Antenna and EM Modeling with MATLAB Antenna Toolbox

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Contents
Preface and Text Organization
List of Notations
Chapter 1 Antenna Circuit Model. Antenna Matching. Antenna Bandwidth
	SECTION 1 LUMPED CIRCUIT MODEL OF AN ANTENNA.ANTENNA INPUT IMPEDANCE
		1.1 Antenna Circuit Model. Antenna Loss
		1.2 Maximum Power Transfer to (and from) Antenna
		1.3 Antenna Efficiency
		1.4 Antenna Input Impedance and Impedance Matching
		1.5 Point of Interest: Input Impedance of a Dipole Antenna and Its Dependence on Dipole Length
		1.6 Beyond the First Resonance
		1.7 Numerical Modeling
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 ANTENNA WITH TRANSMISSION LINE. ANTENNAREFLECTION COEFFICIENT. ANTENNA MATCHING. VSWR
		1.8 Antenna Reflection Coefficient for a Lumped Circuit
		1.9 Antenna Reflection Coefficient with a Feeding Transmission Line
		1.10 Antenna Impedance Transformation. Antenna Match Via Transmission Line
		1.11 Reflection Coefficient Expressed in Decibels and Antenna Bandwidth
		1.12 VSWR of the Antenna
		References
		Problems
Chapter 2 Receiving Antenna: Received Voltage, Power, and Transmission Coefficient
	SECTION 1 ANALYTICAL MODEL FOR THE RECEIVING ANTENNA
		2.1 Model of the Receiving Antenna and Its Discussion
		2.2 Finding Current of a Receive Dipole
		2.3 Finding VOC of a Receive Dipole. Induced emf Method. Small Antennas Receive Much Less Power
		2.4 Expressing VOC of a Receive Dipole in Terms of Transmitter Parameters
		2.5 Voltage and Power Transfer Functions
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 MODEL OF A TWO-PORT NETWORK FOR TX/RXANTENNAS
		2.6 Impedance Matrix (Mutual Impedance) Approach to the Antenna-to-Antenna Link
		2.7 Transfer Function in Terms of Voltage Across the TX Antenna
		2.8 Scattering Matrix Approach (Transmission Coefficient)
		2.9 Power Transfer Function
		2.10 Mutual Impedance of Two Dipoles
		2.11 Two-Port Network Antenna Model in MATLAB Antenna Toolbox
		References
		Problems
Chapter 3 Antenna Radiation
	SECTION 1 MAXWELL EQUATIONS AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
		3.1 Maxwell's Equations
		3.2 Boundary Conditions
		3.3 About Electrostatic, Magnetostatic, and Direct Current Approximations
		3.4 Analytical Solution to Maxwell's Equations in Time Domain. Plane Waves
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 SOLUTION FOR MAXWELL’S EQUATIONS IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC POTENTIALS
		3.5 Magnetic Vector Potential and Electric Scalar Potential
		3.6 Comparison with the Static Case. Coulomb Gauge
		3.7 Equations for Potentials. Lorentz Gauge
		3.8 Wave Equations in Frequency Domain
		3.9 Solution for Maxwell's Equations in Frequency Domain
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 3 ANTENNA RADIATION
		3.10 Radiation of a Small Uniform Current Element (lA<<.)
		3.11 Near- and Far-Field Regions for a Small Antenna
		3.12 Radiation of a Dipole with the Sinusoidal Current Distribution
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 4 ANTENNA DIRECTIVITY AND GAIN
		3.13 Antenna Directivity
		3.14 Antenna Gain and Realized Gain
		3.15 Antenna Effective Aperture – Receiving Antenna as a Power Collector
		3.16 Friis Transmission Equation [1]
		References
		Problems
Chapter 4 Antenna Balun. Antenna Reflector. Method of Images
	SECTION 1 ANTENNA BALUN
		4.1 Dipole Feed in Numerical Simulations
		4.2 Antenna Balun
		4.3 Split-Coaxial Balun
		4.4 Dyson Balun
		4.5 Central Tap Transformer as the Dyson Balun
		4.6 Antenna Impedance Transformation
		4.7 A Quick Solution
		4.8 End-of-Section Story
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 ANTENNA REFLECTOR
		4.9 Ground Plane for an Electric Dipole. The ./4-Rule
		4.10 Method of Images
		4.11 Effect of Ground Plane on Antenna Impedance
		4.12 Effect of Ground Plane on the Radiation Pattern
		4.13 Extensions of the Image Method: Corner Reflector
		4.14 Finite Ground Plane – Geometrical Optics
		4.15 Front-to-Back Ratio
		4.1 NOTES TO PROBLEMS OF THIS SECTION GIVEN BELOW
		References
		Problems
Chapter 5 Dipole Antenna Family: Broadband Antennas that Operate as Dipoles at Low Frequencies
