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Large antennas and microwave antennas

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Modern Antennas

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Large antennas and microwave antennas, which form the subject of the remaining chapters of this book, are characterized by the property that their useful dimensions are very large compared with the wavelength involved. The word ‘large’ refers to the physical dimensions of the antenna (radio telescopes, for example) compared with which the wavelengths involved are so small (centimetres or millimetres) that very specific technologies may be involved. In this way, a glass lens may be considered as a large antenna whereas a radio transmitting tower may be considered ‘small’ in comparison with the wavelengths it transmits.

Dual-beam surveillance radar antenna (photo: Thomson-CSF).

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Further Reading

  1. Borgiotti, G., `The Fourier transform method in aperture antenna problems’, Alta Frequenza, Vol. 32, No. 11, November 1963.

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  1. Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité, France

    S. Drabowitch

  2. University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

    A. Papiernik

  3. University College London, UK

    H. Griffiths

  4. formerly of the Institut Supérieure d’Electronique de Paris, France

    J. Encinas

  5. Radar and Optics Group, University College London, UK

    Hugh Griffiths (Professor and Head of Microwaves)

  6. Corporate Research Centre, Alcatel Alsthom, Paris, France

    Bradford L. Smith (Senior Intellectual Property Counsel and Engineer)

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  1. Radar and Optics Group, University College London, UK

    Hugh Griffiths (Professor and Head of Microwaves, Fellow of the IEE and Senior Member of the IEEE) (Professor and Head of Microwaves, Fellow of the IEE and Senior Member of the IEEE)

  2. Corporate Research Centre, Alcatel Alsthom, Paris, France

    Bradford L. Smith (Senior Intellectual Property Counsel and Engineer, Senior Member of the IEEE and French SEE) (Senior Intellectual Property Counsel and Engineer, Senior Member of the IEEE and French SEE)

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© 1998 S. Drabowitch, A. Papiernik, H. Griffiths, J. Encinas and B. L. Smith

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Drabowitch, S., Papiernik, A., Griffiths, H., Encinas, J., Griffiths, H., Smith, B.L. (1998). Large antennas and microwave antennas. In: Griffiths, H., Smith, B.L. (eds) Modern Antennas. Microwave and RF Technology Series, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2758-6_7

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