Plasma Antennas, Second Edition.
Anderson, Theodore.
Plasma Antennas, Second Edition. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (390 pages)
Intro -- Plasma Antennas Second Edition -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Plasma Physics for Plasma Antennas -- 2.1 Mathematical Models of Plasma Physics -- 2.2 Man-Made Plasmas and Some Applications -- 2.3 Basic Physics of Reflection and Transmission from a Plasma Slab Barrier -- 2.4 Experiments of Scattering Off of a Plasma Cylinder -- 2.5 Governing Plasma Fluid Equations for Applications to Plasma Antennas -- 2.6 Incident Signal on a Cylindrical Plasma -- 2.7 Fourier Expansion of the Plasma Antenna Current Density -- 2.8 Plasma Antenna Poynting Vector -- 2.9 Some Finite Element Solution Techniques for Plasma Antennas -- 2.9.1 Barrier Penetration -- 2.9.2 Calculation of Scaling Function -- References -- 3 Fundamental Plasma Antenna Theory -- 3.1 Net Radiated Power from a Center-Fed Dipole Plasma Antenna -- 3.2 Reconfigurable Impedance of a Plasma Antenna -- 3.3 Thermal Noise in Plasma Antennas -- References -- 4 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Electrical Safety Warning -- 4.3 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna: Design I -- 4.4 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna: Design II -- 4.5 Materials -- 4.6 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna: Design III -- 5 Plasma Antenna Nesting, Stacking Plasma Antenna Arrays, and Reductionof Cosite Interference -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Physics of Reflection and Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves Through Plasma -- 5.3 Nested Plasma Antenna Concept -- 5.3.1 Example of Nested Plasma Antennas -- 5.4 Cosite Interference Reduction Using Plasma Antennas -- 5.5 Plasma Antenna Nesting Experiments -- References -- 6 Plasma Antenna Windowing: Foundation of the Smart Plasma Antenna Design -- 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 The Smart Plasma Antenna Design: The Windowing Concept -- 6.2.1 Multiband Plasma Antennas Concept -- 6.2.2 Multiband and Multilobe or Both Plasma Antennas Concept -- 6.3 Theoretical Analysis with Numerical Results of Plasma Windows -- 6.3.1 Geometric Construction -- 6.3.2 Electromagnetic Boundary Value Problem -- 6.3.3 Partial Wave Expansion: Addition Theorem for Hankel Functions -- 6.3.4 Setting Up the Matrix Problem -- 6.3.5 Exact Solution for the Scattered Fields -- 6.3.6 Far-Field Radiation Pattern -- 6.3.7 Eight-Lobe Radiation Patterns for the Plasma Antenna Windowing Device -- 6.3.8 Dissipation in the Plasma Window Structure: Energy Conservationin an Open Resonant Cavity -- References -- 7 Smart Plasma Antennas -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Smart Antennas -- 7.3 Early Design and Experimental Work for the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.4 Microcontroller for the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.5 Commercial Smart Plasma Antenna Prototype -- 7.6 Reconfigurable Bandwidth of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.7 Effect of Polarization on Plasma Tubes in the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.8 Generation of Dense Plasmas at Low Average Power Input by Power Pulsing: An Energy-Efficient Technique to Obtain High-Frequency Plasma Antennas -- 7.9 Fabry-Perot Resonator for Faster Operation of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.9.1 Mathematical Model for a Plasma Fabry-Perot Cavity -- 7.9.2 Slab Plasma -- 7.9.3 Cylindrical Plasma -- 7.10 Speculative Applications of the Smart Plasma Antenna in Wireless Technologies -- 7.10.1 Introduction -- 7.10.2 GPS-Aided and GPS-Free Positioning -- 7.10.3 Multihop Meshed Wireless Distribution Network Architecture -- 7.10.5 Adaptive Directionality -- 7.10.6 Cell Tower Setting -- 8 Plasma Frequency Selective Surfaces -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2.1 Method of Calculation -- 8.2.2 Scattering from a Partially Conducting Cylinder -- 8.3 Results. 