, lenses, horns, Yagi, microstrip, and frequency-independent antennas. Integration issues and technical challenges are discussed. Aimed at students, engineers, researchers, and technical professionals.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. History and Applications. 1.1. History and development of antennas

1.2. Applications and impact on systems

References.

Chapter 2. Fundamental Parameters of Antennas. 2.1. Radiation pattern

2.2. Power density

2.3. Radiation intensity

2.4. Directivity

2.5. Gain.

2.6 Input impedance

2.7. Bandwidth

2.8. Polarization

2.9. Friis equation

Chapter 3. Wire Antennas. 3.1. Infinitesimal dipoles

3.2. Small dipole

3.3. Dipole of finite length

3.4. Effect of infinite conductors on the radiation pattern of linear wire antennas

3.5. Loop antennas

3.6. Radiated fields of a short dipole and a small loop

Chapter 4. Antenna Arrays. 4.1. Array factors

4.2. Uniform N-element linear array

4.3. Planar arrays

4.4. Circular arrays

Chapter 5. Types of Antennas. 5.1. Reflector antennas

5.2. Lens antennas

5.3. Horn antennas

5.4. Microstrip antennas

5.5. Radome coverings

Chapter 6. Antennas for Infrared Detectors. 6.1. Antennas for infrared detectors

6.2. Design of helical antennas for terahertz applications

6.3. Design of broadband FIR antennas

Chapter 7. Antenna Measurements. 7.1. Radiation pattern measurements

7.2. Gain measurements

7.3. Impedance measurements

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on August 22, 2009).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62870-101-3

0-8194-7888-1

OCLC:

435912135