TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Professor Serhat Çakır Instructor Alparslan Çağrı Yapıcı
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain an ability to make the theoretical analysis of antenna radiation mechanism with the vector potential and radiation integrals 2) Gain an ability to recognize, analysis and design the antenna types.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Review of field equivalence principles, Maxwell's equations and coordinate systems. Vector and scalar potentials, wave solutions. Green's function, radiation, ideal dipole. Simple antennas: dipoles and loops. Basic antenna parameters, surface wave antennas, introduction to reflector antenna systems. Receiving antennas. Array theory. Uniformly excited arrays. Nonuniformly excited arrays. Adaptive arrays, smart antennas.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Review of field equivalence principles 2nd Week Maxwell's equations and coordinate systems. 3rd Week Vector and scalar potentials, wave solutions. 4th Week Green's function, radiation, ideal dipole. 5th Week Simple antennas: dipoles and loops. 6th Week Basic antenna parameters, surface wave antennas, introduction to reflector antenna systems. 7th Week Basic antenna parameters, surface wave antennas, introduction to reflector antenna systems. 8th Week Midterm Exam 9th Week Receiving antennas. 10th Week Receiving antennas. 11th Week Array theory. 12th Week Uniformly excited arrays. 13th Week Nonuniformly excited arrays. 14th Week Adaptive arrays, smart antennas.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	C.A.Balanis, "Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics", JohnWiley & Sons, 1989. Stutzman and Thiele, "Antenna Theory and Design", Wiley. J.D.Kraus, "Antennas for All Applications", McGrawHill, 2002.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Presentation,Questions/Answers
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 20 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 8 112 Preparation for Final exam 1 60 60 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 25 25 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 1 56 56 Total Workload 299 Total Workload / 30 9,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No