E& C ENGR 412 - r. f. Microwave Techniques For Wireless Systems

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University of Missouri-Kansas City

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Description:

Fundamental concepts of electromagnetic radiation from Maxwell's equations; basic antenna parameters-gain, directivity, radiation & aperture efficiency,effective area, polarization; calculation of radiation patterns of linear antennas (proof omitted); electromagnetic boundary conditions; oblique incidence of plan waves; Snell's laws and polarizationsimilarities between traveling waves on transmission lines and plane waves; Friis formulas; antenna noise temperature; basic antennas-dipole and monopoles; simple array theory and beamforming concepts; propagation path loss-ground reflections; review of transmission lines & Smith Chart; quarter-wave transformers and L-section matching; single stub tuning; microwave network analysis-port-matrices; fundamentals of filter theory; low - and high-pass filters; scaling and transformations; cellular propagation and link loss prediction; 2-ray and 3-ray (optional) models; introduction to smart antenna concepts; WiMAX systems, introduction to and applications of the state of art r.f. CAD tools, but not necessarily restricted to, IE3D, FIDELITY, for simulation and modeling projects for the course. PrerequisiteS: E&C-ENGR 302, E&C-ENGR 380, E&C-ENGR 341 OR E&C-ENGR 401H, MATLAB proficiency. 3 hrs

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.umkc.edu/

Phone Number:

(816) 235-1000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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