8.3.1 Switchable Bandstop Filter -- 8.3.2 Switchable Reflector -- References -- 9 Experimental Work -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Fundamental Plasma Antenna Experiments -- 9.3 Suppressing or Eliminating EMI Noise Created by the Spark-Gap Technique -- 9.4 Conclusions on the Plasma Reflector Antenna -- 9.5 Plasma Waveguides -- 9.6 Plasma Frequency Selective Surfaces -- 9.7 Pulsing Technique -- 9.8 Plasma Antenna Nesting Experiment -- 9.9 High-Power Plasma Antennas -- 9.9.1 Introduction -- 9.9.2 The High-Power Problem -- 9.9.3 The High-Power Solution -- 9.9.4 Experimental Confirmation -- 9.9.5 Conclusions on High-Power Plasma Antennas -- 9.10 Basic Plasma Density and Plasma Frequency Measurements -- 9.11 Plasma Density Plasma Frequency Measurements with a Microwave Interferometer and Preionization -- 9.11.1 Experiments on the Reflection in the S-Band Waveguide at 3.0 GHz with High Purity Argon Plasma -- 9.12 Ruggedization and Mechanical Robustness of Plasma Antennas -- 9.12.1 Embedded Plasma Antenna in Sandstone Slurry -- 9.12.2 Embedded Plasma Antenna in SynFoam -- 9.13 Miniaturization of Plasma Antennas -- References -- 10 Directional and Electronically Steerable Plasma Antenna Systemsby Reconfigurable Multipole Expansions of Plasma Antennas -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Multipole Plasma Antenna Designs and Far Fields -- References -- 11 Satellite Plasma Antenna Concepts -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Data Rates -- 11.3 Satellite Plasma Antenna Concepts and Designs -- References -- 12 Plasma Antenna Thermal Noise -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Modified Nyquist Theorem and Thermal Noise -- References -- 13 Steering, Focusing, and Spreading of Antenna Beams Using the Physics of Refraction of EM Waves through a Plasma -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Basic Physics of Refraction Theory of Electromagnetic Waves Propagating Through a Plasma. 13.3 Antenna Beam Focusing from Refraction through Plasma Experiments and Simulations -- 13.3.1 Peak Current versus Average Current Due to Pulsing to Ionize the Gas into a Plasma -- 13.3.2 Experiments on Focusing Antenna Beams with the Physics of Refraction through a Plasma -- 13.3.3 Simulation of Plasma Focusing by Refraction through a Plasma -- 13.3.4 Three-Dimensional Simulation of Plasma Focusing by Refraction through a Plasma with 10-GHz Plasma Frequency and 24-GHz Incident Frequency -- 13.4 Antenna Beam Steering with Refraction through a Plasma -- 13.4.1 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 5-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.2 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 5-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.3 Simulations of Steering Antenna Beams by Refraction through the Plasma with Incident Frequency of 44 GHz and Various Plasma Frequencies -- 13.4.4 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 5-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.5 Simulations of Steering Antenna Beams by Refraction through the Plasma with Frequencies of 35 GHz to 45 GHz and Plasma Frequency Fixed at 22.9 GHz -- 13.4.6 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 0-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.7 Simulation with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 0-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing, Plasma Frequency 20 GHz, and Incident Frequency 44 GHz -- 13.4.8 3-D Simulation with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing, Plasma Frequency 20 GHz, and Incident Frequency 44 GHz -- 13.5 Simulations of Antenna Beam Steering by Refraction through a Plasma with Variations in Plasma Frequency with Main Lobe and Sidelobe Characteristics -- 13.6 Basic Plasma Beam-Steering Device. 