Note: The following provides a suggested course description,
objectives, and an outline. These may be modified pending discussion with
the Faculty Chairs, proposing faculty, and other curriculum
reviewers.
Course Description: In this course, the student
will acquire the following skills: Know and use standard antenna
characterization parameters such as gain, directivity, impedance,
bandwidth, efficiency; Understand electromagnetic radiation from currents
and be able to compute radiation from several common antenna structures;
Design simple antennas such as dipoles, microstrip patches, and waveguide
horns to achieve specified performance; Design antenna arrays with
required radiation pattern characteristics; Understand self impedance and
mutual impedance and the use of MoM numerical analysis for antenna
simulation; Be able to critically evaluate requirements and potential
design options for antenna applications.
