The "bible of antenna engineering" fully updated to provide state-of-the-art coverage in antenna design and applications Edited by John L. Volakis, one of the world's leading authorities in antenna engineering, this trusted resource covers all the classic antenna types plus many new types and designs used in communications systems, satellites, radars, and emerging applications from WLAN to automotive systems to biomedical to smart antennas. You will also find expert discussion of topics critical to successful antenna design and engineering, such as measurement techniques and computational methods, a materials guide, wave propagation basics, microwave circuits, and matching techniques, as well as diversity and MIMO propagation models, frequency selective surfaces, and metamaterials. Packed with 1,500 illustrations, the 4th Edition of Antenna Engineering Handbook presents: Step-by-step guidance on most antennas (modern and classic) 59 chapters with 21 new chapters and 38 fully updated chapters from the previous edition Contributions from over 80 well-known antenna experts Full-color insert illustrating many commercial and military antennas Get Quick Access to All of Today's Cutting-Edge Antennas / Printed and Conformal Antennas / Wideband Patch Antennas / Wideband Arrays / Leaky-Wave Antennas / EBG Antennas / UWB Antennas and Arrays / Portable TV Antennas / Reconfigurable Antennas / Active Antennas / Millimeter Wave and TeraHertz Antennas / Fractal Antennas / Handset and Terminal Antennas / Biomedical Antennas / ECM and ESM antennas / Dielectric Resonator Antennas / Lens Antennas / Radiometer Antennas / Satellite Antennas / Reflector and Earth Station Antennas / and Dozens More!

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction and Fundamentals Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Ants,Arrays & Mobile Communications Chapter 2: Frequency Bands for Military and Commercial Applications Chapter 3: Arrays of Discrete Elements Part 2: Types and Design Methods Chapter 4: Dipoles and Monopoles Chapter 5: Loop Antennas Chapter 6: Small Antennas Chapter 7: Microstrip Antennas Chapter 8: Slot Antennas Chapter 9: Waveguide Slot Antenna Arrays Chapter 10: Surface-Wave Antennas Chapter 11: Leaky Wave Antennas Chapter 12: Helical Antennas Chapter 13: Frequency Independent Antennas Chapter 14: Horn Antennas Chapter 15: Reflector Antennas Chapter 16: Wideband Microstrip Antennas Chapter 17: Dielectric Resonator Antennas Chapter 18: Lens Antennas Chapter 19: Ultrawide Bandwidth Antenna Design Chapter 20: Phased Arrays Chapter 21: Array Phase Shifters: Theory and Technology Chapter 22: Conformal and Low-Profile Arrays Chapter 23: Millimeter-Wave and Teraherz Antennas Chapter 24: Ultra Wideband Arrays Chapter 25: Smart Antennas Chapter 26: Methods of Polarization Synthesis Part 3: Applications Chapter 27: Low- and Medium-Frequency Antennas Chapter 28: HF Antennas Chapter 29: VHF and UHF Antennas for Communications Chapter 30: Portable TV Antennas Chapter 31: Reconfigurable Antennas Chapter 32: Active Antennas Chapter 33: Fractal Antennas Chapter 34: Low Profile Antenna Performance Enhancement Utilizing Engineered Electromagnetic Materials Chapter 35: Reflectarray Antennas Chapter 36: Mobile Handset Antennas Chapter 37: Broadband Planar Antennas for High Speed Wireless Communications Chapter 38: Antennas for Medical Applications Chapter 39: Automobile Antennas Chapter 40: Aircraft Antennas Chapter 41: Radiometer Antennas Chapter 42: Antenna Tracking Chapter 43: Microwave Beacon Antennas Chapter 44: Satellite Antennas Chapter 45: Earth Station Antennas Chapter 46: Seeker Antennas Chapter 47: Direction Finding Antennas and Systems Chapter 48: ESM and ECM Antennas Chapter 49: Radio-Telescope Antennas Chapter 50: Indoor Antenna Measurements Part 4: Topics Associated with Antennas Chapter 51: Transmission Lines and Waveguides Chapter 52: Impedance Matching, Broadbanding, and Baluns Chapter 53: Randomes Chapter 54: Propagation Chapter 55: Materials and Design Data Chapter 56: Frequency Selective Surfaces Chapter 57: Propagation Models and Antennas for MIMO Chapter 58: Multipath Techniques for Handset/Terminal Antennas Chapter 59: Computational Electromagetics for Antennas

About the Author

John L. Volakis is the Roy and Lois Chope Chair Professor of Engineering and also serves as Director of the Electroscience Laboratory. A native of Chios, Greece, Dr. Volakis obtained his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in 1982 and was a professor at The University of Michigan (1984-2002) prior to returning to The Ohio State University. He has co-authored over 240 journal articles and 350 conference papers, and is co-author of the books: Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics (IEE Press) Finite Element Method for Electromagnetics (IEEE Press-Wiley), and Frequency Domain Hybrid Finite Element Methods in Electromagnetics (Morgan & Claypool). Dr. Volakis is a Fellow of IEEE and a former President of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. He graduated/mentored over 50 Ph.D. students/post-docs and is listed by ISI among the top 250 most referenced authors in Engineering/Computer Science.