Antennas: WITH MATHCAD: Fundamentals, Design, Measurements (Antennas: Fundamentals, Design, Measurements) - Hardcover

Blake, Lamont V.; Long, Maurice W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1891121790 ISBN 13: 9781891121791

Publisher: SciTech Publishing Inc, 2009

Synopsis

The Blake/Long book is a professional level, introductory text on antenna principles, design, analysis, and measurements. It is especially suitable for persons who wish to improve their knowledge of antenna principles, concept design, performance analyses, and measurements. It is not a cookbook-like catalog for antenna design, nor does its understanding require a familiarity with electromagnetic theory, sophisticated mathematics, or complex computer techniques.The 3rd Edition updates and expands the original text by Lamont Blake, which was prepared at the undergraduate engineering, science, or technology level. For providing technical depth at the senior and graduate university levels, additions to the original book include a greatly expanded Chapter 7 on 'Antennas with Special Properties', a brand new Chapter 8 on 'Electronically Steered Arrays', and a revised and Chapter 9 on 'Measurements'. Also new to this edition are numerous appendices to the updated text and a CD-ROM with sample computer analyses. Reader knowledge assumes familiarity with basic college physics and mathematics. Computer computations use Mathcad[copyright] software, which can be read and used by persons without prior computer programming knowledge. The book is therefore suitable for entry-level as well as the more experienced professionals who desire to expand their understanding of and capabilities for antenna principles, analyses, measurements, and design.It includes a brand new chapter on Electronically Steered Arrays, so important to understanding the advances in digital technology as they apply to high-speed electronics and applications in radar and communications today. Problems and Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter for homework or self-study tests of understanding. Material and reviews have been provided by leading antenna experts and instructors: Donald Bodnar, Mark Mitchell, Ed Joy, and Andrew Peterson. The enclosed CD provides data analyses and Mathcad files for extended study and visualization. MATLAB equivalent files are in work and will be free as downloads later.

About this title

Synopsis

The Blake/Long book is a professional level, introductory text on antenna principles, design, analysis, and measurements. It is especially suitable for persons who wish to improve their knowledge of antenna principles, concept design, performance analyses, and measurements. It is not a cookbook-like catalog for antenna design, nor does its understanding require a familiarity with electromagnetic theory, sophisticated mathematics, or complex computer techniques.The 3rd Edition updates and expands the original text by Lamont Blake, which was prepared at the undergraduate engineering, science, or technology level. For providing technical depth at the senior and graduate university levels, additions to the original book include a greatly expanded Chapter 7 on 'Antennas with Special Properties', a brand new Chapter 8 on 'Electronically Steered Arrays', and a revised and Chapter 9 on 'Measurements'. Also new to this edition are numerous appendices to the updated text and a CD-ROM with sample computer analyses. Reader knowledge assumes familiarity with basic college physics and mathematics.

Computer computations use Mathcad[copyright] software, which can be read and used by persons without prior computer programming knowledge. The book is therefore suitable for entry-level as well as the more experienced professionals who desire to expand their understanding of and capabilities for antenna principles, analyses, measurements, and design.It includes a brand new chapter on Electronically Steered Arrays, so important to understanding the advances in digital technology as they apply to high-speed electronics and applications in radar and communications today. Problems and Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter for homework or self-study tests of understanding. Material and reviews have been provided by leading antenna experts and instructors: Donald Bodnar, Mark Mitchell, Ed Joy, and Andrew Peterson. The enclosed CD provides data analyses and Mathcad files for extended study and visualization. MATLAB equivalent files are in work and will be free as downloads later.

About the Author

Maurice Long, Ph.D. is currently a private radar consultant and adjunct faculty at Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA. While at Georgia Institute of Technology, he managed the development of a number of radar systems and held positions of principal research engineer, professor of electrical engineering, and Director of the Engineering Experiment Station, now known as Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

Edition details

• Publisher: SciTech Publishing Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1891121790
• ISBN 13: 9781891121791
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 650