scholarly journals Topology Optimization of Dual Octagonal Array antenna for low frequency applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.17) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
P Venu Madhav ◽  
Dr M SivaGanga Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
The Face ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Industrial Needs ◽  
Matching Techniques

Objectives: Efficient antenna design for use in communication systems is altering the face of the antenna modeling. The ever-increasing demand for portable and efficient antennas is making researchers to develop innovative models [1] using advanced antenna modeling tools that comply with industrial needs and standards.  Methods/Statistical Analysis: Antennas with lower operating frequencies have the major constraints on its size, efficiency and gain. Study on matching techniques, feeding techniques was also to be considered.Findings: Micro strip patch antennas offers considerable amount of radiation, low cost when fabricated on FR4, light weight and are conformable to suite any application. This paper projects the design, simulation and testing of a dual octagonal patch, the topology algorithm [3] is used to optimize the size and shape of the patch where octagons are spaced in the form of an array to address optimization on size and fits into wireless applications. Application/Improvements: The proposed model is tested in the standard antenna test bench comprising of microwave integrated circuit analyzer receiver MIC10kit and found to operate at a resonant frequency of 1.8 GHz with good radiation characteristics.  

scholarly journals New Compact Wearable Metamaterials Circular Patch Antennas for IoT, Medical and 5G Applications

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Albert Sabban
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Antenna Feed ◽  
Circular Patch ◽  
Wearable Antenna ◽  
Wearable Antennas ◽  
Feed Network ◽  
Line Design

The development of compact passive and active wearable circular patch metamaterials antennas for communication, Internet of Things (IoT) and biomedical systems is presented in this paper. Development of compact efficient low-cost wearable antennas are one of the most significant challenges in development of wearable communication, IoT and medical systems. Moreover, the advantage of an integrated compact low-cost feed network is attained by integrating the antenna feed network with the antennas on the same printed board. The efficiency of communication systems may be increased by using efficient passive and active antennas. The system dynamic range may be improved by connecting amplifiers to the printed antenna feed line. Design, design considerations, computed and measured results of wearable circular patch meta-materials antennas with high efficiency for 5G, IoT and biomedical applications are presented in this paper. The circular patch antennas electrical parameters on the human body were analyzed by using commercial full-wave software. The circular patch metamaterial wearable antennas are compact and flexible. The directivity and gain of the antennas with Circular Split-Ring Resonators (CSRR) is higher by 2.5dB to 3dB than the antennas without CSRR. The resonant frequency of the antennas without CSRR is higher by 6% to 9% than the antennas with CSRR. The computed and measured bandwidth of the stacked circular patch wearable antenna with CSRR for IoT and medical applications is around 12%, for S11 lover than −6dB. The gain of the circular patch wearable antenna with CSRR is around 8dBi.

The Role for Distance Education in India

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Demand For Education ◽  
Education In India ◽  
The Face ◽  
Efficient Alternative ◽  
Increasing Demand

The development of higher education is of crucial significance to economic growth and social progress. Conventional education systems in India are constrained, in the face of rapidly increasing demand for education and qualifications, economically and geographically. Distance learning offers a low-cost, equitable, and efficient alternative. In this article, M.M. Ansari provides a financial comparison of conventional and distance education and considers the relative ‘quality’ of each. He then highlights a number of policy issues, including the importance of ploughing back revenue generated by distance learning programmes into distance learning schemes, rather than diverting it to subsidize conventional education; the matching of tuition to actual costs; and the need for a greater degree of networking and cooperation between educational institutions to effect economies of scale.

