Imagine that the satellite described in the problem introduction is used to transmit television signals. You have a satellite TV reciever consisting of a circular dish of radius RRR which focuses the electromagnetic energy incident from the satellite onto a receiver which has a surface area of 5 cm2cm2. How large does the radius RRR of the dish have to be to achieve an electric field vector amplitude of 0.1 mV/mmV/m at the receiver

R₁ = 0.126 m

Explanation:

Let's use the definition of intensity which is the power per unit area

          I = P / A

the generated power is constant

          P = I A

power is

         P = E / t

if we perform the calculations for a given time, the wave energy is

        E = q V

we substitute

        P =

we can write this equation for two points, point 1 the antenna and point 2 the receiver

         V₁A₁ = V₂A₂

          A₁ =

          A₁ = 0.1 10⁻³  5 10⁻⁴ /V₁

          A₁ = 5 10⁻⁸ /V₁

In general, the electric field on the antenna is very small on the order of micro volts, suppose V₁ = 1 10⁻⁶ V

let's calculate

          A₁ = 5 10⁻⁸ / 1 10⁻⁶

         A₁ = 5 10⁻² m²

the area of ​​a circle is

          A = π r²

we substitute

         π R1₁²= 5 10⁻²

         R₁ =

         R₁ = 0.126 m

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