Antennas and propagation [ LELEC2910 ]

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The following courses (or equivalent) are prerequisites:  LELEC1360 Telecommunications and LELEC1350 Electromagnetism

This course is a part of the "Telecommunications" orientation in the Master in Electricity. LELEC2910 is dedicated to the electromagnetic aspects of wireless communications, more specifically to the antenna technology and microwave propagation theory.

a.     Contribution de l'activité au référentiel AA (AA du programme)

Axe 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.3), Axe 2 (2.1, 2.2, 2.4), Axe 3 (3.1), Axe 4 (4.1), Axe 5 (5.5, 5.6), Axe 6 (6.1, 6.3)

b. Formulation spécifique pour cette activité des AA du programme (maximum 10)

At the end of the course, the student will be able to :

• Explain the fundamental properties characterizing an emitting and receiving antenna and calculate its characteristic parameters
• Calculate the radiated field and the radiation pattern of antennas, antenna arrays, linear and aperture antennas.
• Describe and calculate the influence of the troposphere, the ionosphere  and the ground on the propagation of electromagnetic waves.
• Write the radar equation and describe the radar.
• Calculate a link budget, taking into account the various propagation effects and the signal-to-noise ratio, for a terrestrial and earth-space link.

The students have a written examination, based on the objectives described above. Copies of the slides are available for the written  examination

The evaluation of the project is a report and a presentation, individual or for a group of 2 students.

The course is organized in

• 12 courses of 2h
• 10 supervised exercises of 2h
• A project for the development of an antenna or a propagation model (1 or 2 students).

• Antenna theory
• Modeling of antenna arrays
• Radiation from linear distributions
• Radiation from apertures
• Propagation for terrestrial links
• Earth-space propagation
• Propagation through the troposphere and the ionosphere
• Radar equation

• Syllabi available on iCampus
• Slides available on iCampus
• Reference books available at the Science and Technology Library