EEP 307

LAB REPORT

EXPERIMENT 6
ANTENNA GAIN AND RADIATION PATTERN

SUBMITTED BY:Keshav (2010EE50551)

Manish Singh Rawat (2010EE50552)
Rahul Kumar (2010EE50556)

TITLE
Antenna Measurements

OBJECTIVE
a) To measure the radiation pattern (polar pattern) of a microwave Horn antenna.
b) To measure the gain of a waveguide Horn.

MEASUREMENT OF RADIATION PATTERN

E-Plane Pattern
Observations:Angle (degrees)
-75
-70
-65
-60
-55
-50
-45
-40
-35
-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85

Power (dB)
-19
-19.5
-18
-19
-18.5
-19
-19.5
-18.5
-15
-11.5
-12
-13
-10
-5
-2.5
0
-5
-9
-13.5
-17
-16.5
-19
-18.5
-20.8
-22.5
-23.5
-22
-19
-19.5
-23
-23
-23
-23

Plot of Radiation Pattern:-

Half Power Beam-Width as approximately computed (HPBW) = 12 degrees

Null to Null Beam Width as approximately computed (NNBW) = 38 degrees
Side Lope Level (SLL) = 0.27

H-Plane Pattern
Observations:Angle (degrees)
-75
-70
-65
-60
-55
-50
-45
-40
-35

Power (dB)
-21.5
-22
-23
-23.5
-23
-22.5
-21.5
-22
-19.5

-30
-25
-20
-15
-10
-5
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85

-16.5
-13.5
-8
-4.5
-1
-0.5
0
-0.1
-2
-6
-9
-15
-16.5
-20
-20
-19.5
-20
-22.5
-22
-23
-23
-23.5
-22
-22

Plot of Radiation Pattern:-

Half Power Beam-Width as approximately computed (HPBW) = 25 degrees

Null to Null Beam Width as approximately computed (NNBW) = 45 degrees
Side Lope Level (SLL) = 0.1

MEASUREMENT OF GAIN
D (largest dimension of larger receiver)
Hence,

6 cm

We can see that R taken in experiment is larger than this distance.

Observations and Calculations:(dB)
-27
-27
-27
-27

(dB)
-37.5
-38.5
-39.0
-40.0

R (cm)

(dB)
10.5
11.5
12
13

11.2202
14.1254
15.8489
19.9526

50
55
60
65

(square m)
0.25
0.3025
0.36
0.4225

The average slope of the above straight line is = 0.019754 =

at 10GHz = 3 cm
Hence, G = 59.0857
We can see that this conforms with the theoretical results as typically gain of microwave horn antenna
varies from 10 to 100.

MATLAB CODE FOR COMPUTATIONS

X=zeros(1,33);
for i=1:33
X(1,i)=-80+5*i;
end
y1=[-19,-19.5,-18,-19,-18.5,-19,-19.5,-18.5,-15,-11.5,-12,-13,-10,-5,-2.5,0,5,-9,-13.5,-17,-16.5,-19,-18.5,-20.8,-22.5,-23.5,-22,-19,-19.5,-23,-23,-23,23];
y2=[21.5,22,23,23.5,23,22.5,21.5,22,19.5,16.5,13.5,8,4.5,1,0.5,0,0.1,2,6,9,15
,16.5,20,20,19.5,20,22.5,22,23,23,23.5,22,22];
y2=-y2;
y1=y1./20;
y2=y2./20;
for i=1:33
y1(i)=10^y1(i);
y2(i)=10^y2(i);
end
p=[0.5^2,0.55^2,0.6^2,0.65^2];
q=[10^1.05,10^1.15,10^1.2,10^1.3];
p
q
figure
plot(q,p,'.-')
title('Gain of Horn Antenna');
xlabel('P_t/P_r')
ylabel('R^2')
figure;
plot(X,y1,'.-');
title('E-Plane Radiation Pattern');
xlabel('Angle in degrees')
ylabel('Magnitude of Radiation Electric Field')
figure;
plot(X,y2,'.-');
title('H-Plane Radiation Pattern');
xlabel('Angle in degrees')
ylabel('Magnitude of Radiation Magnetic Field')