APSYM 2008

APSYM 2008

ADVANCE PROGRAMME
National Symposium on

ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION

29-31 December, 2008

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi 682 022
Co-sponsored by:
University Grants Commission
All India Council of Technical Education
Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(Govt. of India)
Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment
(Govt. of Kerala)
IEEE Student Branch, Cochin.

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Page

APSYM at a Glance

Inner front cover

Chairman Welcomes you

Our Tribute to Great Pioneers

Organizing Committee

General Information

Advance Programme APSYM 2008

About the University

30

About Department of Electronics

33

Advance Registration Format

38

Hotel Tariffs at Cochin

39

APSYM 2008

Chairman Welcomes You

Dearfriend,
I cordially invite you to attend the Antennas and Propagation
Symposium (APSYM 2008) which is
the11thoneintheseriesstartedin1988.
Your presence and participation in
APSYM 2008 will definitely be an event
for us to remember for years to come.
Over fifty papers are scheduled to be
presentedduringAPSYM2008.Inorder
toprovideonlineaccess,theinformation
abouttheadvanceprogramis alsoavail
able
in
the
website
www.doe.cusat.edu/apsym. The APSYM 2008 Organising
committeehaveplannedanexcellenttechnicalprogrammewitha
numberofinvitedtalksbyeminentscientistsinthefield.APSYM
2008offersagreatopportunitytoreachouttoknowledge,new
resourcesandtalent.

Chronology of APSYM's

Sl.

Symposium

No.

Date of
Symposium

Number
of Papers

Number of
Invited talks

1
2

APSYM-1988
APSYM-1990

Dec. 15- 17- 1988

Nov. 28-30- 1990

42
51

2
10

APSYM-1992

Dec. 29-31-1992

91

APSYM-1994

Nov.17-19-1994

75

5
6

APSYM-1996
APSYM-1998

Nov.01-02-1996
Dec.15-16-1998

42
57

2
1

APSYM-2000

Dec.06-08-2000

71

8
9

APSYM-2002
APSYM-2004

Dec.09-11-2002
Dec.21-23-2004

84
55

10
4

10

APSYM-2006

Dec.14-16-2006

64

16

11

APSYM-2008

Dec.29-12-2008

50

12 APSYM-2010
Dec.14-16-2010
Scheduled
Proceedings of these earlier symposia are available with
OrganisersofAPSYM2008.Thosewhowanttopurchasecopies
maypleasecontactthem.
Wishingyouallawarmwelcomeonceagainandhopingvery
fruitfuldiscussionsinthesessions.I
lookforwardtoseeingyouatAPSYM
2008inCochin.

Cochin
November 28, 2008

Prof. K.G. Nair

APSYM 2008

Our Tribute to Great Pioneers

JAMES CLERK MAXWELL

The founder of Electromagnetic theory
of Radiation. His theoretical prediction of
the existence of Electric and Magnetic
fields associated with wave propagation
carrying energy of electromagnetic
nature was a break through in the
history of science. A new era of
electromagnetism was thus opened by
this great scientist.

HEINRICH HERTZ
Experimentally demonstrated the
generation, propagation and detection
of electromagnetic waves. Thus he gave
a firm experimental support for the
theoretical conclusions drawn by
James Clerk Maxwell.

JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE

The First Indian Scientist who marked
his footprints in the world of
Electromagnetics. In fact, Bose
generated millimeter waves using a
circuit developed in his laboratory and
used these waves for communication,
much earlier than the western
scientists. He also developed
microwave antennas (horns) which are
still considered to be ideal feeds

APSYM 2008

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Chairman

Prof. K.G. Nair

Emeritus Professor

Director

Prof. K. Vasudevan

Publications

Prof. P.R.S.Pillai

Registration

Prof. K.T. Mathew

Technical Programme

Prof. P. Mohanan

Local Arrangements

Prof. C.K. Aanandan

Members
Dr. Tessamma Thomas
Mrs. Nisha Nassar
Ms. Ann Mary Austin
Mr. James Kurian
Mrs. Supriya M.H
Mr. Sreejith M. Nair
Mrs. Deepthi Das Krishna
Ms. Raji S. Nair
Mrs Lekshmi K.J
Mr. Sujith Raman
Mr. Cyriac M. Odakkal
Mr. Sarin V.P
Mr. Nelson K.J
Mr. Ashkar Ali P
Dr. Jaimon Yohannan
Mr. Ullas Kalappura
Ms. Jitha B
Mr. Sujith Mathew
Mr. Deepu V
Mrs. Prabha C
Mrs. Laila Das
Mr. Mohan Kumar
Mr. Gijo Augustine
Mr. Gopakumar
Mrs. Bybi P.C
Mr. Manoj Joseph
Mr. Gopi Krishanan
Neelakantan P.C
Mr. Prajas John
Anju P. Mathews
Mr. Anantha Krishnan V
Lindo A.O
Mr. Adrine Antony
Kedarnath Shenoy
Mr. Jaison Peter
Binesh T

