Become acquainted with some of the most important classes of antennas for professional wireless communications, both terrestrial and spatial, and with their impact on communication systems; experience some analysis and design techniques through practical examples.

1. Review of basics:
Antenna parameters; radiation of electric and magnetic currents
2. Resonant and/or compact antennas:
Dipole and derived antennas; slot and patch antenna; overview of basic limits and technologies for compact antennas
3. Reflector antennas:
basics; design of prime-focus and/or Cassegrain reflectors; horn feeds; review of commonly employed reflector antennas
4. Arrays:
1-D phased arrays, uniform and not; simple 2-D (planar) arrays
5. Special Topic: focus on a specific antenna technology.

C.A.Balanis, Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, New York, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1997.
W.L.Stutzmann and G.A.Thiele, Antenna Theory and Design, New York, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1998.

- Baseline: written test; course 01GOH allows home assignments to be part of final evaluation.