A. Deshmukh, S. Pawar, A. Ambekar, Pritish Kamble, K. P. Ray
{"title":"Compact Y-shape antenna for dual polarized wideband response","authors":"A. Deshmukh, S. Pawar, A. Ambekar, Pritish Kamble, K. P. Ray","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325714","url":null,"abstract":"A novel design of compact Y-shape microstrip antenna for wideband dual polarized response is proposed. A stub in Y-shape patch, tunes the resonance frequency of second order TM20 mode with respect to fundamental TM10 mode and an optimum spacing between them yields bandwidth of more than 260 MHz (>25%). Between two modes, surface currents show orthogonal variations in their directions that yields dual polarized response across the bandwidth. The antenna exhibits broadside pattern with peak gain of more than 6 dBi.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130200865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of a compact unidirectional antenna for microwave imaging applications","authors":"T. K. Das, S. Behera","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325723","url":null,"abstract":"The article reports the design and analysis of a compact three-dimensional microstrip antenna with an operating bandwidth from 1.14 GHz-2.53 GHz. The proposed design achieves a directional radiation pattern with 75.75% of impedance bandwidth. The lower frequency range enables proper signal penetration into the human body. The antenna shows the front-to-back ratio around 2.28 dB-4.2 dB and efficiency more than 87%. The overall dimension of the designed antenna is 0.62 × 0.08 × 0.012 λ3, where λ represents the effective wavelength of the smallest frequency in the required band of operation. This antenna can be used for microwave imaging systems for biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134115928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of multi-band antenna with cut slots and parasitic patch for wireless communication","authors":"Ajay Dadhich, J. K. Deegwal, S. Yadav, M. Sharma","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325631","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325631","url":null,"abstract":"A compact Design of Multi-Band Antenna With Cut Slots and Parasitic Patch for super high frequencies (SHF) in C band, S band and X band applications is proposed. The proposed antenna fabricated on a FR-4 substrate with dimensions 44.450 mm (L) × 55.60 mm (W) × 1.6 mm (h), relative permittivity εr =4.3 and loss tangent δ = 0.025. The proposed antenna is designed by etching rectangular cut at center and faces of patch with inset feed. CST microwave studio suite software used to simulate and measurement of fabricated design is done on VNA. The proposed multiband antenna can be used for Satellite Communications, ITU band, WLAN, IEEE 802.11a system, Aeronautical Radio navigation and Maritime applications.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114283352","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Flexible substrate based CPW-fed antenna for WiMAX application","authors":"Harishankar Prasad, M. J. Akhtar","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325741","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325741","url":null,"abstract":"A novel coplanar waveguide fed compact multi band antenna based on a flexible substrate is presented in this paper. First, the flexible substrate is electromagnetically characterized and then the design is carried out using CST microwave studio. For making the required pattern, laser micromachining is being used to cut accurately adhesive aluminum sheet. One of potential applications of this flexible RF planar antenna is in microwave imaging and non-destructive testing (NDT) of various structures and media, where the antenna can be closely fitted around the test objects and may act as sensor. It is low cost, light weight, flexible and easy to integrate with other electronic devices. The designed antenna is fabricated on plastic substrate of thickness, 254 μm. which can be reshaped to any test object. The measured scattering parameters and the radiation pattern are having good agreement with the simulated result with small variation of 2–3 percent.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123240896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IF frequency tunable self oscillating mixer using cylindrical dielectric resonator VCO","authors":"M. Adhikary, A. Biswas, M. Akhtar","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325698","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a novel Self Oscillating Mixer (SOM) design is demonstrated which has the capability of tuning the IF frequency. A voltage controlled cylindrical dielectric resonator oscillator acts as both the local oscillator and the mixer for RF frequency. The voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) frequency is controlled by a reverse biased varactor and it simultaneously tunes the IF frequency after mixing. The VCO works in X band. A 40 MHz change in IF frequency can be observed with varactor reverse bias voltage ranging from 0–18 V. The conversion loss of the mixer is 19 dB. The proposed self-oscillating mixer is compact and is suitable for low profile transceiver applications.