ANTENNA I

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
LECTURE 3

Fall 2015

Instructor: Dr. Neshat

Electric field lines for small dipole

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T/2
T/4

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Electric field lines for small dipole (cont.)

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Radiation field simulations

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Problem 1: Radiation of a Gaussian pulse current in an infinite wire in free-space

I = I 0e

t
-( ) 2

[run TM_OPEN.m]

Problem 2: Radiation of a Gaussian pulse current in an infinite wire inside a PEC box
I = I 0e

t
-( ) 2

[run TM_BOX.m]

Problem 3: Radiation of a 2D horn antenna excited by a sinusoidal signal

[run TE_HORN.m]

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Current distribution on a thin wire antenna

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Current distribution on linear dipoles

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Current distribution on linear dipoles (cont.)

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Current distribution on linear dipoles (cont.)

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Current distribution on linear dipoles (cont.)

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Current distribution on linear dipoles (cont.)

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3D radiation pattern of dipole antenna

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