

Antenna measurements : Radiation pattern measurement, Gain and directivity measurements, Anechoic chamber measurement.

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Special Antennas and Antenna Measurements Special antennas : Long wire, V and Rhombic antenna, Yagi-Uda antenna, Turnstile antenna, Helical antenna- Axial mode helix, Normal mode helix, Biconical antenna, Log periodic dipole array, Spiral antenna, Microstrip patch antennas.

Aperture Antennas Aperture antennas : Magnetic current and its fields, Uniqueness theorem, Field equivalence principle, Duality principle, Method of images, Pattern properties, Slot antenna, Horn antenna, Pyramidal horn antenna, Reflector antenna-Flat reflector, Corner reflector, Common curved reflector shapes, Lens antenna. Antenna arrays : Linear array and pattern multiplication, Two-element array, Uniform array, Polynomial representation, Array with non-uniform excitation-binomial array. Wire Antennas and Antenna Arrays Wire antennas : Short dipole, Radiation resistance and directivity, Half wave dipole, Monopole, Small loop antennas. Antenna characteristics : Radiation pattern, Beam solid angle, Directivity, Gain, Input impedance, Polarization, Bandwidth, Reciprocity, Equivalence of radiation patterns, Equivalence of impedances, Effective aperture, Vector effective length, Antenna temperature. Antenna characteristics : Radiation pattern, Beam solid angle, Directivity, Gain, Input impedance, Polarization, Bandwidth, Reciprocity, Equivalence of radiation patterns, Equivalence of impedances, Effective ap Electromagnetic Radiation and Antenna Fundamentals Review of electromagnetic theory : Vector potential, Solution of wave equation, Retarded case, Hertizian dipole. Electromagnetic Radiation and Antenna Fundamentals Review of electromagnetic theory : Vector potential, Solution of wave equation, Retarded case, Hertizian dipole.
