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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

COM03LAB
YAGI UDA ANTENNA

LEADER:
Francisco, Justine U.

MEMBERS:
Paring, Nicole Anne G.
Rosario, Jennie Rose V.
Scarit, Honey O.
Taton, Jermaine Joyce R.
Tiglao, Christine Aniver G.

Section:
CEIT-29-603P

Submitted To:
Ma’am Jenny M. Aruta
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BASICS OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

Yagi-Uda antenna was named after two scientists from Japan, who developed and
explained this antenna. Professor Shintaro Uda initially explained the theory of this antenna in
the Japanese language in 1928. However, later this antenna was explained in English by
Hidetsugu Yagi.

Yagi is a directional antenna that is formed by a combination of 3 major elements, the

driven element, reflector and directors. The operating frequency of these antennas is usually
around 30 MHz to 3GHz which belong to the VHF and UHF bands. Its distance for
communication ranges from 40 to 60 kilometer.

The Yagi antenna design has a dipole as the main radiating or driven element to which
power is applied directly from a feeder. Further 'parasitic' elements are added which are not
directly connected to the driven element but pick up power from the driven dipole element and
re-radiate it.
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STRUCTURE OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

The structure contains one driven element and a reflector while directors can be more
than one.

The arrangement is described as a collection of active and parasitic elements. The

dipole, which is typically a metallic rod, serves as the active element, with external feeding
provided through the use of transmission lines. While reflectors and directors are parasitic
elements of the structure.The parasitic elements are also metallic rods placed parallelly in the
line of sight orientation with respect to the driven element.

The Reflector (R)

- The Reflector is the element that is placed at the rear of the driven element (The
Dipole). It's resonant frequency is lower, and its length is approximately 5%
longer than the driven element. its length will vary depending on the spacing and
the element diameter.
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The Driven Element (D)

- The Driven Element is where the signal is intercepted by the receiving equipment
and has the cable attached that takes the received signal to the receiver.A dipole
driven element will be "resonant" when its electrical length is 1/2 of the
wavelength of the frequency applied to its feed point.

The Directors (DI)

- The Director is the shortest of the parasitic elements and this end of the yagi is
aimed at the receiving station. it is resonant slightly higher in frequency than the
driven element, and its length will be about 5% shorter, progressively than the
driven element.

RADIATION OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

The distance between the driven element, director element and reflector is kept to 0.15λ.
Back lobes in the radiation pattern are reduced by keeping radiators closer to each other. The
reflector length is about 5% bigger compared to driven element while directors are about 5%
shorter compared to driven element. Usually dipoles are used as a driven element.
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It uses one reflector and multiple director elements which are either having equal length
or having decreasing length. The bigger parasitic elements act as reflector while shorter
parasitic elements act as director or concentrator of the radiation.

DESIGN OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

The antenna parameters element lengths and spacing are given in terms of wavelength,
so an antenna for a given frequency can be easily designed. The lengths of various antenna
elements are related to the frequency (f=106 MHz) is as follows:

● Reflector length =150/f(MHz) =150/106=1.41m

● Driven element length =143/f(MHz) =143/106=1.35m
● First Director length =138/f(MHz) =138/106=1.30m
● Second Director length =134/f(MHz) =134/106=1.26m
● Length of Boom =(43/106) + (45/106) + (45 /106)= 1.25m approx.

COMPUTATION OF DIMENSION
𝑐
λ= 𝑓
8
3×10
λ = 6 = 2. 8𝑚
106×10
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ADVANTAGES OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

● It is simple to build.
● It is a compact size and also it is lightweight.
● It offers wide bandwidth due to the use of folded dipole.
● It is lower cost because it is easy to handle and maintenance.
● It offers a unidirectional radiation pattern which is reasonably good.
● It offers substantial increases in directivity and gains compared to the considered simple
dipole antenna.
● It can be easily mounted with standard mechanical fixings on vertical poles or other
poles.
● High gain is achieved.
● Less amount of power is wasted.
● Frequency coverage is broad

DISADVANTAGES OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

● It is sensitive to frequency.
● It does not offer very high gain, limited..
● The design is obstructive in nature.
● Bandwidth is reduced if a number of director elements is used in the array.
● Need a large number of elements to be used.
● It is prone to noise.
● It is also prone to atmospheric effect.

APPLICATIONS OF YAGI UDA ANTENNA

These antennas are widely used in the field of TV signal reception, as it has excellent
receiving ability. Even astronomical and defence related applications make use of Yagi-Uda
Antenna. Nowadays Yagi -Uda antennas are used in the fields of RADARs, satellites and RFID
applications.

COST INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION

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Yagi antenna costs about Php 1,500.00 (installed already).