Antenna Engineering Laboratory: ECE 5114, Lab Reports of Electrical Circuit Analysis

Download Antenna Engineering Laboratory: ECE 5114 and more Lab Reports Electrical Circuit Analysis in PDF only on Docsity! Course Description ECE 5114 –Antenna Engineering Laboratory Elective Course in all BSEE Degree Plans Elective Course in BSCpE Degree Plan 2005 Catalog Data: ECE 5114: Antenna Engineering Laboratory. Cr. 1 (0-3). Prerequisites: ECE 2100 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in ECE 5318. Selected topics in antenna engineering. Course Goals: This course is designed to give students the opportunity to further their knowledge in practical topics in antenna engineering. Credit: 1 semester hour. Textbook: None Course Coordinator: Stuart A. Long, Professor of Electrical and ComputerEngineering Prerequisites by Topic: 1. Maxwell’s Equations. 2. Simple concepts of radiation principles. 3. Concept of vector potential. 4. Engineering problem solving skills. 5. Familiarity with computer tools such as electronic mail, word processing, and computer mathematics programs Course Topics: Students in conjunction with the instructor choose a topic for study from the given list or suggest their own. 1. Linear Antennas- Cylindrical, long wire, dipole current and charge, dipole fields, folded dipoles, coupled antennas, insulated, surface wave, top-loaded. 2. Arrays – Optimization, Yagi-Uda, radiation pattern synthesis, adaptive, retrodirective, large phased arrays. 3. Slot antennas – Babinet’s Principle, cavity-backed slots, on cylinders, on spheres, waveguide slot arrays. 4. Loop Antennas – Resonant, ferrite loaded. 5. Frequency Independent Antennas – Theory, planar spirals, log-periodic, conical spirals. 6. Other Antennas – Helical, reflector, biconical, horn, printed-circuit. 7. Other Topics – Receiving antennas, antennas in dissipative media, subsurface antennas, ELF antennas. Near fields, radiation in biological media. Computer Usage: Many of the topics selected may utilize computers in calculations, but it is not a requirement. The students use word processor and graphics software in the preparation of their formal report. ECE 5114 1