Antennas and Propagation
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
London
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Class hours
150h
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Duration
4 Days
This four-day antennas and propagation course aims to give you a good grounding in:
a range of antenna and array designs
methods used for their measurement
the principles of radiowave propagation
The material is developed from fundamental principles and illustrated with numerous practical examples of working antenna and array systems.
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About this course
You can take this course as a standalone (one-off) course/module, or accumulate it towards a Master's degree (up to two standalone modules can be transferred towards the flexible Master's degree).
Benefits to the employee
The programme offers the opportunity for professional people working in the telecommunications industry to develop their career, be able to respond to changes in their environment, and learn while they earn. It's also designed to give you the opportunity of working towards an MSc qualification from an academic institution whose quality is recognised world-wide.
Benefits to employers
Our flexible CPD courses enhance staff motivation and assists in the recruitment and retention of high-quality staff. It enables your company to keep ahead of the competition by tapping into world-leading research, and to profit from UCL’s world class Telecommunications and Business expertise.
The department's short courses/CPD modules are aimed at those working in the telecommunications industry such as researchers, engineers, IT professionals and managers.
They're particularly suited to graduates in electronic and electrical engineering, communications engineering and computer science who want to further their knowledge on a particular topic, or work towards a Master's degree.
You don't need to have any pre-requisite qualifications to take this course
The course runs over four days, followed by a three-hour tutorial and an optional exam.
A certificate of attendance will be issued on completion for those who take the module but not the exam.
If you take and pass the exam you'll get a certificate stating this, which includes your pass level.
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Subjects
- Systems
- Polarization
- Directional patterns
- Hertzian
- Hertzian dipole
- Antenna theory
- Electronic
- Digital beam-forming
- Lens antennas
- Antenna laboratory
Course programme
You'll cover the following:
- basic antenna definitions: gain, directivity, efficiency, effective area and length, directional patterns and polarization
- propagation principles: friis transmission formula, atmospheric effects, fading, tropospheric scatter, link budget calculation
- Hertzian dipole reactive and far field patterns
- types of radiating element
- antenna theory, covering: Fourier transforms in antennas, displacement theorem, amplitude tapers and sidelobe levels, orthogonality, pattern synthesis, near and far field patterns and focused apertures
- arrays and electronic beam control: interferometers, linear arrays, the product theorem, frequency-scanned arrays, phase and time delay compensation, null steering, switched-line phase shifter and sidelobe levels, vector modulators and multiple beamforming arrays
- digital beam-forming: smart antenna systems in mobile applications
- reflector and lens antennas: including the feed systems
- antenna measurements and anechoic chambers
- horn antennas, printed and helical antennas and slot antennas
- printed patch antenna laboratory
Antennas and Propagation
