Design of Antennas

Catalog description

Study of the relation of electromagnetic energy with antennas. Analysis of the patterns of irradiation and distribution of current. Analysis of antenna efficiency in terms of irradiation pattern, beam width, directivity, polarization, effective area and power density. Design of antennas using the integrals of irradiation and auxiliary potential functions. Study of dipole, circular and bow antenna, biconical antenna, log-periodic, horn antenna, reflecting antenna and micro strip antenna. Analysis of antennas behavior in the in the presence of ground plane and earth curvature. Design of antenna arrangements. Explanation of measurement techniques. Design of antenna systems using the computer. Requires 45 hours of lecture-lab.