DS2ASA - Analysis and Synthesis of Antennas

Course specification
Course title		Analysis and Synthesis of Antennas
Acronym		DS2ASA
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Microwave Engineering
Type of study		doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Branko Kolundžija professor PhD Miodrag Tasić
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		9.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Introduce students to methods and software tools for analysis and synthesis of antennas and antenna systems.
The outcome		Train students to design antennas and antenna systems.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Analytical methods for antenna analysis (asymptotic methods and high frequency methods). Numerical methods and software tools for antenna analysis. Modeling of antenna geometry. Approximation of currents and fields. Modeling of excitations. Analytical methods for synthesis of antenna arrays. Optimization techniques. Diacoptic approach. Procedures for design of various antenna classes.
Contents of exercises		none
Literature
Branko M. Kolundžija, Antonije R. Đorđević - Electromagnetic Modeling of Composite Metallic and Dielectric Structures, Artech House, 2002. (Original title) WIPL-D Pro v6.3 – 3D EM Solver – User's Manual, WIPL-D, 2007. (Original title) Edmund K. Miller, Louis Medgyesi-Mitschang, Edward H. Newman – Computational Electromagnetics – IEEE Press, 1992. (Original title) Thomas A. Milligan – Modern Antenna Desing – 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2005. (Original title) Constantine A. Balanis – Antenna Theory and Design – 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2005. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
6
Methods of teaching		lectures
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	0
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	70
Projects		30
Colloquia		0
Seminars		0