13.7 Antenna Beam Spreading by Refraction of EM Waves through a Plasma -- 13.8 Summary of Using Plasma to Focus, Steer, and Spread Antenna Beams -- References -- 14 Pulsing Circuitry for Ionizing Plasma Antennas with Low-Power and High-Plasma Density Requirements and Surface Wave Excitation withSurfatrons -- 14.1 Pulsing Circuit to Ionize the Plasma with High Plasma Density and Low Power -- 14.2 High-Voltage Pulse Forming Network for Faster and More Efficient Pulse Generation -- 14.3 Ionization of the Gas into a Plasma by Surface Waves -- 14.3.1 Introduction to Surface Wave Ionization with Surfatrons -- References -- 15 Radiation Patterns, S11, and VSWR of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Basic Smart Plasma Antenna Design -- 15.2.1 Typical Characteristic Plasma Values in a COTS Tube Used as a Plasma Antenna -- 15.3 Experimental Setup of Smart Plasma Antenna Measurements -- 15.3.1 Smart Plasma Antenna Tube Configurations in which Radiation Patterns were Measured -- 15.4 Resonance Frequency of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.5 Measurements of S11 and VSWR -- 15.6 Smart Plasma Antenna Radiation Patterns -- 15.6.1 Radiation Pattern Measurement in an Open Field -- 15.6.2 Radiation Pattern Measurements in a Satimo Chamber -- 15.6.3 Directivity of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.7 Simulations on the Smart Plasma Antenna with One Tube Off -- 15.8 VSWR Measurements on the First and Fundamental Resonance of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.9 Future Design Improvements to Increase Gain -- 15.10 Wi-Fi Estimations of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.11 Applications to 5 G and Cellular in General -- 15.12 Plasma Antenna with Variable Magnetic Field and Plasma Density -- References -- 16 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Using Plasma Antennas -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The Problem with Metal RF Coils in an MRI Machine. 16.3 Basic Plasma Antenna Used in Place of Metal RF Coils.
9781630817510
Antennas (Electronics).
Plasma (Ionized gases).
Electronic books.
TK7871.6 .A534 2021
621.3824
Plasma Antennas, Second Edition. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (390 pages)
Intro -- Plasma Antennas Second Edition -- Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword to the Second Edition -- Preface -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgments to the Second Edition -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Plasma Physics for Plasma Antennas -- 2.1 Mathematical Models of Plasma Physics -- 2.2 Man-Made Plasmas and Some Applications -- 2.3 Basic Physics of Reflection and Transmission from a Plasma Slab Barrier -- 2.4 Experiments of Scattering Off of a Plasma Cylinder -- 2.5 Governing Plasma Fluid Equations for Applications to Plasma Antennas -- 2.6 Incident Signal on a Cylindrical Plasma -- 2.7 Fourier Expansion of the Plasma Antenna Current Density -- 2.8 Plasma Antenna Poynting Vector -- 2.9 Some Finite Element Solution Techniques for Plasma Antennas -- 2.9.1 Barrier Penetration -- 2.9.2 Calculation of Scaling Function -- References -- 3 Fundamental Plasma Antenna Theory -- 3.1 Net Radiated Power from a Center-Fed Dipole Plasma Antenna -- 3.2 Reconfigurable Impedance of a Plasma Antenna -- 3.3 Thermal Noise in Plasma Antennas -- References -- 4 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Electrical Safety Warning -- 4.3 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna: Design I -- 4.4 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna: Design II -- 4.5 Materials -- 4.6 Building a Basic Plasma Antenna: Design III -- 5 Plasma Antenna Nesting, Stacking Plasma Antenna Arrays, and Reductionof Cosite Interference -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Physics of Reflection and Transmission of Electromagnetic Waves Through Plasma -- 5.3 Nested Plasma Antenna Concept -- 5.3.1 Example of Nested Plasma Antennas -- 5.4 Cosite Interference Reduction Using Plasma Antennas -- 5.5 Plasma Antenna Nesting Experiments -- References -- 6 Plasma Antenna Windowing: Foundation of the Smart Plasma Antenna Design -- 6.1 Introduction. 