Antenna Theory

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This updated edition features color and grayscale illustrations, a companion website with supplementary material, and new sections on recent advancements in antenna analysis and design. It introduces fundamental principles of antenna theory, emphasizing their application in analyzing, designing, and measuring antennas. The book covers various practical antenna configurations, including linear dipoles, loops, arrays, broadband antennas, aperture antennas, horns, microstrip antennas, and reflector antennas. It provides sufficient mathematical detail for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in electrical engineering and physics, assuming a basic understanding of electromagnetic theory, Maxwell's equations, wave equations, and calculus. New topics include flexible and conformal bowtie antennas, Vivaldi antennas, antenna miniaturization, antennas for mobile communications, dielectric resonator antennas, and scale modeling. Enhanced with color figures, it includes access to a companion website offering MATLAB programs, interactive applets, PowerPoint notes, questionnaires, and a solutions manual for instructors. Additionally, over 100 new end-of-chapter problems are introduced. This edition is tailored for senior undergraduate and beginning graduate students, as well as practicing engineers and antenna designers. Dr. Constantine A. Balanis, a prominent figure in electrical engineering, has an extensive academic and professi