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123696482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An asymmetrically-scaled-rotated microstrip antenna for conical-beam radiation","authors":"Kapil Saraswat, A. Harish","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325717","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325717","url":null,"abstract":"An asymmetric-scaled-rotated single feed microstrip patch antenna is proposed for conical beam radiation. The antenna consists of four asymmetrically scaled rotated patch excited by single coaxial feed. Empirical design equations are derived for the proposed structure. The measured −10 dB reflection coefficient is 290 MHz (3.80 GHz–4.09 GHz). Simulated and measured performances of the proposed antenna are compared and a good agreement is observed between the two and matched with the predicted resonant frequency.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121133284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Koushik Dutta, Aparajita Datta Sinha, D. Guha, C. Kumar
{"title":"New idea of antenna based modulation technique demonstrated as polarization shift keying","authors":"Koushik Dutta, Aparajita Datta Sinha, D. Guha, C. Kumar","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325750","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces a new concept where antenna engineering is explored as an 8-ary polarization shift keying (POLSK) technique. A multi-fed circular patch antenna has been used as POLSK modulator/demodulator with 8 polarization transmit/receive states. A full system has been designed, characterized, and successfully demonstrated. The antenna engineering would replace the complex electronic circuitry and make the system less expensive and less noisy. This technique is free from bandwidth limitation and should be attractive for high data rate communications.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130687658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A circular polarization alterable square MPA with wide frequency tuning","authors":"Biswajit Dwivedy, S. Behera","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325737","url":null,"abstract":"A wide-range frequency tunable (2.01 GHz–2.41 GHz) square patch antenna with simultaneous CP alteration ability is designed and its performance is analyzed. Frequency tuning is achieved by varying the capacitance of four varactors connected between the central portion and four additional segments of the main patch. Circular polarization at different bands are achieved by using a wideband 90° phase shifter and a DPDT switch is used to vary the sense of circular polarization rotation. The antenna shows very good axial ratio value at all frequencies with a maximum gain of 2.2 dBc.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129624366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ram Narayan Mishra, A. Arora, Shivam Singh, Somak Bhattacharyya
{"title":"A split ring resonator (SRR) based metamaterial structure for bandstop filter applications","authors":"Ram Narayan Mishra, A. Arora, Shivam Singh, Somak Bhattacharyya","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325685","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325685","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a bandstop filter has been realized by using split ring resonator (SRR) based metamaterial structure. The geometrical dimensions of the SRRs have been parametrically optimized in such a way that zero transmission (S21 < − 10 dB) occurs over the frequency range 3.24 to 4.78 GHz with fractional bandwidth of 38.4%. The SRRs are printed on both sides of a 1.6 mm thin FR-4 dielectric, making the structure ultra-thin in nature (∼ λ/46 referred to the center frequency of the transmission zero band). The effective permeability of the structure has been retrieved to conclude the mu-resonance at the corresponding transmission zero frequencies. The surface current distributions at different frequencies of transmission minima implicate the different SRRs responsible for bandstop phenomena.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125923767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A hybrid microstrip-to-short circuited CPW based UWB bandpass filter","authors":"A. N. Ghazali, M. Sazid","doi":"10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AEMC.2017.8325692","url":null,"abstract":"Presented in this manuscript is an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) based on broadside coupling of microstrip-to-short circuited coplanar waveguide (CPW). The short circuited CPW in ground is of non-uniform nature and impedances of its individual sections are varied accordingly to place the resonant modes within the UWB spectrum. The optimal design of microstrip lines on the top enhance its coupling with CPW and generates the UWB passband with good return/insertion loss and extended stopband. The compact structure measures 15×12.6 in dimensions.","PeriodicalId":397541,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference (AEMC)","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130062605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}