Course Catalog 2011-2012
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Course Catalog 2011-2012

ELE-3506 Antenna Basics, 2 cr

Additional information

Courses ELE-3506 Antenna Basics, SMG-8506 Antennas, and ELE-6216 Antenna Project are intended to support each other. They are all given during spring semester.

Person responsible

Jouko Heikkinen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Excercises
Laboratory work



 



 
 6 h/per
 6 h/per
 2 h/per



 



 
ELE-3506 2011-01 Monday 12 - 14, SM221

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

After passing the course the student (1) knows the fundamental antenna concepts and the language of antennas (2) 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 Directivity 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

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
SMG-1400 Electromagnetic fields and waves II Advisable   1

1 . SMG-8146 RF-electronics preparatory II or Previous equivalent knowledge from another university.

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
ELE-3506 2011-01 Course implementation for the spring 2012.   Lectures
Excercises
   
Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified25.02.2011