ELEC 522

Antennas and Propagation

Units: 1.5

Antenna and propagation fundamentals, Friis transmission formula, radar equation, Maxwell's equations for radiation problems, antenna parameters, simple radiators, array theory, mutual coupling, wire and broadband antennas, aperture radiators, scattering and diffraction, multipath propagation and fading, antenna measurement techniques, surface-wave and ionospheric propagation, microwave and millimeter wave propagation. Students are required to complete a project.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 522, 453.

Prerequisites: 340 or 404 or equivalent.

Graduate course in the Electrical Engineering program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.