18EC63: Microwave & Antennas ECE Syllabus for BE 6th Sem 2018 Scheme VTU

Microwave & Antennas detailed Syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The Syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the official website of the university.

For all other VTU ECE 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, do visit VTU ECE 6th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme Subjects. The detailed Syllabus for microwave & antennas is as follows.

Course Learning Objectives:

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Module 1

Microwave Tubes: Introduction, Reflex Klystron Oscillator, Mechanism of Oscillations, Modes of Oscillations, Mode Curve (Qualitative Analysis only). (Text 1: 9.1, 9.2.1) Microwave Transmission Lines: Microwave Frequencies, Microwave devices, Microwave Systems, Transmission Line equations and solutions, Reflection Coefficient and Transmission Coefficient, Standing Wave and Standing Wave Ratio, Smith Chart, Single Stub matching. (Text 2: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6 Except Double stub matching) L1,L2

Module 2

Microwave Network theory: Introduction, Symmetrical Z and Y-Parameters for reciprocal Networks, S matrix representation of Multi-Port Networks. (Text1: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3) Microwave Passive Devices: Coaxial Connectors and Adapters, Attenuators, Phase Shifters, Waveguide Tees, Magic tees. (Text 1: 6.4.2, 6.4.14, 6.4.15, 6.4.16) L1,L2

Module 3

Module 4

Point Sources and Arrays: Introduction, Point Sources, Power Patterns, Power Theorem, Radiation Intensity, Arrays of two isotropic point sources, Linear Arrays of n Isotropic Point Sources of equal Amplitude and Spacing.(Text 3: 5.1 – 5.6, 5.9, 5.13) Electric Dipoles: Introduction, Short Electric Dipole, Fields of a Short Dipole, Radiation Resistance of a Short Electric Dipole, Thin Linear Antenna (Field Analyses) (Text 3: 6.1 – 6.5) L1,L2,L3, L4

Module 5

Loop and Horn Antenna: Introduction, Small loop, The Loop Antenna General Case, The Loop Antenna as a special case, Radiation resistance of loops, Directivity of Circular Loop Antennas with uniform current, Horn antennas Rectangular Horn Antennas.(Text 3: 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.19, 7.20) Antenna Types: The Helix geometry, Helix modes, Practical Design considerations for the mono-filar axial mode Helical Antenna, Yagi-Uda array, Parabolic reflector (Text 3: 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.8, 9.5) L1,L2,L3

Course Outcomes:

Question Paper Pattern:

Examination will be conducted for 100 marks with question paper containing 10 full questions, each of 20 marks.
Each full question can have a maximum of 4 sub questions.
There will be 2 full questions from each module covering all the topics of the module.

Text Books:

Microwave Engineering – Annapurna Das, Sisir K Das, TMH, Publication, 2nd, 2010.
Microwave Devices and circuits- Samuel Y Liao, Pearson Education
Antennas and Wave Propagation- John D. Krauss, Ronald J Marhefka, Ahmad S Khan, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill Education, 2013

Reference Books:

For detail Syllabus of all other subjects of BE 6th Sem Electronics & Communication Engineering, visit (ECE) 6th Sem Syllabus Subjects.

For all (CBSE & Non-CBSC) BE results, visit VTU BE all semester results direct links.

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