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An antenna’s “figures of merit,” or “antenna parameters,” are all the objective, measurable characteristics of an antenna. These are the figures by which an engineer can judge the suitability of a particular antenna for any given application. For this course, we will be focusing on two major antenna parameters: antenna efficiency and antenna bandwidth.
Antennas are engineered devices used to send and receive electromagnetic signals. Each antenna has a unique set of characteristics — frequency response, polarization, radiation pattern, etc. It is important to know the general characteristics of common antenna topologies in order to be able to choose the proper topology for any particular application. In this course, we will briefly introduce four common antenna topologies: horn antennas, Yagi-Uda antennas, slot antennas, and rectangular patch antennas