This document provides an overview of the course EC-303 Antenna and Wave Propagation. It is divided into 7 topics that will be covered: 1) introduction to radiation from single wire, two wire, and dipole antennas, 2) fundamental antenna parameters, 3) linear wire antennas such as monopoles and dipoles, 4) antenna arrays including broadside and end-fire arrays, 5) aperture antennas including horns, slots, and reflectors, 6) ground wave propagation including space waves and the effect of the earth, and 7) ionospheric propagation including reflection and refraction of radio waves and critical frequency. The course has an internal marks component of 40 and an external marks component of 60, for a total of
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This document provides an overview of the course EC-303 Antenna and Wave Propagation. It is divided into 7 topics that will be covered: 1) introduction to radiation from single wire, two wire, and dipole antennas, 2) fundamental antenna parameters, 3) linear wire antennas such as monopoles and dipoles, 4) antenna arrays including broadside and end-fire arrays, 5) aperture antennas including horns, slots, and reflectors, 6) ground wave propagation including space waves and the effect of the earth, and 7) ionospheric propagation including reflection and refraction of radio waves and critical frequency. The course has an internal marks component of 40 and an external marks component of 60, for a total of
This document provides an overview of the course EC-303 Antenna and Wave Propagation. It is divided into 7 topics that will be covered: 1) introduction to radiation from single wire, two wire, and dipole antennas, 2) fundamental antenna parameters, 3) linear wire antennas such as monopoles and dipoles, 4) antenna arrays including broadside and end-fire arrays, 5) aperture antennas including horns, slots, and reflectors, 6) ground wave propagation including space waves and the effect of the earth, and 7) ionospheric propagation including reflection and refraction of radio waves and critical frequency. The course has an internal marks component of 40 and an external marks component of 60, for a total of
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This document provides an overview of the course EC-303 Antenna and Wave Propagation. It is divided into 7 topics that will be covered: 1) introduction to radiation from single wire, two wire, and dipole antennas, 2) fundamental antenna parameters, 3) linear wire antennas such as monopoles and dipoles, 4) antenna arrays including broadside and end-fire arrays, 5) aperture antennas including horns, slots, and reflectors, 6) ground wave propagation including space waves and the effect of the earth, and 7) ionospheric propagation including reflection and refraction of radio waves and critical frequency. The course has an internal marks component of 40 and an external marks component of 60, for a total of
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EC-303 Antenna and Wave Propagation
Internal Marks: 40 LTP
External Marks: 60 3 1 0 Total Marks: 100
1. Introduction:Physical concept of Radiation in single wire, two wire, and
dipole, Current Distribution on a thin wire antenna. 2. Fundamental Parameters of Antenna: Radiation Pattern, Radiation Power Density, Radiation intensity, Directivity, Gain, Antenna efficiency, Beamwidth, Bandwidth, Polarisation, Antenna Input Impedance, Elementary idea about self and mutual impedance, Radiation efficiency, Effective aperture, Antenna Temperature. 3. Linear Wire Antennas: Retarded potential, Infinitesimal dipole, Current distribution of short dipole and half wave dipole, Far-field, Radiating near-field and reactive near-field region, Monopole and Half wave dipole. 4. Antenna Arrays: Array of two point sources, Array factor, n-element linear array with uniform amplitude and spacing, Analysis of Broadside array, Ordinary end-fire array, Hansen-woodyard end fire array, n-element linear array with non-uniform spacing, , Analysis of Binomial and Dolph-Tschebyscheff array, Scanning Array, Superdirective array. 5. Aperture Antennas: Field Equivalence principle, Rectangular and circular aperture antennas, Horn antenna, Babinet’s Principle, Slot Antenna, Reflector antenna. 6. Ground wave Propagation: Friis Free space equation, ,Reflection from earth’s surface, Surface and Space wave propagation for vertical and horizontal dipole, Field strength of Space wave, Range of space wave propagation, Effective earth’s radius, Effect of earth imperfections and atmosphere on space wave propagation, Modified refractive index, Duct propagation, Tropospheric propagation. 7. Ionospheric Propagation: Structure of ionosphere, propagation of radio waves through ionosphere, Refractive index of ionosphere, Reflection and refraction of waves by ionosphere, Critical frequency, Maximum usable frequency, Optimum working frequency, Lowest usable high frequency, virtual height, Skip Distance, Effect of earth’s magnetic field. Text Books: 1. Antenna Theory , Balanis C.A ,John Wiley & sons. 2. Electromagnetics and radiating systems, Jordan E.C.,PHI. Reference Books: 1. Antenna and radio wave propagation, Collins R.E., McGraw Hill. 2. Antenna Theory , Krauss J.D.,McGraw Hill