This subject aims at enabling students to:

-Understand and analyse the radiation of electromagnetic waves through antennas, learning the methodology of its design.

- Learn to calculate the necessary parameters to implement systems via radio.

-Use skills and tools to develop the own functions of Telecommunication Engineering

-Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the antennas inside telecommunication systems, expressing in a fluent way, written and orally, proceedings, results and ideas related to telecommunications.

Everything mentioned as expressed on the competences R1, R2, R4 and R8 of the telecommunication module.

ANTENNAS and PROPAGATION

Lesson 1

-Frequency bands, Antennas types.

-Antennas parameters.

Lesson 2

-Wire Antennas.

-Array Antennas.

Lesson 3

-Aperture antennas.

-Horns.

-Reflectors.

Lesson 4.

-Outdoor propagation.

-Friis formula.

-Deterministic propagation models.

Lesson 5.

-Empiric propagation models.

-Indoor propagation.



PRACTICAL LABORATORY WORK

-P1: Antenna characterization by means of measurements: radiation pattern, directivity, S21, S11 and impedance.

-P2: Antenna design and simulation.

-P3: Implementation of a propagation model and comparison with measurements.

The theory of each lesson is explained using slides in the lectures. There is also available a book of the subject for further reading. These lectures will be complemented by problem-solving activities. The experience gained during the lectures will be applied to the practical laboratory work.

The total score of the subject is divided into two sections:

- 60 % of the total score: assessment of the written exam.

- 40 % of the total score: assessment of the practical laboratory work.



Electronic devices such as calculators, smartphones, smartwatches, etc cannot be used in order to answer quizzes. For the rest of the exam only calculators are allowed.



To pass the subject it is required:

- To get a score equal to or greater than 5 points out of 10 on the written exam

and

- to get a score equal to or greater than 5 points out of 10 on the practical laboratory work.



Should this requirement not be fulfilled, the final grade will be the grade obtained in the failed part.



Assessment of the written exam:

- Only final assessment.

* Written exam in the official examination hour: set of problems and/or questions.



Assessment of the practical laboratory work:

- Continuous assessment:

* There will be oral presentations by the working groups of the laboratory about the work carried out in the projects. Each project will be given a 0-to-10 grade, and each grade will determine a third of the final grade of the laboratory part.

After each presentation, there will be a question time in which all the other groups than the one that has made the presentation will have to pose at least one question per group. Otherwise, all the members of the defaulting group will be penalized with a negative point over 10 in the grade of that particular project. One negative point per each due question. The question time will conclude with the questions and comments of the professor regarding both the technical contents and the formal aspects of the presentation. The conclusions from these questions and comments will be the basis of the grade of this project. A previously published rubric, made available to the students, might be used for this evaluation.





* Students have the right to be assessed by final assessment: they must report a written statement for such a claim, with a deadline of 9 weeks, starting from the beginning of the four-month period.

- Additional final assessment:

* Practical test exam after the written exam (in the official examination date).



Declining to sit: not attending the final exam call will be considered equivalent to a withdrawal (no examination attempt is used) and a grade of NS.

Notes and book of the subject. Slides in PowerPoint. Guide notes of the practical laboratory work. Materials and deliverables will be made available by means of the online platform.

Basic bibliography

Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design (Constantine Balanis)

Antenna Theory and Design (Stutzman and Thiele)

Antennas for all applications (Kraus)

Journals

IEEE Antennas & Propagation Magazine.
Microwaves and RF.