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Fifth year

Antennas

Antennas: radiation patterns, gain and directivity, radiation resistance, antenna types and arrays.

16 articles

Course syllabus

8 topics, in course order

100%complete

8 of 8 topics have a complete lesson

13% of topics studied in depth (1 of 8)

  1. 1 Antenna parameters In depth: Antennas: gain, effective area, the Friis formula and arrays
  2. 2 Radiation and the far field In depth: Radiation: retarded potentials, the Hertzian dipole and radiation resistance
  3. 3 Dipoles and monopoles In-depth study
  4. 4 Antenna arrays In depth: Phased arrays: array factor, grating lobes, PIN-diode phase shifters, monopulse and active arrays
  5. 5 Aperture antennas In depth: Rectangular waveguides: the TE10 mode and cut-off frequency
  6. 6 Microstrip antennas
  7. 7 Propagation In depth: The multipath radio channel, fading and OFDM
  8. 8 Antenna noise and measurements In depth: Receiver noise: noise figure, sensitivity and Friis's formula

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