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Elect 5607: Fundamentals of Antenna Engineering Assignment 1 Due: Oct. 18, 2016

This document contains 7 assignments related to antenna engineering fundamentals: 1) Analyze the radiation pattern of a slot aperture antenna and determine its beamwidths, null locations, and sidelobe levels. 2) Analyze an elliptically polarized wave and determine its properties including axial ratio and polarization. 3) Calculate the input impedance of a dipole antenna and determine its resonant frequency. 4) Analyze the power levels at different points in a system with a linearly polarized receiving antenna. 5) Calculate the detection range of an aircraft for a military radar system. 6) Determine the detection range of land mobile beacon signals for an antenna system. 7) Determine the gain and polarization purity

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Elect 5607: Fundamentals of Antenna Engineering Assignment 1 Due: Oct. 18, 2016

This document contains 7 assignments related to antenna engineering fundamentals: 1) Analyze the radiation pattern of a slot aperture antenna and determine its beamwidths, null locations, and sidelobe levels. 2) Analyze an elliptically polarized wave and determine its properties including axial ratio and polarization. 3) Calculate the input impedance of a dipole antenna and determine its resonant frequency. 4) Analyze the power levels at different points in a system with a linearly polarized receiving antenna. 5) Calculate the detection range of an aircraft for a military radar system. 6) Determine the detection range of land mobile beacon signals for an antenna system. 7) Determine the gain and polarization purity

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Elect 5607: Fundamentals of Antenna Engineering

Assignment 1
Due: Oct. 18, 2016
1. A rectangular slot aperture antenna of dimensions a x b is mounted into an infinite perfect conducting ground plane, as
shown in the following figure, with a = 2 and b = 6. If the antenna is excited with a y-directed E-field which has
uniform amplitude and phase across its aperture, the time-harmonic far-field E-fields (E and E) are given by
jkr

jabkE a e

jkr

jabkE a e
sin X sin Y
E =
,

2 r
X
Y
2 r
E
=
E
=
0,
elsewhere

and
,
E =

sin

cos cos

sin X sinY
X
Y , for -90 90, 0 360

where
X =

2
ka
kb
sin cos , Y =
sin sin , k =
, Ea is the magnitude of the aperture E-field and has a value of 2 V/m,
2
2

and where the ejt time dependence has been suppressed).


(a) Plot the far-field radiation intensity in either rectangular or polar format using a dB scale for the radiation intensity
ranging from 0 dB to -40 dB (where the peak of the pattern is normalized to 0 dB) in the two principal planes
=0 and =90 for -90 90.
(b) Determine the half-power beam-widths (in degrees) in the two principal planes.
(c) Determine the beam width between first nulls (in degrees) in the two principal planes.
(d) Determine the maximum sidelobe level (in dB) in the two principal planes.
(e) Estimate the directivity of the antenna, based on the half-power beamwidths.

2. An elliptically polarized wave is traveling in the z -direction and has an electric field at z = 0 given by:
E= x 5 cos t /6 y 3 cos t / 2
(a) Determine:
(i) the axial ratio;
(ii) the polarization tilt angle with respect to the y-axis;
(iii) the ratio of the cross-polarization to co-polarized E-field of this wave; and
(iv) whether it is clockwise or counterclockwise.
(b) Determine the latitude and longitude (in degrees) of this polarization on the Poincar sphere.
(c) Calculate the polarization loss factor if the receive antenna is:
(i) Linearly polarized in the vertical (y-axis) direction;
(ii) Linearly polarized in the horizontal (x-axis) direction;
(iii) Clockwise circular polarized; and
(iv) Counterclockwise circular polarized.

3.

The input impedance of a dipole antenna of length L and radius a can be estimated using the following expression:
Z in = R in j X in

where


[ ]

2

Rin = 0.47877.3246

L
L
L
0.3963
15.613

X in = 120 ln

L
L
L
L
L
1 cot
0.445617.0082
8.6793
9.60131
2a

If the dipole had L = 6 cm and a = 0.1 cm,


(a) determine the resonant frequency of the dipole, defined as the frequency where Xin = 0.
(b) determine the 10-dB return loss fractional bandwidth if the dipole is connected to a transmission line having a
characteristic impedance of 75.
4. A linearly polarized antenna operating at 700 MHz, having a directivity of 2.2 dBi, a radiation resistance of 73 and a
loss resistance of 2, is connected to a 50 load via a 2m cable having a characteristic impedance of 50 and an
insertion loss of 0.2 dB/m. If a circular-polarized wave with a power density of 10 W/m2 is incident upon the antenna,
determine:
(a) the power dissipated by the dipole, expressed in dBm
(b) the power received at the load, expressed in dBm
(c) the power scattered by the dipole, expressed in dBm
(d) the gain of the antenna, and
(e) the effective receiving aperture of the antenna.
5.

A military base uses an 12 GHz, 6 kW pulsed monostatic radar to detect any incoming aircraft. The radar uses a right
hand elliptically polarized antenna characterized by a gain of 20 dB, an axial ratio of 3 dB, and a tilt angle of 30 from
the vertical. An enemy aircraft with stealth technology approaches the military base. The stealth technology absorbs all
vertically (y-directed) polarized signals and scatters all horizontal (x-directed) signals with a radar cross section of
2.0 m2. If the radar receiver has a sensitivity of -110 dBm, determine the maximum range at which the bomber can be
detected. Assume that there are no losses between the antenna and receiver.

6.

A system for a set of land mobile beacon signals operating at a centre frequency of 10 GHz with a fractional bandwidth
of 5% uses an antenna with a gain of 10 dBi and that has a normalized radiation pattern given by:
4
6
U ,= sin cos , 0 , /2 /2 [W /]
0 , elsewhere
The antenna, which has a thermal efficiency of 90%, is connected to a receiver by a 5 m long cable that has an insertion
loss of 0.1 dB/m. Both the antenna and cable are located outdoors where the ambient temperature is 25 C, while the
receiver is located in an air-conditioned enclosure kept at 10 C, so that its noise temperature is 350 K. The beacon
signals are emitted with an EIRP of 12 dBW. The antenna is located in a somewhat noisy environment, resulting in a
noise temperature at the antenna given by:
T B = 300cos K , 02
Determine both the minimum and maximum distances within a 90 coverage sector i.e. between /4 /4
of the antenna that the beacon signal can be detected, if the minimum signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver is 10 dB.
Assume that the receiver and transmitter antenna are polarization matched.

7.

To determine the gain and polarization purity of your antenna prototype, you have available a circular-polarized gain
standard, whose gain is 20 dBic, and a linearly polarized transmit antenna, whose gain is 12 dBi. When the gain standard
and transmit antenna are connected, you measure a receive power of -30 dBm. You then replace the gain standard with
the prototype antenna and you measure the receive power as a function of the orientation of the transmit antenna. The
receive power varies from -36 dBm to -32 dBm. Determine the co-polarized and cross-polarized gain (in dBic) of the
prototype antenna.

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