ECE 4990/6990-01

Antennas
Fall 2003

Meeting Lecture Material Problems

1 Ch. 1, Introduction, antenna types, radiation

2 Ch. 2, Antenna patterns, average power, radiation intensity 2.2
3 Directivity, numerical evaluation of directivity 2.4, 2.7, 2.11
4 Gain, efficiency, impedance 2.13, 2.17(a.), 2.21
5 Loss resistance, transmission lines, transmit/receive systems 2.39, 2.41, 2.46
6 Polarization, equivalent area, effective aperture 2.32, 2.48, 2.53
7 Friis transmission formula, radar systems, radar cross section 2.56, 2.58, 2.62, 2.66
8 Problem Session
9 Quiz #1 [Ch. 1,2]
10 Ch. 3, Radiated fields, use of potential functions, far fields
11 Duality, reciprocity, Ch. 4, wire antennas 4.1
12 Infinitesimal dipole, Poynting’s theorem 4.3, 4.5
13 Total power, radiation resistance 4.11, 4.15
14 Short-dipole, center-fed dipole 4.18(b.), 4.21, 4.31
15 Half-wave dipole, dipole characteristics 4.25, 4.26, 4.27
16 Image theory, antennas over ground 4.33, 4.37
17 Monopole 4.41, 4.44
18 Problem Session
19 Quiz #2 [Ch. 3,4]
20 Ch. 5, Small loop antenna, dual sources 5.4, 5.17
21 Loop characteristics, Ch. 6, Antenna arrays 5.21, 6.3
22 Broadside and end-fire arrays 6.6, 6.16
23 Hansen-Woodyard array, binomial arrays 6.24, 6.28
24 Dolph-Chebyshev array, Ch. 9,folded dipole 6.41, 9.8, 9.10, 9.12
25 Ch. 10, Traveling wave antennas, terminations, vee antenna 10.4, 10.6
26 Rhombic antenna, Yagi-Uda arrays, Ch. 11, log-periodic antenna 10.28, 11.8
27 Problem Session
28 Quiz #3 [Ch. 5,6,9,10,11]
29 Ch. 12, Aperture antennas, Ch. 13, Horn antennas 13.7, 13.12

Final Exam - Friday, December 12, 12:00-3:00pm

 ECE 4990/6990
Antennas

Instructor: J. Patrick Donohoe

Office: Simrall 312

Phone Number: 325-2180

e-mail: donohoe@ece.msstate.edu

Homepage: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~donohoe/

Prerequisite: ECE 3324 Electromagnetics II, or equivalent

Text: Author: Constantine A. Balanis

Title: Antenna Theory, Analysis and Design, 2nd Ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Class webpage: Homepage: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~donohoe/ece4990.html

Grading Policy: 10 point scale

3 Quizzes = 60%
Comprehensive Final Exam = 25%
Homework = 15%

< The lowest quiz grade may be replaced by the final exam grade if helpful.
(This privilege applies only to those students who take all three quizzes.)

< The final exam grade will automatically be substituted for a missed quiz.
(No make-up exams will be given).

< No late homework will be accepted.

< Plagiarized homework (from another student or the solutions manual) will result in an automatic zero
for all parties involved.

< Class attendance will be considered in the assignment of final grades for borderline situations.