UNSW Handbook Course - Antennas and Propagation

Antennas and Propagation - ZITE4202


	Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
	School: School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering @ ADFA
	Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
	Campus: University College Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Equivalent: AELE4536
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Antenna fundamentals: wave equation and boundary conditions, scalar and vector potentials, far field radiation pattern, directivity, gain, efficiency, terminal impedance. Antenna types: survey of wire, aperture and array antennas; EMI and EMC. Analysis tools: estimation methods, moment method, NEC and ELNEC, visualisation tools. Receive antennas: effective height or area, Friis transmission formula, antenna noise, communication link design. Propagation: free space, ground wave, troposphere, ionosphere effects; flat and spherical Earth propagation; modelling and prediction over long and short distances.

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