Antenna and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation

Author: Song Zheng et al.
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book focuses on two major topics: antennas and electromagnetic wave propagation. The book consists of 12 chapters, with the first 7 chapters covering antenna theory, each focusing on: basic antenna theory, simple wire antennas, traveling wave antennas, non-resonant antennas, slot antennas and microstrip antennas, reflector antennas, and smart antennas. The last 5 chapters cover electromagnetic wave propagation, each focusing on: basic knowledge of wave propagation, ground wave propagation, sky wave propagation, line-of-sight propagation, and prediction of received field strength in ground mobile communications. The book aims to balance a wealth of information with concise writing, keeping up with current hot technologies and applications, including an introduction to smart antennas and other new technologies. The numerous figures and tables demonstrate the effective application of MATLAB in the fields of antennas and wave propagation, and the appendix provides typical MATLAB programs. Keywords are accompanied by English annotations, and each chapter is supplemented with questions and answers. This book is suitable for undergraduate students in electronic engineering and communication engineering. It can also be used by students from other disciplines and as a reference for communication and antenna engineers. To fully utilize multimedia teaching methods, this textbook is accompanied by multimedia teaching materials to assist in the course instruction.