ANTENNAS
JOHN D. KRAUS
Second Edition
EDITIONSYMBOLS, PREFIXES
AND ABBREVIATIONS
See inside back cover for Constants and Conversions
A ampere
angstrom = 107 '® m
vector potential, Wb m
area, m?
collecting aperture
effective aperture
maximum effective aperture
effective aperture, receiving
effective aperture, transmitting
geometric aperture
physical aperture
scattering aperture
axial ratio
astronomical unit
atto = 107 '® (prefix)
unit vector
magnetic flux density,
T=Whm
susceptance, 0
susceptance/unit length, & m=!
beam width, first nuils
coulomb
capacitance, F
capacitance/unit length, F m7!
aconstant, c = velocity of light
cubic centimeter
degree Celsius
electric flux density, C m
directivity
distance, m
degree, angle
decibel = 10 log (P2/P,)
decibels over isotropic
element of length (scalar), m
element of length (vector), m
element of surface (scalar), m?
element of surface (vector), m?
element of volume (scalar), m?
electric field intensity, ¥ m~'
exa = 10°" (prefix)
emf electromotive force, ¥
electric charge, C
farad
force, N
femto = 107!5 {prefix}
frequency, Hz
giga = 10° (prefix)
conductance, 3
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conductance/unit length, O m~
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magnetic field, A m=!
half-power beam width
hertz = 1 cycle per second
effective height
current, A
joule
current density, A m7?
jansky, 1077 W m-? Hz7?
kelvin
sheet-current density, A m~?
a constant
kilo = {6° (prefix)
kilogram
inductance, H
inductance/unit length, H m7!
liter
length (scalar), m
length (vector), m
left circularly polarized
left elliptically polarized
natural logarithm (base ¢)
common fogarithm (base 10)
mega = 10° (prefix)
magnetization, A m”
polarization state of wave
polarization state of antenna
meter
milli = 10~* (prefix)
minute
newton
number (integer)
neper
nano = 107° (prefix)
unit vector normal to a surface
polarization of dielectric, C m~?
peta = 10'* (prefix} j
polarization state = Pty. 4)
power, W
“normalized power pattern,
dimensionless
pico = 10 ‘!? (prefix)
charge, C
resistance, 2
radiation resistance
right-circular polarization
vight-ellipticat polarization
revolution ;
radius, m; also coordinate
direction |
unit vector in r direction
radian
square radian = stetadian ~ 5,
w
nan
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x