Antenna systems and electronic warfare applications

This comprehensive book serves as a one-stop resource for practical EW antenna system know-how. Supported with over 700 illustrations and nearly 1,700 equations, this authoritative reference offers you detailed explanations of all the important foundations and aspects of this technology. Moreover, you get an in-depth treatment of a wide range of antenna system applications. The book presents the key characteristics of each type of antenna, including dipoles, monopoles, loops, arrays, horns, and patches. This authoritative volume enables you to analyze and design broadband communication and radar EW antennas, interface antennas to receivers and power amplifiers with maximum efficiency, use multicouplers to connect multiple receivers to a single antenna, and apply the correct kind of antenna to EW problems.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction to EW Antenna Systems. Principles of Electromagnetic Radiation. Fundamental Antenna Parameters. Transmission Lines. Dipole EW Antennas. EW Loop Antennas. Traveling Wave EW Antennas. EW Antenna Arrays. EW Applications of Antenna Array. Yagi-Uda EW Antennas. Frequency Independent EW Antennas. Aperture EW Antennas. Small EW Antennas. Patch Antennas. EW Applications of Patch Antennas. Adaptive EW Antenna Arrays. Fractal Antennas. Genetically Designed EW Antennas. Antenna Matching. Multicouplers, Combiners, and Diplexers. Radomes. Appendices.