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Course Code: 023506


Teaching Hours: 32


Key Words: Antenna Theory; Impedance Bandwidth; Radiation Pattern; Polarization; Feeding Technique




Purpose and Role of the Course:


Antennas are the basic and inevitable elements in communication systems. This course is designed for the postgraduates who are in electromagnetic fields and microwave techniques or some other majors related. Based on the theory of microwave technology foundation and electromagnetic field and electromagnetic wave, this course will systematically introduce the most basic and practical antennas’ design and measurement as well as the basic principle and technology of the antenna.


In the Antenna course studying, firstly, make the students understand the basic theory to analyze the antenna, master the antenna design procedure, master the simulation and measurement methods and instruments of the antenna, understand the differences between the model in simulator and practical object; for another, it is important to cultivate the students’ ability of self-study and observing and synthesizing, and the ability of analyzing, inducing and solving problems.




Main Chapters and Teaching Hours


“Antenna Theory and Design” has 32 classes and it covers the following contents:


Chapter 1. Antenna Basics (2 hours)


Introduction


Early history and types of antenna


Chapter 2. Basic Antenna Parameters (4 hours)


Patterns and radiation intensity


Directivity D and Gain G


Antenna apertures and polarization


Chapter 3. Point Sources and Arrays of Point Sources (3 hours)


Point source defined


Field patterns and phase patterns


Huygen’s principle


Chapter 4. Wire Antenna (4 hours)


Small dipole


Half-Wavelength dipole


Chapter 5. Microstrip Antenna (8 hours)


Rectangular patch: theory and design


Arrays and feed networks


Analysis of planar microstrip antennas


Chapter 6. Broadband Antenna (3 hours)


Broadband basics


The frequency-independent concept:Rumsey’s Principle


Chapter 7. Antenna Measurement (2 hours)


Impedance measurements


Gain measurements


Chapter 8. Antenna Design Tools and Experiment (6 hours)


Design softwares


Vector Network Analyzer




Teach Method


Chapter 1 to 6 will be taught in class, together with some case discussion. Chapter 7 & 8 will be taught through compute-aided software learning and experiment. Finally, a course report is requested.




Test and Examination


Attendance and Test 20%; Course Report 80%




Pre-request Courses


Electromagnetic Fields and Waves


Microwave Technique


Circuit Theory




References


Reference books and reading materials:


[1]. Constantine A. Balanis. Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 4rd Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2016.


[2]. Warren L. Stutzman, Gary A. Thiele. Antenna theory and design. John Wiley & Sons, 2012.


[3]. John D. Kraus, Ronald J. Marhekfa. Antennas: For All Applications, 3rd Edition. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2003.


[4]. Kin-Lu Wong. Planar Antennas for Wireless Communications. A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., 2003.