Objective:
To learn the characteristic of waveguides and analyzing and designing of antennas Synopsis:

Electromagnetic wave
EM wave in homogenous and in homogenous media, in dielectrics, in conductors , free space and guided wave

Waveguide
Parallel plates, rectangular waveguides, circular waveguides, modes in waveguide:TE , TM, TEM, evanesces mode and dominant mode.

Analysis and design of antenna
Isotropic antenna, dipole antenna, Hertzian dipole, straight wire antenna, half-wave dipole, monopole antenna, traveling wave antenna, directional and power gains, input impedances, radiation resistances, efficiency, impedance matching, balance unit, array antenna, Uda-Yagi antenna, aperture antenna.

Propagation
Free space , ground wave, sky wave, rain attenuation, scintillation, vegetation , ionospheric propagation, tropospheric propagation

Laboratories
Rectangular Waveguide, Dipole antenna, Yagi antenna , Hon antenna, Ground wave propagation and EMC.

References:

1. Carl T. A. and John K, "Engineering Electromagnetic Fields And Waves", 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
2. Jordan and Balmain, "Electromagnetic Waves And Radiating Systems", 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall, 1980.
3. Ramo, Whinnery, and Van Duzer, "Fields And Waves In Communications", 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1984.