Motivation Lineas y Antenas
Motivation Lineas y Antenas
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vv==f f
Image from www.wikipedia.org: EM spectrum
Table from [1]
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+
dl
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Low frequency
phase is constant
throughout the component
>> system dims
Quantities depend on time
but not on space
CIRCUIT REGIME
Medium frequency
phase changes over the
system's extent
~ system dims
Quantities depend both
on time and space
MICROWAVE REGIME
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Microwave Frequencies
waves:300MHz30GHz(Collin)
RF:30MHz3GHz/waves:3GHz300GHz(Pozar)
Microwaveapplicationmotivatedby:
Largebandwidthavailable
Satellitecommunications(wavesdonotinteract
significantlywithatmosphere)
Betterperformanceofantennasathighfrequencies(forfixed
dimensions)
ResolutionofEMimagingequipmentscaleswith = c/f
Applications in: RADAR, remote sensing, medicine,
communications, etc.
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v(t)
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v(t)
= (l/c) f
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References
[1] R. E. Collin, Foundations of Microwave
Engineering. IEEE press, 2001.
[2] R. Harrington, Time Harmonic
Electromagnetic Waves, IEEE press, 2001.
[3] www.wikipedia.org
[4] http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov
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