Electrically Small, Superdirective, and Superconducting Antennas
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More About This Title Electrically Small, Superdirective, and Superconducting Antennas

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R. C. HANSEN, PhD, DEng, is a consulting engineer specializing in antennas and systems-related problems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and IEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Hansen has held key posts in leading aerospace organizations, including The Aerospace Corporation, TRW, and Hughes Aircraft Company.

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Preface.

1: ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNAS.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Fundamental Limitations.

1.3 Electrically Small Antennas: Canonical Types.

1.4 Clever Physics, but Bad Numbers.

1.5 Pathological Antennas.

1.6 ESA Summary.

References.

Index.

2: SUPERDIRECTIVE ANTENNAS.

2.1 History and Motivation.

2.2 Maximum Directivity.

2.3 Constrained Superdirectivity.

2.4 Bandwidth, Efficiency, and Tolerances.

2.5 Miscellaneous Superdirectivity.

2.6 Matching Circuit Loss Magnification.

2.7 Non-Foster Matching Circuits.

2.8 SD Antenna Summary.

References.

Index.

3: SUPERCONDUCTING ANTENNAS.

3.1 Introduction.

3.2 Superconductivity Concepts for Antenna Engineers.

3.3 Dipole, Loop, and Patch Antennas.

3.4 Phasers and Delay Lines.

3.5 SC Antenna Summary.

References.

Subject Index. 

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