Unit-III

Assignment questions
1. Define the relation between directivity and the effective aperture of the uniform
aperture antenna.
2. What is the technique used to reduce side lobe levels in aperture antenna.
3. write the principle plane pattern of the E-plane of rectangular aperture of a×b.
4. what is Tapering.
5. How Tapering done for antenna array.
6. What happens If the aperture antenna is tapered only in H-plane.
7. What is the HPBW in H-plane if a rectangular aperture a ×b is placed in xy-plane.
8. What is the first-level of the side lobe occurs for a uniform rectangular aperture
antenna.
9. What is the total pattern function for rectangular aperture f(x, y) if f(x) and f(y) are
separable.
10. What is the condition for area of aperture antenna to be efficient and have high
directivity.
11. What is the operating frequency of aperture antennas.
12. What is the principle used for analysis of aperture antennas.
13. What is the relation between gain and frequency of aperture antenna.
14. Write equivalence principle for aperture antennas.
15. What is the Half-power Beamwidth of aperture antennas.
16. What is the half power beam width, If the antenna dimension is two times the
wavelength of the signal.
17. What is the first null beam width, If the antenna dimension is two times the
wavelength of the signal.
18. Find the first null beam width in the E-plane of a rectangular aperture of a×b.
19. Find the HPBW of the uniform rectangular aperture antenna with 4λ×2λ in the E-
plane.
20. Find the second null in H-plane of rectangular aperture of a*b.
21. Write the expression for HPBW of E-plane horn in degrees.
22. Write the expression for HPBW of H-plane horn is (in degrees).
23. What is flaring.
24. Calculate the HPBW of E-plane horn with aperture dimension 10 λ in degrees.
25. What is the physical area of the rectangular horn antenna with E-plane aperture 5 λ
and H-plane aperture 4 λ?
26. What is the Flare angle of horn antenna with axial length ‘l’ and path difference δ.
27. Calculate the flare angle (in degrees) of horn antenna with axial length 10λ and path
difference δ = 0.3λ .
28. What is an horn antenna.
29. Compare H-plane Sectoral horn and the E-plane Sectoral horn.
30. Define E- plane horn antenna.
31. Define H- plane horn antenna.
32. What is the frequency of operation of horn antenna.
33. What is the relation between aperture, directivity and diffraction for horn antenna.
34. What is the technique used in Horn antennas for impedance matching.
35. What is the Principle used in Horn antenna.
36. Why, the radiation pattern of H-plane Sectoral horn is narrower than the E-plane
Sectoral horn.
37. What is the relation between the flare angle and beam width of the Horn antenna.
38. Find the width of aperture of the E-plane horn operating at frequency 800MHz with
the slant length 5cm?
39. Find the aperture width of the H-plane horn operating at frequency 900MHz with the
slant length 5cm?
40. Find the diameter of the conical horn operating at frequency 900MHz with the slant
length 1.5cm.
41. Find the directivity of a pyramidal horn antenna with E-plane aperture width 10λ and
H-plane aperture width 15λ?
42. Find the length of the E-plane horn with aperture 12λ and path travel difference 0.4λ?
43. Find the flare angle of the H-plane horn with aperture 12λ and path travel difference
0.4λ?
44. What are the length and the flare angle of the H-plane horn antenna with aperture 10 λ
and path difference δ=0.2λ.
45. Find the optimum aperture angle for H-plane horn with aperture 12λ and path travel
difference 0.4λ?
46. What is the principle of operation of Reflector antenna.
47. What is an parabolic reflector antenna.
48. Calculate the power gain of the parabolic reflector with circular aperture of diameter
10λ.
49. Which type of wave conversion mechanism is performed in a parabolic reflector
antenna?
50. Find the aperture ratio of the paraboloid with aperture diameter 1m at 1.5GHz
frequency.
51. What is the ratio of focal length to diameter for practical applications in a parabolic
reflector?
52. What is primary radiator in reflector antenna.
53. What is secondary radiator in reflector antenna.
54. What is the position of primary radiator and reflector to obtain maximum beam
pattern.
55. When the feed is moved along the main axis in a reflector antenna what happens to
the beam pattern?
56. Why parabolic reflector antennas is mostly used in TV Dish?
57. Define and explain Aperture efficiency of Dish antenna.
58. What is cross polarization.
59. What is aperture blocking efficiency.
60. What is feed spill over efficiency.