7. Antenna Manufacturing and Measurements
Antenna manufacturing
Conducting materials
Dielectric materials
New materials for antennas
Antenna measurement basics
Scattering parameters
Network analysers
Impedance, S11, VSWR, and return loss measurement
Can I measure these parameters in my office?
Effects of a small section of a transmission line or a connector
Effects of packages on antennas
Radiation pattern measurements
Far-field condition
Open-area test sites (OATS)
Anechoic chambers
Compact antenna test ranges (CATR)
Planar and cylindrical near-field chambers
Spherical near-field chambers
Gain measurements
Comparison with a standard-gain horn
Two-antenna measurement
Three-antenna measurement
Miscellaneous topics
Efficiency measurements
Reverberation chambers
Impedance de-embedding techniques
Probe array in near-field systems
Summary
References
Problems
8. Special Topics
Electrically small antennas
The Basics and impedance bandwidth
Antenna size-reduction techniques
Mobile Antennas, Antenna Diversity and Human Body Effects
Introduction
Mobile antennas
Antenna diversity
User interaction
Multiband and ultra-wideband antennas
Introduction
Multiband antennas
Wideband antennas
RFID antennas
Introduction
Near-field systems
Far-field systems
Reconfigurable antennas
Introduction
Switching and variable-component technologies
Reasonant mode switching/tuning
Feed network switching/tuning
Mechanical reconfiguration
Summary
References.
OBNB doesn't sell books, but you may be able to find a copy at one of these websites:
Antennas : from theory to practice by Yi Huang. ISBN 9780470510285. Published by Wiley in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
