Teaching Matlab Based Toolbox for Antenna Course Olivier Vidémé Bossou-Juan R. Mosig
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland2 SOMMARY INTRODUCTION PURPOSE TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY METHOD OF MOMENTS ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS CONCLUSION
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland3 INTRODUCTION Teaching is a noble and hard profession; To understand antenna courses : Very good teacher;
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland4 INTRODUCTION Excellent students; Or both.
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland5 INTRODUCTION We often use : Computer; excellent scientific software.
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland6 INTRODUCTION 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.
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland7 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;
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland8 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.
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland9 TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY Suppose that we have this antenna;
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland10 TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY We transforme it as a transmission line; We calculate the current distribution along the line;
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland11 TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland12 METHOD OF MOMENTS
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland13 METHOD OF MOMENTS We need the geometrical description of the antenna;
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland14 METHOD OF MOMENTS The program calculate the current distribution along the antenna
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland15 METHOD OF MOMENTS We can after draw the radiation pattern
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland16 METHOD OF MOMENTS We did same thing with Yagi-Uda antenna.
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland17 ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS We can use the antenna formulas or the caracteristics calculated by the two others program;
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland18 ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETERS
International Conference on Engineering Education July 25-29, Gliwice, Poland19 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.