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17ECCC13 ANTENNA AND WAVE PROPAGATION

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PREAMBLE
In the era of multimedia, Internet, Web-world, Mobile and Bluetooth, communication is becoming wireless.
Antennas are important component in making wireless communication a reality. This course is essential to
understand the fundamental principles of Antenna theory, and wave propagation with a lucid explanation of the
basic concepts and equations.
PREREQUISITE
Electromagnetics And Transmission Lines & Waveguides
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1 To study the EM theory and radiation fundamentals
2 To study about wire antenna and arrays
3 To study about the aperture antennas
4 To study about the antenna measurements
5 To study about the wave propagation
COURSE OUTCOMES
On the successful completion of the course, students will be able to
CO1. Explain the process of radiation from an open ended transmission line Understand
CO2. Explain the behaviour of an antenna in terms its parameters Understand
CO3. Compute the fields and radiation resistance of a family of antenna & array Apply
CO4. Select appropriate antenna for a given applications (TV, radar, wireless) Apply
CO5. Design dipole, Yagi and patch antenna for a given specification Analyze
MAPPING WITH PROGRAMME OUTCOMES AND PROGRAMME SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
COS PO1 PO2 PO3 PO4 PO5 PO6 PO7 PO8 PO9 PO10 PO11 PO12 PSO1 PSO2 PSO3
CO1 M L - - - - - - - - - -
CO2 M L - - - - - - - - - -
CO3 S M L - - - - - - - - -
CO4 S M L - - - - - M M L L
CO5 S M L L L - - M M - - L
S- Strong; M-Medium; L-Low
SYLLABUS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND ANTENNA BASICS
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, Effective aperture, Vector effective length.

POINT SOURCES AND THEIR ARRAYS

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.

LOOP, SLOT and HORN ANTENNAS

Aperture Antennas: Magnetic Current and its fields, Uniqueness theorem, Field equivalence principle, Pattern
properties, Slot antenna, Horn Antenna, Pyramidal Horn Antenna, Reflector Antenna-Flat reflector, Corner
Reflector, Common curved reflector shapes, Lens Antenna.
SPECIAL ANTENNAS and ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS
Special Antennas: Long wire, V and Rhombic Antenna, Yagi-Uda Antenna, Helical Antenna- Axial mode helix,
Normal mode helix, Biconical Antenna, Log periodic Dipole Array, Spiral Antenna, Micro strip Patch Antennas.

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS
Antenna Measurements: Radiation Pattern measurement, Gain and Directivity Measurements, Anechoic Chamber
measurement.

RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION

Structure of atmosphere, Mode of propagation, Ground wave propagation, Reflection, diffraction, Ionospheric
propagation, Electrical properties, Effects of Earths magnetic field. Friss formula and Channel Sounding
Measurements – Base station and link budget problems.

TEXTBOOK
1. John D.Kraus, Ronald J Marhefka and Ahmad S Khan, “Antennas and Wave Propagation”, McGraw-Hill
Education, 4ed, 2013.
REFERENCE BOOKS
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.
3. Constantine A. Balanis, Antenna Theory Analysis and Design, John Wiley, 2nd Edition, 2007.
4. R.E.Collins, “Antenna and Radio wave propagation”, McGraw-Hill
5. W.L Stutzman and G.A. Thiele, “Antenna analysis and design”, John Wiley, 2000.
COURSE DESIGNERS
S.No Name of the Faculty Mail ID
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1 Mr.S.Selvaraju selvaraju@vmkvec.edu.in
2 Mr.N.Manikanda Devarajan manikandadevarajan@vmkvec.edu.in
3 Mrs.A.Malarvizhi malarvizhi@vmkvec.edu.in