Antenna Design: A Practical Design Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Foreword
	List of Abbreviations
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	How Antennas Operate	5
Ch. 3	Grouping Antennas	9
Ch. 4	Selection of Antennas	17
Ch. 5	Design Examples	23
Ch. 6	Validating the Design	37
Ch. 7	Trimming the Design	41
Ch. 8	Other Aspects in Validating the Design	47
Ch. 9	Avoiding Design Pitfalls	59
Ch. 10	First Model Tests	63
Ch. 11	Analyzing Test Results	67
Ch. 12	Forming Circular Polarization	71
Ch. 13	Validating the Prototype	73
Ch. 14	Changeover to Production	75
Ch. 15	Validating the First Production Model	81
Ch. 16	Production Testing	83
Ch. 17	Adapting to System Needs	87
Ch. 18	Unproven Designs and Remedies	93
Ch. 19	Patenting Your Antenna	101
Ch. 20	Wrap-Up	103
	Appendix A. Power Test Setup	105
	Appendix B. Determining Active VSWR	113
	Appendix C. Calibrating a Gain Standard	117
	Appendix D. Meanderline Polarizer	121
	Appendix E. Production Tolerance Analysis	125
	Appendix F. Saturated Drive and Beam Patterns	129
	Appendix G. A Typical Patent Sequence	133
	Appendix H. Antenna Details	137
	Appendix I. Design Notes for a Log-periodic Antenna	149
	Glossary	153
	References	157
	Index	159