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EE 438 Antenna Engineering

Course Description

EE 438 Antenna Engineering is an electrical engineering technical elective course intended for students with a specialization in electromagnetics. This course presents antenna engineering concepts including in-depth studies of various antennas and arrays and computer modeling of antennas for analysis and design.

For more details see the Course Syllabus.

 

Current Course Offering Schedule via C&DE

Fall 2005: This course is designed for Independent Learning with no fixed schedule or meeting location.

Start Date: August 30, 2005

End Date: December 16, 2005

 

Course Instructor:

Dr. Anthony Ferraro

Professor Emeritus Electrical Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University

310-2 Engineering Unit C

University Park, PA 16802

Phone: 814-865-7643

Fax: 814-865-3969

email: ajf4@psu.edu

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PSU Course Catalog Description

 

EE 438 ANTENNA ENGINEERING ( 3) Radiation from small antennas, linear antenna characteristics, arrays of antennas, impedance concepts and measurements, multi-frequency antennas, and aperture antennas. Prerequisite: EE 330
 

Required Textbook

This course has one required text and a second recommended text. The following text by Constantine

 

Antenna Theory, Analysis and Design, Second edition,

by Constantine A. Balanis. John Willey and Son, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

An additional text by Warren L. Stutzman and Gary A. Thiele is recommended, but not a requirement.

 

Antenna Theory and Design, 2nd Edition,

by Warren L. Stutzman, Gary A. Thiele. John Willey and Son, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

The readings are assigned to follow the lessons on the course CD-ROM to further support each lesson and/or assignments. These textbooks are excellent resources that will be invaluable to you in your engineering career.

The enrollment process is:

 

Contact the the Office of Continuing and Distance Education for admission into the course at 814-865-7643.

 

Important Dates for Current Offering

First day of instruction

August 30, 2005

End of course

December 16, 2005

 

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