Antenna Engineering Laboratory

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

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

Lab Hours: 3 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.

Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Threads / ECE Electives

Course Coordinator: Gregory David Durgin

Prerequisites: ECE 4370 [min D, with concurrency]

Catalog Description

Experimentation to develop a practical understanding of antennas and their properties.

Textbook(s)

Course Outcomes

Operate RF test and measurement equipment. 

Design, simulate, build, and test an antenna. 

Work on a team to obtain a technical result through experimentation 

Identify a wide variety of basic antenna types. 

Conduct basic antenna measurements such as impedance, pattern, and cross-polarization.

Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)

N/A

Topic List

  1. RF Test & Measurement I: Signal Generator and Spectrum Anazlyer Usage
  2. RF Test & Measurement II: Network Anazlyer Usage
  3. Basic Antenna Range Measurements
  4. Measure Parameters from Canonical Antenna Types
  5. Measure Propagation Parameters Using RF Test & Measurement
  6. Design, Build, Fabricate, and Test an Antenna