The course includes a review of the main parameters that describe antennas. It continues with the mathematical description and experimental demonstration of the operation of the most commercially employed antennas. The list of antennas studied in the course includes classical and modern antennas:
- Dipole antennas.
- Loop antennas.
- Aperture antennas.
- Horn antennas.
- Arrays.
- Reflector antennas.
- Lens antennas.
- Leaky wave antennas.
- Frequency independent antennas.
- Periodic structures.
- Antennas based on gap waveguide technology.
This course includes a modern view of the physical operation of antennas.
Applied Antenna Theory is a course where theory is implemented to practice. As a student, you will learn how to classify, design, build, and measure antennas.
Students should, at the end of the course, be able to:
- Explain the operation of a given antenna based on its geometry; and describe its expected performance in terms of radiation pattern, efficiency, bandwidth, and polarization.
- Define the required specifications of an antenna for a given application.
- Judge, by using physical constraints, if an antenna can fulfil some given specifications.
- Design an antenna for some given feasible and realistic specifications.
- Simulate, evaluate the performance and design antennas using commercial software: CST Microwave Studio or HFSS.
- Measure the performance of an antenna by using standard microwave equipment. The equipment includes a vector network analyser, a spectrum analyser, a near-field scanner, a signal generator and an anechoic chamber.
- To find, understand and use relevant technical literature to solve antenna problems.
