YAGI-UDA ARRAY ANTENNA

PRESENTED BY RAKESH KUMAR SINGH SUSHIL KUMAR KAUSHIK WASEEM AHMAD

POINTS OF DISCUSSION :INTRODUCTION

TYPES OF ANTENNA WHY YAGI-UDA ANTENNA??????

HISTORY OF YAGI-UDA ANTENNA

YAGI-UDA ANTENNA GEOMETRY CHARACTERISTICS OF YAGI-UDA RADIATION PATTERN APPLICATON

 INTRODUCTION
An antenna (or aerial) is a transducer that transmits or receives

electromagnetic waves. In other words, antennas convert electromagnetic radiation into electrical current.
Antennas generally deal in the transmission and reception of

radio waves, and are a necessary part of all radio equipment.

Antennas are used in systems such as radio and television

broadcasting, point-to-point radio communication, wireless LAN, cell phones, radar, and spacecraft communication.
Antennas are most commonly employed in air or outer space,

but can also be operated under water or even through soil and rock at certain frequencies for short distances.

TYPES OF ANTENNAS
LOOP ANTENNA FERITE CORE ANTENNA FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNA YAGI-UDA ANTENNA

WHY YAGI-UDA ANTENNA

It is simple to construct.
It has a high gain, typically greater than 10dB. These antennas typically operate in the HF to UHF bands

(about 3 MHz to 3 GHz), frequently employed as TV/FM antennas. Lightweight Low cost Unidirectional beam (front-to-back ratio) Increased directivity over other simple wire antennas. It is widely used as a TV reception antenna and achieves fairly good directivity with such a simple structure.

YAGI-UDA HISTORY
The Yagi-Uda array was invented in 1926 by Shintaro Uda of

Tohoku Imperial University, Japan, with a lesser role played by his colleague Hidetsugu Yagi. The work was originally done by Shintaro Uda, but published in Japanese. The work was presented for the first time in English by Yagi (who was either Uda's professor or colleague) who went to America and gave the first English talks on the antenna, which led to its widespread use. Hence, even though the antenna is often called a Yagi antenna, Uda probably invented it. Its one of the most famous and used directional parasitic antennas.

Professor Yagi with a Yagi-Uda antenna

YAGI-UDA ANTENNA
In a Yagi antenna, there is at least one driven

element, one reflector element, and usually one or more director elements.
The Yagi antenna is also known as a linear end-fire

antenna or a Yagi-Uda array, has a linear array of parallel dipoles.

Yagi antennas are directional and designed for long

distance communication.

GEOMETRY

CHARACTERISTICS
Radiation pattern
3-dB beamwidths Front-to-back ratio Directivity Input impedance Gain

Radiation Pattern: E-plane

Radiation Pattern: H-plane

3-D Radiation Pattern

FRONT-TO-BACK RATIO
The

front-to-back ratio:is the ratio of the maximum directivity in the forward direction to that in the back direction.

3-dB BEAMWIDTH
Beamwidth is a measurement

used to describe antennas.

directional

Beamwidth is sometimes called

half-power beamwidth.
Half-power beamwidth is the

total width in degrees of the main radiation lobe, at the angle where the radiated power has fallen below that on the centerline of the lobe, by 3 dB (half-power).

GAIN

APPLICATION
Designed for long distance communication.
Frequently employed as TV/FM antennas. Used in systems such as radio and television broadcasting.

Point-to-Point radio communication.