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Antenna Theory and Design, 3rd Edition

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ISBN: 978-0-470-57664-9

May 2012

848 pages

Description

This introduction to antenna theory and design is suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate courses on the subject.   Its emphasis on both principles and design makes it perfect both as a college text and as a reference to the practicing engineer. The final three chapters on computational electromagnetics for antennas are suitable for graduate work. Stutzman provides more of a pedagogical approach than its competitors, placing a greater emphasis on a concise easily understandable presentation of fundamentals and applications as well as computational methods. This third edition has been completely revised. New topics have been added on antennas for personal and mobile communications and base station antennas. Coverage of systems applications of antennas, arrays, microstrip and low-profile antennas, and antenna measurements has been updated and expanded, including more examples applied to modern applications.

About the Author

WARREN L. STUTZMAN received his BS in electrical engineering and AB in mathematics degrees from the University of Illinois in 1964 and received MS and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Ohio State University in 1965 and 1969, respectively.  Dr. Stutzman has been on the electrical engineering faculty of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University since 1969 and has served as the director of the Antenna Group from its beginning in 1983 until 2001.  He served two terms as Interim Department Head. He is currently Principal Investigator for the AWINN (Advanced Wireless Integrated Navy Network) research program sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. He is co-author of the textbook Antenna Theory and Design, John Wiley, 1981 and 1998, and author of Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems, Artech House, 1993. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and served as President of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society in 1992.

New to Edition
  • Modern material has been added to make the book more exciting to undergraduates and more relevant to practicing engineers. (Examples: Chapter 4 on systems, Chapter 11 on low-profile elements, and Chapter 12 on base station antennas).   In addition, a new chapter (Chapter 1) is devoted to an overview of antennas and their application with emphasis on motivating the student.
  • Some organizational changes have been made to improve understanding and college course flow. (Examples: The array chapter is moved to later in the book and system material combined and moved earlier).
  • More details have been added to selected important topics. (Example: microstrip antennas, arrays).
  • The topic of measurements has been expanded into a full chapter (Chapter 13).
Features
  • Fundamental principles treated in detail with explanations
  • Detailed development of array antennas to learn influence of antenna parameters on radiation as well as understanding arrays as used in practice
  • Thorough survey of antenna types: electrically small, resonant, broadband, and aperture
  • Emphasis on design data for the antennas treated
  • Explanations of how antennas are used in systems, such as wireless communications
  • Many new topics: Low-profile and personal communication antennas, mobile and base station antennas, RFID antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, smart antennas, near fields of antennas, and biohazards of RF exposure
  • Expanded coverage on: array antennas, microstrip antennas, system applications of antennas, and antenna measurements  
  • Antenna synthesis is covered
  • Antenna measurement techniques are introduced
  • This edition includes recent antenna innovations and applications and introduces a succinct treatment of the finite difference, time domain (FDTD) computational technique.
  • The first textbook to treat physical theory of diffraction (PTD).
  • Modern numerical methods for antenna computations (MoM, FDTD, and GTD) are treated in detail with many illustrations of applications to antennas
  • Problems have been expanded in number and revised to make use of modern computational and simulation tools
  • Recommendations and links to affordable or free modern simulation software are included
  • Appendix H provides a complete list of books on antennas organized by topical coverage