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Author Parini, Clive, author.

Title Theory and practice of modern antenna range measurements / Clive Parini, Stuart Gregson, John McCormick, and Daniël Janse van Rensburg
Published London : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 759 pages, 12 pages of plates) : illustrations
Series IET electromagnetic waves series ; 55
IET electromagnetic waves series ; 55.
Contents Preface; Author biographies; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1. The phenomena of antenna coupling; 1.2. Characterisation via a measurement process; 1.3. Measurable properties of antennas; 1.4. The content of this text; References; 2. EM theory and the mechanism behind antenna coupling; 2.1. Maxwell's classical electromagnetic field theory; 2.2. Electric charge and EM fields; 2.3. Power flux in an EM field; 2.4. Maxwell's equations; 2.5. The electric and magnetic potentials; 2.6. The inapplicability of source excitation as a measurement methodology
2.7. Field equivalence principle2.8. Characterising vector electromagnetic fields; 2.9. Reflection and scattering of electromagnetic fields by extended objects; 2.10. Antenna port definition; 2.11. Summary; References; 3. Antenna measurements; 3.1. Antenna measurements and alignment; 3.2. Rotation methodologies; 3.3. Far-field ranges; 3.4. Free-space conditions; 3.5. Alternatives to far-field ranges; 3.6. Indirect measurements; 3.7. Other geometries for scanning measurements; 3.8. Attributes common to all near-field measurement techniques; 3.9. Summary; References
4. Compact range measurements4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Collimation of electromagnetic fields; 4.3. Types of ranges and their design issues; 4.4. Quiet zones and performance evaluation; 4.5. Radiation pattern and power parameter measurement; 4.6. Radar cross-section measurements; References; 5. Planar near-field antenna measurements; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Near-field measurement facility; 5.3. Limitations in the accuracy of the near-field measurement data; 5.4. Solution of Maxwell's equations in Cartesian coordinates; 5.5. Probe pattern compensation
5.6. Plane-polar near-field antenna measurements5.7. Summary; References; 6. Cylindrical near-field antenna measurements; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Solution of Maxwell's equation in cylindrical coordinates; 6.3. Solution of the scalar wave equation in cylindrical coordinates; 6.4. Construction of vector fields; 6.5. Derivation of cylindrical mode coefficients from cylindricalnear-field data; 6.6. Derivation of asymptotic far-field parameters fromcylindrical mode coefficients; 6.7. Development of the transmission formula; 6.8. Sampling requirements for cylindrical near-field measurements
6.9. Implementation of cylindrical near-field to far-field transformation6.10. Conical near-field antenna measurements; 6.11. Summary; References; 7. Spherical near-field antenna measurements; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Types of SNF ranges; 7.3. A Solution to Maxwell's equations in spherical coordinates; 7.4. Relating spherical mode coefficients to spherical near-field data; 7.5. Sampling requirements and spherical mode truncation; 7.6. Development of the transmission formula; 7.7. Near-field probe correction; 7.8. Far-field expressions; 7.9. Practical acquisition schemes and examples
Summary This volume provides a comprehensive introduction and explanation of both the theory and practice of all forms of modern antenna measurements, electromagnetic theory, antenna coupling, compact range measurements, near-field antenna measurements, mobile and body-centric antenna measurements
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Antennas (Electronics)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
Antennas (Electronics)
Form Electronic book
Author Gregson, Stuart Fraser, author.
McCormick, John (Lead radar systems engineer), author.
Van Rensburg, Daniël Janse, author.
Institution of Engineering and Technology.
ISBN 9781849195638
1849195633
9781523101375
1523101377