P E S Institute of Technology & Management

NH-206, Sagar Road, Shivamogga – 577204

Phone: 08182-640733 Fax: 08182-233797
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Lesson Plan
Subject : ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION Subject code : 06EC64
IA Marks : 25 Hrs / Week : 04
Exam Hours : 03 Total Hours : 52
Exam marks : 100 Prepared on : 13/01/2010

Class Planned Conducted

Topics to be Covered Remark
No. Date Date

PART – A

UNIT – 1: ANTENNA BASICS 8 Hours

01 Introduction, basic Antenna parameters 03- 02-2010

02 Patterns, beam area 04- 02-2010
03 Radiation intensity, beam efficiency 05- 02-2010
04 Diversity and gain, antenna apertures 06- 02-2010
05 Effective height, bandwidth 10- 02-2010
06 Radiation, efficiency 11- 02-2010
07 Antenna temperature 13- 02-2010
08 Antenna filed zones 17- 02-2010

UNIT – 2 : POINT SOURCES AND ARRAYS 10 Hours

09 Introduction, point sources 18- 02-2010

10 power patterns, power theorem 19- 02-2010

11 Radiation intensity, filed patterns 20- 02-2010

Phase patterns. Array of two isotropic point
12 24- 02-2010
sources
13 Non-isotropic but similar point sources 25- 02-2010
14 Principles of pattern multiplication 26- 02-2010
Examples of pattern synthesis by pattern
15 04- 03-2010
multiplication
Non-isotropic point sources, broad side array
16 05- 03-2010
with non unipolar amplitude distribution
17 Broad side versus end fire array 06- 03-2010
Direction of maxima fire arrays of n isotropic
18 10- 03-2010
point sources of equal amplitude and spacing.

UNIT – 3 : ELECTRIC DIPOLES AND THIN LINEAR ANTENNAS 6 Hours

 P E S Institute of Technology & Management
NH-206, Sagar Road, Shivamogga – 577204
Phone: 08182-640733 Fax: 08182-233797
Introduction, short electric dipole, fields of a
19 11- 03-2010
short dipole
20 Radiation resistance of short dipole 12- 03-2010
21 Radiation resistances of lambda/2 Antenna 13- 03-2010
22 Thin linear antenna, micro strip arrays 17- 03-2010
23 Low side lobe arrays, long wire antenna 18- 03-2010
24 Folded dipole antennas 19- 03-2010

PART – B

UNIT – 4&5 : LOOP, SLOT, PATCH AND HORN ANTENNA 10 Hours

25 Introduction, small loop 20- 03-2010

Comparison of far fields of small loop and
26 24- 03-2010
short dipole
Loop antenna general case, far field patterns of
27 25- 03-2010
circular loop
28 Radiation resistance 26- 03-2010
29 Directivity 27- 03-2010
30 Slot antenna 31- 03-2010
31 Balinet’s principle and complementary antennas 01- 04-2010
Impedance of complementary and slot
32 03- 04-2010
antennas
33 Patch antennas, horn antennas 08- 04-2010
34 Rectangular horn antennas. 09- 04-2010

UNIT – 6 : ANTENNA TYPES 6 Hours

35 Helical Antenna, Yagi-Uda array 10- 04-2010

Corner reflectors, parabolic reflectors, log
36 15- 04-2010
periodic antenna
Lens antenna, antenna for special applications –
37 16- 04-2010
sleeve antenna
38 Turnstile antenna, Omni directional antennas 17- 04-2010
Antennas for satellite antennas for ground
39 21- 04-2010
penetrating radars
Embedded antennas, ultra wide band antennas,
40 22- 04-2010
plasma antenna.
UNIT – 7 & 8 :RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION & TROPOSPHERE WAVE
12 Hours
PROPAGATION

41 Introduction 23- 04-2010

42 Ground wave propagation 24- 04-2010
 P E S Institute of Technology & Management
NH-206, Sagar Road, Shivamogga – 577204
Phone: 08182-640733 Fax: 08182-233797
43 Free space propagation 28- 04-2010
44 Ground reflection 29- 04-2010
45 Surface wave 30- 04-2010
46 Diffraction. 06- 05-2010
47 Problems on radio wave propagation 07- 05-2010
48 Troposcopic scatter 08- 05-2010
49 Ionosphere propagation 13- 05-2010
50 Electrical properties of the ionosphere 14- 05-2010
51 Effects of earth’s magnetic field. 15- 05-2010
52 Problems on troposphere wave propagation 15- 05-2010

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Antennas, John D. Krauss, III (SEI) edition, McGraw-Hill International edition, 2006
2. Antennas and Wave Propagation - Harish and Sachidananda: Oxford Press 2007

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Antenna Theory Analysis and Design - C A Balanis, 2nd ED, John Wiley, 1997

2. Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems - Sineon R Saunders,

John Wiley, 2003.
3. Antennas and wave propagation - G S N Raju: Pearson Education 2005

Prepared by Checked by the HOD Approved by the Principal

Signature

Date 13 / 01 / 2010

Name Mr. R. Premananda Mr. Praveen J. Dr. Vishwanath P. Baligar