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| ELK5450 | Electromagnetic Wave Propagation | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Haydar KAYA | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The students should obtain advanced knowledge on the theoretical fundamentals of wave propagation , and applications. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | gain advanced knowledge on the fundamentals of electromagnetic wave propagation. | 1,5,8 | 1,3 | | PO - 2 : | understand characteristics of wave propagation in different media. | 1,5,8 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | understand propagation characteristics of ionospheric, tropospheric, microwave and millimetric waves. | 1,5,8 | 1,3 | | PO - 4 : | gain advanced knowledge on the effects of environmental noise and antenna noise temperature. | 1,5,8 | 1,3 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Fundamentals of electromagnetic wave propagation. Waves in inhomogeneous and layered media. Wave propagation in anisotropic media. Ground-wave propagation. Wave propagation over a Spherical Earth. Ionospheric propagation, tropospheric propagation, microwave and millimetre-wave propagation. Receiving antennas. Environmental noise. Antenna noise temperature. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Fundamentals of electromagnetic wave propagation | | | Week 2 | Fundamentals of electromagnetic wave propagation | | | Week 3 | Waves in inhomogeneous and layered media | | | Week 4 | Wave propagation in anisotropic media | | | Week 5 | Ground-wave propagation | | | Week 6 | Wave propagation over a Spherical Earth | | | Week 7 | Wave propagation over a Spherical Earth | | | Week 8 | Ionospheric propagation | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Tropospheric propagation | | | Week 11 | Microwave and millimetre-wave propagation | | | Week 12 | Microwave and millimetre-wave propagation | | | Week 13 | Receiving antennas | | | Week 14 | Environmental noise | | | Week 15 | Antenna noise temperature | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Collin, R.E. 1985; Antennas and Radiowave Propagation, McGraw-Hill, USA | | | 2 | Ishimaru, A. 1991; Electromagnetic Wave Propagation, Radiation and Scattering, Englewood Cliffs, N.J | | | |
| 1 | Balanis, C. 1989; Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics, Wiley, USA | | | 2 | Saunders, S.R. 2007; Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems, Wiley, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 10
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3 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 2 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 8 | 16 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 6 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Diğer 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Total work load | | | 183 |
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