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| View Larger Image | Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition
by Constantine A. Balanis
| | List Price: | $145.00 | | Price: | $116.00 | | You Save: | $29.00 (20%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 34812 | | Studio: | Wiley-Interscience | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 1136 | | Publication Date: | April 04, 2005 | | Publisher: | Wiley-Interscience |
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Product Description
The discipline of antenna theory has experienced vast technological changes. In response, Constantine Balanis has updated his classic text, Antenna Theory, offering the most recent look at all the necessary topics. New material includes smart antennas and fractal antennas, along with the latest applications in wireless communications. Multimedia material on an accompanying CD presents PowerPoint viewgraphs of lecture notes, interactive review questions, Java animations and applets, and MATLAB features. Like the previous editions, Antenna Theory, Third Edition meets the needs of electrical engineering and physics students at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate levels, and those of practicing engineers as well. It is a benchmark text for mastering the latest theory in the subject, and for better understanding the technological applications. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 19 reviews)
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agree w/ scissor & paste [ EE grad student (physics & matl eng background)] 
Obviously from the other reviewers this book has collected a lot of very good antenna information. However, reading this book as a student new to the subject, I regularly found myself mislead or just simply lost. I know this can be a result of the subject matter (always a potential when diving into EM fields and their applications), but I believe it was more due to how the book is written and laid out.
I regularly found that the organization and connection/discussion of the information left much to be desired. The motivation for many of the issues is very unclear, usually non-existent.
Also, Balanis regularly changes nomenclature or coordinate systems (again, without motivation or warning. This leads the cut&paste feel and, as a student newer to this field, is very confusing). An example is the patch antenna development. For the rectangular patch, Balanis has x direction normal to the patch surface (very non-standard for the literature) but then he returns to the standard z direction normal to the patch for the circular patch.
In summary, Balanis is probably a good reference, but confusing for use as a text.
(Can any other reviewers recommend other good teaching books on antennas??)
June 05, 2007 | |
Great Collection of Antenna Literature 
This book presents a great overview of many different types of antennas, as well as some theory behind them. It would be nice if it had coplanar waveguide fed antennas, along with more generalized theory. Overall, though, it is a great collection of work that has been done with antennas so far, along with graphs and radiation patterns of both numerical calculation methods and actual antenna measurements.
March 18, 2007 | |
The Antenna Bible 
This book is one of the best in antenna design I have ever come across. It has everything regarding all antenna designs, and it is concise. The accompanied Matlab files are useful to better understand the theory.
I used is as a reference while I was working on radiation patterns for antennas that are used in wireless (cell phone) communications.
March 04, 2007 | |
scissors and paste
The author has done a good job of scouring the antenna literature and summarizing all of the equations in one place. The problem is the lack of any discussion about what the equations mean. I am reminded of the definition of a college education given by Prof. McWhorter of Stanford, "the process of the professors notes becoming the student's notes without having passed through the mind of either."
If you are an experienced antenna designer, this book will be of help. If you want to learn from scratch, try the 50 year old book by Kraus.
December 09, 2005 | |
A delightful read
This is quite possibly one of the biggest books on antennas ever written. The information is presented in a clear and concise manner, and you can easily find what you need. There is all sorts of information on new antennas and the derivations for many equations are presented clearly. There is enough material to give all other books page envy, and therefore, it earns a rating of 5 stars.
September 21, 2005 | |
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