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; 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
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
Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(IEEE Journals/ Transactions (USA), 1990)
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A microstrip antenna with large bandwidth is developed
using a parasitic technique . Compared to the available
wide-baud antennas,the proposed antenna structure is very
compact and gives a lessdistorted radiation pattern with frequency .
An impedance bandwidth,eight times that of a conventional patch
antenna of the same size, Isachieved. The concept of coupled microstrip
line model Is extended fortheoretical interpretation of the impedance loci
The design and development of an L-band printed dipole antenna.
optimized for wide-band applications near first resonance, is reported.
This design has achieved more than 48% impedance bandwidth
(VSWR 2:1), without degrading its overall radiation efficiency
Design and development of a new feed -horn antenna
with low sidelobe levels is reported . The E-walls of this
antenna are fabricated with low -loss dielectric substrate ,
periodicallyloaded with thin conducting strips . The antenna
is found to be simulating the radiation characteristics of metallic
Corrugated horns . This can be an ideal substitute for metallic
Corrugated horns with added advantages like light -weight and low
production cost
Sangster,A J(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, September , 1991)
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A new microstrip antenna element is described which exhibits polarization
agility. This is achieved by employing a T-slot radiator
which is driven by the edge fields of a balanced microstrip line. The
balanced line can support two propagating modes. namely. an even
mode and an odd mode, and be switching between these modes. the
orthogonal arms of the T-slot radiator are separately excited thus
forming orthogonally polarized radiated fields. A nucrostrip patch
antenna, which displays polarization agility using the sane mechanism,
is also described
Hunagund,P V; Jose,K A; Mohanan, P; Nair, K G(Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics, February , 1992)
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Results of exhaustive study of the effect of metallic flanges on H-plane radiation characteristics of V-slot
waveguide antenna are presented . It has been established that the beam can be sharpened or broadened by
varying the flange angle . The adjustment of the flange angle and flange width would further improve the
radiation pattern , yielding optimum efficiency from the flanged system
Ajaikumar,V; Jose,K A; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, October , 1992)
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Reduction of radar cross -section of dihedral corner reflectors using
simulated corrugated surface (.SCS) is reported. This technique is
found lo be more effective in the reduction of RCS or corner reflectors
for normal incidence . A typical reduction of 40-50 dB is
achieved using this method
Supriyo,Dey; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(IETE Technical Review, 1993)
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Design, development and experimental observations of a L: band printed dipole antenna is presented.Bandwidth
enhancement is achieved by end-loading or the dipole arms. Using the present technique Impedance bandwidth van be
enhanced up to 50% without degrading the efficiency of the antenna.
Stephen,D S; Mathew,T; Jose,K A; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(Department of Electronics, February , 1993)
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Simultaneous elimination of specular reflection and backscattered
power from a plane metallic surface by simulated
corrugated surfaces of constant period and variable strip
width for TM polarisation is reported. This new configuration
offers almost a ten-fold frequency bandwidth compared
with a regularly spaced strip grating of the same size.
Dey,S; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(Department of Electronics, June , 1993)
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A circular miqrostrip antenna with a modified structure is
presented. By adjusting the feed location along the circumference
of the patch it is possible to match the antenna with a C
microstrip line of any impedance. The impedance bandwidth
and radiation characteristics are unaffected by this structural
V modification.
Ceramic dielectrics with high dielectric constant in the microwave frequency range are used as filters, oscillators [I], etc. in microwave integrated
circuits (MICs) particularly in modern communication systems like cellular telephones and
satellite communications. Such ceramics, known as 'dielectric resonators (DRs),donot
only offer miniaturisation and reduce the weight of the microwave components. but also
improve the efficiency of MICs
Tennant,A; Dawoud,M M; Anderson,A P(Department of Electronics, April 27, 1994)
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A genetic algorithm has been used for null steering in phased and
adaptive arrays . It has been shown that it is possible to steer the
array null s precisely to the required interference directions and to
achieve any prescribed null depths . A comparison with the results
obtained from the analytic solution shows the advantages of using
the genetic algorithm for null steering in linear array patterns
Mathew, K T; Stephen,D S; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(Department of Electronics, May 12, 1994)
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A trapezoidal strip grating surface that eliminates specular
reflections almost over the entire X -band frequency range for TM
polarization is reported This new grating structure overcomes the
bandwidth limitation of conventional rectangular strip grating surfaces
Supriyo,Dey; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan, P; K G Nair(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, September , 1994)
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A simple technique to improve the impedance bandwidth of a circular
microstrip patch antenna using two sectorial slots is proposed. Using this
design more than 5% impedance bandwidth is obtained. The added
advantage of this new antenna is that it can be fed by a 50- microstrip line
Ceramics of composition BaO-Ln2O3-STiO2 have been prepared with four elements (Ln=La,Pr,Nd.Sm) by a conventional solid state ceramic preparation route and the dielectric properties measured in the microwave frequency range
The (Ba1-x Srx) (Nd1/2, Nb1/2) O3 ceramics have been prepared by the conventional
ceramic route for different values of x. Addition of a small amount of
CeO2(1 wt%) as a sintering aid increased the density of the samples. The structure
and microstructure of the sintered samples are studied by X-ray diffraction
and SEM methods. The dielectric properties of the samples are measured in the
microwave frequency region as a function of composition. The dielectric constant
decreases as x increases. The coefficient of thermal variation of resonant
frequency decreases as the Sr content increases and goes to the negative side.
The dielectric properties of (Ba1-x Srx) (Nd1/2, Nb1/2) O3 are in the range suitable
for application as dielectric resonators in microwave circuits
A new group of compounds with composition (Ba5-xSrx) Nb4015, having high
permittivity and low loss have been prepared and characterized in the microwave
frequency region . X-ray diffraction studies showed that monophase compound
existed for all values of x from 0 to 5. Microwave dielectric properties such as
and c f showed smooth variation with x , while the unloaded quality factor (Qu)
showed remarkable improvement with x