Electromagetic Waves and Antennas – S. J.

Orfanidis
Errata List – May 16, 2018

The page numbers refer to the online version of the book posted on the web page:
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p.368. Eq. (9.1.24) should read,

jβ  1  jβ  1 
Eρ = − 2 ∂ρ Ez + ηTE ∂φ Hz Hρ = − 2 ∂ρ H z − ∂φ E z
kc ρ kc ηTM ρ
,
jβ  1  jβ  1 1 
Eφ = − 2 ∂φ Ez − ηTE ∂ρ Hz Hφ = − 2 ∂ φ Hz + ∂ρ Ez
kc ρ kc ρ ηTM

p.377. In line 4 below Eq. (9.5.8), instead of sin kx , read, sin kx x. And, in the last equation below
Eq. (9.5.9), the expression for H2 should be corrected to read,

1 jωkx 1
H2 = E1 = − E0
ηTM ω c kc η

p.396. In Eq. (9.11.37), instead of sin θ2c , read, sin2 θc .

p.600. Replace ζ −2 by ζ−
−2
in the denominator of the second term of the first equation in Eq. (12.2.1).

p.606. Eq. (12.4.6) should read,

⎡ ⎤
  δ κ  
a1 (z) ⎢ cos σz − j sin σz
−jβz ⎢
−j sin σz ⎥ a1 (0)
=e σ σ ⎥
a2 (z) ⎣ κ δ ⎦ a2 (0)
−j sin σz cos σz + j sin σz
σ σ
∗
p.609. The factor U12 in the numerator of Eq. (12.5.12) should be conjugated, U12 .

p.650. In the penultimate paragraph of Example 13.11.1, X2 = 1/jωC and X1 = jωL, should be
replaced by, X2 = −1/ωC and X1 = ωL.
And in the last pargraph, X2 = jωL and X1 = 1/jωC, should be replaced by, X2 = ωL and
X1 = −1/ωC.

p.670. In Eq. (14.4.5), the expression, S22 a1 + S22 ΓL b2 , should read, S21 a1 + S22 ΓL b2 .

p.673. The first line of the equation below Eq. (14.5.9) should read,
 
 S11 − ΔΓL 2
 = |1 − S22 ΓL | − |S11 − ΔΓL |
2 2
1 − |Γin |2 = 1 − 
 
1−S Γ22 L |1 − S Γ | 2
22 L

p.694. In Example 14.10.1, the numerical values of ZG and ZL should be interchanged, that is,

ZL = 69.21 + 14.42j Ω, ZG = 23.15 − 24.02j Ω

p.698. In second paragraph from the top, instead of “corresponding matched load”, read, “corre-
sponding matched generator”.

p.704. The two-line MATLAB code above Fig. 14.12.2 should read,

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 gG = smatch(S);
F = nfig(Fmin, rn, gGopt, gG);

p.723. In lines 3 & 4 below Eq. (15.6.2), the term, kx ẑ, should be changed to, kx x̂.

p.755. After Eq. (16.7.1), the Boltzmann constant should read, k = 1.3806 × 10−23 W/Hz K.

p.765. In the last line of Example 16.8.3, the calculated value of G/T should be, 24.2082 dB.

p.782. In line 3 from the top, instead of “Appendix F”, read, “Appendix G”.

p.1021. In the text line before Eq (20.22.13), instead of, λ0 ≤ λ1 ≤ · · · ≤ λM , read,

λ 0 ≥ λ 1 ≥ · · · ≥ λM .

p.1049. In line 1 below Eq. (21.3.3), instead of, F1 (v, s), read, F1 (v, σ).

p.1050. Inside the integral of the equation preceding Eq. (21.3.5), instead of, ejπvξ , read, ejπvx ξ .

p.1051. In Eq. (21.3.15), instead of, f0 (vy , σa ), read, f0 (vy , σb ).

p.1062. In the second equation of Eq. (21.6.5), instead of, ±, read, ∓. And, in the equation below
the fourth text paragraph, instead of, Fm,24 = x̂ · · · , read, Fm,24 = −x̂ · · · . Moreover, in
Eq. (21.6.7), instead of Fm,12 , read, Fm,13 .

p.1071. In last line of third paragraph of Section 21.9, instead of, x̂ = −ẑ, read, ẑ = −ẑ.

p.1100. Line 2 of Sec. 22.4, instead of “see Fig. 22.3.4”, read, “see Fig. 22.1.1”.

p.1143. The first line of the MATLAB code at the bottom of the page should be,
[a, dph] = binomial(0.5, 90, 7);

p.1148. Example 23.9.1 shows the case of a 5-element array. The 7-element case corresponds to the
following changes in the code, table, and weights,

[a, dph] = dolph(0.5, 90, 7, 20);

i xi ψi zi
1 0.9659 1.0826 0.4691 + 0.8832j
2 0.7071 1.7852 −0.2127 + 0.9771j
3 0.2588 2.6782 −0.8945 + 0.4470j
4 −0.2588 3.6050 −0.8945 − 0.4470j
5 −0.7071 4.4980 −0.2127 − 0.9771j
6 −0.9659 5.2006 0.4691 − 0.8832j
x0 = 1.1270 , w = [1, 1.2764, 1.6837, 1.8387, 1.6837, 1.2764, 1]

In penultimate line of Example 23.9.2, instead of R = 20, read, R = 25.

p.1149. Line 4 below the table, instead of kd < π/2, read, kd < π.

p.1158. Line 6 above Eq. (23.10.10), instead of y = sinh(x)x, read, y = sinh(x)/x.

Line 2 above Eq. (23.10.11), instead of “is ψ-space”, read, “in ψ-space”.

p.1168. and p.1169, the MATLAB function, multbeam, should be, multibeam.

p.1197. Line 5 from bottom, “Then, Eq. (24.9.3)”, shoud read, “Then, Eq. (24.8.9)”.

p.1210. In the bottom integral of Eq. (24.12.15), instead of dy, read dz.

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p.1237. Line 2, instead of, Appendix F, read, Appendix G.
Line 4, instead of, range [−h1 , h1 ], read, range [−h2 , h2 ].
Upper limit of the integral in Eq. (25.3.14) should be h2 instead of h1 .
In the equation below Eq. (25.3.14), u1 should read,
 
u1 = k d2 + (h2 − z0 )2 + s(h2 − z0 )

Eq. (25.3.16) should be read,

 h2 
12
F(z)dz = ci G(zi , si )
−h2 i=1

and the table below it should read,

i zi si ci i zi si ci
1 h1 − b 1 c1 7 h1 − b −1 c∗
1
2 −h1 + b 1 c1 8 −h1 + b −1 c∗
1
3 −h1 − b 1 c1 9 −h1 − b −1 c∗
1
4 h1 + b 1 c1 10 h1 + b −1 c∗
1
5 b 1 −2c1 cos kh1 11 b −1 −2c∗
1 cos kh1
6 −b 1 −2c1 cos kh1 12 −b −1 −2c∗
1 cos kh1

The function imped2.m contained in ewa.zip has been updated accordingly.

p.1244. In the three equations between Eq. (25.5.8) and (25.5.9), cos(khp cos θ)), should read, cos(khp cos θ).

p.1273. Eq. (D.6) in Appendix D should read,


  2  1  3r̂(r̂ · p)−p
∇ × ∇ × p G(r) = p δ(3) (r)+ jk + + k2 r̂ × (p × r̂) G(r)
3 r r

p.1285. In Eq. (F.28) of Appendix F, the quantity I(φ, kρ) should be replaced by I(φ).