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ECE 4370 Syllabus |
ECE4371 Syllabus |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
| 8/21 Introduction and Review of Concepts notes: ANT1, WAV1 reading: Stutzman ch 1; Balanis pp 1-26 video: Sinusoidal T-Lines (THT1-3) |
8/23 Antennas in Circuits notes: ANT2, antenna in circuits reading: Stutzman ch 1; Balanis pp 1-26 video: Antennas in Energy-Harvesting Circuits |
| 8/28 Maxwell’s Equations notes: WAV2 video: Basics Wave Prop (WAV 1-3) reading: Stutzman pp 23-27 |
8/30 Basic Radiation Theory notes: ANT3 reading: Stutzman pp 27-38; Balanis pp 151-165 |
| 9/4 The Hertzian Dipole notes: ANT4 reading: Stutzman pp 38-73; Balanis pp 27-86, 165-181 video: Hertzian dipole |
9/6 Space Current Radiation notes: ANT5 reading: Stutzman pp 73-81; Balanis pp 133-144 |
| 9/11 Half-Wave Dipoles notes: ANT6 reading: Stutzman pp 73-81; Balanis pp 133-144, 181-218 video: Half-Wave dipole |
9/13 Dipole Arrays notes: ANT7, Matlab code reading: Stutzman pp 89-96; Balanis pp 184-208 |
| 9/18 Antennas in Link Budgets reading: Stutzman pp 100-125; Balanis pp 87-108 video: Various Forms of RF Link Budget |
9/20 Prop. Modeling: Path Loss Exponent reading: Rappaport (handout) |
| 9/25 Prop. Modeling: Seidel-Rappaport notes: Partition Model Paper |
9/27 Rayleigh Fading notes: Basic Fading, AAT1 |
| 10/2 Rician Fading notes: Rician Fading, AAT2 |
10/4 Test 1 all topics up to and including 9/21 |
| 10/9 Fall Break |
10/11 Loop Antennas, Polarization reading: Balanis pp 231-282, pp 70-80 |
| 10/16 Method of Moments, NEC notes: 4NEC tutorial reading: Stutzman pp 587-616; Balanis p 214 |
10/18 Complex Wire Antennas reading: Stutzman 81-89, 205-211; Balanis pp 577-600 |
| 10/23 Linear Antenna Arrays reading: Stutzman pp 89-96, 271-285; Balanis pp 283-345 |
10/25 Endfire Antenna Arrays reading: Stutzman pp 285-292; Balanis pp 283-345 |
| 10/30 Helical Antennas reading: Stutzman pp 225-233; Balanis pp 566-576 |
11/1 Aperture Antennas reading: Stutzman pp 344-357; Balanis pp 653-726 |
| 11/6 Horn Antennas reading: Stutzman pp 357-385; Balanis pp 739-802 |
11/8 Test 2 |
| 11/13 Dish Antennas reading: Stutzman pp 391-419; Balanis pp 883-937 |
11/15 Broadband Antennas, Bandwidth Limits reading: Stutzman pp 233-266; Balanis pp 611-650 |
| 11/20 Patch Antennas notes: Patch Antennas |
11/22 Thanksgiving Break |
| 11/27 Guest Lecturer: Dr. Brett Walkenhorst, NSI-MI Near-field Antenna Range Measurement |
11/29 RADAR reading: Stutzman pp 122-123, 325-327; Balanis pp 96-100 |
| 12/4 no class meeting |
12/6 |
| 12/10, Monday Final Exam Period 11:20am to 2:10pm |