Shiv Nadar University

Undergraduate Course Description Form

(To be completed by Department/Centre offering the course)

For Non-CCC Courses

(There is a separate form for CCC courses)

Semester of Implementation: MONSOON 2017

PART A: COURSE IDENTIFIERS

Fill both columns if the course is a joint offering and/or is cross-listed with different codes.

1. School ENGINEERING
2. Department ELECTRICAL
3. Course Code EED XXX
4. Course Title ADVANCED
ELECTROMAGNETICS
5. Credits (L:T:P) 3:0:0
6. Contact Hours (L:T:P)* 3:0:0
7. Prerequisites EED 301 – ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINEERING
8. Major Core for** -
9. Major Elective for ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

*Per student per week. For example, a 1.5 credit CCC that runs for a half-semester with only lectures
would have contact hours 3:0:0. A course with 3 lecture hours and 1 tutorial hour and a single 3-hour
lab per week would have contact hours 3:1:3.
**Give Major and Year.

PART B: OBJECTIVES AND PRACTICE

10. Course Summary

(A high level overview of the aims of the course, student activities, nature of assessment.)

This course is an extension of the electromagnetic engineering course. In this course

concepts of waveguides that includes rectangular waveguides and cylindrical
waveguides will be discussed in detail. Different modes of propagations inside the
waveguide and their application in communication engineering supported with
numerical examples will be discussed. Concept of radiation with the help of radiating
devices such as antennas will be discussed. Dipole antenna, yagi antenna, aperture
antenna and slot antennas will be discussed. Different feeding structures of the
antennas and microstrip and horn antennas are additional antennas that will be
discussed in this course. Some special antennas such as spiral antenna, helical
antenna, log periodic antenna and reconfigurable antennas will be discussed. Towards
the end of the course, concept of radio wave propagation that include duct, troposcatter,
skywave propagation will be dealt in detail.

11. Course Aims

 (Specific details of what the course intends to achieve in terms of student knowledge and ability.
Items should begin with phrases such as “To provide students with …”, “To enable students to
…”, “To develop students’ skills in …” and so on.)

 To provide students the concept of radio wave propagation

 To enable the students understand different types of antenna structures and
measuring techniques.
 To develop the students with the skill set of designing antennas specific to
applications.
 To introduce waveguides.
 To educate on radio wave propoagations.

12. Learning Outcomes

(A list of what students will know or be able to do as a result of successfully completing the
course. Should be expressed as knowledge, skills, or attitudes.)

On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

 interpret the deeper meaning of the Maxwellian field equations and account for their
applications in waveguides and antenna structures.
 formulate and solve electromagnetic problems on waveguide structures and antenna
structures.
 master the techniquue of deriving and evaluating formulae for the various antenna
structures from very general charge and current distributions
 calculate the electromagnetic radiation from radiating systems (aerials, localised
charge and current distributions) at rest
 calculate the electromagnetic radiation from localised charges which move arbitrarily
in time and space, taking into account retardation effects. Account for the underlying
approximations and assumptions
 be familiar with some elementary phenomena and concepts in radio wave
propagations.
 Understand and identify some advanced antennas.

13. Curriculum Content

(Syllabus, Lab work, Project, Term paper, Group work, etc.)

RECTANGULAR WAVE GUIDES: Waves between Parallel Planes – characteristic of TE ,

TM and TEM waves , Velocities of propagation ,Solution of wave Equation in Rectangular
guides ,TE and TM modes , Dominant Mode, Attenuation, Mode Excitation, Dielectric
slab wave guides, Numerical examples.

CYLINDRICAL WAVE GUIDES: Solution of wave equation in circular guides, TE and TM

wave in circular guides, Wave impedance, attenuation, mode excitation, formation of
cylindrical cavity, Application , cavity resonator and Q for dominant mode, Numerical
examples. Practical examples of transmission line and waveguides in communication.

FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIATION
 Definition of antenna parameters – Gain, Directivity, Effective aperture, Radiation
Resistance, Band width, Beam width, Input Impedance. Matching – Baluns, Polarization
mismatch, Antenna noise temperature, Radiation from oscillating dipole, Half wave
dipole. Folded dipole, Yagi array.

APERTURE AND SLOT ANTENNAS

Radiation from rectangular apertures, Uniform and Tapered aperture, Horn antenna ,
Reflector antenna , Aperture blockage , Feeding structures , Slot antennas, Microstrip
antennas – Radiation mechanism – Application ,Numerical tool for antenna analysis
ANTENNA ARRAYS:
N element linear array, Pattern multiplication, Broadside and End fire array – Concept of
Phased arrays, Adaptive array, Basic principle of antenna Synthesis-Binomial array

SPECIAL ANTENNAS
Principle of frequency independent antennas –Spiral antenna, Helical antenna, Log
periodic. Modern antennas- Reconfigurable antenna, Active antenna, Dielectric
antennas, Electronic band gap structure and applications, Antenna Measurements-Test
Ranges, Measurement of Gain, Radiation pattern, Polarization, VSWR, Practical antennas
for mobile handset and base station applications.

PROPAGATION OF RADIO WAVES

Modes of propagation , Structure of atmosphere , Ground wave propagation ,
Tropospheric propagation , Duct propagation, Troposcatter propagation , Flat earth and
Curved earth concept ,Sky wave propagation – Virtual height, critical frequency ,
Maximum usable frequency – Skip distance, Fading , Multi hop propagation

14. Teaching and Learning Strategy

(Teaching methods and tools, use of LMS, software used or taught, external visits, workshops)

Teaching and Description of Work Class Hours Out-of-Class

Learning Strategy Hours
Lectures will cover the Assignments related to 3 hours 8 hours
given syllabus and lecture
evaluations will be
based on assignments
and exams

PART C: ASSSESSMENT.
15. Assessment Strategy
(Formative assessment and feedback to student, Summary assessment at the end of the
course)
 There will be regular assignments given in the class as lectures are done.

 Assignments must be submitted on a submission date.

 Midsemester and end semester exams will be related to the lecture contents and the
assignments given.

16. Mapping of Learning Outcomes to Assessment Strategy

(For each learning outcome listed in Item 12, describe the formative and summative
assessment strategy)

Assessment Scheme
Type of Assessment Description Percentage

Assignments Take home cumulative assignments 30

Midsemester exam 30

Endsemester exam 40
Total 100%

17. Bibliography

TEXT BOOK:
1. Constantine A Balanis – Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics, Wiley
2. John D Ryder ―Networks lines and fields‖ Prentice Hall of India, 2005
3. John D Kraus,‖ Antennas for all applications‖, 3rd Edition, Mc Graw Hill, 2005
4. R.E.Collin, Antennas and radiowave propagation Mc graw hill 1985

REFERENCES:
1. E.C.Jordan and K.G. Balmain, ―Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems‖
Prentice Hall of India, 2011.
2. R. K. Shevgaonkar, " ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, Tata Mc Graw Hill
Publications, 2006
3. Constantine.A.Balanis, Antenna Theory Analysis and Design‖ Wiley student
edition,3rd edition,2009.
4. Edward C.Jordan and Keith G.Balmain Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating
Systems‖ Prentice Hall of India, 2006.
5. Rajeswari Chatterjee: Antenna Theory and Practice ‖Revised Second edition ‖New
Age international Publishers, 2011.
6. S.Drabowitch, Modern Antennas‖ Second edition, Springer Publications, 2007.
7. Robert S.Elliott, Antenna theory and Design ‖Wiley student edition, 2010.
8. H.Sizun, Radio Wave Propagation for Telecommunication Applications ‖ First
Indian Reprint, Springer Publications, 2007.