Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Jouko Heikkinen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 5 : Wednesday 12 - 14, TB222

Requirements

Passed final examination.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

The course is administrated using the MOODLE learning platform, providing the students course information, lecture material, assignments, grading and discussion groups.

Learning outcomes

To learn the fundamental antenna concepts and the language of antennas. After the course the student has prerequisites for advanced antenna studies.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Basic antenna parameters Antenna patterns Beam solid angle Radiation intensity and beam efficiency Diectivity and gain	Notation variations between different antenna books Directivity and resolution	Antenna fabrication and measurement
2.	Antenna apertures Effective height Fields from oscillating dipole Antenna field zones Shape-impedance considerations	The radio communication link
3.	Linear, elliptical and circular polarization Poynting vector for elliptically and circularly polarized waves The polarization ellipse and and the poincaré sphere

Evaluation criteria for the course

In order to pass the course the final examination must be passed. Accepted final examination requires adequate control of the core content of the course.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Antennas for All Applications, 3rd ed.	Kraus	0-07-112240-0				English
Lecture slides	Lecture slides	JHe					English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	Spring 2010	Lectures Excercises	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	31.05.2009
Modifier	Jouko Heikkinen