A Compact CPW-Fed Curved Meander Line Monopole Antenna (MLMA) for GSM Application

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Nor Afifah Borhan ◽  
Noor Asniza Murad
Keyword(s):  
Communication Systems ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Monopole Antenna ◽  
Conventional Design ◽  
Meander Line ◽  
Made In

<p>Monopole antenna is widely used in many communication systems especially in broadcasting where omnidirectional pattern allow the 360-degree coverage. However, at low frequency the conventional design may require miniaturization to fit in versatile spaces. Thus, this paper discusses a low cost, compact CPW-fed curved meander line monopole antenna (MLMA) designed to operate at 0.9 GHz GSM band. The overall dimension is 25mm x 80mm. The antenna is well matched at required GSM band with the bandwidth from 0.88 GHz to 0.93 GHz. Comparison between the conventional MLMA and curved (MLMA) is made in term of return loss and gain. It was found that the curved MLMA has a better gain compared to the conventional MLMA which is 1.472 dB.</p>

scholarly journals Characterization and Direct Modulation of a Multi-Section PIC Suited for Short Reach Optical Communication Systems

Photonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Mohab Hammad ◽  
Aleksandra Kaszubowska-Anandarajah ◽  
M. Pascual ◽  
Pascal Landais ◽  
Prajwal Lakshmijayasimha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Forward Error Correction ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Optical Power ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Optical Injection ◽  
Slave Laser ◽  
Direct Modulation

A multi-section active photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is characterized in detail to gauge its suitability as a transmitter for short reach applications. The PIC is 1.5 mm long and consists of two lasers integrated in a master-slave configuration, which enables optical injection locking (OIL) of the slave laser. The beneficial impact of the injection is characterized by static and dynamic measurements. The results show a reduction of the optical linewidth from 8 MHz to 2 MHz, a relative intensity noise (RIN) value as low as −154.3 dB/Hz and a 45% improvement of the slave laser modulation bandwidth from 9.5 GHz to 14 GHz. This frequency response enhancement allows the direct modulation of the slave gain section at a data rate of 10.7 Gb/s and an error-free transmission over 25 km of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF). Transmission performance of the injected case shows a 2 dB improvement in the minimum optical power required to achieve a bit error rate of 3.8×10−3 (hard decision forward error correction limit). These results demonstrate that the multi-section PIC can serve as an attractive cost-efficient transmitter in a wide variety of low-cost short-reach data communication applications.

A Broadband Impedance-Matching Method for Microstrip Patch Antennas Based on the Bode-Fano Theory

Frequenz ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 373-380
Author(s):  
Christopher M. A. Bonenberger ◽  
Klaus W. Kark
Keyword(s):  
Input Impedance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Microstrip Antennas ◽  
Patch Antennas ◽  
Linearly Polarized ◽  
Matching Techniques

Abstract Considering the narrow bandwidth of microstrip antennas, but also their applicability in upcoming technologies, this paper addresses the problem of wide-band matching, the theoretical bounds on the matching bandwidth and low-cost and low-complexity matching strategies. In this context the Bode-Fano bounds of single mode, linearly polarized aperture-coupled microstrip antennas is evaluated, optimized and compared to the theoretical bounds on matching bandwidth of other common feeding technologies. A detailed study of the input impedance of aperture-coupled patch antennas shows how to widen the Fano bounds. Based on this, a straight-forward and effective method to optimize the Fano bound is given. After optimization of the antennas input impedance, basic matching techniques can be applied, to exploit the enlarged bandwidth potential. As an example a $\lambda/4$-transformer as matching element is proposed. Design equations and simulation and measurement results of X-band prototypes are given as verification.

Programmable Integrated Photonics

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Capmany ◽  
Daniel Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Performance Monitoring ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Limiting Factors ◽  
External Control ◽  
Integrated Photonics ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Photonic Integrated Circuit ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Application Fields

