Overview

This chapter includes transmission line theory, an introduction to antenna theory, and certain aspects of communications and signal processing theory. The reader is urged to have a formal text available for detailed proofs and theorems where needed. The review will begin with the representative cases of a transmission lines. The study of transmission lines at lower frequencies (three-phase power transmission, etc.) was partially covered in Chapter 4.

The section on antenna theory is necessarily limited due to the high degree of specialty in this area. One would expect the reader skilled in this field would have very little trouble with any examination problem; on the other hand, the reader unskilled in antenna theory would probably be well advised, except for the simplest of problems, to choose another problem area. This author recommends only those readers with a good background in electromagnetic field theory use his review time for this area of study.

The last section in this chapter deals with communication and signal processing at an introductory level. Again, there are many aspects of this subject that are too broad to cover in any detail. However the introduction provided should jog one's memory in several aspects of this area. Several references will be given for further study.

Transmission Lines:

For this portion of the review, most of the discussion will be based upon the higher frequency transmission lines (open wire pair, coaxial cables, wave guides, etc.). In general, the common goal is that of matching the source impedance to...