EC2353 ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY BE ECE ENGINEERING 6TH SEM SYLLABUS REGULATION 2008 2011 2012-2013

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EC2353 ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION SYLLABUS | ANNA UNIVERSITY BE ECE ENGINEERING 6TH SEM SYLLABUS REGULATION 2008 2011 2012-2013 BELOW IS THE ANNA UNIVERSITY SIXTH SEMESTER BE  ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING  DEPARTMENT SYLLABUS, TEXTBOOKS, REFERENCE BOOKS,EXAM PORTIONS,QUESTION BANK,CLASS NOTES, IMPORTANT 2 MARKS, 8 MARKS, 16 MARKS TOPICS. IT IS APPLICABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ADMITTED IN THE YEAR 2011 2012-2013 (ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI,TRICHY,MADURAI,TIRUNELVELI,COIMBATORE), 2008 REGULATION OF ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI AND STUDENTS ADMITTED IN ANNA UNIVERSITY CHENNAI DURING 2009


EC2353 ANTENNAS AND WAVE PROPAGATION L T P C
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AIM
To enable the student to study the various types of antennas and wave propagation.
OBJECTIVES
„h To study radiation from a current element.
„h To study antenna arrays
„h To study aperture antennas
„h To learn special antennas such as frequency independent and broad band
antennas.
„h To study radio wave propagation.
UNIT I ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AND ANTENNA FUNDAMENTALS 9
Review of electromagnetic theory: Vector potential, Solution of wave equation, retarded
case, Hertizian dipole. Antenna characteristics: Radiation pattern, Beam solid angle,
Directivity, Gain, Input impedance, Polarization, Bandwidth, Reciprocity, Equivalence of
Radiation patterns, Equivalence of Impedances, Effective aperture, Vector effective
length, Antenna temperature.
UNIT II WIRE ANTENNAS AND ANTENNA ARRAYS 9
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Wire antennas: Short dipole, Radiation resistance and Directivity, Half wave Dipole,
Monopole, Small loop antennas. Antenna Arrays: Linear Array and Pattern Multiplication,
Two-element Array, Uniform Array, Polynomial representation, Array with non-uniform
Excitation-Binomial Array
UNIT III APERTURE ANTENNAS 9
Aperture Antennas: Magnetic Current and its fields, Uniqueness theorem, Field
equivalence principle, Duality principle, Method of Images, Pattern properties, Slot
antenna, Horn Antenna, Pyramidal Horn Antenna, Reflector Antenna-Flat reflector,
Corner Reflector, Common curved reflector shapes, Lens Antenna.
UNIT IV SPECIAL ANTENNAS AND ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS 9
Special Antennas: Long wire, V and Rhombic Antenna, Yagi-Uda Antenna, Turnstile
Antenna, Helical Antenna- Axial mode helix, Normal mode helix, Biconical Antenna, Log
periodic Dipole Array, Spiral Antenna, Microstrip Patch Antennas.
Antenna Measurements: Radiation Pattern measurement, Gain and Directivity
Measurements, Anechoic Chamber measurement.
UNIT V RADIO WAVE PROPAGATION 9
Calculation of Great Circle Distance between any two points on earth, Ground Wave
Propagation, Free-space Propagation, Ground Reflection, Surface waves, Diffraction,
Wave propagation in complex Environments, Tropospheric Propagation, Tropospheric
Scatter. Ionospheric propagation: Structure of ionosphere, Sky waves, skip distance,
Virtual height, Critical frequency, MUF, Electrical properties of ionosphere, Effects of
earth¡¦s magnetic fields, Faraday rotation, Whistlers.
TUTORIAL = 15 TOTAL =45 + 15 =60 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS
1. E.C.Jordan and Balmain, ¡§Electromagnetic waves and Radiating Systems¡¨, Pearson
Education / PHI, 2006
2. A.R.Harish, M.Sachidanada, ¡§Antennas and Wave propagation¡¨, Oxford University
Press, 2007.
REFERENCES
1. John D.Kraus, Ronald J Marhefka and Ahmad S Khan, ¡§Antennas for all
Applications¡¨,
2. Tata McGraw-Hill Book Company, 3 ed, 2007.
3. G.S.N.Raju, Antenna Wave Propagation, Pearson Education, 2004.
4. Constantine A. Balanis, Antenna Theory Analysis and Desin, John Wiley, 2nd Edition,
2007.
5. R.E.Collins, ¡§Antenna and Radiowave propagation¡¨,
6. W.L Stutzman and G.A. Thiele, ¡§Antenna analysis and design¡¨, John Wiley, 2000.