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Docente
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GALLI ALESSANDRO
(programma)
I. Introduction to the Course and Review of EM Fundamentals for Antennas (Introduction to the AAE course; Review on EM fields and waves; Radiation by EM sources and antenna parameters)
II. EM Principles and Methods for Antenna Problems (Types and classifications of antennas, EM principles and theorems for antennas; Useful analysis methods: ray optics, transverse resonance)
III. Arrays, Smart Antennas, MIMO systems (Arrays: elementary and advanced theory; Wireless channel; Diversity, smart antennas, MIMO systems)
IV. Radiating Periodic Structures (EM periodic structures: Floquet theorem, space harmonics; Brillouin diagram; Bloch analysis via equivalent networks)
V. Printed and Dielectric-type Antennas (Features of printed structures; Microstrip patch antennas; Dielectric-resonator and lens antennas)
VI. Traveling-wave and Leaky-Wave Antennas (Leakage from open structures; Leaky-wave antennas: features and parameters; Examples of leaky-wave antennas)
VII. Planar Antennas and Numerical Methods (Fabry-Perot cavity antennas; Numerical methods for EM; Method of Moments)
VIII. Method of Moments for Antennas (Mixed-Potential Integral Equations; Sommerfeld integrals, asymptotic extractions; Spatial singularities and numerical evaluations)
IX. Seminars (Periodic Green’s functions and Printed periodic leaky-wave antennas; Terahertz leaky-wave antennas; CAD tools: analysis and design; Nondiffracting beams)
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C. A. Balanis, Modern Antenna Handbook. Wiley, USA, 2007.
R. E. Collin and F. J. Zucker, Antenna Theory. McGraw-Hill, USA, 1969.
R. E. Collin, Antennas and Radiowave Propagation. McGraw-Hill, USA, 1985.
R. S. Elliott, Antenna Theory and Design. IEEE Press, USA, 2003.
Y. Huang and K. Boyle, Antennas – From Theory to Practice. Wiley, USA, 2008.
P.-S. Kildal, Foundations of Antenna Engineering. Kildal Ed., Sweden, 2015.
T. A. Milligan, Modern Antenna Design. IEEE Press, USA, 2nd Ed., 2005.
W. L. Stutzman and G. A. Thiele, Antenna Theory and Design. Wiley, USA, 1981.
J. L. Volakis, Ed., Antenna Engineering Handbook. McGraw-Hill, USA, 4th Ed., 2007.
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