Lab Report 3

Wave Propagation and Antenna

Submitted To: Ms Sehrish Rashid

Submitted by: Alisha Amjad

2015-BEE-002

Dated: 5th March, 2019.

FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC
ENGINEERING
 Study of Dipole Antenna and its Radiation Pattern
OBJECTIVE
Upon completion of the laboratory experimentation, the student will able to: 1. Know about the
construction and feeding details of a dipole antenna when fed from a coaxial cable. 2. Describe the wave
shape and polarization of the beam produced by a dipole type microwave antenna. 3. Describe the
difference between the E and H plane radiation patterns of dipole antenna.
Radiation Pattern of Dipole Antenna:
Answer following questions:
1. What is the input impedance of a ½ wavelength dipole antenna?
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2. What is a resonant dipole antenna?
A "half-wave" dipole has length l= 2. This is the length of a resonant dipole antenna. Resonant
antennas are used in most real applications because the impedance of a resonant antenna is resistive;
non resonant antennas have large capacitive or inductive reactance as well.
3. The measured pattern of the given dipole antenna can be termed as directional or Omni-
directional pattern?
The pattern of dipole antenna is Omni directional because it radiate in all the directions.