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B019141 - ANTENNAS, PROPAGATION AND HIGH FREQUENCY CIRCUITS
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Course program
Academic Year 2014-15
Coorte 2012 - 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering
Course year
Third year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Information Engineering (DINFO)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
ING-INF/02 - ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
Credits
9
Teaching Hours
81
Teaching Term
15/09/2014 ⇒ 19/12/2014
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course program
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
* G. Franceschetti, Campi elettromagnetici, Boringhieri.
* S.J. Orfanidis, Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas, http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~orfanidi/ewa/
* G. Conciauro, Introduzione alle onde elettromagnetiche, McGraw-Hill.
* D.M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc., 1990.
- R. E. Collin, Antennas and radiowave propagation, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985.
- J. D. Kraus, Electromagnetics, McGraw-Hill.
- S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, T. Van Duzer, Campi e onde nell’elettronica per le comunicazioni, Franco Angeli Ed.
* S.J. Orfanidis, Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas, http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~orfanidi/ewa/
* G. Conciauro, Introduzione alle onde elettromagnetiche, McGraw-Hill.
* D.M. Pozar, Microwave Engineering, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc., 1990.
- R. E. Collin, Antennas and radiowave propagation, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985.
- J. D. Kraus, Electromagnetics, McGraw-Hill.
- S. Ramo, J. R. Whinnery, T. Van Duzer, Campi e onde nell’elettronica per le comunicazioni, Franco Angeli Ed.
Learning Objectives
To enable the student to study the various types of antennas, metallic waveguides, and printed distributed microwave circuits.
Prerequisites
Maxwell equation. Electromagnetic waves propagation in uniform media.
Teaching Methods
Ex-cathedra lectures
Further information
http://srtm.det.unifi.it/lab/
Type of Assessment
Oral examination
Course program
Radiation theory
Vector and scalar potentials, Lorentz gauge, Helmholtz equations. Elementary sources (electrical and magnetic). Far-field radiation. Duality Theorem. Reciprocity and reaction Theorems. Small circular Loop.
Antennas
Finite length Dipole, Radiation pattern, Directivity, Antenna Efficiency, Gain, Antenna polarization, Input Impedance. N-element linear array. Antenna vector effective length and equivalent areas. Friis transmission equation. Field equivalence principle. Aperture antennas: rectangular apertures. An introduction to reflector antennas.
Waveguides and transmission lines
Field representation in uniform waveguides. Mode characteristic. Coaxial cable. Rectangular waveguide. Transmission lines/waveguide analogy. Power.
High Frequency Circuits
Outline of not homogeneous waveguide. Printed lines: stripline and microstrip. Impedance and admittance matrix. Transmission matrix. Scattering matrix and its properties. Microwave junctions. Magnetic Materials: Faraday effect. Non-reciprocal junctions.
Vector and scalar potentials, Lorentz gauge, Helmholtz equations. Elementary sources (electrical and magnetic). Far-field radiation. Duality Theorem. Reciprocity and reaction Theorems. Small circular Loop.
Antennas
Finite length Dipole, Radiation pattern, Directivity, Antenna Efficiency, Gain, Antenna polarization, Input Impedance. N-element linear array. Antenna vector effective length and equivalent areas. Friis transmission equation. Field equivalence principle. Aperture antennas: rectangular apertures. An introduction to reflector antennas.
Waveguides and transmission lines
Field representation in uniform waveguides. Mode characteristic. Coaxial cable. Rectangular waveguide. Transmission lines/waveguide analogy. Power.
High Frequency Circuits
Outline of not homogeneous waveguide. Printed lines: stripline and microstrip. Impedance and admittance matrix. Transmission matrix. Scattering matrix and its properties. Microwave junctions. Magnetic Materials: Faraday effect. Non-reciprocal junctions.