Materials

Everything you download or reference in this course lives on this page: textbooks, the equation sheet and charts, every practice set, every lab sheet, and the project packets. Each lesson page links its own materials in place; this is the one place they are all together.

Textbooks & References

• Milligan — Modern Antenna Design

• Rohde & Schwarz — Antenna Basics

• Balanis — Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design (alternate, not provided)

Equation Sheet & Charts

• Equation sheet

• Blank Smith chart

• Impedance–admittance Smith chart

• Blank Smith chart (SVG)

• Smith chart walkthrough (Frank A. Lynch, smithchart.org)

Practice Problem Sets

Every lesson’s practice set as a blank student copy and a worked-solutions copy. The same links appear on each lesson page.

Module 1: Foundations

Lesson	Problem set	Solutions
L1 — Course Introduction	blank	solutions
L2 — Basic Properties and Terminology	blank	solutions
L3 — Polarization and Bandwidth	blank	solutions
L4 — Impedance, Feeding, and Baluns	blank	solutions
L5 — Field Regions	blank	solutions
L6 — Radiation Integrals	blank	solutions

Module 2: Antenna Types, Simulation, and Measurement

Lesson	Problem set	Solutions
L7 — Simple Resonant Antennas	blank	solutions
L8 — Dipole Simulation Lab	blank	solutions
L9 — Measurement Theory	blank	solutions
L10 — Measurement Lab: Impedance and S-parameters	blank	solutions
L11 — Measurement Lab: Radiation Patterns	blank	solutions
L12 — Loop and Monopole Antennas	blank	solutions
L13 — Patch, Slot, and Horn Antennas	blank	solutions
L14 — High-Gain Antennas	blank	solutions

Module 3: Arrays and ADALM-PHASER Beamforming

L17, L18, and L19 have no separate problem set: their problems are in their lab packets, linked here and under Lab Sheets below. Each Module 3 lab’s own problems are in its packet.

Lesson	Problem set	Solutions
L15 — Aperture Distributions and Efficiency	blank	solutions
L16 — The Array Factor and Pattern Multiplication	blank	solutions
L17 — Introduction to Phased Array Hardware	L17 Lab packet	graded as the lab
L18 — Beam Steering	L18 Lab packet	graded as the lab
L19 — Direction Finding	L19 Lab packet	graded as the lab
L20 — Array Factor and Beamwidth	blank	solutions
L21 — Antenna Pattern	blank	solutions
L22 — Sidelobes and Tapering	blank	solutions
L23 — Beam Squint and Quantization	blank	solutions
L24 — Null Steering	blank	solutions

Practice sets for Modules 4–5 are published here as those lessons are authored.

Lab Sheets

The lab sheet is the turn-in document for each lab. Print it, or fill it as you go; each lab’s page carries the same link plus the pre-lab reading.

Lab	Lesson	Sheet
Matching Procedures (VNA + L-network)	L4 Lab	lab sheet
Phased Array Bring-Up	L17 Lab	lab packet
Beam Steering	L18 Lab	lab packet
Fox Hunt (teams of two)	L19 Lab	lab packet
Array Factor	L20 Lab	lab packet
Antenna Pattern	L21 Lab	lab packet
Tapering, Squint, and Quantization	L22–L23 Lab	lab packet
Null Steering	L24 Lab	lab packet

The simulation labs (L8) and measurement labs (L10, L11) run from their lesson pages directly and have no separate sheet.

Projects

Two graded projects anchor the course. The midterm has its own packet; the final project is a report built on the four Module 4 lab packets. Either way, the packet is the authoritative statement of the requirements.

Project	Assigned	Due	Packet
Midterm — Antenna Pattern Measurement	L9	2 Oct, 2359	project description · hand-wound inductor guide
Final — Radar Systems Report	L28 Lab	class period 41 (lab packets from period 32)	rubric with the L28 Lab packet · final project page

Hardware & Software

• ADALM-PHASER

• nec_lab (NEC-2)

• Vector network analyzer

• Anechoic chamber and dashboard

Additional Resources

• 3D printer training