Media Storage Type : DVD-ROM
NPTEL Course Name : Advanced Antenna Theory
NPTEL Subject Matter Expert : Dr. Amalendu Patnaik
NPTEL Co-ordinating Institute : IIT Roorkee
NPTEL Lecture Count : 43
Lecture Titles:
Lecture 1 - Introduction, Types of antennas
Lecture 2 - Radiation mechanism, Poynting vector
Lecture 3 - Antenna Parameters: Radiated power, Radiation pattern
Lecture 4 - Antenna Parameters: Directivity, Gain
Lecture 5 - Antenna Parameters: Axial ratio, Input impedance
Lecture 6 - Antenna Parameters: Impedance bandwidth, Effective aperture; Communication link and Friis transmission equation
Lecture 7 - Radiation integrals and Auxiliary Potential Functions (Part-1)
Lecture 8 - Introduction, Infinitesimal dipole
Lecture 9 - Infinitesimal dipole: Radiation zones, Total radiated power
Lecture 10 - Short dipole
Lecture 11 - Finite-length dipole
Lecture 12 - Finite-length dipole: Radiated power, Radiation resistance
Lecture 13 - Half-wave dipole and its properties
Lecture 14 - Loop antenna
Lecture 15 - Introduction, Field equivalence principle
Lecture 16 - Loveï¾’s equivalence principle, Electrical and magnetic conductor equivalence principle
Lecture 17 - Computation of field quantities of aperture antenna
Lecture 18 - Relation between wire and aperture antennas, Horn antenna design principle
Lecture 19 - Introduction, Principle of frequency-independent antenna
Lecture 20 - Examples of frequency-independent antennas
Lecture 21 - Log-periodic antenna concept and examples
Lecture 22 - Introduction, Advantages and disadvantages
Lecture 23 - Excitation techniques, Criteria for substrate selection
Lecture 24 - Methods of analysis, Transmission line model: Part-1
Lecture 25 - Transmission line model: Part-2
Lecture 26 - Cavity model: Part-1
Lecture 27 - Cavity model: Part-2
Lecture 28 - Introduction, Two-element array
Lecture 29 - Example problems, Pattern multiplication concept
Lecture 30 - N-element array, Uniform array
Lecture 31 - Broad-side and end-fire arrays, Phased array
Lecture 32 - Directivity and pattern characteristic of linear uniform array
Lecture 33 - Non-uniform array, Binomial array
Lecture 34 - Dolph-Chebyshev array concept
Lecture 35 - Design principle of Chebyshev array and examples
Lecture 36 - Planar arrays
Lecture 37 - Introduction, Need of smart antenna system
Lecture 38 - Types of smart antennas, Switched beam system
Lecture 39 - Beam forming, Fixed weight beam forming: Maximum signal-to-interference ratio beam-former
Lecture 40 - Minimum mean square error
Lecture 41 - Adaptive beam forming: LMS algorithm
Lecture 42 - Sample matrix inversion method
Lecture 43 - Radiation integrals and Auxiliary Potential Functions (Part-2)