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Phased Array Antennas (Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering)

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The only way to really get any use out of this book is to read the papers that it uses as references. Most of the equations have been copied incorrectly from the original papers, and many of the key variables are never defined in the text of the book. Overall, it was pretty frustrating to try to use as a textbook. In my phased array antenna class, we invariably had to find the IEEE papers used as references and read them to make any sense of the book.

I purchased this book because I thought it'll be an update of the author's
classic 'Microwave Scanning Antenna' containing new material as well. During my review of the book and identifying a lot of flaw equations, I started deriving them myself or grabbed the corresponding papers which were referenced. So to recap the lessons learnt so far, I would recommend not to solely rely on this book but be cautious (especially when using the equations) and use the reference list and/or stick to the old 'Microwave Scanning Antennas' released in the 60s.

This book is riddled with errors. You can do a web search for the author and title to get the author's web page with two pages of corrections.

The book is a follow on for the authors older book Scanning Microwave Antennas. The new book has fewer pages and therefore leaves much of the older book out. It does contain new material though.

I would suggest buying the older book first (available used here on Amazon) and only buy this book if you are deeply into antenna design.

This book has numerous technical errors and inadequate references. The deficiencies apparently stemed from the author's attempt from the role of editor in his previous book on this subject published in the 1960s, which is comprehensive and of high quality, to a single-authored book without adequate research on each subject covered. However, this book does have the merit of bringing up new issues and progresses in phased arrays over the past decade, even though some controversies and inaccuracies were created in the process by the author.