Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
COMM.RF.710
Antennas II, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)
Course code
COMM.RF.710Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Jari KangasResponsible teacher:
Jouko HeikkinenResponsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Electrical Engineering Studies 100 %
Core content
- Broadband antennas. Broadbanding of microstrip antennas.
Log-periodic and spiral antennas.
Numerical simulations of broadband antennas. - Quality factor, fundamental limitations on size, efficiency, and bandwidth of antennas. Examples of other resonant antennas.
- Travelling wave antennas, surface waves.
- Aperture antennas. Radiation from a slot, analysis of horn antennas.
- Antenna arrays. Array factor, beam steering, mutual coupling in arrays.
Numerical simulations of antenna arrays. - Numerical design methods and tools. Construction of antennas (e.g. wideband or multiband antennas).
Basic antenna measurements. Reporting and interpreting measurement and simulation results. - Bodyworn antennas, on-chip antennas, effect of nearby objects on antenna performance.
New antenna materials (e.g. textiles)
Complementary knowledge
- Babinet principle
- Scale models for antennas.
- Pocklington's equation
- Huygens principle
- Antenna synthesis
- Basics of simulation algorithms, e.g. method of moments algorithm.
Specialist knowledge
- UWB antennas, parameters characterizing antennas in time-domain
- Method of moments
- Uniform theory of diffraction
- MIMO--systems
- Metamaterials,
Millimeter-Wave antennas
Learning outcomes
Compulsory prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
Further information
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
The following tasks are included into the coursework: (1) Antenna array simulation task (mandatory) (2) Design, simulation, construction, testing and documentation of an antenna structure (mandatory) (3) Online tasks, in-class tasks & homework (certain amount of the points available is required to pass) (4) Essay & presentation The total grade is weighted sum of the individual task grades.
Participation in teaching
04.03.2024 – 29.04.2024
Active in period 4 (4.3.2024–31.5.2024)