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Academic Year: | 2014/5 |
Owning Department/School: | Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering |
Credits: | 6 |
Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
Period: |
Semester 1 |
Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
Assessment Detail: |
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Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
Requisites: | Before taking this unit you must take EE20090 or equivalent. |
Description: | Aims: To give students an understanding of the key parameters involved in the wave propagation aspects of a wireless transmission link such as fixed wireless links, mobile links and radar systems. To introduce the basic concepts of the antenna as a system element and the inclusion of propagation factors. Learning Outcomes: After completion, students should be able to: understand the main features of plane wave propagation in dielectrics, conductors and the lower atmosphere; the influence of plane boundaries and corners on wave propagation; understand propagation models for typical environments; understand the operation of basic antennas, arrays and apertures. Skills: Students will learn the principles behind currently used techniques for describing and analysing the transmission of wireless signals. Taught, facilitated and assessed. Content: Review of the electromagnetic spectrum, properties of transmission media (atmosphere, fibres, cables). Wave Propagation: Maxwell's Equations, Plane waves in dielectrics & conductors. Reflection and Refraction at oblique incidence. Propagation Effects: Layered atmosphere and layered media waveguide modes in optical fibres and waveguides. Plane Earth propagation. Propagation in irregular environments. Introduction to fading. Antennas: Review of link power budgets. Simple antennas, Hertzian dipole. Phased array of sources. Aperture antennas. |
Programme availability: |
EE30120 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
EE30120 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
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