Antenna and Propagation - ECE 443
Fall 2005

Lectures: T-Th 12:05 - 1:15PM, Ferris 512
Office Hours: T 10:00 - 11:00AM, R 2:00 - 3:00PM, or by appointment, ECE-443

Instructor: Dr. Aly Fathy

Announcement

Syllabus

Textbook

Image of course text - Balanis, Antenna Theory, 3rd ed.
      "Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd ed.," Constantine A. Balanis, John Wiley and Sons, 2005. ISBN: 0-471-66782-X. An excellent text that covers many topics to a level of detail not found in many other introductory antenna texts. One of the best overall introductory books at the graduate level. I particularly like the treatment of wire antennas and "low frequency" methods of antenna analysis. Greatly improved supplemental material included on a CD-ROM.

Lectures and Assignments

Class #
Date
Reading Assigned
HW Assigned (#)
HW Due
1
8/30/2005
Intro-Overview *
Balanis Ch 1
Web Assign. #1 (1)
9/06/2005
2
9/01/2005
Balanis Ch 1
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9/05/2004
No class
Labor Day
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3
9/06/2005
Radiation Pattern/BW
Balanis 27-43
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4
9/08/2005
Directivity
Balanis 44-58
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5
9/13/2005
MATLAB/Efficiency/Gain
Balanis pp. 64-69
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6
9/15/2005
Sec 2.11-2.16
Balanis pp. 70-94
Prob Assign. #1 (2)
9/29/2005
7
9/20/2005
Sec 2.17-2.18
Balanis pp. 94-114
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8
9/22/2005
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9
9/27/2005
Ch 3
Balanis pp. 133-150
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10
9/29/2005
Problem Review
Balanis
Prob Assign. #1
Due Today
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11
10/04/2005
Ch 3
Balanis pp. 133-150
Exam I Available
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12
10/06/2005
Ch 4.1-4.2
Balanis pp. 151-162
Balanis
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13
10/11/2005
Ch 4.3-4.4
Balanis pp. 162-170
Exam I Due
Beginning of Class
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14
10/13/2005
Ch 4.5-4.6
Balanis pp. 170-184
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15
10/18/2005
No class
SW Project Time
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16
10/20/2005
No class
SW Project Time
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17
10/25/2005
Ch 4.7
Balanis pp. 184-204
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18
10/27/2005
Ch 4.8
Balanis pp. 205-214
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19
11/01/2005
No class
SW Project Time
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20
11/03/2005
No class
SW Project Time
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21
11/08/2005
Ch 5.1-5.2
Balanis pp. 231-246
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22
11/10/2005
Ch 5.3-5.4
Balanis pp. 246-261
Prob Assign. #2 (3)
11/17/2005
23
11/15/2005
Ch 5.5-5.8
Balanis pp. 261-273
Prob Assign. #3 (4)
11/22/2005
24
11/17/2005
Ch 6.1-6.3
Balanis pp. 283-300
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25
11/22/2005
Ch 6.3-6.5
Balanis pp. 300-320
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11/24/2005
No class
Thanksgiving
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26
11/29/2005
Ch 6.6-6.8
Balanis pp. 320-345
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27
12/01/2005
Propagation
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28
12/06/2004
Misc. Antennas
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29
12/08/2005
Ch 17
Balanis pp. 1001-1047
Last Class
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12/09/2005
Last Day of Classes
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30
Tuesday
12/13/2005
Final Exam Period
7:30 - 9:20 a.m.
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