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COURSE NAME ANTENNA & MICROWAVE PROPAGATION

COURSE CODE BENT 4313CREDIT HOUR 3PRE REQUISITE BENT 3133 (Sequential)

COURSE

SYNOPSIS

Introduction and Fundamentals of Antenna; Antenna principle:

basic antenna operation, necessary condition for radiation, Basicantenna parameters: radiation pattern, radiation power density,radiation intensity, directivity and gain, antenna reciprocity, antennaefficiency, radiation efficiency, half-power beamwidth, beam efficiency,bandwidth, polarization, input impedence, the Friss formula. AntennaSolution using Maxwell Equation: Maxwell Equation, Hertzianantenna, radiation, near-field and far-fields region, radiation from wires,Broadband Antenna: log periodic antenna, yagi uda antenna, heliksantenna, Array Antenna: array antenna application, array factor,radiation pattern for array antenna, Microwave Antenna: horn antenna,slot antenna, parabolic antenna, microstrip antenna, Matching andfeeding networks: quarter-wave transformer, series section

transformer, stub matching, lumped element networks, feed pointlocation, delta- and T-match, baluns. Introduction to antennameasurement: Antenna Ranges: Reflection Ranges, Free SpaceRanges, Compact Ranges, Near-Field/ Far Field Methods, BasicParameters Measurements: Radiation Pattern: Instrumentation,

Amplitude Pattern, Phase Measurements, Gain Measurements:Absolute Gain Measurements, Gain-Transfer (Gain-Comparison)Measurements, Directivity Measurements, Radiation Efficiency,Impedence Measurements, Polarization Measurement: Linear andCircular Polarization, Co and Cross-polar Measurements, Introduction to

Antenna Installation, Introduction to Radio wave Propagation:Definition of Path Loss, Rays and wavefront, Characteristic Impedance

of Free Space, Critical Frequency and Critical Angle, Virtual Height,Maximum usable Frequency, Skip Distance and Skip Zone, Free SpacePath Loss, Fading And Fade Margin, Friis transmission formula, Conceptof Ground, Sky and Space wave.

LEARNINGOUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the students are able to:

1 Explain critically the antennas and microwavepropagation teories, types of antennas,matching concept and types of microwavepropagations.

2 Design and analyze antenna structure and use

the structure to satisfy the desiredrequirement.

3 Evaluate the performance of matching networkand feeding network for antenna.

4 Construct an experimental setup to prove thetheory of antenna and microwave propagation.

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5 Distinguish critically the main principle of radiowave propagation and communication signalsin free space.

6 Work effectively on any assignment giveneither individually or in group.

REFERENCES 1. C.A. Balanis:Antenna Theory, Analysis & Design, John Wiley 19972. V. J. Fusco, Foundation of Antenna Theory & Techniques, Pearson

Prentice Hall, 2005.3. Stutzman and Thiele,Antenna Theory and Design, John Wiley, 19984. Gary E. Evans,Antenna Measurement Techniques, Artech House

1990.5. Warren L. Stutzman,Polarization in Electromagnetic Systems,

Artech House 1993.6. T. A. Milligan, Modern Antenna Design John Wiley, 2nd

edition,

2005.