Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EC4501 : Antenna Engineering { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Santanu Kumar Behera
Syllabus
Maxwell’s equations, EM Waves, Plane wave equation and its solution for free space and nonconducting medium. Structures of Antennas: Antenna Definition, size, supports, feeders, conductors & insulators. Antenna Parameters: Isotropic radiator, Radiation resistance, Antenna resistance, Bandwidth, Beam width, Radiation pattern, Radiation intensity, Gain - Power gain Directive gain, Directivity, Antenna aperture, Efficiency, Effective aperture, effective length, Polarization, Voltage and Current relations. Practical Antennas: VLF & LF transmitting antennas, Medium frequency and High frequency antennas, Long wire, Rhombic, V, Folded - dipole, Yagi, Horn and Parabolic reflector. Planar Antenna: Microstrip Antenna, Radiation Principle, Input impedance, Bandwidth, Feeding techniques, TL model, Cavity Model, etc.
Course Objectives
- Students will learn the basics of Antenna parameters, various types of antennas including planar antennas.
Course Outcomes
Study of antenna parameters viz: Radiation resistance, Antenna resistance, Bandwidth, Beam width, Radiation pattern, Radiation intensity, Gain - Power gain Directive gain, Directivity, Antenna aperture, Efficiency, Effective aperture, effective length, Polarization Design and analysis of Short wire antenna, Half-wave Dipole antenna, Yagi antenna etc Study the working principles of Horn antenna and parabolic antenna Design and analysis of Microstrip antenna along with its various parameters Solving problems related to the above cases
Essential Reading
- C A Balanis, Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design, John Wiley & Sons, 2nd. Edn.
- J D Kraus, Antennas, McGraw Hill
Supplementary Reading
- E. C. Jordan and K. G. Balmain, Electromagnetic waves and Radiating systems, McGraw Hill
- J D Kraus, Antennas for all applications, Tata McGraw Hill