6.2 The Smart Plasma Antenna Design: The Windowing Concept -- 6.2.1 Multiband Plasma Antennas Concept -- 6.2.2 Multiband and Multilobe or Both Plasma Antennas Concept -- 6.3 Theoretical Analysis with Numerical Results of Plasma Windows -- 6.3.1 Geometric Construction -- 6.3.2 Electromagnetic Boundary Value Problem -- 6.3.3 Partial Wave Expansion: Addition Theorem for Hankel Functions -- 6.3.4 Setting Up the Matrix Problem -- 6.3.5 Exact Solution for the Scattered Fields -- 6.3.6 Far-Field Radiation Pattern -- 6.3.7 Eight-Lobe Radiation Patterns for the Plasma Antenna Windowing Device -- 6.3.8 Dissipation in the Plasma Window Structure: Energy Conservationin an Open Resonant Cavity -- References -- 7 Smart Plasma Antennas -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Smart Antennas -- 7.3 Early Design and Experimental Work for the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.4 Microcontroller for the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.5 Commercial Smart Plasma Antenna Prototype -- 7.6 Reconfigurable Bandwidth of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.7 Effect of Polarization on Plasma Tubes in the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.8 Generation of Dense Plasmas at Low Average Power Input by Power Pulsing: An Energy-Efficient Technique to Obtain High-Frequency Plasma Antennas -- 7.9 Fabry-Perot Resonator for Faster Operation of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 7.9.1 Mathematical Model for a Plasma Fabry-Perot Cavity -- 7.9.2 Slab Plasma -- 7.9.3 Cylindrical Plasma -- 7.10 Speculative Applications of the Smart Plasma Antenna in Wireless Technologies -- 7.10.1 Introduction -- 7.10.2 GPS-Aided and GPS-Free Positioning -- 7.10.3 Multihop Meshed Wireless Distribution Network Architecture -- 7.10.5 Adaptive Directionality -- 7.10.6 Cell Tower Setting -- 8 Plasma Frequency Selective Surfaces -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2.1 Method of Calculation -- 8.2.2 Scattering from a Partially Conducting Cylinder -- 8.3 Results. 8.3.1 Switchable Bandstop Filter -- 8.3.2 Switchable Reflector -- References -- 9 Experimental Work -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Fundamental Plasma Antenna Experiments -- 9.3 Suppressing or Eliminating EMI Noise Created by the Spark-Gap Technique -- 9.4 Conclusions on the Plasma Reflector Antenna -- 9.5 Plasma Waveguides -- 9.6 Plasma Frequency Selective Surfaces -- 9.7 Pulsing Technique -- 9.8 Plasma Antenna Nesting Experiment -- 9.9 High-Power Plasma Antennas -- 9.9.1 Introduction -- 9.9.2 The High-Power Problem -- 9.9.3 The High-Power Solution -- 9.9.4 Experimental Confirmation -- 9.9.5 Conclusions on High-Power Plasma Antennas -- 9.10 Basic Plasma Density and Plasma Frequency Measurements -- 9.11 Plasma Density Plasma Frequency Measurements with a Microwave Interferometer and Preionization -- 9.11.1 Experiments on the Reflection in the S-Band Waveguide at 3.0 GHz with High Purity Argon Plasma -- 9.12 Ruggedization and Mechanical Robustness of Plasma Antennas -- 9.12.1 Embedded Plasma Antenna in Sandstone Slurry -- 9.12.2 Embedded Plasma Antenna in SynFoam -- 9.13 Miniaturization of Plasma Antennas -- References -- 10 Directional and Electronically Steerable Plasma Antenna Systemsby Reconfigurable Multipole Expansions of Plasma Antennas -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Multipole Plasma Antenna Designs and Far Fields -- References -- 11 Satellite Plasma Antenna Concepts -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Data Rates -- 11.3 Satellite Plasma Antenna Concepts and Designs -- References -- 12 Plasma Antenna Thermal Noise -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Modified Nyquist Theorem and Thermal Noise -- References -- 13 Steering, Focusing, and Spreading of Antenna Beams Using the Physics of Refraction of EM Waves through a Plasma -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Basic Physics of Refraction Theory of Electromagnetic Waves Propagating Through a Plasma. 