Small Antenna Handbook

Robert C. Hansen, PhD, DEng, has had a long and distinguished career in the aerospace industry. Beginning in 1949, he held key posts in a number of leading aerospace companies, including The Aerospace Corp., STL, Inc. (now TRW), and Hughes Aircraft Co. He is a Fellow of IEEE and IEE and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Since 1971, Dr. Hansen has been a consulting engineer for antennas and systems-related problems. The Late Robert Collin, PhD, taught at Case Reserve Western University, where he was chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics. He was an invited professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Telebras Research Center, Brazil; and Beijing University, China. Dr. Collin was the author or coauthor of five books and more than 150 technical papers.

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• PREFACE xiii 1. QUALITY FACTORS OF ESA 11.1 Introduction / 11.2 Chu Antenna Q / 41.3 Collin and Rothschild Q Analysis / 81.4 Thal Antenna Q / 141.5 Radian Sphere with Mu and/or Epsilon: TE Modes / 161.6 Radian Sphere with Mu and/or Epsilon: TM Modes / 221.7 Effects of Core Losses / 281.8 Q for Spheroidal Enclosures / 34References / 362. BANDWIDTH AND MATCHING 392.1 Introduction / 392.2 Foster’s Reactance Theorem and Smith Chart / 392.3 Fano’s Matching Limitations / 412.4 Matching Circuit Loss Magnification / 462.5 Network and Z0 Matching / 482.6 Non-Foster Matching Circuits / 502.7 Matched and High-Z Preamp Monopoles / 512.7.1 A Short Monopole Matched at One Frequency / 522.7.2 Short Monopole with High-Impedance Amplifier / 54References / 553. ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS: CANONICAL TYPES 593.1 Introduction / 593.2 Dipole Basic Characteristics / 593.2.1 Dipole Impedance and Bandwidth / 593.2.2 Resistive and Reactive Loading / 673.2.3 Other Loading Configurations / 763.2.4 Short Flat Resonant Dipoles / 783.2.5 Spherical Helix Antennas / 823.2.6 Multiple Resonance Antennas / 843.2.6.1 Spherical Dipole; Arc Antennas / 843.2.6.2 Multiple Mode Antennas / 863.2.6.3 Q Comparisons / 873.2.7 Evaluation of Moment Method Codes for Electrically Small Antennas / 883.3 Partial Sleeve, PIFA, and Patch / 933.3.1 Partial Sleeve / 933.3.2 PIFA Designs / 943.3.3 Patch with Permeable Substrate / 983.4 Loops / 1013.4.1 Air Core Loops, Single and Multiple Turns / 1013.4.2 Permeable Core Loops / 1073.4.3 Receiving Loops / 1143.4.4 Vector Sensor / 1163.5 Dielectric Resonator Antennas / 120References / 1274. CLEVER PHYSICS, BUT BAD NUMBERS 1354.1 Contrawound Toroidal Helix Antenna / 1354.2 Transmission Line Antennas / 1384.3 Halo, Hula Hoop, and DDRR Antennas / 1384.4 Dielectric-Loaded Antennas / 1404.5 Meanderline Antennas / 1414.6 Cage Monopole / 142References / 1435. PATHOLOGICAL ANTENNAS 1475.1 Crossed-Field Antenna / 1475.2 Infinite Efficiency Antenna / 1495.3 E–H Antenna / 1505.4 TE–TM Antenna / 1505.5 Crossed Dipoles / 1515.6 Snyder Dipole / 1525.7 Loop-Coupled Loop / 1555.8 Multiarm Dipole / 1585.9 Complementary Pair Antenna / 1585.10 Integrated Antenna / 1595.11 Q ¼ 0 Antenna / 1605.12 Antenna in a NIM Shell / 1615.13 Fractal Antennas / 1625.14 Antenna on a Chip / 1705.15 Random Segment Antennas / 1715.16 Multiple Multipoles / 1715.17 Switched Loop Antennas / 1735.18 Electrically Small Focal Spots / 1745.19 ESA Summary / 174References / 1756. SUPERDIRECTIVE ANTENNAS 1816.1 History and Motivation / 1816.2 Maximum Directivity / 1826.2.1 Apertures / 1826.2.2 Arrays / 1836.2.2.1 Broadside Arrays of Fixed Spacing / 1836.2.2.2 Endfire Arrays / 1866.2.2.3 Minimization Codes / 1926.2.2.4 Resonant Endfire Arrays / 1926.3 Constrained Superdirectivity / 1946.3.1 Dolph–Chebyshev Superdirectivity / 1946.3.2 Superdirective Ratio Constraint / 1986.3.3 Bandwidth or Q Constraint / 2006.3.4 Phase or Position Adjustment / 2006.3.5 Tolerance Constraint / 2016.4 Bandwidth, Efficiency, and Tolerances / 2016.4.1 Bandwidth / 2016.4.2 Efficiency / 2056.4.3 Tolerances / 2086.5 Miscellaneous Superdirectivity / 2096.6 Superdirective Antenna Summary / 210References / 2107. SUPERCONDUCTING ANTENNAS 2157.1 Introduction / 2157.2 Superconductivity Concepts for Antenna Engineers / 2157.3 Dipole, Loop, and Patch Antennas / 2217.3.1 Loop and Dipole Antennas / 2227.3.2 Microstrip Antennas / 2237.3.3 Array Antennas / 2257.3.4 Millimeter-Wave Antennas / 2297.3.4.1 Waveguide Flat Plane Array / 2297.3.4.2 Microstrip Planar Array / 2307.3.5 Submillimeter Antennas / 2327.3.6 Low-Temperature Superconducting Antennas / 2327.4 Phasers and Delay Lines / 2337.5 Superconducting Antenna Summary / 236References / 236APPENDIX A A WORLD HISTORY OF ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS 243APPENDIX B DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USEFUL TO ESA 277APPENDIX C SPHERICAL SHELL OF ENG METAMATERIAL SURROUNDING A DIPOLE ANTENNA 279APPENDIX D FREQUENCY DISPERSION LIMITS RESOLUTION IN VESELAGO LENS 307AUTHOR INDEX 335SUBJECT INDEX 343