Antenna Engineering

(3-0-0-3)

CMPE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the CMPE degree.

EE Degree: This course is Selected Elective for the EE degree.

Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives

Course Coordinator: Gregory David Durgin

Prerequisites: ECE 3025 [min D]

Catalog Description

Basic theory, application, and design of a broad range of antennas.

Textbook(s)

Antenna Theory and Design

Course Outcomes

Analyze electromagnetic radiation, including near- and far-field solutions of the Hertzian dipole. 

Define and use common antenna parameters such as impedance, efficiency, directivity, gain, beamwidth, bandwidth, etc. 

Calculate radiation and resistance for straight-wire antennas. 

Estimate path loss between transmit and receive antennas in realistic environments. 

Apply simple numerical techniques to study radiative systems. 

Identify and analyze canonical antenna types such as dipoles, monopoles, patches, helices, loops, horns, dishes, spirals, etc. 

Interpret data from an antenna measurement system.

Calculate a link budget for RADAR applications 

Analyze antenna behavior in a backscatter or load-modulation link configuration.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. Radiation Equations
  2. Antenna Parameters
  3. Patterns, Parameters, Polarization
  4. Friis Transmission Equation
  5. Linear Wire Antennas
  6. Loop Antennas
  7. Propagation Modeling
  8. Numerical Modeling of Antennas
  9. Antenna Arrays
  10. N-Element Linear Array
  11. Matching Techniques
  12. Helical Antennas
  13. Broadband and Frequency Independent Antennas
  14. Aperture Antennas
  15. Horn Antennas
  16. Microstrip Patch Antennas
  17. Antenna Measurements
  18. RADAR and Backscatter Systems