Antenna & Wave Propagation
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Antenna & Wave Propagation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Antenna & Wave Propagation (subject code 3331101) as prescribed for IC · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 15 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3331101)Unit 1 Basic Electromagnetic Theory
- 1.1. Physical concept of generation of EM Wave. Static electric & magnetic field of steady electric current. Electromagnetic field and its radiation from a center fed dipole.
- 1.2. Elementary radiator Hertzian dipole; Half-wave dipole, Power radiated by elementary dipole using Poynting Vector method.
Unit 2 Antenna Terminologies
- 2.1. Basic parameters: Aerial and antenna, Antenna Impedance, Radiation Resistance, Radiation Pattern, Beam area and beam efficiency, Isotropic radiator gain, directivity and Gain, radiation intensity, half power BW, polarization, antenna losses, antenna efficiency, affective aperture, effective length of antenna, effects of antenna height, antenna temperature, front to back ratio, antenna field zones
Unit 3 Basic Antennas & Arrays.
- 3.1. Radiation characteristics of wire antennas: Resonant wire antennas (λ, 2λ), Non Resonant (Rhombic) Antenna
- 3.2. Loop antenna
- 3.3. Folded dipole
- 3.4. Antenna Arrays: Uniform linear array, Broad side array, End fire array
- 3.5. Yagi-uda antenna
Unit 4 Antennas for Special applications
- 4.1. VHF/UHF antennas: Helical antenna, Parabolic reflector antenna, Horn antenna, Micro strip (patch) antenna, Turnstile and super turnstile antenna, slot antenna
- 4.2. Terrestrial mobile communication antennas: Base station antennas, Mobile station antennas
- 4.3. Smart Antennas : Need & Applications
- 4.4. DTH receiver system: outdoor unit, antenna system and indoor unit
Unit 5 Wave 5a Explain the effect of ground on electromagnetic waves
- 5.1. Ground Wave propagation
- 5.2. Ionosphere Layers and Sky wave Antenna and Wave Propagation Course code: 3331101 GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/13-14 Gujarat State 3 Unit Major Learning Outcomes (Course Outcomes in Cognitive Domain according to NBA terminology) Topics and Sub-topics Propagation propagation. 5b Explain properties of Ionospheric layer used for electromagnetic wave propagation. propagation: Virtual Height, Critical frequency, Maximum usable frequency (MUF), Skip distance, Lowest Usable frequency (LUF), Optimum Usable frequency ( OUF) 5c Explain different modes of wave propagations 5d Select the antennas for specific mode of wave propagation considering all the aspects discussed thus far
- 5.3. Space Wave propagation: Tropospheric scattered propagation, Duct Propagation
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