Title :
Antennas for non-specialists
Author :
Iizuka, Kunihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
2/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The article reports the experience of giving a hands-on antenna course to a group of participants who were not antenna specialists. The discussion of the results is presented in the format of a student-instructor dialog. The questions asked by the participants were sometimes very challenging to answer, especially without resorting to mathematical formulas. For the benefit of those antenna instructors who are interested in imitating this course, a set of instructions for performing the experiments is presented at the beginning of each experiment; these can be used as worksheets to hand out to the participants.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; dipole antennas; electrical engineering education; student experiments; Poynting vector; antenna array; antenna instructors; antenna theory; balun; charge measurement; coaxial cables; current measurement; dipole antenna; displacement current; hands-on antenna course; mobile antennas; radiation pattern; radio wave reflection; student-instructor dialog; wave emission; Antenna accessories; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antenna theory; Dipole antennas; Impedance measurement; Mobile antennas; Reflector antennas; Transmission line antennas;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2004.1296146
