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Antennas and Propagation - ZITE4202
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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: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative 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 EZNEC, 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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