Lab Course contents:

• Introduction to antenna technology, forms of the antenna, and examples.
• Physics of transmitting and receiving
• The resistance of an antenna, matching, and balancing (Balun)
• Close-field and distant-field transmission
• Antenna gain
• Form of directional image
• Measurement of directional image for various antennae

• Introduction
  • Radiator Arrangements
  • Far-field Conditions
• Patch Antennae
  • What is a Patch Antenna
  • Feed to a Patch Antenna
  • Circular Polarisation
  • The Radiation Pattern
  • Linear Polarised Patch Antenna
  • Circular Polarised Patch Antenna
• Horn Antennae
  • The Horn Antenna
  • The open Wave Guide
  • 10dB Horn Antenna
  • 15dB Horn Antenna
  • 20dB Horn Antenna
• Dielectric Antennae
  • The Dielectric Radiator
  • Functioning
  • Dielectric Antenna
• Group Antennae
  • Phased Array Antennae
  • The Slot Antennae
  • Groups of Slot Antennae
  • The function of the Microstrip Antenna
• Parabolic Antennae
  • The Parabolic Antenna
  • Types of Parabolic Antennae
  • Patch Antenna as the Primary Radiator
  • Horn Antenna as the Primary Radiator
• Reflections and RADAR
  • Reflections in a Radio Transmission Path
  • Effects of Reflections
  • The Principle of Radar
  • Radar Cross Section
  • Reflections from a smooth surface
  • Increasing the Reflecting Surface
  • The passive Radio Transponder