Antenna
In radio and electronics, an antenna, or aerial, is an electrical
device which converts electric power into radio waves, and vice
versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio
receiver.
Antenna
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Antenna
According to their applications and
technology available, antennas generally fall
in one of two categories:
1. Omnidirectional
2. Directional
Omnidirectional Antenna
Omnidirectional Antenna
only weakly directional antennas which receive or radiate
more or less in all directions. These are employed when
the relative position of the other station is unknown or
arbitrary. They are also used at lower frequencies where a
directional antenna would be too large, or simply to cut
costs in applications where a directional antenna isn't
required.
Directional Antenna
Directional Antenna
Directional or beam antennas which are
intended to preferentially radiate or receive in
a particular direction or directional pattern.
FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS OF ANTENNAS
• FREQUENCY
• DIRECTIVITY
• ANTENNA EFFICIENCY
• ANTENNA GAIN
• FRISS TRANSMISSION EQUATION
• ANTENNA NOISE TEMPERATURE
• WAVELENGTH
• POLARIZATION
• FREQUENCY
• DIRECTIVITY
• ANTENNA EFFICIENCY
• ANTENNA GAIN
• FRISS TRANSMION EQUATION
• ANTENNA NOISE TEMPERATURE
Ts = Tin + Te
• WAVELENGTH
λ = c / f
• Polarization
TYPES OF
POLARIZATION
• CROSS POLARIZATIOIN
• CIRCULAR POLARIZATION
TYPES OF ANTENNAS
• TRAVELLING WAVE ANTENNAS
• LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNAS
• APERTURE ANTENNAS
• WIRE ANTENNAS
• REFLECTOR ANTENNAS
TRAVELLING WAVE
ANTENNAS
HELIX
ANTENNA
YAGI-UDA
ANTENNA
SPIRAL
ANTENNA
Yagi Antenna
• Invented by Shintaro Uda in 1926.
• Consist of reflector, director and driven element.
• It is unidirectional antenna.
• High gain > 10 dB
• Frequency range – 3MHz-3GHz
Yagi – Uda (Advantages)
• High gain and good front to back ratio.
• It has narrow bandwidth.
• It is fixed frequency device.
• Greater directivity due to director and reflector.
Yagi Antenna (Applications)
World War -II
Messerschmitt 1110 fighter
aircraft
Rooftop television
LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNAS
BOW TIE ANTENNA
LOG-PERIODIC
ANTENNA
LOG-PERIODIC
DIPOLE
ANTENNA
LOG-PERIODIC ANTENNAS
Log-Periodic Antenna
• Invented by Dwight Isbell and Raymond DuHamel in 1958.
• It is unidirectional antenna.
• Length and spacing of the elements increase logarithmically.
• Frequency-independent antenna.
• Less directivity as compare to YAGI ANTENNA.
• Frequency range – VHF and UHF band.
Log-Periodic Antenna (Advantages)
• It is broadband antenna.
• It is unidirectional antenna.
• It is frequency independent antenna.
Log-Periodic Antenna (Applications)
EMC MEASUREMENT
HF COMMUNICATION FOR
DIPLOMATIC TRAFFIC
APERTURE ANTENNAS
SLOTTED
WAVEGUIDE
ANTENNA
SLOT
ANTENNA
HORN
ANTENNA
HORN ANTENNA
HORN ANTENNA
• Constructed by Indian radio researcher
Jagadish Chandra Bose in 1897.
• Transmit radio waves from a waveguide or collect radio
waves into a waveguide for reception.
• Frequency-range above 300MHz.
• Widely used satellite dishes and radio telescopes.
Horn Antenna (Advantages)
• No resonant elements.
• Operate over a wide range of frequencies.
• Usable bandwidth 1GHz to 20GHz.
• Gain ranges upto 25 dB,with 10 -20 dB typical.
Horn Antenna (Applications)
MICROWAVE
RADIOMETER
RADAR
GUN
WIRE ANTENNAS
LOOPANTENNA
CLOVER-LEAF
ANTENNA
HALF-WAVE
DIPOLE ANTENNA
LOOP ANTENNA
• Invented by Gordon Nelson.
• A directional-type antenna consisting of one or more
complete turns of a conductor.
• It determine the direction of arrival of radio signals.
• Frequency range – 500-1600KHz.
• Types of loop antenna
1. Small Loop Antenna
2. Resonant Loop Antenna
Loop Antenna (Advantages)
• Variety of configurations are possible.
• Choose from multiple shapes.
• Exhibits the same radiation pattern as a dipole.
• Potential gain of up to 2 dB.
• Variety of orientations are possible.
• Easy to build & inexpensive.
Loop Antenna (Applications)
AM LOOP ANTENNA
UHF LOOP
ANTENNA
REFLECTOR ANTENNAS
CORNER REFLECTOR
ANTENNA
PARBOLIC
ANTENNA
PARABOLIC (DISH) ANTENNA
• Invented by Heinrich Hertz in 1887.
• Functions similarly to a flashlight reflector
to direct the radio waves or receive radio
waves from one particular direction only.
• Highest gains that is, they can produce the
narrowest beam widths, of any antenna
type.
• Used as high-gain antennas for point-to-
point communications and radio
telescopes.
Parabolic Antenna (Advantages)
• High directivity.
• Primary mirror for all the frequencies in the
project.
• Small irritation loss.
• High Gain.
Parabolic Antenna (Applications)
RADIO
TELESCOPES
RADAR ANTENNAS
Conclusion
• Antennas plays an important role in our daily life.
• Antenna are used to convert electrical energy to
electromagnetic energy.
• All the antennas are very useful in all the application such
as transmitter and receiver.
• It is impossible to transmit or recieve our signal without
the use of antenna at the transmitter and receiver ends.

Antenna system

Editor's Notes

  • #2 The first antennas were built in 1888 by German physicist Heinrich Hertz in his pioneering experiments to prove the existence of electromagnetic waves predicted by the theory of James Clerk Maxwell. Hertz placed dipole antennas at the focal point of parabolic reflectors for both transmitting and receiving.
  • #3 Antennas are essential components of all equipment that uses radio. They are used in systems such as : radio broadcasting, broadcast television, two-way radio, communications receivers, radar, cell phones, and satellite communications, as well as other devices such as garage door openers, wireless microphones, Bluetooth-enabled devices, wireless computer networks, baby monitors, and RFID tags on merchandise.
  • #4 In transmission, a radio transmitter supplies an electric current to the antenna's terminals, and the antenna radiates the energy from the current as electromagnetic waves (radio waves). In reception, an antenna intercepts some of the power of an electromagnetic wave in order to produce an electric current at its terminals, that is applied to a receiver to be amplified.
  • #8 In radio communication, an omnidirectional antenna is a class of antenna which radiates radio wave power uniformly in all directions in one plane, with the radiated power decreasing with elevation angle above or below the plane, dropping to zero on the antenna's axis. Omnidirectional antennas are widely used for radio broadcasting antennas, and in mobile devices that use radio such as cell phones, FM radios, walkie-talkies, wireless computer networks, cordless phones, GPS as well as for base stations that communicate with mobile radios, such as police and taxi dispatchers and aircraft communications.
  • #9 A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions allowing for increased performance and reduced interference from unwanted sources.
  • #10 A directional antenna or beam antenna is an antenna which radiates or receives greater power in specific directions allowing for increased performance and reduced interference from unwanted sources.
  • #17 The phenomenon in which waves of light or other radiation are restricted in direction of vibration