Antenna & Wave Propagation
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Antenna & Wave Propagation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Antenna & Wave Propagation (subject code 4341106) as prescribed for IC · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 19 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 (4341106)Unit 1 Basics of Electromag netic and Antenna
- 1.1. Physical concept of generation of Electromagnetic wave.
- 1.2. Electromagnetic field and its radiation from a center fed dipole.
- 1.3. Antenna Terminologies • 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 • Effective aperture, • Effective length of antenna • Effects of antenna height • Antenna temperature, • Front to Back ratio, • Antenna field zones • Power radiated by elementary dipole using Poynting Vector Antenna & Wave Propagation Course Code: 4341106
Unit 2 Basic Antennas & Arrays. 2a.Select antennas and antenna arrays as per their operating frequency
- 3.1. Radiation characteristics of wire antennas: • Resonant wire antennas (λ, 2λ), • Non Resonant (Rhombic) Antenna
- 3.2. Loop antenna
- 3.3. Folded dipole 3.4Antenna Arrays: • Principle of pattern multiplication • Uniform linear array • Broad side array • End fire array
- 3.5. Yagi-uda antenna
Unit 3 Antennas for Special applications
- 3.1. HF/VHF/UHF antennas: • Inverted V Antenna • Helical antenna • Parabolic reflector antenna • Horn antenna
- 3.2. VHF/UHF antennas • Micro strip (patch) antenna, • Turnstile and super turnstile antenna • Slot antenna
- 3.3. HAM Radio application for emergency communication • Modes of Propagation • Crystal radio for beginners • Morse code and practise oscillator • Use of digital modes (FT8/PSK/RTTY) in HAM radio Antenna & Wave Propagation Course Code: 4341106
Unit 4 Wave Propagati on 4a.Explain the effect of ground on electromagneti c
- 4.1. Ground Wave propagation
- 4.2. Ionosphere Layers and Sky wavepropagation: • Virtual Height • Critical frequency • Maximum usable frequency (MUF) • Skip distance • Lowest Usable frequency (LUF) • Optimum Usable frequency (OUF)
- 4.3. Space Wave propagation: • Tropospheric scattered propagation • Duct Propagation Antenna & Wave Propagation Course Code: 4341106
Unit 5 Antennas for AdvancedCo mmunication
- 5.1. Types of Satellites: • LEO,MEO,GEO,Elliptical • Concept of apogee, perigee, Kepler’s laws.
- 5.2. Types of Satellite Communications • Telecommunication • Broadcasting • Data Communication
- 5.3. Concept of earth station and ground equipment for UPLINK/DOWNLINK communication
- 5.4. Terrestrial mobile communication antennas: • Base station antennas • Mobile station antennas
- 5.5. Smart Antennas : Need & Applications
- 5.6. DTH receiver system: outdoor unit, antenna system and indoor unit
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