Subject Code: EC6L013 Name: Antenna Theory L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Introduction, Definitions, EM radiation, Friis and Radar Equations
Basic antenna elements (Dipole, Monopole, Loop)
Antenna arrays (Linear and End-fire arrays) and Pattern synthesis
Complex Wire Antennas (Helical, Spiral, LPDA, Turnstile)
Aperture antennas
Broadband and Ultra-wideband Antennas
Antennas in Communication Link Budgets
Introduction to Computational Methods (including Integral Equations, Method of Moments)
Novel Antenna Concepts and Emerging Trends (e.g. Metamaterial Antennas, Fractal Antennas, Reconfigurable Antennas, Nanoantennas)

Prerequisite: None

Text Books:
  1. C.A. Balanis, Antenna Theory Analysis and Design, 3rd edition, John Whiley & Sons, 2005.
Reference Books:
  1. Antenna Theory and Design, revised Ed., by Robert S. Elliott, Willey-Interstice & IEEE Press, 2003.
  2. Antenna Theory and Design, 2nd Ed., by Warren L. Stutzman, and Gary A. Thiele, John Wiley, 1997.
  3. Microwave Antenna Theory and Design, by Samuel Silver, M.I.T. Radiation Laboratory Series.