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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 1

III B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2009
ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks


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1. (a) Establish the relations between directivity and effective area, directivity and
effective length.

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(b) An antenna has a radiation resistance of 63 ohms and a lossy resistance of 6
ohms. If the power gain is 30, Calculate the directivity and the efficiency of

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the antenna. [8+8]

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2. (a) Show that the radiation resistance of a small loop is equal to 320π 4(A/λ2 )
ohms where A is loop area.

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(b) What is Folded Dipole ? Find its Radiation Resistance. [8+8]
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3. (a) Enumerate the advantages and disadvantages of linear arrays.
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(b) Find the phasing required to steer a beam zenith to -400 for a 5 element array
with 0.4λ inter element spacing. [8+8]
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4. (a) Design a Rhombic Antenna to operate at 20MHz when the angle of elevation
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Δ= 100 .
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(b) Describe the Non Resonant V-antenna. [8+8]

5. (a) Write short notes on ‘Yagi Aerial’.
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(b) What is Corner Reflector Antenna? Derive the expression for the group pat-
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tern of system of images due to a 600 corner reflector. [8+8]

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6. (a) Define Zoning. Discuss the merits and demerits of zoned antennas.
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(b) With reference to aperture blocking, describe the performance of paraboloids

and center. [8+8]
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7. (a) What is Angle of Tilt? How does it affect the field strength at a distance from
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the transmitter?
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(b) A 150m antenna transmitting at 1.2MHz by ground wave has an antenna

current of 8A. What voltage is received by a receiving antenna 40kms away,
with a height of 2meters? [8+8]
8. (a) Establish the mathematical relation for
i. Radio Horizon
ii. Radius of curvature of array path for LOS waves.
(b) Show that the field strength due to space wave given by
E = (2E0 /d)sin(2πht hr /λd). [8+8]



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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 2

III B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2009
ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks


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1. (a) Derive an expression for electric field of a uniform current element and hence

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explain its directional pattern.
(b) If maximum current in the antenna is 20amps, find the field intensity at a

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distance of 2kms along the axis perpendicular and at an angle 300 from the
antenna. [8+8]

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2. (a) Show that the field strength from an antenna with gain G, radiating P watts
of Power is given by E = 1/r(30PG)1/2 v/m, if the impedance of free space is

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120π. .b
(b) Derive the expression for power radiated in case of quarter wave monopole
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and find the power radiated for a peak value equal to 10A. [8+8]
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3. (a) Derive the conditions for the linear array of N isotropic elements to radiate in
end fire and find the first two side lobe levels.
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(b) Prove that the level of secondary lobe is -13.5dB below that of major lobe in
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a uniform linearly array. [8+8]

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4. (a) Explain the construction of Rhombic Antenna with balloon and termination.
Draw the radiation pattern of rhombic antenna
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i. over perfectly conducting plane.

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ii. in the presence of earth.

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(b) Derive electric field expression for Non Resonant antenna. [8+8]
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5. (a) With reference to paraboloids,explain the following:

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i. Aperture Efficiency
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ii. Front toBack Ratio

iii. Types of Feeds.
(b) Design Yagi-Uda antenna of six elements to provide a gain of 12dB if the
operating frequency is 200MHz. [8+8]

6. (a) What is an electromagnetic horn antenna? What are its applications? The
length of an E-plane sectoral horn is 15cms. Design the horn dimensions such
that it is optimum at 10GHz.
(b) Calculate the minimum distance required to measure the field pattern of an
antenna of diameter 2m at a frequency of 3GHz. Derive the necessary equa-
tion. [8+8]

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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 2

7. (a) Discuss the features that lead to fading and attenuation in ionospheric prop-
agation.
(b) What is Wave Tilt? How does it effect the field strength received at a distance
from the transmitter? [8+8]

8. (a) A police radio transmitter operating at a frequency 1.69GHz is required to

provide a ground wave having a strength of 0.5mv/m at a distance of 16km.

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The transmitter antenna, having an efficiency of 50% produces a radiating
field proportional of cosθ. The ground wave has σ= 5 × 10−5 mho/cm and εr
= 15. Calculate the power transmitted.

