This book is intended to be a tutorial on antenna arrays. Each chapter builds
upon the previous chapter and progressively addresses more difficult subject
material. The many pictures and examples introduce the reader to practical
applications.
The book starts with some electromagnetics/antennas/antenna systems
information that is relevant to the other eight chapters. The next two chapters
deal with the analysis and synthesis of arrays of point sources and their associated
array factors. These chapters would be useful for acoustic sensors as well
as electromagnetic sensors. Chapter 4 presents a sampling of different kinds
of elements that replace the point sources of the previous two chapters. The
next chapter shows that the elements do not have to lie along a line or in a
plane. Antenna elements may lie conformal to a surface or be distributed in
space. Chapter 6 introduces mutual coupling where the elements radiate and
receive electromagnetic waves, so they interact. These interactions are
extremely complex and difficult to predict. Computer modeling and experiments
are needed to predict the performance of arrays where mutual coupling
is important. Chapter 7 introduces many different approaches to getting
signals to and from the array elements to a computer where the signal detection
takes place. Finally, the various numerical techniques behind smart antennas
are introduced in Chapter 8.
This book emphasizes the computational methods used in the design and
analysis of array antennas. I generated most of the plots presented in this book
using one of three commercial software packages. MATLAB (MATLAB
Version 2009a, The Math Works, www.mathworks.com, 2009) is the primary
program used to do the plotting and calculations. MATLAB was also used to
do many of the computations and is even useful for controlling experimental
hardware. I used FEKO (FEKO, Suite 5.4, EM Software and Systems, www.
feko.info, 2008) and CST Microwave Studio (CST Microwave Studio, Version
2009.07,
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