ELG 4118 Wave Propagation and Antennas

3 units
Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Review of Maxwell's equations, Poynting's theorem and boundary conditions. Plane waves at an interface. Rectangular and circular metallic waveguides. Resonant cavities. The equivalent circuit description of discontinuities and junctions in waveguiding structures. Antenna fundamentals. Radiation integrals. Dipole and loop antennas. Microstrip antennas. Source equivalence principles. Aperture antennas. Reflector antennas. Array antennas. Antenna measurements. Use of computational electromagnetics in antenna analysis & design.

Components:

Laboratory
Lecture
Tutorial

Requirements:

Prerequisite: ELG 3106 .

Previously Offered Terms:

Winter

French Equivalent:

Organized

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