Analysis and Design Principles of Microwave Antennas

By Prof. Amitabha Bhattacharya | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1532

The course Analysis and Design principles of Microwave Antennas covers a broad spectrum of the antenna design and analysis, starting with the basic concepts of microwave radiation to numerical computation of antenna currents, Impulse Radiating Antennas (IRAs), antenna pattern synthesis, etc. This course will not only help the undergraduate and graduate students by providing fundamental concepts of antenna theory but also help the design engineer to get familiar with different state of the art techniques of antenna analysis and design. In a nutshell, this course would lay the foundation for further exploring the vast area of microwave antenna analysis and design.

INTENDED AUDIENCE :

BE/B. Tech students belonging to Electronics Engineering/Electronics and Communication Engineering/
ME/M.Tech/MS students belonging to RF and Microwave Engineering
PhD fellows having research area of antenna design

PREREQUISITES :
Basic Knowledge of Electromagnetic Theory, Transmission line, Electronic network theory is required. Following are the NPTEL courses done earlier covering the above concepts

(a) Electromagnetic Theory

(b) Basic Tools in Microwave engineering

INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Radar Industry, Space Industry, Avionics industry, Defense Industry, Internal security Industry, Mining industry, Geo-exploration Industry.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	21 Feb 2022
End Date :	15 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	21 Feb 2022
Exam Date :	23 Apr 2022 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1 : Microwave Radiation Fundamentals

Week 2 : Basic Antenna Parameters

Week 3 : Wire Antennas

Week 4 : Aperture Antennas

Week 5 : Array of Radiating Elements

Week 6 : Reflector Antenna

Week 7 : Generalized Antenna Analysis by Potential Concept

Week 8 : Selected Advanced Topics of Modern Antenna

Books and references

Balanis, C. A., “Antenna Theory Analysis and Design”, Third Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 2005

Instructor bio

Prof. Amitabha Bhattacharya

IIT Kharagpur

Amitabha Bhattacharya was born in Kolkata, West Bengal in the year 1964. He received his B.Tech, (E&ECE) Degree from IIT Kharagpur in 1986, M.E. (E&TCE) from Jadavpur University in 1994 and Ph.D. (E. & ECE) from IIT Kharagpur in 1998.

He started his professional career in 1986 by joining as Junior Research Engineer in an ISRO- sponsored research project at IIT Kharagpur and continued thereafter as a Senior Research Assistant in a DRDO sponsored Research Project till 1991. In 1997, he joined SAMEER, Mumbai and then Defence Lab, Jodhpur as a Research Scientist. From 2000 onwards he joined teaching profession, first as an Assistant Professor in the Electronics and Instrument Department of Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad and then in 2007, in the faculty of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur in 2007. Presently he is working as an Associate Professor in the same Department and is involved in the teaching and research activities of the RF and Microwave Group of the E&ECE Department.

Dr. Bhattacharya‘s research interest is in the areas of Microwave Imaging, Microwave Propagation, High Power Microwaves and Microwave Stealth Technology. He has published 97 international research publications, two technical reports for Indian Defense, written a Tata McGraw Hill published text book on “Digital Communication” and co-authored a book chapter on “Modal Analysis of Reflector backed Hybrid Printed dipole antenna”. He has also developed 3 NPTEL MOOC online courses on microwave technology. He has been principal Investigator of 19 research projects and consultancies sponsored by agencies like DRDO, ISRO, Indian Army, BARC, MHRD, Wipro etc., has conducted 18 short term courses specially training scientists from HAL, ISRO, DRDO, Indian tri-services etc. in the areas of Electromagnetic Environments and Microwave Technologies. Dr. Bhattacharya has supervised six Ph.D. thesis and thirty five postgraduate theses. Presently he is supervising nine research students.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 23 April 2022 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team

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