13.3 Antenna Beam Focusing from Refraction through Plasma Experiments and Simulations -- 13.3.1 Peak Current versus Average Current Due to Pulsing to Ionize the Gas into a Plasma -- 13.3.2 Experiments on Focusing Antenna Beams with the Physics of Refraction through a Plasma -- 13.3.3 Simulation of Plasma Focusing by Refraction through a Plasma -- 13.3.4 Three-Dimensional Simulation of Plasma Focusing by Refraction through a Plasma with 10-GHz Plasma Frequency and 24-GHz Incident Frequency -- 13.4 Antenna Beam Steering with Refraction through a Plasma -- 13.4.1 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 5-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.2 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 5-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.3 Simulations of Steering Antenna Beams by Refraction through the Plasma with Incident Frequency of 44 GHz and Various Plasma Frequencies -- 13.4.4 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 5-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.5 Simulations of Steering Antenna Beams by Refraction through the Plasma with Frequencies of 35 GHz to 45 GHz and Plasma Frequency Fixed at 22.9 GHz -- 13.4.6 Experiment with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 0-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing -- 13.4.7 Simulation with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 0-Amp and 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing, Plasma Frequency 20 GHz, and Incident Frequency 44 GHz -- 13.4.8 3-D Simulation with Steering from Refraction through a Plasma with 8-Amp Peak Current in Pulsing, Plasma Frequency 20 GHz, and Incident Frequency 44 GHz -- 13.5 Simulations of Antenna Beam Steering by Refraction through a Plasma with Variations in Plasma Frequency with Main Lobe and Sidelobe Characteristics -- 13.6 Basic Plasma Beam-Steering Device. 13.7 Antenna Beam Spreading by Refraction of EM Waves through a Plasma -- 13.8 Summary of Using Plasma to Focus, Steer, and Spread Antenna Beams -- References -- 14 Pulsing Circuitry for Ionizing Plasma Antennas with Low-Power and High-Plasma Density Requirements and Surface Wave Excitation withSurfatrons -- 14.1 Pulsing Circuit to Ionize the Plasma with High Plasma Density and Low Power -- 14.2 High-Voltage Pulse Forming Network for Faster and More Efficient Pulse Generation -- 14.3 Ionization of the Gas into a Plasma by Surface Waves -- 14.3.1 Introduction to Surface Wave Ionization with Surfatrons -- References -- 15 Radiation Patterns, S11, and VSWR of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Basic Smart Plasma Antenna Design -- 15.2.1 Typical Characteristic Plasma Values in a COTS Tube Used as a Plasma Antenna -- 15.3 Experimental Setup of Smart Plasma Antenna Measurements -- 15.3.1 Smart Plasma Antenna Tube Configurations in which Radiation Patterns were Measured -- 15.4 Resonance Frequency of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.5 Measurements of S11 and VSWR -- 15.6 Smart Plasma Antenna Radiation Patterns -- 15.6.1 Radiation Pattern Measurement in an Open Field -- 15.6.2 Radiation Pattern Measurements in a Satimo Chamber -- 15.6.3 Directivity of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.7 Simulations on the Smart Plasma Antenna with One Tube Off -- 15.8 VSWR Measurements on the First and Fundamental Resonance of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.9 Future Design Improvements to Increase Gain -- 15.10 Wi-Fi Estimations of the Smart Plasma Antenna -- 15.11 Applications to 5 G and Cellular in General -- 15.12 Plasma Antenna with Variable Magnetic Field and Plasma Density -- References -- 16 Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography Using Plasma Antennas -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 The Problem with Metal RF Coils in an MRI Machine. 16.3 Basic Plasma Antenna Used in Place of Metal RF Coils.
9781630817510
Antennas (Electronics).
Plasma (Ionized gases).
Electronic books.
TK7871.6 .A534 2021
621.3824