INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE

NAME OF DEPT./CENTRE: 1. Subject Code: EC - 334 2. Contact Hours: 3. Examination Duration (Hrs.):

Electronics and Computer Engineering

Course Title: Antennas and Wave Propagation L: 3 Theory 0 3 T: 0 Practical P: 0 0 0

4. Relative Weight: 0 3

CWS

1 15

PRS 00

MTE

35

ETE 50

PRE 00

5. Credits:

6. Semester Autumn

Spring

Both

7. Pre-requisite: EC - 331 8. Subject Area: DCC 9. Objective: To explain the theory of different types of antennas used in communication systems, and different mechanisms of wave propagation in free space.

10. Details of the Course: Sl. No. 1. Contents Fundamental Concepts: Physical concept of radiation, retarded potentials, Hertzian dipole; Antenna parameters: Radiation pattern, gain, directivity, effective aperture, and reciprocity; Radiation from dipoles of arbitrary length. Antenna Arrays: Arrays of point sources, endfire and broadside arrays, pattern multiplication, synthesis of binomial and DolphChebyshev arrays. Broadband Antennas: Log-periodic and Yagi antennas, frequencyindependent antennas, broadcast antennas. Aperture and Reflector Antennas: Huygens principle, radiation from apertures in an infinite ground plane, slot and horn antennas, parabolic reflector antennas. Printed Antennas: Radiation from rectangular and circular patches, feeding techniques. Wave Propagation: Ground wave, surface wave, and space wave propagation; Tropospheric and duct propagation; Structure of ionosphere and ionospheric propagation; Multipath fading, ray bending and other propagation phenomena; Indoor propagation. Total Contact Hours 8

2.

3. 4.

6 8

5. 6.

2 10

42

11. Suggested Books: Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Name of Books / Authors Balanis, C.A., Antenna Theory and Design, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons. Kraus, J.D. and Fleisch, D.A., Electromagnetics with Applications, McGraw-Hill. Jordan, E.C. and Balmain, K.G., Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall of India. Stutzman, W.L. and Thiele, H.A., Antenna Theory and Design, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons. Elliot, R.S., Antenna Theory and Design, Revised edition, Wiley-IEEE Press. Collin, R.E., Antennas and Radio Wave Propagation, McGraw-Hill. Year of Publication 2005 1999 1993 1998 2003 1985