The Art and Science of Ultra-Wideband Antennas [Hardcover]

Hans Schantz (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1580538886 | ISBN-13: 978-1580538886 | Publication Date: July 2005

Ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas are on the cutting edge of contemporary wireless development and are of great interest to engineers working in the areas of antenna and RF (radio frequency) system design because of the significant performance benefits associated with UWB technology. This comprehensive treatment of UWB antennas serves as an invaluable practical reference for professionals, enabling them to select the proper UWB antennas for their applications, design and analyze UWB antennas, and integrate these antennas in an RF system. Engineers find a concise discussion on UWB antenna characteristics that allows them to quickly and correctly apply them to their projects without being bogged down by unnecessary theory. What's more, the book includes a complete overview of the history and development of UWB antennas, helping practitioners to build and improve existing designs rather than reinventing them.

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About the Author

Hans Schantz is a consulting engineer with Next-RF, Inc. and the chief scientist at The Q-Track Corporation, both located in Huntsville, Alabama. The author of numerous articles and papers in respected trade publications, Dr. Schantz holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 340 pages
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580538886
• ISBN-13: 978-1580538886
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #599,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Hans Schantz is CTO of the Q-Track Corporation and a co-inventer of NFER® Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS). Author of The Art and Science of Ultra-wideband Antennas (Artech House, 2005), Schantz has published work in the American Journal of Physics, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, and IEEE Antenna and Propagation Magazine. With fifteen years of experience in applied electromagnetics and in antenna design, he has authored several dozen conference papers. He is an inventor on thirty-two US patents, with more than ten pending. His many inventions include antennas, RF systems, and RF-based location systems. While at Time Domain Corporation, he not only developed the first commercial UWB antenna, but also led the team that invented the first frequency-notched UWB antennas. Schantz is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a former Associate Editor for the International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. Schantz earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds degrees in both Industrial Engineering and Physics from Purdue University.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Freshh approach in the hot UWB field, August 2, 2005

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Kai (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art and Science of Ultra-Wideband Antennas (Hardcover)

Author Schantz brings a dramatically different approach to the understanding of very wide band antennas - which are critically important in UWB technology. It is well illustrated, and is steeped in historical background which aids the understanding of antenna development. The volume introduces an intuitive but rarely seen space-time energy flow diagrams to bring an understanding of stored and radiated fields.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History Review, October 24, 2005

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R. Hart (Culver City, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Art and Science of Ultra-Wideband Antennas (Hardcover)

This book has helped with uwb antenna arrays in aerospace applications. The review of uwb antenna history and applications of antennas today helps the engineer developed a sound design practice.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book on antennas (not only UWB), June 11, 2007

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oopere - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art and Science of Ultra-Wideband Antennas (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book on antennas.
Main things to point out:
- Gives an hystorical view of (UWB) antennas. Tells how and why a specific kind of antenna was conceived.
- Presents antennas from different points of view: as transducers, as transformers, as radiators and as energy converters.
- Provides useful construction details on several particular antennas.
- States explicitly that "in many respects, our knowledge of electromagnetics is akin to the science of chemistry before the atomic theory was verified. We have the math to mix electronic components together in the right portions to generate useful results, but we really don't understand what we are doing on a fundamental level"