Other Definitions of Efficiency in Antennas
The IEEE standard defines several other antenna parameters which include the word efficiency, such as
- aperture illumination efficiency for aperture-antennas.
- polarization efficiency; polarization mismatch factor.
These are unconnected and should not be confused with radiation efficiency, which is the most commonly used and implied term.
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