Application of Antennas and Propagation

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Department of Electromagnetic Field

Synopsis:

Aperture antennas, reflector and lens antennas. Antenna noise temperature. Radiation pattern synthesis. Slot and microstrip antennas, wide frequency bands antennas. Antennas and propagation for PCS. Earth magnetic field and hydrometeors influence - fades in atmosphere. Theory of diffraction. Propagation in troposphere. Orthogonal transmission systems. Satellite link propagation. Antenna laboratory - measurement.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Introduction, electromagnetic wave, radiation

2. Antenna parameters

3. Antenna measurement

4. Terrestrial LOS link

5. Satellite LOS link

6. Mobile propagation

7. Special aspects of propagation of electromagnetic waves

8. Antenna arrays

9. Linear antenna design

10. Reflector antennas I.

11. Reflector antennas II.

12. Slot and microstrip antennas

13. Lens and broadband antennas

14. Radomes, special aspects of antenna theory

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction, laboratories

2. Antenna parameters

3. Radiation pattern measurement - linear antennas

4. Radiation pattern measurement - aperture antennas

5. Polarisation measurement - linear antennas

6. Polarisation measurement - aperture antennas

7. Antenna gain measurement - linear antennas

8. Antenna gain measurement - aperture antennas

9. Antenna array - analysis and synthesis

10. Antenna array - analysis and synthesis, Tchebyshev polynoms

11. Slot array design

12. Slot array - project

13. Slot array - measurement

14. Special software

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Study materials:

[1] Siwiak,K.: Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications, Artech House, London, 1995

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: