# Analysis and Design Principles of Microwave Antennas - Institution: IIT Kharagpur - Department: Electrical Engineering - Teacher: Prof. Amitabha Bhattacharya - Level: Undergraduate - Language: English - Subjects: Engineering - Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105114) - Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.) - Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105114) - Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words) : 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 (c) Basic Building Blocks of Microwave Engineering INDUSTRY SUPPORT : Radar Industry, Space Industry, Avionics industry, Defense Industry, Internal security Industry, Mining industry, Geo-exploration Industry. ## Lectures 1. [Lecture 1 : Concept of Vector and Scalar Potential](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/f99f504563c5) (YouTube) 2. [Lecture 2 : Radiation From a Current Element (Hertzian Dipole)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/933903d95536) (YouTube) 3. [Lecture 3 : General Properties of the Radiated Fields from an Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/44fb9072699b) (YouTube) 4. [Lecture 4 : Specific Properties of Radiated Fields from a Current Element](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/c719d33e2082) (YouTube) 5. [Lecture 5 : Farfield and Radiation Pattern of an Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/2bc814562d84) (YouTube) 6. [Lecture 6 : Directivity and Gain of an Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/bab5df1a53ba) (YouTube) 7. [Lecture 7 : Idea of Efficiency, Beamwidth, Polarisation and Bandwidth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/bcb1c1160311) (YouTube) 8. [Lecture 8 : Polarization of Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/e00ab9cdbedd) (YouTube) 9. [Lecture 9 : Impedance of Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/4be535d92074) (YouTube) 10. [Lecture 10 : Effective Aperture of an Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/67e3eb567127) (YouTube) 11. [Lecture 11 : Friss Transmission Equation and Antenna Temperature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/0f9c699105f1) (YouTube) 12. [Lecture 12 : Dipole And Monopole Antena](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/8ed8eba2bfbe) (YouTube) 13. [Lecture 13 : Dipole And Monopole Antena (Cont.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/107d4043131d) (YouTube) 14. [Lecture 14 : BALUN](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/1df277c3e779) (YouTube) 15. [Lecture 15 : Loop Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/e81111134a8a) (YouTube) 16. [Lecture 16 : Folded Dipole Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/2ec8f859e27a) (YouTube) 17. [Lecture 17 : Introduction to Antenna Array](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/a24a08a6bde5) (YouTube) 18. [Lecture 18 : Antenna Array Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/93f8f13aaece) (YouTube) 19. [Lecture 19 : Broadside Uniform Linear Array](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/58d516a5a5b3) (YouTube) 20. [Lecture 20 : Endfire Linear Uniform Array](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/5af07f985bfc) (YouTube) 21. [Lecture 21 : Parasitic Array and Log Periodic Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/1a8dc221b2ed) (YouTube) 22. [Lecture 22:Analysis Procedures of Aperture Antennas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/f6818d8d577b) (YouTube) 23. [Lecture 23: Parasitic Array and Log Periodic Antenna (Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/276ba6913f7a) (YouTube) 24. [Lecture 24:Horn Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/3005b6926210) (YouTube) 25. [Lecture 25:Horn Antenna (Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/c78aecc6c78e) (YouTube) 26. [Lecture 26 : Reflector Antennas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/242729ace9f4) (YouTube) 27. [Lecture 27 : Paraboloid Reflector Antenna (Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/797d5213e892) (YouTube) 28. [Lecture 28 : Paraboloid Reflector Antenna (Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/d48e9f1bb3c9) (YouTube) 29. [Lecture 29 : Dual Reflector Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/1ffa203777bd) (YouTube) 30. [Lecture 30 : Generalized Analysis of Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/8cadb06303db) (YouTube) 31. [Lecture 31 : Solution of Wave Equation for Electric and Magnetic Current Densities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/3c19771cd4a4) (YouTube) 32. [Lecture 32 : Farfield Evaluation of Spherical Wave Radiation by Generalized Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/f14b1db95987) (YouTube) 33. [Lecture 33 : Slot Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/14e435476544) (YouTube) 34. [Lecture 34 : Open Ended Waveguide Antenna and Microstrip Antenna](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/c4d8bae8fefb) (YouTube) 35. [Lecture 35 : Numerical Evaluation of Wire Antenna Currents](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/56ad1724c88b) (YouTube) 36. [Lecture 36 : Solution of Intregral Equation by Moment Method](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/d5653335dae6) (YouTube) 37. [Lecture 37 : Array Pattern Synthesis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/6fc878ac1065) (YouTube) 38. [Lecture 38 : Array Pattern Synthesis(Contd.)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/922fcca0f1f4) (YouTube) 39. [Lecture 39 : Ultra Wideband Antennas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/ee2e7c64b665) (YouTube) 40. [Lecture 40 : Antenna Measurements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/108105114/99eeddb7ce66) (YouTube)