Antennas Questions and Answers – Frequency Independent Antenna – Design of LPDA

This set of Antennas Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Frequency Independent Antenna – Design of LPDA”.

1. What is the ratio of maximum frequency to minimum frequency if the scaling factor is 0.5 for 5 elements LPDA?
a) 16
b) 2
c) 4
d) 8
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Answer: a
Explanation: The relation between frequency ratio and the scaling factor is given by
\(\frac{f_{max}}{f_{min}} = \frac{1}{τ^{N-1}} \)
\(\frac{f_{max}}{f_{min}} =\frac{1}{τ^{N-1}} =\frac{1}{(0.5)^{5-1}}=2^4=16. \)

2. The value of periodicity factor in LPDA is _____
a) < 1
b) >1
c) ≥1
d) =0
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Answer: a
Explanation: The periodicity factor also known as the scaling factor is the ratio of the adjacent lengths of the dipole \(\frac{L_N}{L_{N+1}} = τ \,and\, L_N < L_{N+1}\) where L is the length of the dipole.

3. The longest and shortest dipole lengths are taken in the form of the wavelength of the operating frequencies in LPDA.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: The longest length of the dipole is taken as the λu/2 where λu is the wavelength corresponding to upper frequency and shortest dipole length is taken as λl/2. In LPDA, the adjacent dipole spacing ratios and their length ratios are equal.
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4. The relation between the spacing factor σ and the scaling factor τ is given by ____
a) \(σ=tan^{-1}(\frac{1-τ}{4σ}) \)
b) \(σ=tan^{-1}(\frac{1-τ}{2σ}) \)
c) \(σ=tan^{-1}⁡(\frac{4σ}{1-τ}) \)
d) \(σ=tan^{-1}⁡(\frac{2σ}{1-τ}) \)
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Answer: a
Explanation: In LPDA, the ratio of successive spacing of elements is equal to the ratio of adjacent dipole lengths. The spacing factor is \(σ=\frac{d_n}{2L_n} \,and\, d_n =\) spacing betwwen adjacent elements ‘n’ and ‘n+1’ and Ln is the length of nth dipole. The relation between the spacing factor σ and the scaling factor τ is \(σ=tan^{-1}(\frac{1-τ}{4σ}). \)

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