Professor Office Hours

2774 MEB

Monday 4 - 4:30 (except weeks of Monday help session, see below)

Wednesday 11-11:30

Friday 12-12:30

Friday 2:30-3

TA Problem Help Session

Monday 4-5PM  (3 Feb, 24 Feb, 16 Mar, 6 April, 20 April, 27 April ) WEB L114 (i.e. our lecture room)

Thursday 1:30-2:30PM (6 Feb, 20 Feb, 19 Mar, 2 April, 16 April )  MEB 2102

ECE 5324/6324 Antenna Theory and Design (3)  Prerequisites: ECE 3300.
General theory of conduction current antennas; linear antennas including dipoles and monopoles; antenna equivalent impedance; design of AM, FM, TV and shortwave broadcast antennas of one or more elements including ground and mutual impedance effects; matching techniques including lumped, shunt, and series elements, transmission lines and conjugate matching; receiving antennas; antennas used for mobile communication systems and their radiation characteristics; antenna arrays and their design; wave propagation including propagation via ionosphere or troposphere; loop antennas and Yagi-Uda arrays; antenna synthesis for specified radiation patterns.  UHF and microwave antennas including corner reflector antennas, helical antennas, theory of aperture antennas including rectangular and circular apertures; broadband log-periodic antennas; microstrip antennas and phased arrays including applications for wireless communication systems; slot antennas, turnstile, horn and parabolic radiators; considerations for radar antennas and communication links. Antenna ranges and measurement techniques.