Teaching Matlab Based Toolbox for Antenna
Course
Olivier Vidémé Bossou - Juan R. Mosig
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SOMMARY
INTRODUCTION PURPOSE TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY METHOD OF MOMENTS ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC
PARAMETERS CONCLUSION
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Teaching is a noble and hard profession; To understand antenna courses :
Very good teacher;
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Excellent students; Or both.
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We often use : Computer; excellent scientific software.
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We can make these statement : Despite the excellent quality of the teacher :
The course is not well assimilated; The content is not well understood.
In the class all the students are not excellent; The graphical limitation of the blackboard; Things are making more easier by the use of
computers and softwares.
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INTRODUCTION
We focus our energy on « Radiation and Antennas » course;
The teacher can do ex-cathedra courses; But he will also use Matlab GUI to :
Add more explanations; Draw more caracteristics; Calculate parameters;
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PURPOSE
To improve the antenna course; Construct different kind of exercices; Make an intellectual contribution of students
to construct the course; Add more motivation by the use of ICT
technology; Make more simulation on the web for student.
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TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY Suppose that we have this antenna;
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TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY We transforme it as a transmission line;
We calculate the current distribution along the line;
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TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY
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METHOD OF MOMENTS
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METHOD OF MOMENTS
We need the geometrical description of the antenna;
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METHOD OF MOMENTS
The program calculate the current distribution along the antenna
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METHOD OF MOMENTS
We can after draw the radiation pattern
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METHOD OF MOMENTS
We did same thing with Yagi-Uda antenna.
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ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS
We can use the antenna formulas or the caracteristics calculated by the two others program;
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ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS
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CONCLUSION
We are building a Matlab toolbox which will contain all these programs related to the course;
All these programs are suppose to be use in class while teaching;
They will be available on the net for student homework;
The first test will be next winter. We hope the students will enjoy it.