Electrical Engineering Department
EE423 – Wave Propagation and Antennas
Instructors: Dr. Omar Siddiqui, Office: 2C-40, Tel #
4670586.
Dr. Mohammad
K. Samarkandy, Office: 2C99. Tel# 4676740
Emails:
siddiqui@ksu.edu.sa
Pre-Requisites: EE 204, EE
322.
Textbooks and References:
1- C. Balanis,
Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd edition, Wiely, 2005.
2- J. D. Parsons, The Mobile Radio
Propagation Channel, ,2nd
edition, John Wiley, 2000.
External
Website: http://www.antenna423.s5.com
Course Outline:
Antennas:
1- Antenna Fundamentals and definitions
2- Electrically Small Antennas
3- Resonant antennas
4- Antenna Arrays
5- Broadband Antennas
6- Aperture Antennas
Terrestrial
Propagation:
1- Basic propagation modes: Free Space,
Ground reflection, and diffraction
2- Theoretical and empirical propagation
models in mobile radio systems
3- Short term and Long-term Fading in
mobile systems
Satellite
Antennas and Propagation
1.
Overview of Satellite Communications
2.
Satellite Orbits
3.
Satellite and Earth Station Antennas
4.
Earth station antenna overlook angles
5.
Satellite Link Analysis
6.
Application to Intelsat, Arabsat,
and Nilesat
Grading:
1. Two Midterm exams 40% each
2. Quiz 5%
3. Home-works and Assignments 15%
4. Final Examination 40%
Sample Exams: (1) First Midterm Exam for Second Semester 1428-1429 Session
(2)
Second Midterm Exam for First Semester 1428-1429 Session
(3)
Final Exam for First Semester 1428-1429 Session