Syllabus

Syllabus

This course covers the following subjects: Types of Antennas, Radiation Mechanism, Fundamental Parameters of Antennas, Friis Equation, Wave Equation, Radiation Integrals, Linear Wire Antennas, Loop Antennas, Array Antennas, Antenna Synthesis, Broadband Antennas, Aperture Antennas, Horn Antennas, Micro-strip Antennas.

Weekly Topics:

1. Fundamental Parameters of Antennas, Radiation Pattern, Directivity, Gain.

3. Fundamental Parameters of Antennas, Half Power Beamwidth, Polarization, Input Impedance, Friis Transmission Equation.

4. Radiation Integrals, Vector Potentials, Solution of Wave Equation, Far-field Radiation.

5. Linear Wire Antennas, Infinitesimal Dipole Antenna.

6. Linear Wire Antennas, Small Dipole Antenna, Finite Length Dipole Antenna.

7. Loop Antennas, Small Circular Loop, Circular Loop of Constant Current.

8. Arrays: N- Element Linear Array, Planar Array

9. Antenna Synthesis, Fourier Transform Method

10. Broadband Dipoles and Matching Techniques.

11. Aperture Antennas, Fourier Transform in Aperture Antenna Theory

12. Horn Antennas, E-Plane Sectoral Horn.

13. Microstrip Antennas, Transmission Line Model, Cavity Model.

Textbook: Antenna Theory Analysis and Design by Balanis, C.A., ISBN: 0-471-59268-4.

​Assessment: %60 homeworks + %40 final exam.