Antennas and Propagation
Basic antenna concepts; antennas for low, medium and high frequencies; terrestrial and satellite propagation links; environmental effects on electromagnetic radiation.
3 credits
Course Outline
Antennas and Propagation focuses on the design and implementation of the airlink portion of wireless communications systems at both the systems and device levels. Students should consider taking EECE 483 if, at some point in their career, they anticipate:
- working in aerospace, defence, telecommunications or broadcasting
- working for a wireless equipment manufacturer
- working for a wireless communications consulting firm
- working for a wireless service provider
- designing or testing wirelesssystems
- specifying or procuring antennas
- designing or testing antennas
Course Topics
- wireless fundamentals
- introduction to vector network analyzers
- electromagnetic
- antennas in systems
- antenna arrays
- wireless propagation
Textbook
Lamont V. Blake and Maurice W. Long, Antennas: Fundamentals, Design, Measurement, 3rd ed, Scitech Publishing, 2009.
Prerequisite
| ONE of |
| ELEC 311 – Electromagnetic Fields and Waves |
| PHYS 301 – Electricity and Magnetism |
| PHYS 354 – Electric and Magnetic Fields |
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