Array and Phased Array Antenna Basics
by Hubregt J. VisserArray and Phased Array Antenna Basics introduces the principles of array and phased array antennas.
Packed with first-handpractical experience and worked-out examples, this is a valuablelearning tool and reference source for those wishing to improve theirunderstanding of basic array antenna systems without relying heavily ona thorough knowledge of electromagnetics or antenna theory.
Array and Phased Array Antenna Basics
* Featuresa general introduction to antennas and explains the array antennaprinciple through discussion of the physical characteristics ratherthan the theory
* Explores topics often not covered in antenna textbooks, suchas active element pattern, array feeding, means of phase changing,array antenna characterisation, sequential rotation techniques andreactively loaded arrays
* Guides the reader through the necessary mathematics,allowing them to move onto specialist books on array and phased arrayantennas with a greater understanding of the topic
Contents
* Radiation
o The Early History of Electricity and Magnetism
o James Clerk Maxwell, The Union of Electricity and Magnetism
o Radiation by Accelerated Charge
o Reactive and Radiating Electromagnetic Fields
* Antennas
o The Early History of Antennas
o Antenna Developments During the First World War
o Antenna Developments in Between the Wars
o Antenna Developments During The Second World War
o Post War Antenna Developments
* Antenna Parameters
o Radiation Pattern
o Antenna Impedance and Bandwidth
o Polarisation
o Antenna Effective Area and Vector Effective Length
o Radio Equation
o Radar Equation
* The Linear Broadside Array Antenna
o A Linear Array of Non-Isotropic Point-Source Radiators
o Plane Waves
o Received Signal
o Array Factor
o Side Lobes and Grating Lobes
o Amplitude Taper
* Design of a 4-Elements, Linear, Broadside, Microstrip Patch Array Antenna
o Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna
o Split-T Power Divider
o Transmission and Reflection Coefficients for a Corporate Fed Array Antenna
o Simulation, Realisation and Measurement
* The Linear Endfire Array Antenna
o Phase Differences
o Hansen-Woodyard Endfire Array Antenna
o Mutual Coupling
o Yagi-Uda Array Antenna
* The Linear Phased Array Antenna
o Linear Phase Taper
o Beam Broadening
o Grating Lobes and Visible Space
o Means of Phase Shifting
* A Frequency Scanned Slotted Waveguide Array Antenna
o Slotted Waveguide Array Antenna
o Antenna Design
o Validation
* The Planar Array and Phased Array Antenna
o Geometry
o Planar Array Antenna
o Planar Phased Array Antenna
* Special Array Antenna Configurations
o Conformal Array and Phased Array Antennas
o Volume Array and Phased Array Antennas
o Sequential Rotation and Phasing
o Reactive Loading
* Array and Phased Array Antenna Measurement
o Input Impedance, Self Coupling and Mutual Coupling
o Radiation Pattern Measurement
o Scan Element Pattern
o Waveguide Simulator
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