Question Bank

Explain the difference between

1. (i)Directivity & Gain (ii) Radiation Intensity & Power density (iii) Beam Area &
Beam width (iv)Effective Aperture & Physical
2. Explain the following
i. Radiation resistance
ii. Pattern
iii. Beam efficiency
iv. Effective height
v. Polarization
vi. Antenna field zones
vii. Bandwidth
viii. Input impedance
ix. Radiation efficiency
x. Antenna temperature
3. Obtain the expression for efficiency of an antenna in terms of radiation resistance
4. Identify and show that the radiation resistance of an antenna is equal to 73Ω
5. Obtain the expression for radiation resistance of short dipole using power
theorem
6. Two space crafts A & B are separated by 100Mm. Each has an antenna with
directivity of 1000 at an operating frequency of 2.5 GHz. If Craft As receiver
requires 20dB over 1pW, what transmitter power is required on B to achieve this
signal level?
7. Using spherical coordinate system, obtain far field components of short electric
dipole antenna
8. What is the maximum effective aperture of a microwave antenna operating at a
frequency of 4 GHz with a directivity of 900?
9. Derive the relation b/n transmitted power & received power of a radio
communication link using the concept of effective aperture.
10. A radio link has 15 Watts transmitter connected to an antenna of 2.5m2, effective
aperture at 5 GHz. The receiving antenna has an effective aperture of 0.5 m 2 and
is located at 15 KM distance from the transmitting antenna. Assuming lossless
matched conditions, Find the power delivered to the receiver.
11. An antenna has a field pattern given by E(θ) = cosθcos2θ for 00 ≤ θ ≤ 900 find
 i. Half power beam width
ii. Beam width between first nulls
12. Show that the directivity for an unidirectional operation is 2(n+1) for an intensity
variation of U = Umcosnθ
13. Find the power radiated by a 10cm dipole antenna operated at 50 MHz with an
average current of 5mA. How much average current would be needed to radiate a
power of 1W
14. A source has a cosine radiation pattern U = Um cosθ where Um = maximum
radiation intensity. The radiation intensity U has a value only in the upper
hemisphere (0 ≤ θ ≤ π/2 and 0 ≤ Ф ≤ 2π) and is zero in the lower hemisphere. The
radiation intensity is maximum at θ = 0. Find directivity.
15. What is the maximum power received at a distance of 0.5KM over a free space
of 1GHz circuit consisting of transmitting antenna with a gain of 25dB and
receiving antenna with a gain of 20 dB and input transmitted power is 150W?
16. The normalized radiation pattern of a given antenna is Unorm = sinθ sinФ, 0 ≤ θ
≤ π/2 and 0 ≤ Ф ≤ 2π. Find the exact directivity and compare it with approximate
directivity.
17. A beam antenna has half power beam widths of 300 and 350 in perpendicular
planes intersecting at the maximum of the main beam. Find its approximate
effective aperture.
18. Explain power theorem as applied to an isotropic source
19. A dipole antenna of length 5cm is operated at a frequency of 100MHz with a
terminal current Io = 120mA at time t = 1 sec, angle θ = 450 and distance r = 3m
find Er, Eθ , HФ.
20. In a 20 KM microwave communication link, two identical antennas are operating
at frequency 20GHz with a power gain of 40dB. The transmitted power is 1.5W.
Find the received power if there are no losses.
21. A directional antenna has a maximum electrical dimension of 50m and its
operating frequency is 100MHz. A field measurement is made at 1KM from the
antenna. Is this the near field or far field?
22. Obtain the relation between effective aperture of an antenna and the directivity.
Find the effective aperture of an idealized isotropic antenna?
23. A hypothetical isotropic antenna is radiating in free-space. At a distance of 100 m
from the antenna, the total electric field (Eθ) is measured to be 5 V/m. Find the (a)
Power density (b) Power radiated
24. Define Directivity and Gain of an antenna. Bring out the relation between
Directivity and Gain. An antenna has a radiation resistance of 63 ohms and a
lossy resistance of 6ohms. If the power gain is 30, Calculate the directivity and
the efficiency of the antenna.
25. Define antenna beam width and directivity and obtain the relation between them
26. Deduce the equation for “directivity from pattern”. Modify the above equation to
get the equation for “directivity from aperture”. Solve the HPBW for an antenna
with a field pattern given by Eφ=Cos2φ for 0˚≤ φ ≤90˚.
27. Calculate the effective length of the element considering the voltage induced by
the application of an electric field of strength 2 volts / meter is 0.7 volt.
28. State and prove reciprocity theorem as applied to antennas.
29. With help of mathematical expressions explain the different aperture concepts
30. Obtain the Directivity of an Isotropic Antenna, Short Dipole and Half-Wave
dipole
31. Identify and analyze a suitable antenna system to connect a λ/2 dipole of terminal
resistance of about 70Ω to match a two wire line of 300 to 600Ω characteristic
impedance without using impedance transformer
32. A 1.5λ dipole radiates an average power of 200W in free space at 500 MHz. Find
Electric field and Magnetic field magnitudes at a distance r=100m and Ө=90o
33. The plane wave is incident on a short dipole. The wave is assumed to be linearly
polarized with E in the y direction. The current on the dipole is assumed constant
and in the same phase over its entire length, and the terminating resistance RT is
assumed equal to the dipole radiation resistance Rr. The antenna loss resistance
RL is assumed equal to zero. Find (i) the dipoles maximum effective aperture (ii)
its directivity.
OR
34. A uniform plane wave is incident upon a very short lossless dipole (l<<λ).
Compute maximum effective area assuming that the incident field is linearly
polarized along the axis of the dipole.