Pravinkumar,P A; Mohanan,P; K G Nair(Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, December , 1981)
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A technique for improving the coupling between a feed horn and reflector by using corrugated metallic flanges is presented.
Experimental data for flanges of varying parameters are given and theoretical explanation is supplemented
Mohanan,P; Pravinkumar,P A; K G Nair(Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, 1982)
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A simple technique for obtaining identical E- and H-plane patterns from E-plane sectoral feed horn is presented. Halfpower
beam width and gain of the antenna are also improved considerably. Experimental results for a number of horns with
flanges of various parameters are also presented. This system may find practical application in radar and space communication
systems
Mohanan,P; Girijavallabhan,C P; Aanandan,C K; K G Nair(Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, February , 1984)
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A forward - biased point contact germanium signal diode placed inside a waveguide section along the E -vector is found to
introduce significant phase shift of microwave signals . The usefulness of the arrangement as a phase modulator for microwave
carriers is demonstrated. While there is a less significant amplitude modulation accompanying phase modulation , the insertion
losses are found to be negligible. The observations can be explained on the basis of the capacitance variation of the barrier layer
with forward current in the diode
Mohanan,P; Aanandan,C K; K G Nair(Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, February , 1984)
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A modified H-plane sectoral horn antenna with identical E- and'H- plane.patterns over the X-band frequency is discussed.
This system has significantly reduced side lobes and hack lobes. Half=power beam width and gain of the antenna are also
improved with enhanced matching , Experimental results for a number of horns with various flanges are presented . These find
practical application for illuminating symmetric antennas like paraboloids and polarization measurements in radio
astronomy, etc. Compared to the fixed pyramidal horns. the present system offers great convenience in trimming the antenna
characteristics
Zachariah,E J; Vasudevan,K; Pravinkumar,P A; Mohanan,P; K G Nair(Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, February , 1984)
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The design, erection and evalution procedures for it microwave anechuic chamber competed at Cochin University for
antenna studies are presented the chamber has an average reflectivity level of - 32 dB on at X-band frequencies, and it i,
comparable to international standards.
Zachariah,E J; Vasudevan,K; Sreenivas,G; Mohanan,P; PravinKumar,P A; K G Nair(Indian Journal of Pure Applied Physics, 1980)
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Development of a new type of microwave absorbing material
using rubber latex and carbon. for application in the interior
lining of anechoic chambers, has been reported. Absorption
coefficients of different combinations were estimated at X
and S bands and the results were presented graphically. A
combination of 50% rubber latex, 40% carbon and 10%
graphite is found to form an ideal microwave absorbing material in the X and s bands