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DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING THALASSERY
B.TECH DEGREE VITH SEMESTER ECI FIRST PROGRESS TEST, MAY 2020
Maximum marks 50 Duration: 2 Hours

Course Code: EC 306

Course Name: Antenna and Wave Propogation

Course Outcome Cognitive Class Tutorial

Level sessions sessions
CO1 Understand the concept of radiation through Understand 12
mathematical formulation
CO2 Define various antenna parameters and Plot the Understand 12
characteristics of wire and aperture antennas.

CO3 Develop the performance characteristics of Analyze

array antennas.
CO4 Measure the antenna parameters Evaluate

CO5 Understand the behaviour of nature on em Understand

wave propagation

CO6 Identify the atmospheric and terrestrial effects Analyze

on radio wave propagation

Part A
Answer any two Questions
CO Marks

1 WHO has classified cell phone radiations into the following class: CO1 1

a. Class 1- carcinogen to human

b. Class 2A- probable carcinogen to human
c. Class 2B- possible carcinogen to human
d. Class 3- not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans

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2 An antenna when radiating, has a highly directional radiation pattern. When the CO1 1
antenna is receiving its radiation pattern

a. Is more directive
b. Is less directive
c. Is the same
d. Exhibits no directivity all

3 Radiation efficiency of an antenna is given by CO1 1

a. Directivity / Maximum power gain

b. Maximum power gain / Directivity
c. Radiation resistance / Antenna resistance
d. Antenna resistance / Radiation resistance

4 What is the nature of current distribution over the small dipoles? CO1 1

a. Spherical
b. Rectangular
c. Triangular
d. Square

5 How are the infinitesimal dipoles represented in terms of antenna length and signal CO2 1
wavelength?

a. l ≤ (λ /50)
b. (λ/50 ) < l ≤ (λ /10)
c. l = λ/2
d. None of the above

6 Which of the following statement is true for bandwidth of an antenna? CO1 1

a. Inversely proportional to 1 / Q²
b. Directly proportional to Q²
c. Directly proportional to Q
d. Inversely proportional to Q

7 Power density is basically termed as --------------------power per unit area CO1 1

8 According to Webster’s dictionary, what is an antenna? CO1 1

a. Impedance matching device

b. Sensor of electromagnetic waves
c. Transducer between guided wave & free space wave
d. Metallic device for radiating or receiving radio waves

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9 Which among the following defines the angular distance between two points on each side CO1 1
of major lobe especially when the radiation drops to zero?

a. Half power beam width (HPBW)

b. First null beam width (FNBW)
c. Side lobe level (SLL)
d. Front to back ratio (FBR)

10 At which angles does the front to back ratio specify an antenna gain? CO1 1

a. 0° & 180°
b. 90° & 180°
c. 180° & 270°
d. 180° & 360°

11 If an observation point is closely located to the source, then the field is termed as CO2 1

a. Induced
b. Radiated
c. Reflected
d. Far-field

12 Which waveform plays a crucial role in determining the radiation pattern of the CO2 1
dipole/wire antennas?
a. Current
b. Voltage
c. Frequency
d. Phase

13 Let the directivity of a microwave antenna be 900. The maximum effective aperture will CO1 1
be
a. 716.19 𝜆2
b.71.619 𝜆2
c.7.1619 𝜆2
d.71619 𝜆2

14 An antenna when radiating, has a highly directional radiation pattern. When the CO2

antenna is receiving its radiation pattern

a. Is more directive
b. Is less directive
c. Is the same
d. Exhibits no directivity all

15 What is the far-field position of an electric short dipole? CO1 1

a. Along x-axis
b. Along y-axis
c. Along z-axis
d. Along xy plane

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16 People living within _____ meter in the main beam of cell tower antenna are considered CO1 1
to be in extremely high radiation zone.

a.50
b. 100
c. 200
d. 300

17 The measured half power beamwidths (HPBW) of an antenna in the two orthogonal CO2 1
planes are 30° and 20°. What will be the approximate directivity of the antenna in
dBi?

a. 4.8
b. 9.9
c. 18.4
d. 22.4

18 The radiation pattern of a small dipole antenna is (give exact Reason) CO2 1

19 For a directional antenna, first null beam width (FNBW) in the E-plane is 45o, what CO1 1
is the HPBW of this antenna in the E-plane?

a. 55o
b. 45o
c. 20o
d. 30o

20 The electric field E and the magnetic field H of a short dipole antenna satisfy the CO2 1
condition

(a) The r component of E is equal to zero

(b) Both r and 𝜃 components of H are equal to zero
(c) The 𝜃 component of E dominates the r component in the far – field region
(d) The 𝜃 and ∅ components of H are of the same order of magnitude in the near – field region

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 Part B
Answer any two Questions
CO Mar
ks

1 Explain Fresnel & fraunhofer region with a diagram? Derive an expression for the CO2 15
near and far field components of an electric current element?

2 a (i)The measured half power beamwidths (HPBW) of an antenna in the two CO1 8
orthogonal planes are 30° and 20°. What will be the approximate directivity of
the antenna in dBi?
(ii)For an omni-directional antenna, HPBW in E-plane is 60°, what is the
approximate directivity in dBi

b Two identical transmitting and receiving antennas are located at a distance of 4 CO2 7
km. If power transmitted is 30 dBm at 15 GHz and received power is -70 dBm,
what is the approximate gain of each antenna in dBi

3 a The radiation pattern of an antenna in spherical co – ordinates is given by 𝐹(𝜃) = CO1 5

𝑐𝑜𝑠4𝜃; 0 ≤ 𝜃 ≤ 𝜋/2 find the directivity of the antenna

b Define polarization of an antenna and Mathematically explain different types of CO1 10

polarization?
Calculate the diameter of a parabolic dish antenna to achieve 60 dBi gain at 11
GHz is (Assume that efficiency η of the antenna is 65%.)

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