near field
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See also: nearfield and near-field
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[edit]near field (plural near fields)
- (acoustics) The region within a distance a fraction of a wavelength from a sound source. Accordingly, the outer boundary of the near-field region is closer for high-pitched sound than for low-pitched sound.
- (electronics, communication) The region within about half a wavelength from an electrically small antenna.[1] More specifically it is the region within the radiansphere.[2]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Charles Capps, Near field or far field? EDN, August 16, 2001, pp. 95-102.
- ^ Wheeler, H.A.; "The Radiansphere around a Small Antenna"; Proceedings of the IRE Aug. 1959, Volume: 47 Issue:8 pp: 1325 - 1331. 10.1109/JRPROC.1959.287198