Antenna and Wave Propagation

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B. Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering

ECE 306 Antenna and Wave Propagation LTPC: 3003

Course Description: This course highlights the characteristics of electromagnetic wave propagation and their behavior and signal losses in medium. In addition the course includes Antenna characteristics, antenna arrays and selection and design of various types of antenna from low frequency range to Terahertz range suitable for wireless application. MATLAB, Microwave office and IE3D will be used for the simulation purposes in different assignments/mini projects Prerequisite: ECE202 Transmission Line and Fields Course Objectives: The objective of this course is that the students will have the skills to: 1. Enable the students acquaint with antenna terminology, antenna and array principles and antenna analysis thereby formulating link budget for different communication Links. 2. 3. 4. Provide in depth knowledge to students in designing antennas for frequencies ranging from KHz ~THz. Introduce students the type of antennas used in Terrestrial communication, Satellite communication and modern wireless communication. Introduce various modes of Electromagnetic wave propagation and provide knowledge of propagation effects in different medium.

Course Learning Outcomes and relationship with Program Outcomes: At the end of the course, students would: 1. Select the type of antenna/arrays for particular communication link and design the antenna to suit the system requirement. (a, e, i, j, k ) 2. 3. Model the propagation path for different medium and interpret its effect on signal magnitude. (a, e, j ) Create link budget for different communication link and analyze for optimum performance. (a, e, j)

Course Syllabus: Unit I : Propagation Mechanism Reflection, refraction and Transmission, Scattering and diffraction. Propagation Model- Path Loss, Free space loss, Plane earth Loss. Noise Modeling. Modes of propagation- Ground wave Propagation, Sky wave Propagation, Space wave, Tropospheric Refraction, Obstruction Loss, Diffraction, Influence of Clutter. - Tropospheric effects, Ionospheric Effects. Link budget. Terrestrial fixed LinkSatellite Fixed Link.

Antenna and Wave Propagation Unit II Radiation mechanism, directivity and gain, bandwidth, polarisation, copolarization and cross polarization level, beam width, input impedance, bandwidth, efficiency, input impedance, antenna effective length and area, Friis transmission equation, radar range radar cross section of antennas and antenna temperature. Measurements - radiation pattern- Gain- Directivity and Impedance measurements.

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Unit III

Linear Array - Two element array, N-element linear array- broadside array, End fire array- Directivity, radiation pattern. Planar array array factor, beamwidth, directivity. Circular array-array factor. Long wire, V-Antenna, Rhombic antenna, Monopole Antenna. dipole antenna, helical antenna, Spiral antenna, Log periodic antenna, Yagi-Uda antenna. Aperture antenna Horn antenna, parabolic reflector antenna. Micro strip antenna Antennas for Terrestrial mobile communication - mobile handsets and base stations. Antennas for Satellite Communication- MSAT briefcase terminal and vehicle mounted antennas, VSAT and DBS TV antennas. Antenna for Radar systems. Adaptive antenna Ultra wideband antenna. Terahertz antenna

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Unit V

Text Book: T1 Balanis, Antenna Theory - Analysis and Design, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2003. T2 K. D. Prasad, Antennas and Wave Propagation, Sathya Prakasan, 3/e, 2005

Reference: R1 J.D.Krauss, Antenna and Wave propagation, TMH, 4/e, 2010 R2 G. S.N.Raju, Antennas and Wave Propagation, 3/e, Pearson Education, 2004