Dr. Thennarasan Sabapathy
Dr. Soh Ping Jack
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Lecturer:
Thennarasan Sabapathy (thennarasan@unimap.edu.my)
Soh Ping Jack (pjsoh@unimap.edu.my)
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Graduate Teaching Assistants
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Lab Technicians
 En. Basri Hamid (MKP3) (basri@unimap.edu.my)
 En. Mohd. Aniff Mohammad (MKP1) (aniff@unimap.edu.my)
Lectures:
 Tuesdays (10.00 am – 11.00 am) – TBA
 Thursdays (4.00 pm – 6.00 pm) – DPU1
Lab sessions:
 Mondays (8.00 – 10.00 am) – MKP3 / MKP 1 – G1
 Tuesdays (8.00 – 10.00 am) – MKP3 / MKP 1 – G3
 Tuesdays(4.00-6.00pm) – MKP3 / MKP 1 – G2
1. Ability to define and explain the electromagnetic
wave concept and principle
2. Ability to design and analyze different types of
antenna and explore its propagation
characteristics
3. Ability to define, explain and apply the radio
wave propagation characteristics to the antenna
TOPICS
Electromagnetic Waves (3 weeks)
•Introduction to EMs
•Maxwell Equation
•Ampere-Maxwell Correction
•EM Wave Fundamental and Equations
•Plane Wave Propagation
•EM Wave Propagation in Different Media
•EM Wave Reflection and Transmission at Normal
and Oblique Incidence
•Waveguide Field Equations
•Rectangular waveguide
TOPICS
Basic Antenna Concept and Types (3 weeks)
•Introduction
•Radiation Mechanism
•Fundamental Parameters of Antenna
•Electrically Short Antenna
•Dipole Antenna
•Monopole Antenna
TOPICS
Antenna Types (4 weeks)
•Antenna Arrays
•Helical Antennas
•Microstrip patch antennas, Slot Antennas
•Horn Antennas
•Reflector Antennas
•Emerging Antenna Technologies
TOPICS
Antenna Matching Techniques (1 week)
•Transmission line principles
•Lumped matching circuits
•Reactive matching circuits
•Power splitting/combining networks
•Impedance matching and Smith Chart
TOPICS
Radiowave Propagation (3 weeks)
•Introduction
•Friis Transmission Equation
•Ground Wave Propagation
•Earth Wave Propagation
•Space Wave Propagation
•Ionosphere propagation
•Troposphere Propagation
•Vegetation Propagation
•Urban Propagation
•Propagation phenomena
•Link Budget Analysis
Final Exam
Test
Course Work
b) Lab Assessment
c) Mini Project / Quizzes / Assignment
: 50 %
: 20 %
: 30 %
: 15 %
: 15 %
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Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, 3rd Ed., C.A.
Balanis, Wiley
Antenna Theory and Design, 3rd Ed.,W. L.
Stutzmann, G. A. Thiele, Wiley, 2012
Antenna: For All Applications, Kraus, Marhefka,
McGraw Hill International Edition, 2003
Fundamentals of Electromagnetics with
Engineering Applications, Stuart M Wentworth,
Wiley, 2005.
Engineering Electromagnetics, 8th Edition, William
H. Hayt Jr, John A.Buck, McGraw-Hill, 2012