Modern Lens Antennas for Communications Engineering /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Thornton, John, 1968- (Συγγραφέας), Huang, Kao-Cheng (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Piscataway, NJ : Hoboken, New Jersey : IEEE Press ; Wiley, [2013]
• Σειρά: IEEE Press series on electromagnetic wave theory.
• Θέματα: Lens antennas.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electronics > General.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Telecommunications.; Electronic books.

The aim of this book is to present the modern design principles and analysis of lens antennas. It gives graduates and RF/Microwave professionals the design insights in order to make full use of lens antennas. Why do we want to write a book in lens antennas? Because this topic has not been thoroughly...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. INTRODUCTION / John Thornton and Kao-Cheng Huang
• 1.1. Lens Antennas: An Overview
• 1.2. Feeds for Lens Antennas
• 1.3. Luneburg and Spherical Lenses
• 1.4. Quasi Optics and Lens Antennas
• 1.5. Lens Antenna Design
• 1.6. Metamaterial Lens
• 1.7. Planar Lens or Phase-Shifting Surface
• 1.8. Applications
• 1.9. Antenna Measurements
• 2. REVIEW OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES / Kao-Cheng Huang
• 2.1. Maxwell's Equations
• 2.2. Antenna Parameters
• 2.3. Polarization
• 2.4. Wave Propagation in Metamaterials
• 3. POLYROD ANTENNAS / Kao-Cheng Huang
• 3.1. Polyrods as Resonators
• 3.2. The Polyrod as a Radiator
• 3.3. Patch-Fed Circular Polyrod
• 3.4. Array of Polyrods
• 3.5. Multibeam Polyrod Array
• 4. MILLIMETER WAVE LENS ANTENNAS / Kao-Cheng Huang
• 4.1. Millimeter Wave Characteristics
• 4.2. Millimeter Wave Substrate Lens for Imaging
• 4.3. Millimeter Wave and Submillimeter Wave Lens
• 4.4. Analysis of Millimeter Wave Spherical Lens
• 4.5. Waveguide-Fed Millimeter Wave Integrated Lens
• 5. LENS ANTENNAS FOR COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIGH-ALTITUDE PLATFORMS / John Thornton
• 5.1. Introduction
• 5.2. The High-Altitude Platform Concept
• 5.3. Advantages of Lenses over Reflector Antennas
• 5.4. Development of a Shaped Beam Low-Sidelobe Lens Antenna with Asymmetric Pattern
• 5.5. Lens Antenna Payload Model
• 5.6. Multifeed Lens
• 5.7. Multiple Beam Spherical Lens Antennas for HAP Payload
• 6. SPHERICAL LENS ANTENNAS / John Thornton
• 6.1. Introduction
• 6.2. Spherical Lens Overview
• 6.3. Analytical Methods
• 6.4. Spherical Lens Materials and Fabrication Methods
• 6.5. Revisiting the Constant-Index Lens
• 6.6. Cross-Polarization Properties of Spherical Lenses
• 7. HEMISPHERICAL LENS-REFLECTOR SCANNING ANTENNAS / John Thornton
• 7.1. Introduction
• 7.2. Candidate Scanning Antenna Technologies
• 7.3. Spherical and Hemispherical Lens Antenna
• 7.4. Hemispherical Lens Prototype
• 7.5. Evolution of a Two-Layer Stepped-Index Polymer Lens
• 7.6. A Hemispherical Lens-Reflector Antenna for Satellite Communications
• 7.7. A Low-Index Lens Reflector for Aircraft Communications / Contribution by D. Gray
• About the Authors
• Index.