ANTENNAS FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS

Syllabus (every class = 2 hours)

CLASS 1
Introduction. Maxwell equations. Electromagnetic Waves.

CLASS 2
Guided propagation and waveguides.

CLASS 3
Modal functions, waveguide eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Mode orthogonality.

CLASS 4
Numerical methods for electromagnetism.

CLASS 5
FEM ad antenna design

CLASS 6
Guided mode spectrum, mode expansion and plane wave spectrum.

CLASS 7
Aperture and horn antennas

CLASS 8
Ray optics and parabolic antennas

CLASS 9
Microwave transmission lines, microstrip and stripline.

CLASS 10
Integrated, slot and patch antennas.

CLASS 11
Exercises

CLASS 12
Resonators, definition, resonant field and cavity modes. Losses and Q-factor.

CLASS 13
Intermodulation phenomena and products.

CLASS 14
Main microwave antenna structures.

CLASS 15
Main microwave antenna structures.

CLASS 16
Arrays and reflector antennas.

CLASS 17
Diffraction gratings.

CLASS 18
Precision antennas and antenna bandwidth.

CLASS 19
Radar.

CLASS 20
Lab activity and CAD antenna design.

CLASS 21
Lab activity.

CLASS 22
Conclusion