ECEn 665 Schedule

ECEN 665 Schedule for Winter 2023

Date Reading Topic HW Notes

Antenna Fundamentals

Jan 9 Chap. 1 Course introduction, Vector Potentials, Radiation Integral HW1 LN1
11 2.1-2.3 Far-field, Antenna Analysis HW2
18 Antenna Parameters HW3 Stutzman
23 1.5, 2.4-2.5 Reciprocity, Receive Antennas, Effective Aperture, Friis Transmission Formula HW4
25 2.6-2.7 Noise, Antenna Temperature HW5
Antenna Types

30 3.1-3.3 Dipoles HW6
Feb 1 Moment Method, Example HW7 LN6
6 3.4-3.6, 9.4 Loops, Sky Noise, Patch Antennas, Electrically Small Antennas, Sievenpiper paper HW8
8 3.7 Aperture Antennas, Horn Antennas, Reflector Antennas HW9
Arrays

13 4.1 Arrays Antennas, Uniform Linear Array, Pattern Synthesis, Schelkunoff's Representation HW10
15 Dolph-Chebyshev Arrays HW11
21 4.2-4.4 Overlap Integral Formulation HW12
22 4.5-4.15 Overlap Integral Formulation HW13
27 5.1 Receive Arrays
Mar 1 5.2 HW Help & Review for Exam 1
Midterm Exam: Testing Center, Mar. 2-6, 2023 Review
6 5.3 Correlation Matrix Formulation HW14
8 5.3-5.7 Correlation Matrix Formulation HW15
13 6.1-6.5 Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Array Gain, Exam Return HW16
15 6.6-6.17 Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Multipath Channels HW17 Propagation
Propagation Channels

20 Multipath Channels, Rayleigh, Ricean Channels, Temporal Models, Azimuth Spectrum Models HW18
22 Random Processes, Communication Theory, Modulation, Bit Error Rate HW19 Communications
27 Information Theory, Signal Correlation, Antenna Diversity HW20 Diversity
29 10.3.2 MIMO Capacity Bound HW21 MIMO
Apr 3 Waterfilling Solution HW22
5 (Class cancelled)
10 Space-time Coding, Alamouti Code HW23
12 Channel Estimation, EDOF HW24 Beamforming
17 10.1-10.3, 10.7 Adaptive Beamforming Review paper HW25
19 Interference Cancelation, Final Review
Final Exam, 3pm Wed. Apr. 26, 2023, 406 CB

ECEN 665 Schedule for Winter 2023
Date		Reading	Topic	HW	Notes

Antenna Fundamentals
Jan	9	Chap. 1	Course introduction, Vector Potentials, Radiation Integral	HW1	LN1
	11	2.1-2.3	Far-field, Antenna Analysis	HW2
	18		Antenna Parameters	HW3	Stutzman
	23	1.5, 2.4-2.5	Reciprocity, Receive Antennas, Effective Aperture, Friis Transmission Formula	HW4
	25	2.6-2.7	Noise, Antenna Temperature	HW5
Antenna Types
	30	3.1-3.3	Dipoles	HW6
Feb	1		Moment Method, Example	HW7	LN6
	6	3.4-3.6, 9.4	Loops, Sky Noise, Patch Antennas, Electrically Small Antennas, Sievenpiper paper	HW8
	8	3.7	Aperture Antennas, Horn Antennas, Reflector Antennas	HW9
Arrays
	13	4.1	Arrays Antennas, Uniform Linear Array, Pattern Synthesis, Schelkunoff's Representation	HW10
	15		Dolph-Chebyshev Arrays	HW11
	21	4.2-4.4	Overlap Integral Formulation	HW12
	22	4.5-4.15	Overlap Integral Formulation	HW13
	27	5.1	Receive Arrays
Mar	1	5.2	HW Help & Review for Exam 1
			Midterm Exam: Testing Center, Mar. 2-6, 2023		Review
	6	5.3	Correlation Matrix Formulation	HW14
	8	5.3-5.7	Correlation Matrix Formulation	HW15
	13	6.1-6.5	Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Array Gain, Exam Return	HW16
	15	6.6-6.17	Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Multipath Channels	HW17	Propagation
Propagation Channels
	20		Multipath Channels, Rayleigh, Ricean Channels, Temporal Models, Azimuth Spectrum Models	HW18
	22		Random Processes, Communication Theory, Modulation, Bit Error Rate	HW19	Communications
	27		Information Theory, Signal Correlation, Antenna Diversity	HW20	Diversity
	29	10.3.2	MIMO Capacity Bound	HW21	MIMO
Apr	3		Waterfilling Solution	HW22
	5		(Class cancelled)
	10		Space-time Coding, Alamouti Code	HW23
	12		Channel Estimation, EDOF	HW24	Beamforming
	17	10.1-10.3, 10.7	Adaptive Beamforming Review paper	HW25
	19		Interference Cancelation, Final Review
			Final Exam, 3pm Wed. Apr. 26, 2023, 406 CB