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EET 453: Antennas

Credits and Contact Hrs. (Lecture/Laboratory): 3 credits, 3 contact hours per week. 

Course Description: Study of the basic antenna types and their applications to arrays and other antenna systems. 

Prerequisites: EET 328

  • Knowledge of communications systems.
  • Knowledge of transmission lines and wave guide systems.

Co-Requisites: None 

Textbook: Blake, Antennas. 1st ed. John Wiley and Sons. 1966. 

Reference(s): None 

Course Coordinator: Douglas A. Hanneman, Professor. 

Goals/Objectives: Provide the student with a practical working knowledge of the principles and applications of antennas. 

Course topics and lecture hours devoted to each topic:  

  • Review of the characteristics of em waves. (2 hrs.)
  • Radio wave optical principles. (1hr.)
  • Review of transmission line systems. (1hr.)
  • Antenna structures, radiation patterns. (2 hrs.)
  • Antenna gain, receiving cross section, beam width. (2 hrs.)
  • Minor lobes, radiation resistance and efficiency. (2 hrs.)
  • Short dipoles, current and voltage in longer antennas. (3 hrs.)
  • Long wire antennas, the half wave dipole and loop antenna. (3 hrs.)
  • Helical antennas, horn antennas and slot radiators. (3 hrs.)
  • Surface wave and leaky wave antennas and basic feed methods. (2 hrs.)
  • Basic array theory. (3 hrs.)
  • Broad band antennas. (3 hrs.)
  • Antenna measurements. (3 hrs.)
  • Tests (3 hrs.) 
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    Computer usage: A PC will be used to run: Math programs, Root Locus plots programs, Stability criteria programs. PID simulation for microprocessor solution. Array computations. 

    Laboratory projects: None 

    Oral and written communication requirements: None 

    Calculus usage: None 

    Library usage: None