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Problem Solutions:
Chapter 2. Antenna Basics.............................................................................................1
Chapter 3. The Antenna Family...................................................................................17
Chapter 4. Point Sources .............................................................................................19
Chapter 5. Arrays of Point Sources, Part I...................................................................23
Chapter 5. Arrays of Point Sources, Part II .................................................................29
Chapter 6. The Electric Dipole and Thin Linear Antennas .........................................35
Chapter 7. The Loop Antenna .....................................................................................47
Chapter 8. End-Fire Antennas: The Helical Beam Antenna and the Yagi-Uda
Array, Part I................................................................................................53
Chapter 8. The Helical Antenna: Axial and Other Modes, Part II..............................55
Chapter 9. Slot, Patch and Horn Antennas ..................................................................57
Chapter 10. Flat Sheet, Corner and Parabolic Reflector Antennas................................65
Chapter 11. Broadband and Frequency-Independent Antennas.....................................75
Chapter 12. Antenna Temperature, Remote Sensing and Radar Cross Section ............81
Chapter 13. Self and Mutual Impedances ....................................................................103
Chapter 14. The Cylindrical Antenna and the Moment Method (MM).......................105
Chapter 15. The Fourier Transform Relation Between Aperture Distribution
and Far-Field Pattern................................................................................107
Chapter 16. Arrays of Dipoles and of Aperture ...........................................................109
Chapter 17. Lens Antennas ..........................................................................................121
Chapter 18. Frequency-Selective Surfaces and Periodic Structures
By Ben A. Munk ......................................................................................125
Chapter 19. Practical Design Considerations of Large Aperture Antennas.................127
Chapter 21. Antennas for Special Applications...........................................................135
Chapter 23. Baluns, etc. By Ben A. Munk ..................................................................143
Chapter 24. Antenna Measurements. By Arto Lehto and
Pertti Vainikainen ....................................................................................147
Index 153
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Chapter 2. Antenna Basics
2-7-1. Directivity.
Show that the directivity D of an antenna may be written
E (θ , φ )max E ∗ (θ , φ )max 2
r
D= Z
1 E (θ , φ )E ∗ (θ , φ ) 2
4π ∫∫ 4π
r dΩ
Z
Solution:
D =
U ( θ U
, φ av
) max
1
, U (θ ,φ ) max = S (θ ,φ ) max r 2 , U av =
4π ∫∫ π U (θ , φ )dΩ
4
E (θ ,φ )E ∗ (θ ,φ )
U (θ ,φ ) = S (θ ,φ )r 2 , S (θ ,φ ) =
Z
Therefore
E (θ , φ )max E ∗ (θ , φ )max 2
r
D= Z q.e.d.
1 E (θ , φ )E ∗ (θ , φ ) 2
4π ∫∫ 4π
r dΩ
Z
Note that r 2 = area/steradian, so U = Sr 2 or (watts/steradian) = (watts/meter2) × meter2
2-7-2. Approximate directivities.
Calculate the approximate directivity from the half-power beam widths of a unidirectional
antenna if the normalized power pattern is given by: (a) Pn = cos θ, (b) Pn = cos2 θ, (c) Pn
= cos3 θ, and (d) Pn = cosn θ. In all cases these patterns are unidirectional (+z direction)
with Pn having a value only for zenith angles 0° ≤ θ ≤ 90° and Pn = 0 for 90° ≤ θ ≤ 180°.
The patterns are independent of the azimuth angle φ.
Solution:
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(a) θ HP = 2 cos −1 ( 0 . 5) = 2 × 60 o = 120 o , D= = 278 (ans.)
(120) 2
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(b) θ HP = 2 cos −1 ( 0.5 ) = 2 × 45o = 90o , D= = 4.94 (ans.)
(90) 2
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(c) θ HP = 2 cos −1 (3 0.5 ) = 2 × 37.47 o = 74.93o , D= = 7.3 (ans.)
(75) 2
2-7-2. continued
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(d) θ HP = 2 cos −1 ( n 0.5 ) , D= (ans.)
(cos −1 ( n 0.5 )) 2
*2-7-3. Approximate directivities.
Calculate the approximate directivities from the half-power beam widths of the three
unidirectional antennas having power patterns as follows:
P(θ,φ) = Pm sin θ sin2 φ
P(θ,φ) = Pm sin θ sin3 φ
P(θ,φ) = Pm sin2 θ sin3 φ
P(θ,φ) has a value only for 0 ≤ θ ≤ π and 0 ≤ φ ≤ π and is zero elsewhere.
Solution:
To find D using approximate relations,
we first must find the half-power beamwidths.
HPBW HPBW
= 90 − θ or θ = 90 −
2 2
HPBW 1
For sin θ pattern, sin θ = sin 90 − = ,
2 2
HPBW −1 1 HPBW −1 1
90 − sin , − sin − 90 , ∴ HPBW = 120o
2 2 2 2
HPBW 1
For sin2 θ pattern, sin 2 θ = sin 2 90 − = ,
2 2
HPBW 1
sin 90 − = , ∴ HPBW = 90o
2 2
HPBW 1
For sin3 θ pattern, sin 3 θ = sin 3 90 − = ,
2 2