Antenna Engineering I

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University
School of Science, Engineering and Technology

Electrical Engineering
Antenna Engineering I
Semester

Lecture: TBD Room:  TBD
Recitation: TBD, Room: TBD
Laboratory: Simulation Laboratory for Electromagnetics and Applications, Room: TBD

Instructor: Prof.  B. Panoutsopoulos
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Catalog Course Description:

Prerequisite: 

Recommended Textbook:

Recommended Handbook:
Spigel, Maurey. Mathematical Handbook. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Schaum's Outline Series, 1978.

References:
 

The course introduces the fundamental principles of antenna theory and apply them to particular antennas for wireless communications systems and other advanced antenna systems.  In addition, the course develops appreciation for research issues of antennas for mobile wireless and advanced communications systems.

Particular topics covered are: Introduction and examples of  wireless communications; overview of wireless communications systems; antenna types; fundamental parameters of antennas; engineering principles; radiation integrals; linear wire antennas; loops; arrays; smart/intelligent/adaptive antennas; numerical computations; measurements.

1st week

Topics:

Introduction to Antennas - A prologue
A view on the historical development

A view on the people

A view on the applications

Modeling of a physical system

Techniques for the solution of problems 

Applications:
 

2nd week

Topics:
The Electromagnetic Model - Maxwell' s Equations

Overview of Wireless Communications Systems                                

a.       Basic Communication System

b.      Propagation Channel

c.       Wired Vs. Wireless

d.      Basic components

e.       Information transfer

f.        Modulation and demodulation

g.       Sharing of fequency Spectrum (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA)

h.       Propagation channel characteristics (path loss, shadowing, multipath)

Examples:

Applications:
 

3rd week

Topics:

            a.  Types of antennas

            b.  Radiation mechanism

            c.  Current distribution

            d.  Historical advancement

Examples:

Applications:

4th week

Topics:

            a.  Antenna

            b.  Radiation mechanism

            c.  Radiation pattern

            d.  Radiation intensity

            e.  Directivity

            f.  Gain

            g.  Efficiency, beamwidth, and bandwidth

            h.  Polarization

            i.  Impedance

            j.  Antenna as an aperture 

Examples:

Applications:

5th week

Topics:

Radiation Integrals                                                                                 2

            a.  Vector potential A

            b.  Vector potential F

            c.  Far-field radiation

            d.  Duality, reciprocity, and reaction theorem

Examples:

Applications:

6th week

Topics:

Examples:

Applications:
 

7th week

Topics:
Wire Antennas                                                                                4

            a.  Short wire

            b.  Finite length dipole

            c.  Ground effects

Examples:

Applications::
 

8th week

Topics:

 Loop Antennas                                                                                3

            a.  Small circular loop

            b.  Large circular loop

            c.  Ground effects

d.      Polygonal loops

Examples:

Applications:
 

9th week

Topics:
Arrays                                                                                     6

            a.  Linear array

                  1.  Broadside

                  2.  Endfire

                  3.  Scanning

                  4.  Binomial

                  5.  Dolph-Tchebyscheff

            b.  Planar array

c.       Circular array

Examples:

Applications:
 

10th week

Topics:

                                                                                          (continued)

            d.  Designs

                 1.  Dolph-Tschebyscheff

                 2.  Yagi-Uda

3.      Log-Periodic

d.      Smart/Intelligent/Adaptive Antennas

Examples:

Applications:
 

11th week

Topics:

   Smart Antennas/Adaptive Arrays 

 Microstrip Antennas 

Examples:

Applications:
 

12th week

Topics:

Measurements                                                                          1

            a.  Antenna ranges

            b.  Radiation patterns

            c.  Gain measurements

            d.  Directivity

            e.  Polarization measurements

Examples:

Applications:

13th week

Presentation of Projects

1. Title

2. Review of the field

3. Short description of the process, method, techniques.

4. Figures, photographs that describe the process

5. Description of other processes

6. Advantages of the method

7. Conclusions

8. Copy of the article

14th week

Review
Antenna Theory - An Epilogue
A View on the Applications
From the past to the present and from the present to the future
Evaluation of the course
Evaluation of the instructor

15th week

Final Examination