Electrically Small, Superdirective, and Superconducting Antennas

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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