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LA TROBE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

ELE4ANS- Antenna and Propagation


Assignment 1

ROHIT P NANDDGERIKAR(16004460) 10/4/2010

ELE4ANS-Antenna and Propagation


Assignment 1
Question 1

A 1-m long dipole antenna is driven by a 150 MHz source having a source resistance of 50 ohms and voltage of 100 V. If the ohmic resistance of the antenna is given by RL = 0.625 ohms, find the: a) Current going into the antenna (Iant) b) Power dissipated by the antenna c) Power radiated by the antenna d) Radiation efficiency of the antenna
Answer Given Rg = 50 ohms Rl = 0.625ohms Voltage = 100v Frequency = 150MHz Now, first we calculate wavelength C = f, 3*10^8/150*10^6 Where, c =3*10^8 (speed of light) (lamda) = 2m Essentially this is a half wave dipole antenna. Therefore radiation resistance of half wave dipole = 73ohms

a) Current going into the antenna (Iant)


We can use the following formula:

Where XA = -XG Rg = 50 ohms Rl = 0.625ohms Vg = 100v Rr = 73ohms

Ig = Ig = 0.80Amp.

b) Power dissipated by the antenna

Where Ig = 0.80Amp Rr = 73ohms Pr = 0.5*0.64*73 Pr = 23.34W

c) Power radiated by the antenna We can use the following formula:

Where Ig = 0.80Amp Rl = 0.625ohms Pr = 0.5*0.64*0.625 Pr = 0.2W


d) Radiation efficiency of the antenna We can use the formula

Where Rr = 73ohms Rl = 0.625ohms Ecd = 73/73.625*100 Ecd = 99%

Question 2

Two sizes of extruded aluminium tubes are available for designing Yagi-Uda antenna arrays. The outer diameters of the tubes are 10.0 mm and 16.0 mm. calculate the following for both sizes of the tubes: a) The self-impedance of dipoles of the wavelengths of 1/10, 1/2, and 3/4 at a frequency of 900 MHz operation for the two sizes of tubes

Self Impedance
The outer diameters of the tubes are given as 10mm and 16mm Therefore we can calculate the radius of the dipoles as Wavelength = 300/900 = 0.33 Radius(10mm) = 0.005/0.33 = 0.015 Radius(16mm) = 0.008/0.33 = 0.024 We use the matlab code from chapter 8 Balanis of self impedence to get the following table: Dipole length Radius of dipoles in wavelengths 0.015 0.024 0.015 0.024 0.015 0.024 Rin Xin Rinm Xinm

1/10 1/10 1/2 1/2 3/4 3/4

2 2 73.129 73.129 371.626 371.626 Table.1

-71.063 102.312 42.545 42.545 468.776 412.358

0.192 0.192 73.128 73.129 185.708 185.708

-6.785 9.768 42.545 42.545 234.184 206.284

Tabular column gives an idea that while increase in dipole length and radius of dipole, increases the self impedance.

b) The mutual impedance for the case of two half-wavelength dipoles positioned side-byside at the distances (d

Mutual Impedance (Side by Side)


Given that horizontal displacement d= 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 in wavelength Input mutual impedance Z21= R21i+X21i Maximum input mutual impedance Z21= R21m+X21m Table.2

Dipole Length

1/2

Horizontal Distance(d) 0.5 1.5 2.5

R21i -12.442 -1.887 -0.8118

X21i -29.828 -12.404 -7.543

R21m -12.332 -1.987 -0.9118

X21m -29.928 -12.304 -7.543

Tabular column gives an idea that for a dipole length if horizontal displacement increases, the resistance and reactance values also increase.

c) The mutual impedance for the case of two half-wavelength dipoles positioned collinearly at the distances (d

Mutual Impedance (Collinear)


Given that vertical displacement h= 0.5, 1.5, 2.5 in wavelengths Input mutual impedance Z21= R21i+X21i Maximum input mutual impedance Z21= R21m+X21m Table 3 Dipole Length Vertical Distance 0.5 1/2 1.5 2.5 -4.228 -0.978 -0.32 -0.733 -0.088 -0.033 -4.228 -0.978 -0.32 -0.733 -0.088 -0.033 R21i X21i R21m X21m

Tabular column gives an idea that for a dipole length if vertical displacement increases, the resistance and reactance values also increase. The mutual impedance for collinear is high compared to side by side.

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