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1st week
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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:
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2nd week
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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:
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3rd week
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Topics:
a.
Types of antennas
b. Radiation mechanism
c. Current distribution
d. Historical advancement
Examples:
Applications:
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4th week
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Topics:
a. Antenna
b. Radiation mechanism
c. Radiation pattern
d. Radiation intensity
e. Directivity
f. Gain
g. Efficiency, beam width,
and bandwidth
h. Polarization
i. Impedance
j. Antenna as an aperture
Examples:
Applications:
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5th week
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Topics:
Radiation
Integrals 2
a.
Vector potential A
b.
Vector potential F
c.
Far-field radiation
d. Duality, reciprocity,
and reaction theorem
Examples:
Applications:
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6th week
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Topics:
Examples:
Applications:
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7th week
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Topics:
Wire
Antennas
a.
Short wire
b. Finite length dipole
c. Ground effects
Examples:
Applications::
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8th week
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Topics:
Loop
Antennas
a.
Small circular loop
b. Large circular loop
c. Ground effects
d.
Polygonal loops
Examples:
Applications:
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9th week
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Topics:
Arrays
a.
Linear array
1. Broadside
2. Endfire
3. Scanning
4. Binomial
5. Dolph-Tchebyscheff
b. Planar array
c.
Circular array
Examples:
Applications:
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10th week
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Topics:
d. Designs
1. Dolph-Tschebyscheff
2. Yagi-Uda
3.
Log-Periodic
d.
Smart/Intelligent/Adaptive Antennas
Examples:
Applications:
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11th week
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Topics:
Smart Antennas/Adaptive Arrays
Microstrip
Antennas
Examples:
Applications:
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12th week
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Topics:
Measurements
a.
Antenna ranges
b. Radiation patterns
c. Gain measurements
d. Directivity
e. Polarization
measurements
Examples:
Applications:
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13th week
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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
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14th week
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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
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15th week
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Final Examination
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