SEMBODAI RUKMANI VARATHARAJAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE

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BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
LESSON PLAN
Sub.Code: EC6602 Branch / Year / SEM: ECE/III/ VI
Sub.Name: ANTENNA AND WAVE PROPAGATION Batch: 2013-2017
Staff Name: I.VEERARAGAVAN , M.E., Academic Year: 2015-2016(EVEN)

BOOKS FOR NO. OF

UNIT HOURS TEACHING
TOPICS REFERENCE REQUIRED METHODOLOGY

UNIT I: FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIATION

Definition of antenna parameters – Gain R1 1 PPT

Directivity, Effective aperture R1 1 PPT
Radiation Resistance, Band width R2 1 BLACK BOARD
Beam width, Input Impedance R1 2 BLACK BOARD
1 Matching – Baluns, Polarization mismatch R2 1 BLACK BOARD
Antenna noise temperature R1 1 PPT
Radiation from oscillating dipole R1 2 PPT
Half wave dipole. Folded dipole, Yagi R2 1 BLACK BOARD
array

UNIT II: APERTURE AND SLOT ANTENNAS

Radiation from rectangular apertures R1 1 BLACK BOARD

Uniform and Tapered aperture R2 1 BLACK BOARD
Horn antenna , Reflector antenna R1 2 PPT
Aperture blockage , Feeding structures R1 1 BLACK BOARD
2 Slot antennas ,Microstrip antennas R2 2 BLACK BOARD
Microstrip antennas R1 2 PPT
Radiation mechanism R1 2 PPT
Numerical tool for antenna analysis R2 1 PPT

UNIT III : APERTURE AND SLOT ANTENNAS

N element linear array R1 1 BLACK BOARD

3 Pattern multiplication R2 BLACK BOARD
2
Broadside and End fire array – Concept of
R1 1 BLACK BOARD
Phased arrays
Adaptive array R2 2 PPT
Basic principle of antenna Synthesis R2 1 PPT
Binomial array R1 1 BLACK BOARD

UNIT IV : SPECIAL ANTENNAS

Principle of frequency independent

R1 1 PPT
antennas –Spiral antenna
Helical antenna, Log periodic R2 1 PPT
Modern antennas- Reconfigurable antenna R1 1 PPT
Active antenna, Dielectric antennas R2 2 BLACK BOARD
4 Electronic band gap structure and
R1 2 BLACK BOARD
applications
Antenna Measurements-Test Ranges,
R1 2 BLACK BOARD
Measurement of Gain
Radiation pattern, Polarization, VSWR R2 2 BLACK BOARD

UNIT V : PROPAGATION OF RADIO WAVES

Modes of propagation R1 1 BLACK BOARD

Structure of atmosphere , Ground wave
R2 1 BLACK BOARD
propagation
5 Tropospheric propagation , Duct
R1 1 PPT
propagation
Troposcatter propagation , Flat earth and
R2 2 BLACK BOARD
Curved earth concept

Sky wave propagation R1 2 BLACK BOARD

Virtual height, critical frequency R1 2 PPT

Maximum usable frequency – Skip

R2 2 PPT
distance, Fading , Multi hop propagation
REFERENCE:
1. Edward C.Jordan and Keith G.Balmain” Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems” Prentice
Hall of India, 2006
TEXT BOOK:
1. John D Kraus,” Antennas for all Applications”, 3rd Edition, Mc Graw Hill,

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