Antennas

Аннотация

Since Hertz and Marconi, antennas have become increasingly important to our society until now they are indispensable. They are everywhere: at our homes and workplaces, on our cars and aircraft, while our ships, satellites and spacecraft bristle with them. Even as pedestrians, we carry them. The aim of this book is to explain these principles in the simplest possible terms and illustrate them with many practical examples. In some situations intuitive approaches will suffice while in others complete rigor is needed. The book provides a blend of both with selected examples illustrating when to use one or the other. This chapter provides an historical background. And Chap. 2 gives an introduction to basic concepts. The chapters that follow develop the subject in more detail.