Antennas

COURSE SPECIFICATION
. To study the fundamentals of wave propagation based on Maxwell's equations

for time varying fields and his contribution of displacement current density which
lead to the invention of wireless communication, and to cover the basic of antenna
principles , study basic aperture antenna, antenna arrays , and basic of radar
system,Friis equation , ionosphere HF communication and rhombic antenna.
1. Teaching Institution University of Baghdad
2. University Department/Centre College of Engineering / Electronics and

Communications Department
3. Course title/code Antenna and Propagation
, communication systems
4. Programme(s) to which it contributes optical communication systems
digital communication systems,
5. Modes of Attendance offered In class face-to-face mode
6. Semester/Year 1st-2nd / 2015-2016
7. Number of hours tuition (total) 3 hrs per week , 90 hrs total

Date of production / revision of this .8
25/4/2016
specification
Aims of the Course .9
To make the student familiar with the propagation characteristics of electromagnetic waves for
time varying field for different media and to study different types of antenna ,antenna
parameters and antenna arrays
Learning Outcomes, Teaching ,Learning and Assessment Methode ·10
A- Knowledge and Understanding

A1electromagnetic wave propagation in different media
A2.
A3.
A4.
A5.
. A6
B. Subject-specific skills
B1.antenna parameters
B2.basic antenna types
B3antenna array
B4. Ionosphere communications
.B5
.B6
Teaching and Learning Methods
1- Lectures.
2- Tutorials.
3- Homework and Assignments.
4- Tests and Exams.
In-Class Questions and Discussions -5
Assessment methods
1- Quizzes: 10%
2- 1st term exam: 10%
3- 2nd term exam: 10%
4- Final exam: 70%
C. Thinking Skills
C1.
C2.
C3.
.C4
Teaching and Learning Methods
Assessment methods
D. General and Transferable Skills (other skills relevant to employability and
personal development)
D1.
D2.
D3.
.D4
Course Structure .11
Unit/Module or Topic Teaching Assessment

Week Hours ILOs
Title Method Method
Maxwell,s equations for
1 3 .time varying fields Lectures Quiz/Exam
Displacement current
2 3 .principle Lectures Quiz/Exam
.Magnetic vector potential
3 3 Lectures Quiz/Exam
.Wave equations
Uniform plane wave
5 3 .propagation Lectures Quiz/Exam
Wave propagation in lossy
6 3 .dielectric Lectures Quiz/Exam
Attenuation and phase
7 3 .constant Lectures Quiz/Exam
.Intrinsic impedance
Wave propagation in perfect
9 3 .dielectric Lectures Quiz/Exam
Wave propagation in good
10 3 .conductors Lectures Quiz/Exam
.Skin effect and skin depth
.Power and Poynting vector
.Wave polarization
Reflection of plane wave at
14 3 .normal incidence Lectures Quiz/Exam
.Standing wave ratio
Reflection of plane wave at
16 3 .oblique incidence Lectures Quiz/Exam
Total reflection and total
17 3 .transmission Lectures Quiz/Exam
Wave propagation in optical
18 3 .fiber system Lectures Quiz/Exam
Numerical aperture and
19 3 .Brewster angle Lectures Quiz/Exam
Antenna basics: antenna
20 3 .basic parameters Lectures Quiz/Exam
Anenna pattern, and beam
. solid angle
.Directivity and gain

Radio communication link
23 3 .and Friis equation Lectures Quiz/Exam
Radar principle and RADAR
24 3 .equation Lectures Quiz/Exam
Hertizian short dipole
25 3 .antenna Lectures Quiz/Exam
λ/2 dipole antenna and loop
26 3 ..antenna Lectures Quiz/Exam
Array of two isotropic point
27 3 .sources Lectures Quiz/Exam
Linear broadside and endfire
28 3 .array Lectures Quiz/Exam
.Binomial array
30 3 Yagi-Uda array and folded Lectures Quiz/Exam
.dipole VHF/UHF antenna
Infrastructure .12
Engineering Electromagnetics .1
By: William H .Hyte JR. and John A.

Buck
Required reading: McGraw-Hill International Edition

· CORE TEXTS
· COURSE MATERIALS 7th edition 2006
OTHER ·
Antenna for all applications.2 
By;John D. Kraus 
Mccraw –Hill , 3rd edition,2002
Special requirements (include for

example workshops, periodicals, None
IT software, websites)
Community-based facilities
(include for example, guest
Lectures , internship , field None
)studies
Admissions .13
Pre-requisites According to ministry requirements
Minimum number of students 20
Maximum number of students 50

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COURSE SPECIFICATION

. To study the fundamentals of wave propagation based on Maxwell's equations

1. Teaching Institution University of Baghdad

2. University Department/Centre College of Engineering / Electronics and

6. Semester/Year 1st-2nd / 2015-2016

7. Number of hours tuition (total) 3 hrs per week , 90 hrs total

A- Knowledge and Understanding

Course Structure .11

Unit/Module or Topic Teaching Assessment

.Directivity and gain

By: William H .Hyte JR. and John A.

Required reading: McGraw-Hill International Edition

Special requirements (include for

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