Electromagnetic Radiation and Antennas
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is Not Applicable for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Group(s) / Course Type(s): Electromagnetics
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Prerequisites: ECE 6350
Catalog Description
The fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation and antennas.Textbook(s)
Modern Antenna DesignCourse Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topical Outline
1. Antenna Fundamentals
a. Dipole and Loop Antennas
b. Antenna Patterns, Parameters, Impedance, and Polarization
c. Antenna Systems
d. Noise Considerations
e. Matching Techniques and Baluns
2. Near-field and Far-field Calculations of Antenna Radiation
a. Electric and Magnetic Currents
b. Source/field Relations
c. Huygens' Equivalence Principle
d. Application to Wire and Aperture Antennas
e. Antenna Modeling
3. Antenna Optimization
4. Antenna Arrays
a. Introduction to Arrays
b. Uniform and Nonuniform Linear Arrays
c. Synthesis of Linear Array Antennas
d. Dolph-Chebyshev Arrays
e. Phased Arrays
f. Self and Mutual Impedances
g. Log Periodic Arrays
h. Uda-Yagi Arrays
5. Canonical Antenna Designs
a. Dipole
b. Loop
c. Planar and Conical-Log Spirals
d. Helical Antennas
e. Microstrip Antennas
f. Horn Antennas
g. Reflector Antennas