ELT-47446 Antennas, 8 cr
Additional information
Courses ELT-41746 Antenna Basics, ELT-47446 Antennas, and ELT-47466 Antenna Project are intended to support each other.
For students who want to further increase their knowledge about design and construction of antennas, it is recommended to take also ELT-47466 Antenna Project.
Note that Antenna Basics is given during the first three weeks of the 3rd period, Antennas starts at the middle of the 3rd period (i.e. after the Antenna Basics).
Suitable for postgraduate studies.
Person responsible
Jari Kangas, Jouko Heikkinen
Lessons
| Implementation | Period | Person responsible | Requirements |
| ELT-47446 2016-01 | 3 - 4 |
Jari Kangas |
Exam, an antenna analysis assignment, and a modeling assignment. Exam is preferably taken by completing a set of tasks. |
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, the student is able to explain principles of radiation from antennas. Student is able to apply basic skills in modern antenna design and analyze key parameters of common antenna structures. The student can pose elementary antenna design field problems and has experience on their solution with (numerical)simulation tools. Student is also able to find information from relevant literature and create a scientific report describing his work.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | Foundations of propagation from antennas, antenna as a receiver. | Lorentz reciprocity theorem | |
| 2. | Radiation from a fixed current density. Electrical and magnetic dipoles. | Pocklington's equation | Method of moments |
| 3. | Antenna arrays. | Antenna synthesis | MIMO--systems |
| 4. | Influence of nearby passive structures | Effect of scales | Metamaterials |
| 5. | Other resonant antennas, e.g. Yagi--Uda. Microstrip antennas: Analytical models (Cavity / transmission line / full wave model); substrates, surface waves, feeding techniques | Broadbanding of microstrip antennas | |
| 6. | Broadband antennas | Babinet principle | |
| 7. | Aperture antennas | Huygens principle | |
| 8. | Numerical design methods and tools | Basics of simulation algorithms |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| ELT-41746 Antenna Basics | Advisable | |
| ELT-47426 Transmission Lines and Waveguides | Advisable |
Correspondence of content
| Course | Corresponds course | Description |
| ELT-47446 Antennas, 8 cr | SMG-8506 Antennas, 8 cr |