Broadband Printed Modified Dipole for Personal Communication Systems

In this paper a modified printed dipole is proposed for mobile terminals operating in the first band of Personal Communication System (PCS) that is ranging from 800 to 900 MHz. One of the most important features of this kind of antenna is its wide bandwidth as required in the mentioned band. The modified design of the proposed antenna allows the user to move in any direction as is usual in mobile communications. The results of this article include an analytical design, simulations that have been performed numerically using a Finite Element Method (FEM) computational tool, structure optimization in order to maximize the antenna bandwidth and experimental measurements with the aim of spatial evaluating of electromagnetic radiated fields.

A Comparison of Speech Amplification and Personal Communication Devices for Hypophonia

Purpose This study compared the performance of three amplification devices hypothesized to improve speech communication in individuals with hypophonia (HP), as well as to identify individuals' device preferences. Method Twenty-two individuals with HP and their primary communication partners participated in a cross-over design study comparing three different speech amplification devices: a wired portable amplifier (Device A), a wireless stationary amplifier (Device B), and a one-way personal communication system (Device C). Participants attended one laboratory visit followed by 1-week trial periods with each device. At the first visit, HP participants completed speech tasks with and without the devices, in quiet and in noise. Following the in-laboratory test period, participants trialed each device at home for approximately 1 week per device. Following completion of the study, participants indicated whether or not they would like to continue using a device. Results Overall, in the presence of noise, all three devices demonstrated significant improvements in speech-to-noise levels and speech intelligibility compared to no device. A clear device hierarchy emerged such that the personal communication device (Device C) was associated with significantly better speech outcomes compared to the other two devices. The majority of participants elected to continue using a device at the completion of the study. Device preferences, however, did not clearly reflect the objective device hierarchy that was found for the objective speech measures. Each of the three devices was selected as a preferred device by at least three participants at the completion of the study. Conclusion Results from this study demonstrated clear differences in device performance in three distinct forms of amplification devices for individuals with HP. Findings suggest that amplification device use may be beneficial for this clinical population and underscore the potential to improve device availability and device selection criteria in future research. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.12735875

Tracking a Maneuvering Target using AUV

In this paper effort is made to track a maneuvering target using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) with range, bearing and elevation measurements. Extended Kalman filter is preferred to processmeasurements tampered with noise. Algorithm to detect the maneuver of target is developed in this paper. This information about range, bearing and elevation is communicated to weapon guidance station by means of personal communication system between UAV and weapon guidance station. Mathematical modeling in detail and simulation results is presented.

Isolation Frequency Switchable MIMO Antenna for PCS, WIMAX and WLAN Application

In this study, a lumped component based frequency reconfigurable multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) receiving wire design is presented. The proposed antenna is composed of a planar structure in form of F-shaped together with a slotted and defected ground structure for bandwidth and isolation enhancement. The MIMO antenna operates in six frequencies upon the state of the four lumped element switches. The proposed receiving wire design exhibits a multiband frequency reconfigurable characteristics from 1-7GHz with isolation of more than 14dB for the whole band, with efficiency of about 75%. The MIMO antenna’s behavior in terms of ratio of square root of the sum of power reflected wave to the incident wave (TARC), ECC and CCL are all within the acceptable limits. The design is suitable for personal communication system (PCS), WIMAX and WLAN wireless applications.

Bandwidth optimization of compact microstrip antenna for PCS/DCS/bluetooth application

A novel compact broadband microstrip patch antenna is presented for various wireless applications. The proposed antenna has been fabricated and the impedance bandwidth and radiation pattern are measured. The simulated and measured antenna characteristics along with radiation pattern and gain are presented. It is stated that the proposed designed antenna can completely cover the required band widths of Digital communication system (DCS 1.71–1.88 GHz), Personal communication system (PCS 1.85–1.88 GHz) and IEEE 802.11b/g (2.4–2.485 GHz) with satisfactory radiation characteristics. The Experimental result shows that the proposed antenna presents a bandwidth 60.25% covering the range of 1.431–2.665 GHz with the maximum radiation efficiency 90%.