Practical, concise and complete reference for the basics of
modern antenna design

Antennas: from Theory to Practice discusses the basics of
modern antenna design and theory. Developed specifically for
engineers and designers who work with radio communications, radar
and RF engineering, this book offers practical and hands-on
treatment of antenna theory and techniques, and provides its
readers the skills to analyse, design and measure various
antennas.

Key features:

* Provides thorough coverage on the basics of transmission lines,
radio waves and propagation, and antenna analysis and design

* Discusses industrial standard design software tools, and
antenna measurement equipment, facilities and techniques

* Covers electrically small antennas, mobile antennas, UWB
antennas and new materials for antennas

* Also discusses reconfigurable antennas, RFID antennas,
Wide-band and multi-band antennas, radar antennas, and MIMO
antennas

* Design examples of various antennas are provided

* Written in a practical and concise manner by authors who are
experts in antenna design, with experience from both academia and
industry

This book will be an invaluable resource for engineers and
designers working in RF engineering, radar and radio
communications, seeking a comprehensive and practical introduction
to the basics of antenna design. The book can also be used as a
textbook for advanced students entering a profession in this
field.

Dr Yi Huang, Liverpool, UK
Yi Huang received the BSc in Physics from Wuhan University and MSc in RF/Microwave Engineering from Nanjing, China in 1984 and 1987 respectively, and a DPhil in Communications and Electromagnetics from the University of Oxford in 1993. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering & Electronics, University of Liverpool in 1995, where he is now a Senior Lecturer in RF/Microwave Engineering.
Dr Huang's main research interests are antennas, radio propagation, computational electromagnetics, EMC, electromagnetic measurements, ground penetrating radar, medical imaging, software radio, and indoor wireless communications. He has published over 100 research papers and provided technical consultancy to industry on many occasions.

Dr Kevin Boyle, UK
Kevin Boyle has been employed within the Wireless Systems Group of Philips Research Laboratories (PRL), Redhill since 1997, where he is currently a Principal Research Scientist and a Project Leader for antenna and propagation related activities. His areas of interest include antenna design for mobile communication systems, diversity, propagation modelling and related areas of mobile system design. Prior to joining PRL he was with Marconi Communications Systems Ltd. from 1989 to 1997 working on all aspects of antenna system design from LF to UHF.

Antennas: from Theory to Practice discusses the basics of modern antenna design and theory. Developed specifically for engineers and designers who work with radio communications, radar and RF engineering, this book offers practical and hands-on treatment of antenna theory and techniques, and provides its readers the skills to analyse, design and measure various antennas.

Key features:

• Provides thorough coverage on the basics of transmission lines, radio waves and propagation, and antenna analysis and design

• Discusses industrial standard design software tools, and antenna measurement equipment, facilities and techniques

• Covers electrically small antennas, mobile antennas, UWB antennas and new materials for antennas

• Also discusses reconfigurable antennas, RFID antennas, Wide-band and multi-band antennas, radar antennas, and MIMO antennas

• Design examples of various antennas are provided

• Written in a practical and concise manner by authors who are experts in antenna design, with experience from both academia and industry

This book will be an invaluable resource for engineers and designers working in RF engineering, radar and radio communications, seeking a comprehensive and practical introduction to the basics of antenna design. The book can also be used as a textbook for advanced students entering a profession in this field.

Preface.

List of Symbols.

1. Introduction.

1.1 A Short History of Antennas.

1.2 Radio Systems and Antennas.

1.3 Necessary Mathematics.

1.3.1 Complex Numbers.

1.3.2 Vectors and Vector Operation.

1.3.3 Coordinates.

1.4 Basics of Electromagnetics.

1.4.1 Electric Field.

1.4.2 Magnetic Field.

1.4.3 Maxwell's Equations.

1.4.4 Boundary Conditions.

Summary.

References.

Problems.

2. Circuit Concepts and Transmission Lines.

2.1 Circuit Concepts.

2.1.1 Lumped and Distributed Element Systems.

2.2 Transmission Line Theory.

2.2.1 Transmission Line Model.

2.2.2 Solutions and Analysis.

2.2.3 Terminated Transmission Line.

2.3 The Smith Chart and Impedance Matching.

2.3.1 The Smith Chart.

2.3.2 Impedance Matching.

2.3.3 Quality Factor and Bandwidth.

2.4 Various Transmission Lines.

2.4.1 Two-wire Transmission Line.

2.4.2 Coaxial Cable.

2.4.3 Microstrip Line.

2.4.4 Stripline.

2.4.5 Co-planar Waveguide (CPW).

2.4.6 Waveguide.

2.5 Connectors.

Summary.

References.

Problems.

3. Field Concepts and Radiowaves.

3.1 Wave Equation and Solutions.

3.1.1 Discussion on Wave Solutions.

3.2 Plane Wave, Intrinsic Impedance and Polarisation.

3.2.1 Plane Wave and Intrinsic Impedance.

3.2.2 Polarisation.

3.3 Radiowave Propagation Mechanisms.

3.3.1 Reflection and Transmission.

3.3.2 Diffraction and Huygens' Principle.

3.3.3 Scattering .

3.4 Radiowave Propagation Characteristics in Media.

3.4.1 Media Classification and Attenuation.

3.5 Radiowave Propagation Models.

3.5.1 Free Space Model.

3.5.2 Two-ray Model/Plane Earth Model.

3.5.3 Multipath Models.

3.6 Comparison of Circuit Concepts and Field Concepts.

3.6.1 Skin Depth.

Summary.

References.

Problems.

4. Antenna Basics 125.

4.1 Antennas to Radiowaves.

4.1.1 Near Field and Far Field.

4.1.2 Antenna Parameters from the Field Point of View.

4.2 Antennas to Transmission Lines.

4.2.1 Antenna Parameters from the Circuit Point of View.

Summary.

References.

Problems.

5. Popular Antennas.

5.1 Wire-Type Antennas.

5.1.1 Dipoles.

5.1.2 Monopoles and Image Theory.

5.1.3 Loops and Duality Principle.

5.1.4 Helical Antennas.

5.1.5 Yagi-Uda Antennas.

5.1.6 Log-periodic Antennas and Frequency Independent Antennas.

5.2 Aperture-Type Antennas.

5.2.1 Fourier Transform and Radiated Field.

5.2.2 Horn Antennas.

5.2.3 Reflector and Lens Antennas.

5.2.4 Slot Antennas and Babinet's Principle.

5.2.5 Microstrip Antennas.

5.3 Antenna arrays.

5.3.1 Basic Concept.

5.3.2 Isotropic Linear Arrays.

5.3.3 Pattern Multiplication Principle.

5.3.4 Element Mutual Coupling.

5.4 Some Practical Considerations.

5.4.1 Transmitting and Receiving Antennas: Reciprocity.

5.4.2 Balun and Impedance Matching.

5.4.3 Antenna Polarisation.

5.4.4 Radomes, Housings and Supp…