Important Questions

Unit-I

1. Define effective height.

b) What is meant by radiation resistance?

1. What is beam area? Define and derive the beam efficiency of antenna.

b) Explain about Effective area and effective height of liner wire antennas.

2. Derive the radiating resistance and radiated power of Quarter-wave

b) Write the equations for fields from oscillating dipole in detail.

3. Discuss about Retarded potentials in antennas. b) Explain about

4. Explain and derive the equation of Radiation resistance of Quarter-wave

b) Compare Far fields of small loop and short dipole.

5. Develop the expressions for electric and magnetic field components of

6. Write a short note on loop antennas.

7. Obtain the relationship between directivity and effective aperture.

8. Define radiation intensity? If the radiation intensity U =A 0 Cos ,

Unit-II

1. Define Point source in antenna arrays.

b. What is source of errors?

2. Explain the principle and operation of pattern of multiplication.

b) Discuss about Field strength of Uniform linear array.

3. Explain the measurement of Directivity in any method.

4. For a non uniform broadside linear array derive the expression for array factor if the array has

(i) even number of elements and (ii) odd number of elements.

b) Explain the procedure to measure directivity of antenna.

5. Solve for directivity of End Fire Array antenna.

b) If the test antenna is circularly polarized. Discuss how gain measurement is accomplished using the
gain-transfer method.

6. In a linear array of 4 isotropic elements spaced /2  apart and with equal currents fed in phase, plot
the radiation pattern in polar coordinates.

7. Describe a method of measurement of radiation pattern with neat measurement setup.

b) What is polarization and describe polarization measurement by power measurement approach.

8. Explain the principle and operation of pattern of multiplication.

b) Discuss about Field strength of Uniform linear array.

9. Explain the measurement of Directivity in any method.

b) How uni directional pattern is obtained in end-fire array?

10. Write the differences between near and Far field measurements of an antenna.

b) Discuss about the Measurement of antenna patterns in detail.

Unit-III

1. Write the applications of Horn antenna.

b. What is monofilar helical antenna?

2. Draw and explain the pyramidal Horn Antenna.

b) Explain about folded dipole with neat diagram and write its applications.

7.a) Explain the principle and operation of Helical antenna with neat diagram.

b) Design a three element Yagi-Uda antenna to operate at a frequency of 172 MHz.

8. Explain design and the operation principle of helical antenna with neat diagram.

b) Explain the operation of Yagi- uda antenna and write its applications.
9. Explain the characteristics of folded dipoles. b) Brief out the operating principle of Yagi-Uda Antenna.

10. Design log periodic antenna to operate over a frequency range of 125MHz to 500MHz to obtain a
gain of 9 dB. b) Derive an expression for the radiation resistance of a folded dipole.

11. Discuss the Helix modes of Helical Antenna. b) Consider an array of 2 Isotropic Sources. Find the
resultant electric field and perform a case study for distance between elements d= λ/2, d= λ/2 when the
antennas are fed with currents of same amplitude and phase.

12. Explain the radiation mechanism in microstrip antenna using transmission line model analysis. b)
With the help of Cassegrain feed geometry, explain the operation of parabolic reflector antenna.

13.a) Derive the expression for skip distance. b) Estimate the mechanism of space wave propagation
over ideal flat earth with a neat sketch.

14. Find the directivity, beam width and effective area of a paraboloidal reflector antenna for which the
reflector diameter is 6 cm and the illumination efficiency is 65%. The frequency of operation is 10GHz.

b) Draw the diagram of pyramidal horn antenna and explain its operation, characteristics and
applications.

15.a) With the help of diagrams and equivalent circuits, explain feeding mechanisms of micro strip
antenna. b) Design a rectangular micro strip antenna using a substrate with dielectric constant of 2.2,
h=0.1588 cm so as to resonate at 10 GHz.

16.a) Derive an expression for effective dielectric constant and critical frequency of ionosphere layer. b)
Compute the effective dielectric constant of the E layer with N=5×105 electrons/sec, if the frequency of
the wave is 25 MHZ.

17. Discuss the Helix modes of Helical Antenna. b) Consider an array of 2 Isotropic Sources. Find the
resultant electric field and perform a case study for distance between elements d= λ/2, d= λ/2 when the
antennas are fed with currents of same amplitude and phase.

18.a) Explain the radiation mechanism in microstrip antenna using transmission line model analysis. b)
With the help of Cassegrain feed geometry, explain the operation of parabolic reflector antenna.

19.a) Derive the expression for skip distance. b) Estimate the mechanism of space wave propagation
over ideal flat earth with a neat sketch.

20. Draw and explain the pyramidal Horn Antenna. b) Explain about folded dipole with neat diagram and
write its applications.

21.a) Explain the principle and operation of Helical antenna with neat diagram. b) Design a three
element Yagi-Uda antenna to operate at a frequency of 172 MHz.

22. Discuss about rectangular patch antenna and write its limitations. Write the pattern characteristics
of reflector antenna. OR Explain about parabolic reflector antenna with neat diagram.
A parabolic reflector with a mouth diameter of 22 meters operates at 5 GHz frequency, efficiency of 0.6.
Find the power gain?

10.a) Explain the reflection of radio waves by the surface of the earth in ground wave Propagation.

b) Discuss about effect of the curvature of the earth in space wave propagation.

23. Write short notes on: a) MUF b) Ray path c) Characteristics of Ionosphere d) Duct Propagation.