Programmable Integrated Photonics (PIP) is a new paradigm that aims at designing common integrated optical hardware configurations, which by suitable programming can implement a variety of functionalities that, in turn, can be exploited as basic operations in many application fields. Programmability enables by means of external control signals both chip reconfiguration for multifunction operation as well as chip stabilization against non-ideal operation due to fluctuations in environmental conditions and fabrication errors. Programming also allows activating parts of the chip, which are not essential for the implementation of a given functionality but can be of help in reducing noise levels through the diversion of undesired reflections. After some years where the Application Specific Photonic Integrated Circuit (ASPIC) paradigm has completely dominated the field of integrated optics, there is an increasing interest in PIP justified by the surge of a number of emerging applications that are and will be calling for true flexibility, reconfigurability as well as low-cost, compact and low-power consuming devices. This book aims to provide a comprehensive introduction to this emergent field covering aspects that range from the basic aspects of technologies and building photonic component blocks to the design alternatives and principles of complex programmable photonics circuits, their limiting factors, techniques for characterization and performance monitoring/control and their salient applications both in the classical as well as in the quantum information fields. The book concentrates and focuses mainly on the distinctive features of programmable photonics as compared to more traditional ASPIC approaches.

scholarly journals Synthesis, Structure and Diffusion Pathways of Fast Lithium-Ion Conductors in the Polymorphs α- and β-Li8SnP4

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F Fässler ◽  
Stefan Strangmüller ◽  
Henrik Eickkhoff ◽  
Wilhelm Klein ◽  
Gabriele Raudaschl-Sieber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Performance ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Conducting Materials ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Battery Technology ◽  
Lithium Ion Conductors ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Ion Conductors

The increasing demand for a high-performance and low-cost battery technology promotes the search for Li+-conducting materials. Recently, phosphidotetrelates and aluminates were introduced as an innovative class of phosphide-based Li+-conducting materials...

scholarly journals Simplified Approach to Predict Food Safety through the Maximum Specific Bacterial Growth Rate as Function of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Parameters

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Pedro D. Gaspar ◽  
Joel Alves ◽  
Pedro Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Bacterial Growth ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Extrinsic Factors ◽  
Bacterial Growth Rate ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Simplified Approach ◽  
Food Safety And Quality

Currently, we assist the emergence of sensors and low-cost information and communication technologies applied to food products, in order to improve food safety and quality along the food chain. Thus, it is relevant to implement predictive mathematical modeling tools in order to predict changes in the food quality and allow decision-making for expiration dates. To perform that, the Baranyi and Roberts model and the online tool Combined Database for Predictive Microbiology (Combase) were used to determine the factors that define the growth of different bacteria. These factors applied to the equation that determines the maximum specific growth rate establish a relation between the bacterial growth and the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that define the bacteria environment. These models may be programmed in low-cost wireless biochemical sensor devices applied to packaging and food supply chains to promote food safety and quality through real time traceability.

scholarly journals Physical-Layer Security Improvement with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 6G Wireless Communication Systems

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1439
Author(s):  
Janghyuk Youn ◽  
Woong Son ◽  
Bang Chul Jung
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communication ◽  
Physical Layer Security ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Wireless Communication Systems ◽  
Secrecy Rate ◽  
Pilot Signal ◽  
Time Division

Recently, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have received much interest from both academia and industry due to their flexibility and cost-effectiveness in adjusting the phase and amplitude of wireless signals with low-cost passive reflecting elements. In particular, many RIS-aided techniques have been proposed to improve both data rate and energy efficiency for 6G wireless communication systems. In this paper, we propose a novel RIS-based channel randomization (RCR) technique for improving physical-layer security (PLS) for a time-division duplex (TDD) downlink cellular wire-tap network which consists of a single base station (BS) with multiple antennas, multiple legitimate pieces of user equipment (UE), multiple eavesdroppers (EVEs), and multiple RISs. We assume that only a line-of-sight (LOS) channel exists among the BS, the RISs, and the UE due to propagation characteristics of tera-hertz (THz) spectrum bands that may be used in 6G wireless communication systems. In the proposed technique, each RIS first pseudo-randomly generates multiple reflection matrices and utilizes them for both pilot signal duration (PSD) in uplink and data transmission duration (DTD) in downlink. Then, the BS estimates wireless channels of UE with reflection matrices of all RISs and selects the UE that has the best secrecy rate for each reflection matrix generated. It is shown herein that the proposed technique outperforms the conventional techniques in terms of achievable secrecy rates.

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