ANTENNA Antenna Effective Height

 Effective Isotropic Radiated Power For a straight vertical antenna with

EIRP  Pt Gt h≤  4 :

 Electric Field Intensity  h

he  sin 2
2h 
30 Pt Gt  sin
E 
r
 h
 Electrical Power he  tan
2 
V2
P Note: the antenna effective height he is 1 to 2
R 2 3
 Power Density the actual height

Pt Gt E 2 Bandwidth:
PD  
4r 2 Z O fr
BW 
Q
Z O =impedance of free space(377Ω)
Log-Periodic Antenna
 Antenna Characteristics
c c
Radiation Pattern: fH  fL 
short long
Bidirectional
1. Half Wave Dipole l 2 l3 l 4 d 2 d 3 d 4
Gain=2.14 dB      
l1 l2 l3 d1 d 2 d 3
Beamwidth=78º
Radiation resistance=73Ω where:
2. Folded Half-wave Dipole
l1   2 =length of the longest element
Gain=5.64 dB
Beamwidth=45º d1 =distance bet. The 1st and 2nd element
Radiation resistance=300Ω
Omnidirectional  =design factor w/c is bet. 0.7 to 0.98
1. Turnstile Antenna Polarization:
Gain=1 or 0 dB
Beamwidth=360º Circular Polarization
Radiation resistance=36Ω 1. Helical Antenna
2. Marconi Antenna 2
Gain=1 or 0 dB  d  NS
G  15 
Beamwidth=360º    
Radiation resistance=37Ω
Unidirectional 52

1. Yagi-Uda Antenna  d  NS 
 
Gain=7.14 dB     
Beamwidth=25º
2. Rhombic Antenna Antenna Resistance:
Beamwidth:
Radiation Resistance
Beamwidth between nulls
Prad
Rrad 
O  2 I2
 If length<  8  Pyramidal Antenna
2 Gain
l
Rrad  790  7 .5 d E d H
 G
2
Efficiency
Elevation Pattern Azimuth Pattern
P R
  rad  rad 56 70
Pt Rt E  H 
dE dH
Rt  Rrad  RD ( ohmic resistance )

Antenna Gain:
Power Gain
dBisotropic  dBhalfwave dipole  2.14

Antenna Power Gain

G  D
Antenna Directive Gain
P Aeff 2
D  ; Aiso 
Pref Aiso 4

Where:
Pref =power density of isotropic antenna

Effective Isotropic Radiated Power

EIRP  ERP  2.14 dB
Front-to-Back Ratio:
PF
AFB  10 log
PB

 Antennas w/ Parabolic Reflector

Gain
2
 d 
G     0.5 ≤ η ≤ 0.7
  
Beamwidth

  70 
d 