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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
Ig = Ig = 0.80Amp.
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
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
Dipole Length
1/2
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
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.