APSYM 2008

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Cochin University of Science and Technology is

located near the National Highway (NH 47) in between
Ernakulam and Alwaye. The symposium venue is 10 kms from
Alwaye railway station and 20 kms from Cochin International
Airport. Participants arriving by train are requested to get down
at Alwaye railway station.
Registration: The registration fee of Rs 5000/- (Rs 2500/- for
delegates from academic institutions, Rs 1500/- for students) for
the Symposium includes admission to all technical sessions
and one copy of Proceedings. Non-authors may attend the
symposium with a registration fee of Rs 2500/-. Limited number
of proceedings of the symposium will be available at a cost of Rs
1000/-. Registration fee has to be paid along with the filled up
proforma (attached along with this booklet) by a demand draft
drawn in favour of DIRECTOR, APSYM, COCHIN-682 022,
payable at any State Bank in Ernakulam. Cash payment at the
registration desk is also possible, with prior information.
Accommodation: Participants are advised to book their own
accommodation directly to the concerned hotels given in the last
page. Kindly inform the organising committee, the details of your
accommodation immediately after confirmation to the
Climate: Weather at Cochin is sunny and pleasant. Woolen
clothes are not required.

APSYM 2008

ADVANCE PROGRAMME APSYM 2008

December 29, Monday

8.30 A.M.: Registration

10.00 AM
11.00 AM

:
:

11.30 AM

12.00 NOON :

12.30 PM

INAUGURATION

INAUGURATION

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
K Sarkar
PROF. Tapen
Syracuse University

New York

INVITED TALK
1
Prof. Magdalena
Salazar Palma

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Spain
INVITED TALK
2

Dr. William Scanlon

Queens University Belfast

Belfast

INVITED TALK 3

Dr. R.M.Jha,
NAL,Bangalore

December29,Monday

(2.00PM3.45PM)

RESEARCHSESSIONI

MICROSTRIPANTENNAS
Chair:Dr.S.N.Joshi,CEERI,PILANI.

1.

Experimental studies of circular microstrip radiator

backed by cylindrical cavity

ManotoshBishwas,JawadY.SidhiquiandDebatoshGuha.
Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Kolkata,
Kolkata.
mbiswas@iee.org, dguha@ieee.org, jawadsiddiqui@rediffmail.com

2.

Dual polarized stub loaded compact microstrip antenna

ADeshmukhand*K.PRay
ITDepartment,DJSCOE,Mumbai
amitdeshmukh76@yahoo.com

*RFMS,SAMEER,IITCampus,Mumbaikpray@rediffmail.com

3.

Analysis of half E-shaped patch for wide band

applications

J.AAnsari,S.KDubey,AnurgMishraand*B.RViswakarma
Dept. of Electronics and Communication, University of Allahabad,
Allahabad, *Dept. of Electronics Engg., IT BHU, Varanasi.
jaansari@yahoo.co.in

4.

Broad band L-probe fed E-shaped microstrip antenna

APSYM 2008

AmitA.Deshmukh,*P.NChineand**K.PRay
ITDept.,D.JSanghviCollegeofEngg.,VileParle,Mumbai
amitdeshmukh76@yahoo.com

*ARDI,DRDO,Pashan,Pune
pnchine@hotmail.com

**RFMS,SAMEER,IITCampus,Powai,India
kpray@rediffmail.com

5.

Design of a compact dual band microstrip antenna

using genetic algorithm
P.Mythili,S.MridulaandBinuPaul
DivisionofElectronics,SchoolofEngineering,CUSAT,Cochin682022,
mythili@cusat.ac.in

6.

Analysis and design of compact dual band square

patch antenna for wireless applications

T.ShanmuganadhanandS.Raghavan
Dept.ofECE,NIT,Thiruchirappally,TamilNadu,
shanselvi@rediffmail.com , raghavan@nitt.edu

7.

Ann solution of PDE for regular microstrip antennas

SridharPattnaikandR.KMishra
DeptofElectronicScience,BerhampurUniversity,Berhampur
Sridhar_pattanaik@yahoo.co.in

December 29, Monday

(4.00PM5.30PM)

RESEARCHSESSIONII

MICROWAVEANTENNAS
Chair:Dr.R.M.Jha,NAL,Bangalore.

1.

UAT analysis of the H-plane horn radiation pattern

MaifuzAliandSubrataSanyal
Dept.ofE&ECE,IIT,Kharagpur

maifuzali@lycos.com , profssanyal@gmail.com

2.

Moment method analysis of transverse wall rectangular

slot radiator

A.JhansiRaniandP.V.DSomasekharRao*
Asst.Prof.ECEDept.,V.RSidharthaEng.College,Vijayawada520007
*Prof. ECE and Director, SIT School of Information , Technology, JNT
University,Hyderabad.
padmaja19_m@yahoo.co.in

3.

Dielectric diagonal horn antenna

V.NTiwariand*T.Tiwari
SMIT,Majitar,EastSikkim,*SAMEER,IITCampus,Poiwai,Mumbai
drvntiwari@rediffmail.com

4.