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(b) Derive the fundamental equation for free space propagation. [8+8]

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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 3

III B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2009
ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks


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1. (a) Discuss the current distribution on a thin wire antenna.

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(b) Define the following parameters related to antenna
i. Main and Side lobe

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ii. Beam Area
iii. Gain and Directivity. [8+8]

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2. (a) Starting from the fundamentals, derive an expression for radiated electric field

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for half wave dipole and sketch the field strength pattern.
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(b) Prove that leff (transmitting) is same as leff (receiving) for any antenna where
leff is effective length of an antenna. [8+8]
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3. (a) Calculate
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i. HPBW
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ii. Solid Angle if a linear array having 10 isotropic point source with λ/2
spacing and phase difference δ=900 .
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(b) Write short notes on Hansen-Wood yard end fire array. [8+8]
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4. (a) Describe the construction and properties of Rhombic Antenna.

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(b) Describe the characteristics of long wire traveling wave antenna. Sketch their
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pattern for lengths of

i. λ/2
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ii. 5 λ
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iii. 20 λ. [10+6]
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5. (a) What is a Parasitic Element? Explain how it is used to improve the directivity
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of an antenna.
(b) Show the system of images for 900 corner reflector if the point source is located
at a distance of λ/4 from the apex. Write the expression for the array factor.
[8+8]

6. (a) What is an electromagnetic horn antenna? What are its applications? The
length of an E-plane sectoral horn is 15cms. Design the horn dimensions such
that it is optimum at 10GHz.
(b) Calculate the minimum distance required to measure the field pattern of an
antenna of diameter 2m at a frequency of 3GHz. Derive the necessary equa-
tion. [8+8]

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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 3

7. (a) What is Fading? Distinguish between Selective fading and Skip fading.
(b) Write short notes on ‘Luxembourg Effect’. [8+8]

8. (a) Write short notes on “M Curves and their characteristics”.

(b) Show that the radius of curvature of ray path is given by 2/(dεr /dh) for
tropospheric waves. [8+8]

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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 4

III B.Tech I Semester Regular Examinations, November 2009
ANTENNAS & WAVE PROPAGATION
(Electronics & Communication Engineering)
Time: 3 hours Max Marks: 80
Answer any FIVE Questions
All Questions carry equal marks


om
1. (a) Derive an expression for electric field of a uniform current element and hence

t.c
explain its directional pattern.
(b) If maximum current in the antenna is 20amps, find the field intensity at a

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distance of 2kms along the axis perpendicular and at an angle 300 from the
antenna. [8+8]

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2. (a) From the expressions for E and H due to radiating element, show the average

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power radiated is given by
Pav = Errms / 2n w/m2 .b
(b) Explain how an antenna radiates power into free space and list out the prop-
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erties of an antenna. [6+10]
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3. (a) What is a linear array? State the merits and demerits of linear array.
(b) A uniform linear broad side array operating at 50cm wavelength consisting of
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4 half dipoles spaced 25cm apart. Each element carries rf current in the same
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phase and magnitude 0.4amp. Calculate

i. Retarded power
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ii. Half power beam width. [8+8]

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4. (a) Explain the construction of Rhombic Antenna with balloon and termination.
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Draw the radiation pattern of rhombic antenna

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i. over perfectly conducting plane.

ii. in the presence of earth.
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(b) Derive electric field expression for Non Resonant antenna. [8+8]
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5. (a) Explain all the structural requirements of a 5 element yagi antenna at 475MHz
accounting for typical spacing, length to diameter ratios and input impedance
Zn.
(b) Explain the geometry, requirements and properties of parabolic reflectors.
[8+8]

6. (a) Write short notes on

i. Accelerating Lenses
ii. Bandwidth and Tolerances of lenses.
(b) Explain the measurement methods for the gain of a parabolic reflector. [8+8]

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Code No: V3118/R07 Set No. 4

7. (a) What are different mechanisms of propagation of electromagnetic waves? Ex-
plain.
(b) What is Critical Frequency? What is Virtual Height? Find the maximum
distance that can be covered if the virtual height of the ionospheric layer is
250kms. [8+8]

8. (a) Discuss the characteristics of F1 and F2 layers.

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(b) Discuss the reasons for reduction of field strength in sky wave propagation.
[8+8]

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