//Chapter 15: Antennas for Special Applications //Example 15-14.1 clc; //Variable Initialization fre = 4e9 //Frequency (Hz) T_sys = 100 //System Temperature (K) S_N = 20 //Signal to Noise ratio (dB) bandwidth = 30e6 //Bandwidth (Hz) P_trans = 5 //Satellite transponder power (W) dia = 2 //Satellite parabolic dish diameter (m) sat_spacing = 2 //Spacing between satellites (degrees) r = 36000e3 //Downlink distance (m) k = 1.38e-23 //Boltzmann's constant (J/K) c = 3e8 //Speed of light (m/s) //Calculation wave_lt = c/fre s_n = (wave_lt**2)/(16*(%pi**2)*(r**2)*k*T_sys*bandwidth) s_n = 10*log10(s_n) //Signal to noise ratio for isotropic antennas (dB) Ae = 0.5*%pi*(dia**2)/4 //Effective Aperture (m^2) Gs = 4*%pi*Ae/(wave_lt**2) Gs = 10*log10(Gs) //Antenna Gain (dB) Ge = 20 - s_n - Gs - 10*log10(P_trans) //Required earth station antenna gain(dB) Ae_e = (10**(Ge/10))*(wave_lt**2)/(4*%pi) //Required earth station effective aperture (m^2) Ap = Ae_e*2 //Required Physical aperture (m^2) De = 2*sqrt(Ap/%pi) //Required diameter of earth-station antenna(m) hpbw = 65/(De/wave_lt) //Half power beam width (degree) bwfn = 145/(De/wave_lt) //Beamwidth between first null (degree) //Results mprintf("The Required parabolic dish diameter of earth station antenna is %.1f m",De) mprintf("\nThe Half power beamwidth is %.1f degrees",hpbw) mprintf("\nThe Beamwidth between first null is %.1f",bwfn)