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Mid1Sy Mid1Syllabus Unit-1: ANTENNA FUNDAMENTALS: Introduction, Radiation Mechanism – single wire, 2 wire, dipoles, Current Distribution on a thin wire antenna. Antenna Parameters - Radiation Patterns, Patterns in Principal Planes, Main Lobe and Side Lobes, Beam widths, Polarization, Beam Area, Radiation Intensity, Beam Efficiency, Directivity, Gain and Resolution, Antenna Apertures, Aperture Efficiency, Effective Height; illustrated Problems. Antenna Theorems – Applicability and Proofs for equivalence of directional characteristics Unit-2: THIN LINEAR WIRE ANTENNAS: Retarded Potentials, Radiation from Electric Dipole, Quarter wave Monopole and Half wave Dipole – Current Distributions, Evaluation of Field Components, Power Radiated, Radiation Resistance, Beam widths, Directivity, Effective Area and Effective Height, Small Loops – Characteristics, Comparison of far fields of small loop and short dipole. Unit-3(1): ANTENNA ARRAYS: 2 element arrays – diffe...