Malla Reddy College of Engineering

Maisammaguda,Dhulapalli, Secunderabad.

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Lesson Plan

Name of the Faculty: [Link] KUMAR Designation: Associate Professor Department: ECE
Academic Year: 2015-16 Semester: I Branch: ECE

Class: III – [Link] – I Sem(A & B) Subject : Antennas & Wave Propagation Code : A

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UNIT – I: ANTENNA BASICS 17
1. Introduction to Antennas, Principle of Antenna 1
Basic Antenna Parameters – Radiation Pattern, Beam Area, Radiation Intensity, 1
2. Beam Efficiency.
3. Directivity, Gain–Resolution, Antenna Apertures 1
4. Effective Height, Problems 1
5. Fields from Oscillating Dipole, Field Zones, Front-to-Back Ratio 1
6. Antenna Theorems, Radiation, Retarded Potentials 2
7. Helmholtz Theorem 1
Thin Linear Wire Antennas: 1
8. Radiation from small electric dipole
9. Quarter Wave Monopole and Half Wave Dipole – Current Distributions 2
Field Components, Radiated Power, Radiation Resistance, Beam Width, 1
10. Directivity
11. Effective Area and Effective Height 1
Natural Current Distributions. Far Fields and Patterns of Thin Linear Centre- 2
12. Fed Antennas of Different Lengths, Illustrative Problems.
13. Loop Antennas - Introduction, Small Loop 1
Comparison of Far Fields of Small Loop and Short Dipole, 1
14. Radiation Resistances and Directivities of Small and Large Loops
UNIT – II: VHF, UHF AND MICROWAVE ANTENNAS-I 9
1. Arrays with Parasitic Elements, Yagi-Uda Array 1
2. Folded Dipoles and their Characteristics 1
3. Helical Antennas - Helical Geometry, Helix Modes 2
Practical Design Considerations for Monofilar Helical Antenna in Axial and 2
4. Normal Modes
5. Horn Antennas –Types, Fermat’s Principle, Optimum Horns 1
6. Design Considerations of Pyramidal Horns, Illustrative Problems 2
UNIT – III: VHF, UHF AND MICROWAVE ANTENNAS-II 11
1. Micro strip Antennas -Introduction, Features, Advantages and Limitations 1
2. Rectangular Patch Antennas-Geometry and Parameters, Characteristics of 2
 Microstrip Antennas, Impact of Different Parameters on Characteristics
3. Reflector Antennas - Introduction, Flat Sheet and Corner Reflectors 2
4. Paraboloidal Reflectors-Geometry, Pattern Characteristics 2
5. Feed Methods, Reflector Types- Related Features, Illustrative Problems 2
Lens Antennas: Introduction, Geometry of Nonmetallic Dielectric Lenses, 2
6. Zoning. Tolerances, Applications
UNIT – IV: ANTENNA ARRAYS 15
Point Sources -Definition, Patterns, arrays of 2 Isotropic Sources - Different 3
1. Cases
Principle of Pattern Multiplication, Uniform Linear Arrays - Broadside Arrays, 2
2. End fire Arrays
3. EFA with Increased Directivity 1
Derivation of their Characteristics and Comparison. BSAs with Non-uniform 2
4. Amplitude Distributions - General Considerations
5. Binomial Arrays , Illustrative Problems 2
Antenna Measurements: Introduction, Concepts-Reciprocity, Near and Far 2
6. Fields, Coordinate System, Sources of Errors
7. Patterns to be Measured, Pattern Measurement Arrangement 1
Directivity Measurement, Gain Measurements (by Comparison, Absolute and 2
8. 3-Antenna Methods)
UNIT – V: WAVE PROPAGATION 15
Wave Propagation -I: Introduction, Definitions, Categorizations and General 1
1. Classifications, Different Modes of Wave Propagation. Ray/Mode Concepts
2. Ground Wave Propagation – Introduction, Plane Earth Reflections 2
3. Space and Surface Waves, Wave Tilt, Curved Earth Reflections 1
Space Wave Propagation -Introduction, Field Strength Variation with Distance 2
4. and Height, Effect of Earth’s Curvature, Absorption
5. Super Refraction, M-Curves and Duct Propagation 1
Scattering Phenomena, Tropospheric Propagation, Fading and Path Loss 2
6. Calculations
7. Wave Propagation -II: Sky Wave Propagation -Introduction 1
Structure of Ionosphere, Refraction and Reflection of Sky Waves by 2
8. Ionosphere, Ray Path
Critical Frequency, MUF. LUF. OF, Virtual Height 2
9. and Skip Distance, Relation between MUF and Skip Distance
10. Multi-hop Propagation 1
Total Periods 67

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