Title: Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition Author(s): John Volakis Pages: 1872 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 4 edition Publication date: 2007 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 0071475745 ISBN-13: Description: The "bible of antenna engineering" fully updated to provide state-of-the-art coverage in antenna design and applications
Edited by John L. Volakis, one of the world's leading authorities in antenna engineering, this trusted resource 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.
You will also find expert discussion of topics critical to successful antenna design and engineering, such as measurement techniques and computational methods, a materials guide, wave propagation basics, microwave circuits, and matching techniques, as well as diversity and MIMO propagation models, frequency selective surfaces, and metamaterials. Packed with 1,500 illustrations, the 4th Edition of Antenna Engineering Handbook presents:
* 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
Get Quick Access to All of Today's Cutting-Edge Antennas
* Printed and Conformal Antennas
* Wideband Patch Antennas
* Wideband Arrays
* Leaky-Wave Antennas
* EBG Antennas
* UWB Antennas and Arrays
* Portable TV Antennas
* Reconfigurable Antennas
* Active Antennas
* Millimeter Wave and TeraHertz Antennas
* Fractal Antennas
* Handset and Terminal Antennas
* Biomedical Antennas
* ECM and ESM antennas
* Dielectric Resonator Antennas
* Lens Antennas
* Radiometer Antennas
* Satellite Antennas
* Reflector and Earth Station Antennas
* and Dozens More!
About the Author
John L. Volakis is the Roy and Lois Chope Chair Professor of Engineering and also serves as Director of the Electroscience Laboratory. A native of Chios, Greece, Dr. Volakis obtained his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1982 and was a professor at The University of Michigan (1984-2002) prior to returning to The Ohio State University. He has co-authored over 240 journal articles and 350 conference papers, and is co-author of the books: Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics (IEE Press) Finite Element Method for Electromagnetics (IEEE Press-Wiley), and Frequency Domain Hybrid Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetics (Morgan & Claypool). Dr. Volakis is a Fellow of IEEE and a former President of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He graduated/mentored over 50 Ph.D. students/post-docs and is listed by ISI among the top 250 most referenced authors in Engineering/Computer Science.
Title: Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition