As a result of the spectacular growth of the
wireless industry in recent years, research and development
activity in antenna technology is more vibrant and exciting than
ever. New emerging technologies include antennas for cellular
mobile communications, vehicle mounted antennas, phased arrays
for mobile satellite communications, low profile and integrated
antennas, antenna miniaturization, adaptive "smart"
antennas etc. This course provides the solid antenna background
required for any serious research work in antenna engineering for
wireless applications, emerging wireless communications
techniques based on smart antennas and broadband wireless
front-end electronics.
Brief Course Outline
Fundamental Antenna Parameters: System
aspects
Fundamental Electromagnetic Theorems:
Reciprocity, duality, radiation integral
Wire and Mobile Communications Antennas:
Dipoles, loops, ground-effects
Phased Arrays I: Linear & circular,
base station antennas
Phased Arrays II: 2D-arrays, infinite-array
model, multimedia satellite front-ends
Self-Impedance: Integral equations and
moment methods
Mutual-Impedance: Induced EMF method
Aperture Antennas I: Equivalent currents,
rectangular apertures, horn-antennas
Aperture Antennas II: Plane-wave expansion,
slots, Babinet's principle
Broadband Antennas: Self-complementarity,
spirals, log-periodic, Yagi-Uda
Integrated-Circuit Antennas:
Patch and micromachined antennas, miniaturization
Beam Forming and Adaptive Arrays: Butler
matrix, adaptive algorithms
Prerequisite
ECE 320F or ECE 357S
Recommended Textbooks
Grading Policy
Assignments: 20%
Project: 30%
Final Exam: 50%
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