EC8701 - ANTENNAS AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING (Syllabus) 2017-regulation Anna University

EC8701 - ANTENNAS AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING (Syllabus) 2017-regulation Anna University

EC8701

ANTENNAS AND MICROWAVE ENGINEERING

 LPTC

3003

OBJECTIVES:
• To enable the student to understand the basic principles in antenna and microwave system design
• To enhance the student knowledge in the area of various antenna designs.
• To enhance the student knowledge in the area of microwave components and antenna for practical applications.

UNIT I

INTRODUCTION TO MICROWAVE SYSTEMS AND ANTENNAS

9

Microwave frequency bands, Physical concept of radiation, Near- and far-field regions, Fields and Power Radiated by an Antenna, Antenna Pattern Characteristics, Antenna Gain and Efficiency, Aperture Efficiency and Effective Area, Antenna Noise Temperature and G/T, Impedance matching, Friis transmission equation, Link budget and link margin, Noise Characterization of a microwave receiver.

UNIT II

RADIATION MECHANISMS AND DESIGN ASPECTS

9

Radiation Mechanisms of Linear Wire and Loop antennas, Aperture antennas, Reflector antennas, Microstrip antennas and Frequency independent antennas, Design considerations and applications.


UNIT III

ANTENNA ARRAYS AND APPLICATIONS

9

Two-element array, Array factor, Pattern multiplication, Uniformly spaced arrays with uniform and non-uniform excitation amplitudes, Smart antennas.

UNIT IV

PASSIVE AND ACTIVE MICROWAVE DEVICES

9

Microwave Passive components: Directional Coupler, Power Divider, Magic Tee, attenuator, resonator, Principles of Microwave Semiconductor Devices: Gunn Diodes, IMPATT diodes, Schottky Barrier diodes, PIN diodes, Microwave tubes: Klystron, TWT, Magnetron.

UNIT V

MICROWAVE DESIGN PRINCIPLES

9

Impedance transformation, Impedance Matching, Microwave Filter Design, RF and Microwave Amplifier Design, Microwave Power amplifier Design, Low Noise Amplifier Design, Microwave Mixer Design, Microwave Oscillator Design

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES: The student should be able to:
• Apply the basic principles and evaluate antenna parameters and link power budgets
• Design and assess the performance of various antennas
• Design a microwave system given the application specifications

TEXT BOOKS:
1. John D Krauss, Ronald J Marhefka and Ahmad S. Khan, "Antennas and Wave Propagation: Fourth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2006. (UNIT I, II, III)
2. David M. Pozar, "Microwave Engineering", Fourth Edition, Wiley India, 2012.(UNIT I,IV,V)

REFERENCES:
1. Constantine A.Balanis, ―Antenna Theory Analysis and Design‖, Third edition, John Wiley India Pvt Ltd., 2005.
2. R.E.Collin, "Foundations for Microwave Engineering", Second edition, IEEE Press, 2001

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