This course is intended for graduate and senior-level undergraduate students. The course provides an introduction to major antennas and antenna types for wireless communications. Basic antenna characteristics are studied. Both narrowband and broadband antennas as well as antenna arrays are considered. One emphasis is made on learning antenna modeling software, ANSYS HFSS and Antenna Toolbox of MATLAB. Another emphasis is made on the basic measurement hardware. The course structure is directed toward understanding antenna operations and basic antenna design, and enables students with a broad background to take this course. Course topics in particular include: transmitter-receiver antenna circuit models, antenna radiation and radiation parameters, dipole antenna family, patch antenna family, loop antenna family, reflector antennas, small antennas, antenna matching and tuning, antenna arrays, on-body and in-body antennas, antenna measurements and modeling.
Prerequisites
undergraduate analog electronics, college MATLAB, and basic introductory knowledge of electromagnetic theory -ECE 2019 and ECE 3113