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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ECE 537 - Antenna Theory

3 credits
3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: ECE 336 or permission of instructor
Antenna fundamentals, antenna arrays, and basic types of antennas for wireless communication. Mathematical solution of Maxwell’s equations for radiation problems is introduced. Basic antenna parameters are defined and discussed. Electrically small antennas are analyzed. Theory of receiving antennas is presented. Topics in antenna arrays include the array factor, pattern multiplication, multidimensional arrays, and phased arrays. Several types of antennas are studied, including wire and microstrip antennas. This course is dual-listed with ECE 437.