The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Faculty of Engineering
Department of Electronic Engineering

Course Outline: Wave Propagation & Antennas

General Information:

Course: Wave Propagation & Antennas Instructor Dr. Abdul Aziz

Course Code COMM-02525
Credit Hours 3+1 Office Computer LAB III
3 lectures of one hour each per
Contact Hours Email abdul.aziz@iub.edu.pk
week
Pre-Requisite(s) Electromagnetic Field Theory Office Hours 9:30 to 11:30

Course Description:
Antennas ( Types of antennas, Radiation mechanism, Current distribution, effective antenna area and radar cross
section), Fundamental Parameters of Antennas (Radiation pattern, Radiation intensity, Directivity, Gain.,
Efficiency, beamwidth, bandwidth, Polarization, Impedance, Antenna as an apertures.), Radiation Integrals ( Vector
potential A, Vector potential F, Far-field radiation , Duality, reciprocity, and reaction theorem.) Wire Antennas (
Short wire, Finite length dipole, Ground effects), Loop Antennas ( Small circular loop, Large circular loop),
Arrays ( Linear array, Broadside, Endfire, Scanning , Planar array, Circular array, Yagi-Uda, Log-Periodic,
Smart/Intelligent/Adaptive Antennas), Microstrip Antennas, Wave Propagation (mechanism of radio wave
propagation, effects of ground and atmosphere on propagation.
Textbook:
Constantine A. Balanis, “Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design”, Third Edition, 2005, John Wiley & Sons.
Reference Books:
1. John D. Kraus and Ronald J. Marhefka, “Antennas”, Third Edition, 2001, McGraw-Hill.
2. Stutzman, Warren L., and Gary A. Thiele. Antenna theory and design. Third Edition, 2012, John Wiley &
Sons.
3. Garg, Ramesh. Microstrip antenna design handbook. Artech house, 2001.

PLO1 PLO2 PLO3 PLO4 PLO5 PLO6 PLO7 PLO8 PLO9 PLO10 PLO11 PLO12

Communication
Development of

Individual and
Sustainability
The Engineer

Environment
Modern Tool

Management
Investigation
Engineering

Team Work
and Society
Knowledge

Life Long
Solutions
Design &

Learning
Problem
Analysis

Project
Ethics
Usage

and

Wave Propagation of Antennas

C3

A4

A3
C4

C6

C5

P5

P5

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

CLOs Description Domain PLOs

Theory
To IDENTIFY the basic performance parameters (efficiency, directivity,
CLO1 Cognitive-3 PLO1
and radiation) between classes of Antennas.
To ANALYZE structure and propagation performance of different types of
CLO2 Cognitive-4 PLO2
Antennas (Wire, loop, micro strip, Arrays, aperture)
To DESIGN an antenna by considering the context and constraints of
CLO3 Cognitive-6 PLO3
frequency band.
To EXPLAIN radio wave propagation under the effects of ground and
CLO4 Cognitive-2 PLO1
atmospheric impairments
To RECOGNIZE the impacts of radio wave propagation on the atmosphere
CLO5 Affective-4 PLO7
and health.
CLO6 To ACQUIRE knowledge about the technological developments in the field Affective-4 PLO12

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of antenna design and construction.

Lab
To OPERATE Spectrum analyzer for radiation characteristics for different
CLO5 Psychmotor-5 PLO5
types of antennas and to USE simulator CST and HFSS for antenna design.
To INVESTIGATE the performance issues and the inherent trade-offs
CLO6 Cognative-5 PLO5
involved in Antenna design
To COMMUNICATE effectively in Viva Voce and in preparing lab reports
CLO7 Affective -4 PLO10
about each lab work.

Grading Policy:

Assignments, Quizzes, Projects/presentations etc. 20%

Midterm Exam 30%

Final Exam 50%

Learning Outcomes Assessment Plan:

Sr. # Course Learning Outcomes Assessment

1. Assignment 1

2. Quiz 1

3. Quiz 2

4. Mid term

5. Assignment 2

6. Quiz 3

7. Assignment 3

8. Assignment 4

9. Quiz 4

10. Final Exam

Lecture Plan:
Topics Hours CLOs

Antennas ( Types of antennas, Radiation mechanism, Current CLO1

Week 1
distribution)

Fundamental Parameters of Antennas (Radiation pattern,

Radiation intensity, Directivity, Gain, Efficiency, beamwidth, Week 2 CLO1
bandwidth, Polarization, Impedance, Antenna as an apertures.)
Radiation Integrals ( Vector potential A, Vector potential F,
Week 3 &4 CLO2
Far-field radiation , Duality, reciprocity, and reaction theorem.)

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Wire Antennas ( Short wire, Finite length dipole, Ground CLO2 & CLO3
Week 5, 6 & 7
effects)

Loop Antennas ( Small circular loop, Large circular loop), , Week 8 & 9 CLO2 & CLO3

Arrays ( Linear array, Broadside, Endfire, Scanning , Planar

array, Circular array, Yagi-Uda, Log-Periodic, Week 10, 11 & CLO2 & CLO3
Smart/Intelligent/Adaptive Antennas), 12

Microstrip Antennas Week 13 & 14 CLO2 & CLO3

Wave Propagation (mechanism of radio wave propagation, CLO4

Week 15 &16
effects of ground and atmosphere on propagation.

List of Experiments:

Sr.
Experiments
No.
Analysis of signal strength and Radiation pattern on Antenna
01 Trainer
02 Analysis of frequency response and return loss on Antenna Trainer

03 Analysis of a Dipole antenna

Analysis and of Dipole antenna over ground
04
Analysis of two Dipoles stacked horizontally and vertically
05

06 Analysis for effects of Antenna length variation

07 Analysis for reflection from objects and attenuation in path

08 Analysis of monopole antenna

09 Analysis for effect of variation in spacing between two Monopoles

10 Analysis of Phased Monopole Antenna

11 Analysis of Horn Antenna
12 Analysis of Parabolic Reflector Antenna
13 Analysis of Log Periodic Antenna
14 Analysis of 3 Element Yagi antenna

15 Design of Rectangular Micro-strip Patch Antenna in CST/HFSS

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