Antenna Engineering Handbook is a trusted resource that 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.

Antenna Engineering Handbook features:

• 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

Contents

Introduction and Fundamentals

1. Fundamentals of Ants,Arrays & Mobile Communications
2. Frequency Bands for Military and Commercial Applications
3. Arrays of Discrete Elements

Types and Design Methods

4. Dipoles and Monopoles
5. Loop Antennas
6. Small Antennas
7. Microstrip Antennas
8. Slot Antennas
9. Waveguide Slot Antenna Arrays
10. Surface-Wave Antennas
11. Leaky Wave Antennas
12. Helical Antennas
13. Frequency Independent Antennas
14. Horn Antennas
15. Reflector Antennas
16. Wideband Microstrip Antennas
17. Dielectric Resonator Antennas
18. Lens Antennas
19. Ultrawide Bandwidth Antenna Design
20. Phased Arrays
21. Array Phase Shifters: Theory and Technology
22. Conformal and Low-Profile Arrays
23. Millimeter-Wave and Teraherz Antennas
24. Ultra Wideband Arrays
25. Smart Antennas
26. Methods of Polarization Synthesis

Applications

27. Low- and Medium-Frequency Antennas
28. HF Antennas
29. VHF and UHF Antennas for Communications
30. Portable TV Antennas
31. Reconfigurable Antennas
32. Active Antennas
33. Fractal Antennas
34. Low Profile Antenna Performance Enhancement Utilizing Engineered Electromagnetic Materials
35. Reflectarray Antennas
36. Mobile Handset Antennas
37. Broadband Planar Antennas for High Speed Wireless Communications
38. Antennas for Medical Applications
39. Automobile Antennas
40. Aircraft Antennas
41. Radiometer Antennas
42. Antenna Tracking
43. Microwave Beacon Antennas
44. Satellite Antennas
45. Earth Station Antennas
46. Seeker Antennas
47. Direction Finding Antennas and Systems
48. ESM and ECM Antennas
49. Radio-Telescope Antennas
50. Indoor Antenna Measurements

Topics Associated with Antennas

51. Transmission Lines and Waveguides
52. Impedance Matching, Broadbanding, and Baluns
53. Randomes
54. Propagation
55. Materials and Design Data
56. Frequency Selective Surfaces
57. Propagation Models and Antennas for MIMO
58. Multipath Techniques for Handset/Terminal Antennas
59. Computational Electromagetics for Antennas

Index

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