Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bachelor	Length of the Programme: 4	Number of Credits: 240	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF: Level 6

ECTS Course Information Package

School/Faculty/Institute

Faculty of Engineering

Course Code

EE 472

Course Title in English

Antennas and Propagation

Course Title in Turkish

Antenler ve Yayılım

Language of Instruction

Type of Course

Select

Level of Course

Select

Semester

Spring

Contact Hours per Week

Lecture: 3

Recitation: None

Lab: None

Other: None

Estimated Student Workload

150 hours per semester

Number of Credits

6 ECTS

Grading Mode

Standard Letter Grade

Pre-requisites

EE 304 - Electromagnetic Fields

Co-requisites

None

Expected Prior Knowledge

Prior knowledge in Electromagnetic Fields

Registration Restrictions

Only Undergraduate Students

Overall Educational Objective

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to: 1. Gain knowledge about fundamental principles of antennas 2. Analyse and design antennas and antenna arrays for some given specifications 3. Describe fundamental principles of electromagnetic wave propagation

Course Description

This course provides a a comprehensive understanding of antennas and propagation. The following topics are covered: Basic antenna definitions and terms: directivity, efficiency, gain, polarization, beamwidth, isotropic radiator, far-field region, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), beam steering, broadside, endfire, phased arrays, array factor and pattern multiplication. The electric dipole and the magnetic dipole, image theory, small antennas & short dipoles, resonant antennas and their radiation patterns, travelling wave antennas, rhombic antennas, Log Periodic Dipole Arrays (LPDA), uniformly excited-equally spaced linear arrays, free space propagation, Friis formula and free space path loss, ground reflection and 2-ray model, knife edge diffraction, Split Step Parabolic Equation (SSPE) method.

Course Learning Outcomes and Competences

Upon successful completion of the course, the learner is expected to be able to:
1) Comprehend fundamental principles of antennas;
2) Analyse and design antennas and antenna arrays for some given specifications;
3) Describe fundamental principles of electromagnetic wave propagation.

Program Learning Outcomes/Course Learning Outcomes	1	2	3
1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies

Relation to Program Outcomes and Competences

N None	S Supportive	H Highly Related

	Program Outcomes and Competences	Level	Assessed by
1)	An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics	H	Exam,HW
2)	An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors	H	Exam,HW
3)	An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences	N
4)	An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts	N
5)	An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives	N
6)	An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions	N
7)	An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies	N

Prepared by and Date	,
Course Coordinator	EGEMEN BİLGİN
Semester	Spring
Name of Instructor

Course Contents

Week	Subject
1)	Introduction : Review of coordinate systems, vector algebra and Maxwell’s equations
2)	Basic antenna definitions and terms: directivity, efficiency, gain, polarization, beamwidth, isotropic radiator, far-field region, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
3)	The Electric (Hertzian or Ideal) Dipole: magnetic vector potential, magnetic and electric field vectors, complex poynting vector
4)	The Electric (Hertzian or Ideal) Dipole: radiated power, radiation resistance, antenna efficiency, gain, directivity, radiation pattern
5)	The Magnetic Dipole: magnetic vector potential, magnetic and electric field vectors, complex poynting vector, radiated power, radiation resistance, antenna efficiency, gain, directivity, radiation pattern.
6)	Image theory, small antennas & short dipoles, resonant antennas and their radiation patterns.
7)	Travelling wave antennas : Rhombic antennas and their radiation patterns
8)	Log Periodic Dipole Arrays (LPDA)
9)	Uniformly excited, equally spaced linear arrays. Element pattern, array factor, pattern multiplication, Half-Power BeamWidth (HPBW) and BeamWidth between First Nulls (BWFN) for the broadside and endfire cases
10)	ANTEN-GUI : A Matlab-based visualisation package for planar arrays of isotropic radiators. The antenna simulator : NEC-WIN Professional
11)	Fundamentals of radiowave propagation: polarisation, reflection, refraction, diffraction Free space propagation, Friis formula and free space path loss
12)	Ground reflection and 2-ray model, knife edge diffraction.
13)	Numerical propagation simulators: Ray approaches, Split Step Parabolic Equation (SSPE) method, Method of Moments (MoM)
14)	Microstrip filter design, microstrip lines
15)	Final Exam/Project/Presentation Period
16)	Final Exam/Project/Presentation Period

Required/Recommended Readings

1. C. A. Balanis, Antenna Theory - Analysis & Design, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, NY 1997 2. J. D. Kraus, Antennas, 2nd Ed., MacGraw-Hill Book Co., NY 1988 3. R. E. Collins, Antennas and Radiowave Propagation, MacGraw-Hill Book Co., NY 1985 4. D. K. Cheng, Field and Wave Electromagnetics, Second Ed., Addison-Wesley, New York, 1992

Teaching Methods

Lectures/contact hours using “flipped classroom” as an active learning technique

Homework and Projects

None

Laboratory Work

None

Computer Use

None

Other Activities

None

Assessment Methods

Assessment Tools	Count	Weight
Homework Assignments	1	% 10
Midterm(s)	3	% 90
TOTAL		% 100

Course Administration

Instructor’s office: TBD office hours: TBD email address: culuisik@dogus.edu.tr Rules for attendance: : - Missing a midterm: Provided that proper documents of excuse are presented, a make-up exam will be given for each missed midterm. Missing a final: Faculty regulations. A reminder of proper classroom behavior, code of student conduct: YÖK Regulations Statement on plagiarism: YÖK Regulations

ECTS Student Workload Estimation

Activity	No/Weeks	Hours			Calculation
	No/Weeks per Semester	Preparing for the Activity	Spent in the Activity Itself	Completing the Activity Requirements
Course Hours	14	3	3		84
Homework Assignments	1	3	6		9
Midterm(s)	3	17	2		57
Total Workload					150
Total Workload/25					6.0
ECTS					6