Ec9354 Antennas and Wave Propagation English Question Paper Apr 11
Ec9354 Antennas and Wave Propagation English Question Paper Apr 11
Ec9354 Antennas and Wave Propagation English Question Paper Apr 11
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2. Calculate the maximum effective aperture of a microwave antenna which has a directivity of
900.Frequency of operation is 5GHz.
3. State Babinet's principle and specify where it is applied.
4. Distinguish between uniform and tapered aperture. Give their merits and demerits.
5. Obtain the radiation pattern of 8 element array of isotropic antenna spaced A/2 apart using
principle of pattern multiplication.
6. Give the working principle of phased arrays.
7. State Rumsey's principle of frequency independence in antennas.
8. While measuring gain of a horn antenna the gain of the oscillator was set for 9.00GHz and
the attenuation inserted was found to be 9.8dB. Calculate the gain of the horn. The distance
between the two horns was 35cm.
9. Under what circumstances duct propagation will be effective? Give reasons for your answer.
10. A pulse of a given frequency transmitted upward is received back after a period of 5milli
seconds. Find the virtual height of the reflecting layer.
PART - B
(5 X 16 =80 MARKS)
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13. a. Obtain the field strength due to N element linear array and obtain the maxima and
minima for end fire configuration.
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13. b.i. Obtain the expression for the directivity of broadside array.
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ii. Give the significance of binomial array. Obtain the excitation coefficients for 13
element binomial array.
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14. a. Describe the construction design and performance of log periodic dipole array.
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14. b. Describe the procedure for the measurement of i)Antenna gain
ii)VSWR
15. a. Draw the structure of atmosphere and ionosphere and explain in detail the various
regions of ionosphere.
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15.b.i. Two aircraft are flying at altitudes of 3000m and 5000m respectively. What is the
maximum possible distance along the surface of earth over which they can +iave
effective point to point microwave communication? Radius of earth=6.37x10 -metres. <4)
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ii. A high frequency radio link has to be established between two points on the earth
200km away. The reflection region of the ionosphere is at a height of 200km and bas
frequency of 6 MHz. Calculate the MUF for the given path.
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iii. A communication link is to be established between two stations using half wavelength
antenna for maximum directive gain. Transmitter power is 1KW, distance between
transmitter and receiver is 100km. What is the Maximum frequency power received by
receiver. Frequency of operation is 100 MHz.
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