Modern Antennas in Wireless Telecommunications ECE753

Term Offered:

Winter, 2010

Instructor:

Prof. Natalia K. Nikolova

ITB-A 220, ext. 27141

e-mail: talia [at] mcmaster [dot] ca

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite #1:

EE 2FH3 ELECTROMAGNETICS I and

EE 3FK4 ELECTROMAGNETICS II

or

EE 3FI4 ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS

 

Prerequisite #2:

EE 4FJ4 MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

 

Announcements:

 

Classes to be held:

 

 

Wed, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm, room: BSB238A

Thu, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm, room: BSB238A

 

 

 

Office hours:

Mon: 5 pm to 6 pm

Tue: 5 pm to 6 pm

 

Course Description:

 

Objectives and Outline: To provide fundamental knowledge in the theory and practice of antenna design and deployment in modern wireless telecommunication systems. The theory of electromagnetic radiation is introduced and the fundamental antenna parameters are explained. Basic antenna measurement techniques are introduced and practiced in a 6-hour laboratory session. Classical radiating elements are studied: dipoles/monopoles, loops, apertures, horns, reflectors, microstrip and slot elements, etc. Matching techniques are presented. The principles of analysis and design of antenna arrays are discussed. Special attention is paid to antennas popular in mobile (cellular, satellite) telecommunications. The fundamental limitations of electrically small antennas as well as the principles of smart antennas are briefly introduced through seminar sessions.

 

Lecture Plan:

1.     Introduction into antenna theory and practice

2.     Radiation integrals and auxiliary potential functions; basic EM theorems in antenna problems

3.     Fundamental antenna parameters

4.     Antenna measurements

5.     Infinitesimal dipole; wire and loop radiating elements

6.     Wire antennas – dipoles, monopoles

7.     Arrays – analysis and design

8.     Printed antennas

9.     Reflector antennas

10.  Horn antennas

Seminars:

11.  Smart antennas and signal processing antennas

12.  Fundamental limitations of electrically small antennas

 

 

Recommended texts:

1.       L. V. Blake and M. W. Long, Antennas, 3rd ed., Scitech, 2009.

2.       C. A. Balanis, Antenna Theory, Analysis and Design, 3rd ed., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2005.

3.       Lecture notes (distributed in class and available for download).

 

 

Alternative sources:

3.    Elsherbeni and Inman, Antenna Design & Visualization Using MATLAB. Scitech, 2006.

4.    J. D. Kraus and R. J. Marhefka, Antennas (for all Applications), 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2002. (the previous editions authored by Kraus only are fine, too).

5.    W. L. Stutzman and G. A. Thiele, Antenna Theory and Design, 2nd ed. Wiley, 1998.

6.    R. S. Elliot, Antenna Theory and Design, A Classical Reissue. IEEE Press, 2003.

7.    V. Fusco, Foundations of Antenna Theory and Techniques, Pearson, 2008.

 

On antennas and propagation:

1.     R. E. Collin, Antennas and Radiowave Propagation. McGraw-Hill, 1985.

2.     K. Siwiak, Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications, 2nd ed. Artech House, 1998.

3.     J. Doble, Introduction to Radio Propagation for Fixed and Mobile Communications. Artech House, 1996.

 

On smart antennas:

1.     T. K. Sarkar, M. C. Wicks, M. Salazar-Palma, R. J. Bonneau, Smart Antennas. Wiley, 2003.

2.     G. T. Okamoto, Smart Antenna Systems and Wireless LANs, Kluwer, 1999.

 

 

Evaluation:

Laboratory

Project

Weekly assignments

20%

40%

40%

 

Downloads

Current Lecture Notes

Assignments

Project Collection

Some animations

Software from R.A. Sainati, CAD of Microstrip Antennas for Wireless Applications, Artech, 1996

Software from C.A. Balanis, Antenna Theory, Analysis and Design, 3rd ed., Wiley, 2005

Lite version of FEKO available for download at http://www.feko.info/download

 

 

Reminder on Academic Dishonesty Policy:

Academic dishonesty consists of misrepresentation by deception or by other fraudulent means and can result in serious consequences, e.g., the grade of zero on an assignment, loss of credit with a notation on the transcript (notation reads: "Grade of F assigned for academic dishonesty"), and/or suspension or expulsion from the university.

It is your responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. For information on the various kinds of academic dishonesty please refer to the Academic Integrity Policy, specifically Appendix 3, located at

http://www.mcmaster.ca/univsec/policy/AcademicIntegrity.pdf

 

The following illustrates only three forms of academic dishonesty:

Plagiarism, e.g. the submission of work that is not one's own or for which other credit has been obtained.

Improper collaboration in group work.

Copying or using unauthorized aids in tests and examinations.

 

 

 

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January 8, 2010