BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMM ENGINEERING

EC 7103 ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION

Module 1: Radiation and Basic Antennas Concepts: Retarded Potential, Radiation from an oscillating electric dipole, Quarter-wave monopole and half-wave dipole. Basic antenna parameters, Radiation patterns, Directivity, Gain, Effective length, Effective aperture, Wave polarization, FRISS transmission formula, Source of radiation, Antenna field zones, Antenna Noise temperature, Reciprocity theorem and other theorems and their applications. Text Book: Antennas ,J. D. Kraus, McGraw Hill, New York. Module 2: Antenna Arrays: Uniform n-element linear array, The principle of pattern multiplication, Linear arrays with binomial and triangular distributions, Design of linear array using Tchebyscheff distribution, Phased array. Text Book: Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems, E. C. Jordan & K. G. Balmain, , PHI. Module 3: Biconical Antenna: Characteristic impedance and input impedance of infinite and finite Biconical Antennas. Reflector Antennas: Parabolic Reflector antenna, Spill over loss, Aperture efficiency, Basic characteristics of Cassegrain Reflector Antenna. Text Book: Antennas ,J. D. Kraus, McGraw Hill, New York. Module 4: Slot, Horn and Complementary Antennas: Slot antenna feedings and radiation pattern of slot antennas, Babinets principle and Complementary antennas. The impedance of Complementary screens and slot antennas, Types of Horn antennas, Radiation from rectangular horn antenna.

Text Book: Antennas, J. D. Kraus, McGraw Hill, New York.

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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RANCHI, INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMM ENGINEERING Module 5: Broad-band and Frequency independent Antennas: Broadband antennas, Rumseys Principle, Frequency-independent planar Log-Spiral antenna, Logperiodic antenna array, Yagi Uda array. Text Book: Antennas, J. D. Kraus, McGraw Hill, New York. Module 6: Microstrip Antennas: Microstrip antenna analysis using transmission line model and cavity model, Broadband Techniques. Text Book: Antenna Theory Analysis and Design ,C. A. Balanis, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Module 7: Radio Wave Propagation: Surface Wave, Space wave, Tropospheric wave propagation, Ducting, Ionosphere Layers, Ionosphere Wave Propagation, MUF, Skip distance, Fading, Effect of the Earths magnetic field. LOS communication, Radio Horizon, Microwave Frequency bands, Microwave link.

Text Books: 1. Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems, E. C. Jordan & K. G. Balmain, PHI. 2. Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation, R. E. Collin, , McGraw Hill.

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