Antennas For All Applications - Third Edition
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ANTENNAS
For All Applications
THIRD EDITION
Kraus and Marhefka

The classic "Antenna Bible". Thoroughly revised and enlarged 938 pages, over 1200 illustrations, 130 worked examples, 75 tables, 300 problems, over 800 references with an index of over 2200 entries providing quick access to topics.

"A must for students, professionals and advanced amateurs."

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24 CHAPTERS
  1. Introduction
  2. Antenna Basics
  3. The Antenna Family
  4. Point Sources
  5. Arrays of Point Sources, Parts I and II
  6. The Electric Dipole and Thin Linear Antennas
  7. The Loop Family
  8. End-Fire Antennas: The Helical Beam Antenna and the Yagi-Uda Array, Parts I and II
  9. Slot, Patch and Horn Antennas
  10. Flat Sheet, Corner and Parabolic Reflector Antennas
  11. Broadband and Frequency - Independent Antennas
  12. Antenna Temperature, Remote Sensing, and Radar Cross-Section
  13. Self and Mutual Impedances
  14. The Cylindrical Antenna and The Moment Method (MM)
  15. The Fourier Transform Relation Between Aperture Distribution and Far-Field Pattern
  16. Array of Dipoles and Apertures
  17. Lens Antennas
  18. Frequency Selective Surfaces and Periodic Structures
  19. Practical Design Considerations of Large Aperture Antennas
  20. Examples of Large or Unique Antennas
  21. Antennas for Special Applications
  22. Terahertz Antennas
  23. Baluns
  24. Antenna Measurements
Appendix

Free software downloads to include array pattern visualizers are available at this link:
http://esl.eng.ohio-state.edu/~rjm/antennas/software.htm
 

A few of the new topics in the book are:
 
  • Genetic algorithm antennas
  • Circularly-polarized patch arrays
  • Fractal antennas
  • Cell-phone antennas
  • Terahertz antennas
  • Instrument landing system antennas
  • Ground-penetrating radar antennas
  • Aperture synthesis and multi-aperture arrays
  • Plasma antennas
  • Asteroid detection antenna
  • Phase closure and self-calibration
  • Slotted and hybrid radomes
  • Baluns Types I, II and III
  • Low-earth orbit satellite antennas
  • Architecturally acceptable antennas
 
Here are a few of the over 1200 illustrations:
 
Increased-directivity
end-fire
D = 19 or 12.8 dBi
Increased-Directivity End-Fire
Phase shift 108° (0.6 pi)		 End-Fire Array Ordinary end-fire
D = 11 or 10.4 dBi
Ordinary End-Fire
Phase shift 90° (0.5 pi)
 
Field patterns of end-fire arrays of 10 isotropic sources of equal amplitude spaced lambda/4 apart. In the increased-directivity condition, the increased phase shift along the array causes the off-axis fields to become out-of-phase faster, resulting in a narrower main beam and higher gain.

Objects With Radar Cross-Section

Land, sea, air and space objects with Radar Cross-Section (RCS) in square meters at 10 GHz.

ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP)

When the first nuclear bombs were detonated at high altitudes, it was found that they were accompanied by a strong pulse of electromagnetic waves.

A missile has been developed that fires only an EMP which can knock out electric power lines and electronic circuits but which does not harm humans or buildings. The figure shows the nose cone of an EMP missile which radiates the EMP via  a bifilar axial mode helix.  The wide separation of the helix terminals makes it a logical choice for high power applications.  See "The Dawn of the E-Bomb",IEEE SPECTRUM November 2003, pages 24-39.

An antenna tree
A cell tower made to look like a tree

See Sec. 21-24, p. 772, Cell tower trees