Antenna and EM Modeling with Matlab

AnaccessibleandpracticaltoolforeffectiveantennadesignDuetotherapiddevelopmentofwirelesscommunications,themodelingofradiationandscatteringisbecomingmoreimportantinthedesignofantennas.Consequently,itisincreasinglyimportantforantennadesignersandstudentsofantennadesigntohaveacomprehensivesimulationtool.SergeyMakarov'stextutilizesthewidelyusedMatlab(r)software,whichoffersamoreflexibleandaffordablealternativetootherantennaandelectromagneticmodelingtoolscurrentlyavailable.Afterprovidingthebasicbackgroundinelectromagnetictheorynecessarytoutilizethesoftware,theauthordescribesthebenefitsandmanypracticalusesoftheMatlabpackage.ThetextdemonstrateshowMatlabsolvesbasicradiation/scatteringantennaproblemsinstructuresthatrangefromsimpledipolestopatchantennasandpatchantennaarrays.Specializedantennatypeslikefractalantennasandfrequencyselectivesurfacesareconsideredaswell.Finally,thetextintroducesMatlabapplicationstomoreadvancedproblemssuchasbroadbandandloadedantennas,UWBpulseantennas,andmicrostripantennaarrays.Forstudentsandprofessionalsinthefieldofantennadesign,AntennaandEMModelingwithMatlab:*Strikesanimportantbalancebetweentextandprogrammingmanual*Providesnumerousexamplesonhowtocalculateimportantantenna/targetparameters*Providesmeansformodifyingexistingcodesforvariousindividualprojects*IncludesaCD-ROMwithMatlabcodesandantennageometryfilesThepresentMATLABcodesareonlysupportedbyMATLAB5and6(upto2004).