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This document contains 6 problems related to antennas and wave propagation. The problems cover topics like normalized radiation intensity patterns of antennas, directivity calculations using exact and approximate formulas, determining polarization types from field patterns, and calculating polarization loss factors.

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Minia University 4th year Comm. & Elec.

Faculty of Engineering Antennas & Wave Propagation


Electrical Engineering Dept.

Sheet (2)
1) The normalized radiation intensity of an antenna is rotationally symmetric in ∅, and it is represented by:

(a) What is the directivity (above isotropic) of the antenna (in dB)?
(b) What is the directivity (above an infinitesimal dipole) of the antenna (in dB)?

2) The radiation intensity of an antenna is given by 𝑼 (𝜽, 𝝋) = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝟒 𝜽 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟐 𝝋 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝟎 ≤ 𝜽 ≤ 𝝅/𝟐 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟎 ≤ 𝝋 ≤ 𝟐𝝅
(i.e., in the upper half-space). It is zero in the lower half-space. Find the
(a) Exact directivity (dimensionless and in dB).
(b) Elevation plane half-power beamwidth (in degrees).

3) The normalized radiation intensity for a λ/2 dipole antenna is approximated by 𝑼 ≅ 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝟑 𝜽 𝜽 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝟎 ≤ 𝜽 ≤
𝝅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟎 ≤ 𝝋 ≤ 𝟐𝝅. Determine the directivity using the
(a) Exact formula. (b) Formulas of McDonald and Pozar.

4) The normalized far-zone field pattern of an antenna is given by:

Find the directivity using


(a) The exact expression.
(b) Kraus’ approximate formula. (c) Tai and Pereira’s approximate formula.

5) A uniform plane wave is traveling in the positive z-direction. Find the polarization (linear, circular, or elliptical),
sense of rotation (CW or CCW), axial ratio (AR), and tilt angle 𝝉 (in degrees) when

6) A circularly polarized wave, traveling in the +z-direction, is received by an elliptically polarized antenna whose
reception characteristics near the main lobe are given approximately by

Find the polarization loss factor PLF (dimensionless and in dB) when the incident wave is
(a) right-hand (CW), (b) left-hand (CCW), circularly polarized. Repeat the problem when

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