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ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPAGATION

CODE 90317
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023
CREDITS
  • 5 cfu during the 1st year of 10378 INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA ENGINEERING(LM-27) - GENOVA
  • SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-INF/02
    LANGUAGE English
    TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
  • SEMESTER 2° Semester
    MODULES This unit is a module of:
    TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

    AIMS AND CONTENT

    LEARNING OUTCOMES

    The course provides knowledge and skills concerning antennas and guided electromagnetic propagation, with reference to both their working principles and their use in different applicative fields. The following main topics will be addressed. Fundamentals of electromagnetic radiation and antenna parameters. Linear antennas, aperture antennas, reflector antennas, printed antennas. Antenna Arrays. MIMO systems for multimedia communications. Smart and reconfigurable antennas. Wide band antennas for high–speed internet links. Antenna systems for industrial, civil and biomedical applications. Fundamentals of guided propagation. Longitudinal-transverse decompositions of Maxwell's equations, TEM, TE, TM modes, rectangular waveguides, higher TE and TM modes, operating bandwidth, power transfer an attenuation, group velocity in waveguides, reflection model of waveguide propagation, dielectric slab guides. Oblique incidence and Snel's laws, Zenneck surface wave, surface plasmons. Plasmonic waveguides, plasmonic and oscillatory modes, MDM and DMD configurations. RFID technology, active and passive RFID tags, plasmonic RFID.

    AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

    Acquire  skills to face simple electromagnetic problems in accordance with the syllabus

    TEACHING METHODS

    Lectures

    SYLLABUS/CONTENT

    Remarks on electromagnetic fields. Maxwell's equations and constitutive equations.

    Free space radiation (first part): Propagation and attenuation of electromagnetic waves in lossless media. Plane waves. Remarks on electromagnetic radiation generated by e.m. sources. Near field and far field regions.

    Guided propagation: Uniform trasmission lines. Characteristic impedance, loads, input impedance. Examples of transmission lines used in applications. Basic concepts abour waveguide. Rectangular waveguides.

    Free space radiation (second part): Effects of the atmosphere. Varios types of links. Telecomunication systems from the point of view of the electromagnetic propagation. Urban propagation and models.

    RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Orfanidis, S.J. (2013) Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas. Rutgers University.
    http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/~orfanidi/ewa/

    TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

    Exam Board

    ANDREA RANDAZZO (President)

    ALESSANDRO FEDELI

    MATTEO PASTORINO (President Substitute)

    LESSONS

    Class schedule

    All class schedules are posted on the EasyAcademy portal.

    EXAMS

    EXAM DESCRIPTION

    Oral examination

    ASSESSMENT METHODS

    Answer questions about theory and solve simple exercises

    Exam schedule

    Date Time Location Type Notes
    09/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.
    26/01/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.
    16/02/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.
    09/06/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.
    30/06/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.
    19/07/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.
    07/09/2023 09:30 GENOVA Orale The actual scheduling will be comunicated by mail before the exam date.