ECEn 665 Schedule

ECEN 665 Schedule for Winter 2025

Date Reading Topic HW Notes

Antenna Fundamentals

Jan 8 Chap. 1 Course introduction, Vector Potentials, Radiation Integral HW1 LN1
13 2.1-2.3 Far-field, Antenna Analysis HW2
15 Antenna Parameters HW3 Stutzman
22 1.5, 2.4-2.5 Reciprocity, Receive Antennas, Effective Aperture, Friis Transmission Formula HW4
27 2.6-2.7 Noise, Antenna Temperature HW5
Antenna Types

29 3.1-3.3 Dipoles HW6
Feb 3 Moment Method, Example HW7 LN6
5 3.4-3.6, 9.4 Loops, Sky Noise, Patch Antennas, Electrically Small Antennas, Sievenpiper paper HW8
10 3.7 Aperture Antennas, Horn Antennas, Reflector Antennas HW9
Arrays

12 4.1 Arrays Antennas, Uniform Linear Array, Pattern Synthesis, Schelkunoff's Representation HW10
18 Dolph-Chebyshev Arrays HW11
19 4.2-4.4 Overlap Integral Formulation HW12
24 4.5-4.15 Overlap Integral Formulation HW13 Complex Overlap
26 5.1, 5.2 Receive Arrays, Review for Midterm
Midterm Exam: Testing Center, Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 2025 Review
Mar 3 5.3 Correlation Matrix Formulation HW14
5 5.3-5.7 Correlation Matrix Formulation HW15
10 6.1-6.5 Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Array Gain, Exam Return HW16
12 6.6-6.17 Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Multipath Channels HW17 Propagation
Propagation Channels

17 Multipath Channels, Rayleigh, Ricean Channels, Temporal Models, Azimuth Spectrum Models HW18
19 Random Processes, Communication Theory, Modulation, Bit Error Rate HW19 Communications
24 Information Theory, Signal Correlation, Antenna Diversity HW20 Diversity
26 10.3.2 MIMO Capacity Bound HW21 MIMO
31 Waterfilling Solution HW22
Apr 2
7 Space-time Coding, Alamouti Code HW23
9 Channel Estimation, EDOF HW24 Beamforming
14 10.1-10.3, 10.7 Adaptive Beamforming Review paper HW25
16 Interference Cancelation, Final Review
Final Exam, 3pm Wed. Apr. 23, 2025, 406 CB

ECEN 665 Schedule for Winter 2025
Date		Reading	Topic	HW	Notes

Antenna Fundamentals
Jan	8	Chap. 1	Course introduction, Vector Potentials, Radiation Integral	HW1	LN1
	13	2.1-2.3	Far-field, Antenna Analysis	HW2
	15		Antenna Parameters	HW3	Stutzman
	22	1.5, 2.4-2.5	Reciprocity, Receive Antennas, Effective Aperture, Friis Transmission Formula	HW4
	27	2.6-2.7	Noise, Antenna Temperature	HW5
Antenna Types
	29	3.1-3.3	Dipoles	HW6
Feb	3		Moment Method, Example	HW7	LN6
	5	3.4-3.6, 9.4	Loops, Sky Noise, Patch Antennas, Electrically Small Antennas, Sievenpiper paper	HW8
	10	3.7	Aperture Antennas, Horn Antennas, Reflector Antennas	HW9
Arrays
	12	4.1	Arrays Antennas, Uniform Linear Array, Pattern Synthesis, Schelkunoff's Representation	HW10
	18		Dolph-Chebyshev Arrays	HW11
	19	4.2-4.4	Overlap Integral Formulation	HW12
	24	4.5-4.15	Overlap Integral Formulation	HW13	Complex Overlap
	26	5.1, 5.2	Receive Arrays, Review for Midterm
			Midterm Exam: Testing Center, Feb. 27-Mar. 3, 2025		Review
Mar	3	5.3	Correlation Matrix Formulation	HW14
	5	5.3-5.7	Correlation Matrix Formulation	HW15
	10	6.1-6.5	Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Array Gain, Exam Return	HW16
	12	6.6-6.17	Active Array Receiver Figures of Merit, Multipath Channels	HW17	Propagation
Propagation Channels
	17		Multipath Channels, Rayleigh, Ricean Channels, Temporal Models, Azimuth Spectrum Models	HW18
	19		Random Processes, Communication Theory, Modulation, Bit Error Rate	HW19	Communications
	24		Information Theory, Signal Correlation, Antenna Diversity	HW20	Diversity
	26	10.3.2	MIMO Capacity Bound	HW21	MIMO
	31		Waterfilling Solution	HW22
Apr	2
	7		Space-time Coding, Alamouti Code	HW23
	9		Channel Estimation, EDOF	HW24	Beamforming
	14	10.1-10.3, 10.7	Adaptive Beamforming Review paper	HW25
	16		Interference Cancelation, Final Review
			Final Exam, 3pm Wed. Apr. 23, 2025, 406 CB