OT4AP - Antennas and Propagation
| Course specification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course title | Antennas and Propagation | |||
| Acronym | OT4AP | |||
| Study programme | Electrical Engineering and Computing | |||
| Module | Telecommunications and Information Technologies | |||
| Type of study | bachelor academic studies | |||
| Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 6.0 | Status | elective | |
| Condition | none | |||
| The goal | Introduce basics of the receiving and transmitting antennas and basics of the radio wave propagation, according to modern telecommunications needs. | |||
| The outcome | Train students to identify, formulate and solve basic engineering problems requiring knowledge of antennas and radio wave propagation. | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | Basic theory of receiving and transmitting antennas. Analysis and synthesis methods. Hertz dipole. Loop antenna. Huygens radiator. Thin wire antennas. Antenna arrays. Horn antennas. Reflector antennas. Lens antennas. Slot antennas. Attenuation of radio waves in free space. Surface wave. Space wave. Tropospheric wave. Diffraction of radio waves. Wave propagation through ionosphere. | |||
| Contents of exercises | Problems solving classes and lab classes. | |||
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| Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
| Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Methods of teaching | Lectures, solving problem classes, demonstration of antenna measurements, demonstration of antenna software, and project | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | 0 | Test paper | 70 | |
| Practical lessons | 20 | Oral examination | 0 | |
| Projects | 10 | |||
| Colloquia | 0 | |||
| Seminars | 0 | |||