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NAGR, KOVILPATTI (An Autonomous Institution) DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING Lesson plan Sub code & Name: EC2353 ANTENNA AND WAVE PROPAGATION Semester & Year :VI sem/III year Faculty Name Branch :ECE
EC53
3104
1. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND ANTENNA FUNDAMENTALS 9 Review of electromagnetic theory: Vector potential, Solution of wave equation, retarded case, Hertizian dipole. Antenna characteristics: Radiation pattern, Beam solid angle, Directivity, Gain, Input impedance, Polarization, Bandwidth, Reciprocity, Equivalence of Radiation patterns, Equivalence of Impedances, Effective aperture, Vector effective length, Antenna temperature. 2.WIRE ANTENNAS AND ANTENNA ARRAYS 9 Wire antennas: Short dipole, Radiation resistance and Directivity, Half wave Dipole, Monopole, Small loop antennas. Antenna Arrays: Linear Array and Pattern Multiplication, Two-element Array, Uniform Array, Polynomial representation, Array with non-uniform Excitation-Binomial Array 3. APERTURE ANTENNAS 9 Aperture Antennas: Magnetic Current and its fields, Uniqueness theorem, Field equivalence principle, Duality principle, Method of Images, Pattern properties, Slot antenna, Horn Antenna, Pyramidal Horn Antenna, Reflector Antenna-Flat reflector, Corner Reflector, Common curved reflector shapes, Lens Antenna. 4. SPECIAL ANTENNAS AND ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS 9 Special Antennas: Long wire, V and Rhombic Antenna, Yagi-Uda Antenna, Turnstile Antenna, Helical Antenna- Axial mode helix, Normal mode helix, Biconical Antenna, Log periodic Dipole Array, Spiral Antenna, Microstrip Patch Antennas. Antenna Measurements: Radiation Pattern measurement, Gain and Directivity Measurements, Anechoic Chamber measurement. 5. RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION 9 Calculation of Great Circle Distance between any two points on earth, Ground Wave Propagation, Free-space Propagation, Ground Reflection, Surface waves, Diffraction, Wave propagation in complex Environments, Tropospheric Propagation, Tropospheric Scatter. Ionospheric propagation: Structure of ionosphere, Sky waves, skip distance, Virtual height, Critical frequency, MUF, Electrical properties of ionosphere, Effects of earths magnetic fields, Faraday rotation, Whistlers. L: 45, T: 15, TOTAL= 60 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS 1. E.C.Jordan and Balmain, Electromagnetic waves and Radiating Systems, Pearson Education / PHI, 2006 2. A.R.Harish, M.Sachidanada, Antennas and Wave propagation, Oxford University Press, 2007. REFERENCES 1. John D.Kraus, Ronald J Marhefka and Ahmad S Khan, Antennas for all Applications, Tata McGraw-Hill Book Company, 3 ed, 2007. 2. G.S.N.Raju, Antenna Wave Propagation, Pearson Education, 2004. 3. Constantine A. Balanis, Antenna Theory Analysis and Desin, John Wiley, 2nd Edition, 2007. 4. R.E.Collins, Antenna and Radiowave propagation, 5. W.L Stutzman and G.A. Thiele, Antenna analysis and design, John Wiley, 2000.
LESSON PLAN
UNIT I ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND ANTENNA FUNDAMENTALS S.No & Cumulative Hours 1 3 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 Topics Hours Unit T/R Book T1 T1 R1 R1 T1 T1 T1 T1 TI Page No
Review of electromagnetic theory: Vector potential,. Solution of wave equation, retarded case, Hertizian dipole Antenna characteristics: Radiation pattern Beam solid angle, Directivity, Gain, Input impedance Polarization, Bandwidth, Reciprocity, Equivalence of Radiation patterns. Equivalence of Impedances, Effective aperture, Vector effective length, Antenna temperature. Tutorial
2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3
I 1 I I I I I I I
UNIT II WIRE ANTENNAS AND ANTENNA ARRAYS S.No & Cumulative Hours 15 17 20 22 23 24 25 Topics Hours Unit T/R Book Page No
Wire antennas: Short dipole, Radiation resistance and Directivity, Half wave Dipole, Monopole, Small loop antennas. Antenna Arrays: Linear Array and Pattern Multiplication, Two-element Array, Uniform Array, Polynomial representation, Array with non-uniform Excitation-Binomial Array Tutorial
UNIT III
2 3 2 1 1 1 3
II II II II II II II
R1 R1 R3 R3 R3 T1 R3 T1
Topics
Aperture Antennas: Magnetic Current and its fields, Uniqueness theorem, Field equivalence principle, Duality principle, Method of Images, Pattern properties, Slot antenna, Horn Antenna, Pyramidal Horn Antenna, Reflector Antenna-Flat reflector, Corner Reflector, Common curved reflector shapes, Lens Antenna Tutorial
2 2 2 2 1 2 3
UNIT IV SPECIAL ANTENNAS AND ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS S.No & Cumulative Hours 42 44 46 Topics Hours Unit T/R Book R1 R1 R1 Page No
Special Antennas: Long wire, V and Rhombic Antenna, Yagi-Uda Antenna, Turnstile Antenna, Helical Antenna- Axial mode helix, Normal mode helix,
2 2 3
IV IV IV
49 51 52 54 56 57
Biconical Antenna, Log periodic Dipole Array, Spiral Antenna, Microstrip Patch Antennas. Antenna Measurements: Radiation Pattern measurement, Gain and Directivity Measurements, Anechoic Chamber measurement. Tutorial
2 1 2 2 1 3
IV IV IV IV IV IV
R1 R1 R3 R3 R3 T1
UNIT V RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION S.No & Cumulative Hours Topics Hours Unit T/R Book Page No
60 62
64 66 68
69 70 71 72
Calculation of Great Circle Distance between any two points on earth, Ground Wave Propagation, Free-space Propagation, Ground Reflection, Surface waves, Diffraction, Wave propagation in complex Environments, Tropospheric Propagation, Tropospheric Scatter. Ionospheric propagation: Structure of ionosphere, Sky waves, skip distance, Virtual height, Critical frequency, MUF, Electrical properties of ionosphere, Effects of earths magnetic fields, Faraday rotation, Whistlers. Tutorial
R2
250
R2
300
2 2 1
V V V
R2 R2 R2
1 1 1 3
V V V V
R2 R2 R2 R1
Faculty In-Charge
HOD/ECE