EHB 456E - Antennas

Course Objectives

1. Antenna usage on communication systems, the basic antenna parameters,
2. Radiation mechanisms and characteristics of the basic antennas
3. Antenna design tools and processes
4. Antenna measurement system, equipment and parameters

Course Description

Usage of antenna on communication systems, the antenna structure and the basic parameters. Wave
components of the current source, analytical expressions. Wire antennas, features and parameters.Loop
antennas parameters. Antenna arrays and their properties. Microstrip antennas characteristics and feeding
types. The software tools to analyse and synthesize the antenna structures.Aperture, reflector, slotted
antenna types and their properties. Special-purpose antennas structures. Antenna measurement techniques