	SECTION 1 BROADBAND DIPOLES AND MONOPOLES
		5.1 Dipole. Summary of Previous Results
		5.2 Monopole
		5.3 Broadband (Large) Dipoles
		5.4 Canonic Dipoles and Their Performance
		Reference
		Problems
	SECTION 2 BICONICAL, WIDE BLADE, AND VIVALDI ANTENNAS
		5.5 Biconical "Dipole" or Biconical Antenna
		5.6 Wide Blade Dipole: Two Antennas in One
		5.7 Blade Dipole with One Radiating Slot – Vivaldi Antenna
		References
		Problems
Chapter 6 Loop Antennas
	SECTION 1 LOOP ANTENNA VS. DIPOLE ANTENNA
		6.1 Concept
		6.2 Analytical Results
		6.3 Full-Wave Simulation Results
		6.4 Why Loop Antenna?
		References
		Problems
Chapter 7 Small Antennas
	SECTION 1 FUNDAMENTAL LIMITS ON ANTENNA BANDWIDTH
		7.1 Antenna Size Estimate
		7.2 Bandwidth of a Small Antenna
		7.4 One Hidden Problem with a Small Antenna
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 PRACTICAL ANTENNA MATCHING AND TUNING FORA PREDEFINED (50 O) IMPEDANCE
		7.5 Double Tuning – Inductive (Small Loop) Antenna
		7.6 Double Tuning – Capacitive (Small Dipole or Monopole) Antenna
		References
		Problems
Chapter 8 Patch and PIFA Antennas
	SECTION 1 PATCH ANTENNAS
		8.1 Concept
		8.2 Fields
		8.3 CAD Formulas for Patch Antenna
		8.4 CAD Formulas for the Patch Antenna Efficiency
		8.5 Patch Antenna Example: Cross-Polarization and Near Fields
		8.6 Patch Antenna Family
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 PLANAR INVERTED F (PIFA) ANTENNA.BANDWIDTH ESTIMATIONS
		8.7 Concept
		8.8 PIFA Types. Behavior of Input Impedance
		8.9 PIFA Modeling
		8.10 Bandwidth Results
		8.11 Comparison with Other Data
		8.12 Summary
		References
		Problems
Chapter 9 Traveling Wave Antennas
	SECTION 1 LONG WIRE ANTENNA AND YAGI-UDA ANTENNA
		9.1 Concept
		9.2 Features and Modeling
		9.3 Modeling with Antenna Toolbox
		9.4 Yagi-Uda Antenna
		9.5 Traveling Wave Formation Along Yagi-Uda Antenna
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 HELICAL AND SPIRAL ANTENNAS
		9.6 Helical Antenna: Normal Mode of Operation
		9.7 Helical Antenna: Axial Mode of Operation
		9.8 Modeling with Antenna Toolbox
		9.9 Spiral Antenna: Archimedean Spiral
		9.10 Modeling with Antenna Toolbox
		9.11 Principle of Operation
		9.12 Equiangular Spiral Antenna
		References
		Problems
Chapter 10 Antenna Designer Including Circularly Polarized Antennas
	SECTION 1 FAST ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF INDIVIDUAL ANTENNAS
		10.1 Antenna Designer
		10.2 Using Pre-Optimized Antenna Geometry
		10.3 Performing Geometry Optimization on the Fly
		10.4 Design Example
		10.5 Antenna Preselection for a Given Task
		Reference
		Problems
	SECTION 2 MEANING OF CIRCULAR POLARIZATION AND PROPER ANTENNA ORIENTATION
		10.6 Antenna Phase Shift or Delay
		10.7 Circularly Polarized RX/TX Antennas and Their Required Orientations in Space
		10.9 Quantitative Measures of Circular Polarization
		10.10 Circularly Polarized Turnstile Antenna
		10.11 Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna
		References
		Problems
Chapter 11 Antenna Arrays
	SECTION 1 ARRAY TYPES. ARRAY FACTOR.CONCEPT OF A SCANNING ARRAY
		11.1 Array Types
		11.2 Basic Array of Two Dipoles
		11.3 Array Factor for Identical Radiators
		11.4 Array Radiated Power and Array Directivity
		11.5 Directivity of the Array and Directivity of the Array Factor
		11.6 Concept of a Scanning Array
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 2 LINEAR ARRAYS
		11.7 Broadside Linear Array
		11.8 Array Amplitude Taper
		11.9 Binomial Broadside Array
		11.10 Dolph-Chebyshev Broadside Array
		11.11 Endfire Linear Array
		11.12 Hansen-Woodyard Endfire Array
		11.13 Linear Array for Arbitrary Scan Angles
		11.14 Superdirectivity
		References
		Problems
	SECTION 3 PLANAR ARRAYS
		11.15 Theoretical Gain Pattern of a Finite 2D Array
		11.16 Design of Small 2D Arrays: Impedance Bandwidth Improvement and Directivity
		11.17 Corporate Series Feed – Wilkinson Power Dividers
		11.18 Corporate (Parallel) Feed
		References
		Problems
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