xiv PREFACE
The book’s main objective is to introduce, in a unified manner, the fundamental princi-
ples of antenna theory and to apply them to the analysis, design, and measurements of
antennas. Because there are so many methods of analysis and design and a plethora of
antenna structures, applications are made to some of the most basic and practical con-
figurations, such as linear dipoles; loops; arrays; broadband, and frequency-independent
antennas; aperture antennas; horn antennas; microstrip antennas; and reflector antennas.
A tutorial chapter on Smart Antennas has been included to introduce the student in
a technology that will advance antenna theory and design, and revolutionize wireless
communications. It is based on antenna theory, digital signal processing, networks and
communications. MATLAB simulation software has also been included, as well as a
plethora of references for additional reading.
Introductory material on analytical methods, such as the Moment Method and
Fourier transform (spectral) technique, is also included. These techniques, together with
the fundamental principles of antenna theory, can be used to analyze and design almost
any antenna configuration. A chapter on antenna measurements introduces state-of-the-
art methods used in the measurements of the most basic antenna characteristics (pattern,
gain, directivity, radiation efficiency, impedance, current, and polarization) and updates
progress made in antenna instrumentation, antenna range design, and scale modeling.
Techniques and systems used in near- to far-field measurements and transformations
are also discussed.
A sufficient number of topics have been covered, some for the first time in an under-
graduate text, so that the book will serve not only as a text but also as a reference for the
practicing and design engineer and even the amateur radio buff. These include design
procedures, and associated computer programs, for Yagi–Uda and log-periodic arrays,
horns, and microstrip patches; synthesis techniques using the Schelkunoff, Fourier
transform, Woodward–Lawson, Tschebyscheff, and Taylor methods; radiation charac-
teristics of corrugated, aperture-matched, and multimode horns; analysis and design
of rectangular and circular microstrip patches; and matching techniques such as the
binomial, Tschebyscheff, T-, gamma, and omega matches.
The text contains sufficient mathematical detail to enable the average undergraduate
electrical engineering and physics students to follow, without too much difficulty,
the flow of analysis and design. A certain amount of analytical detail, rigor, and
thoroughness allows many of the topics to be traced to their origin. My experiences as
a student, engineer, and teacher have shown that a text for this course must not be a
book of unrelated formulas, and it must not resemble a “cookbook.” This book begins
with the most elementary material, develops underlying concepts needed for sequential
topics, and progresses to more advanced methods and system configurations. Each
chapter is subdivided into sections or subsections whose individual headings clearly
identify the antenna characteristic(s) discussed, examined, or illustrated.
A distinguished feature of this book is its three-dimensional graphical illustrations
from the first edition, which have been expanded and supplemented in the second
and third editions. In the past, antenna texts have displayed the three-dimensional
energy radiated by an antenna by a number of separate two-dimensional patterns. With
the advent and revolutionary advances in digital computations and graphical displays,
an additional dimension has been introduced for the first time in an undergraduate
antenna text by displaying the radiated energy of a given radiator by a single three-
dimensional graphical illustration. Such an image, formed by the graphical capabilities
of the computer and available at most computational facilities, gives a clear view of
