Antennas & Wave Propagation(ECE 3-1)

                              (15A04501)    ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION

Course Objectives: 

•  Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation: Maxwell's equations, potential functions, wave equation, retarded potential, short current element, near and far fields, Poynting's theorem. 
•  Design of antenna arrays: principle of pattern multiplication, broadside and end fire arrays, array synthesis, coupling effects and mutual impedance, parasitic elements, Yagi-Uda antenna. 

Course Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

•  Approximate parametric equations for the calculation in the far field region.
•  Write parametric integral expressions for a given current source.
•  Calculate electromagnetic fields for a given vector potential.
•  Discover pattern multiplication principle for array antennas.

Materials for AWP:
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