Calibration of
antenna unit

320 element active phased array

VirendraKumar,AshutoshKedar,K.SBeenamol,SonaO.
Kundukulam,SubhankarMondalandU.SPandey
ElectronicsandRadarDevelopmentEstablishment,Banglore
sonalitto@yahoo.com

5.

Broad band
platforms

blade

dipole

antenna

for

S.DAhirwar,C.SaiRam,T.KhumanthemandAswinikumar
DefenceElectronicsResearchLaboratory,Hyderabad
sdahirwar@rediffmail.com

airborne

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6.

Dual port frequency reconfigurable radiator for active

antenna applications
MadhurDeoUpadhyay,AbegaonkarandA.Basu
CenterforAppliedResearchinElectronics,IIT,Delhi
mpjosh@care.iitd.ernet.in, madhur_deo@yahoo.com.
ananjan_b@yahoo.com

7.

On design and characterisation of a loop antenna for

application in lunar radio detection

KalpanaRoySinha,*PranayeeDattaand*PranjalBorah
AssamEngg.Institute,Guwahati,India
kroysinha@yahoo.co.in

*Dept.ofElectronicScience,GuahatiUniversity,Guwahati
Pranayee_d@yahoo.com

8.

A Compact CPW fed antenna for ultra wideband

applications

ShameenaVA,P.Mohanan,AanandanC.K.andK.Vasudevan
Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of
Electronics,CUSAT,Cochin682022.
shameenashine@gmail.com

December30,Tuesday

(8.30A.M10.15A.M)

RESEARCHSESSIONIII

MICROWAVEDEVICES,MATERIALSetc.
Chair:Dr.C.S.Sridhar,Principal,SBMSCollege,Bangalore

1.

A new DGS based microstrip resonator with quasielliptic filtering characteristics

TamosiMoyra,*SusantaKumarParuiand*SantanuDas
CollegeofEngineeringandManagement,Kolaghat
*Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, bengal
EngineeringandScienceUniversity,Shibpur,Howrah711103

2.

Design and development of SPST MEMS switches

UshaKiranK,SripadarajaK,MubassiraBanuS.NandK.JVinoy
MicrowaveLaboratory,ECEDept.,IISC,Banglore
USHAKIRANK123@GMAIL.COM

3.

arkapv@YAHOO.COM

Accurate modeling of the resonant frequency of square

split ring resonator
ChinmoySaha,*JawadY.Siddiqui,*DebatoshGuha,and**Y.M.M
Antar
HeritageInstituteofTechnology,Kolkata
chinmoy_rpe@yahoo.com

*InstituteofRadioPhysicsandElectronics,Kolkata
jysiddiqui@ieee.org

**RoyalMilitaryCollegeofCanada,Canada
antar-y@rmc.ca

4.

Design of double negative

hexagonal omega structure

metamaterial

SudhakarSahu,*R.KMishraand**D.RPoddar
Dept.of Electronics and Telecommunication
University,Bhuvaneswar.

Engg.,

sudhakarsahu@yahoo.co.uk

*ElectronicScienceDept.,BerhampurUniversity,Berhampur
r.k.mishra@ieee.org

using
KIIT

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** Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engg., Jadavpur

University,Kolkata
drp_ju@yahoo.com

5.

A novel scheme for UWB signal generation using

MESFET
MithileshKumar,AnanjanBasuandShibanK.Koul
CenterforAppliedResearchinElectronics,IIT,Delhi

Shiban_koul@hotmail.com, mith_kr@yahoo.co.in ananjan_b@yahoo.com

6.

Dual ring SRR frequency estimator

AnjuPradeep,S.MridulaandP.Mohanan,AanandanC.K.andK.
Vasudevan
Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of
Electronics,CUSAT,Cochin682022.
anjupradeep@cusat.ac.in

7.

Compact wide band bandstop filter by using stepped

impedance resonator
AjayBabuGuptanjaliandSubrataSanyal
IIT,Kharagpur

ajaymicrowave@gmail.com , ssanyal@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

8.

Finite element analysis of semecylindrical DIELECTRIC

resonator based filter

JaimonYohannan,K.VasudevanandK.TMathew
Microwave Tomography and Materials Research Laboratory,
DepartmentofElectronics,CUSAT,Cochin682022.
jaimon@cusat.ac.in

10.30A.M

11.30A.M

INVITED TALK 4
Prof. Nisha Gupta
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Ranchi
INVITED TALK 5
Prof. Debatosh Guha
Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics
University Of Calcutta,
Kolkata.

APSYM 2008

December 30, Tuesday

(12Noon1.00P.M)

RESEARCHSESSIONIV

MICROWAVE PROPAGATION I
Chairs:Prof.T.K.Sarkar,SyracuseUniversity,USA

1.

Reduction of co-channel intrference in cellular systems

Dr.M.CChandraMouly,DR.K.SreenivasaRao,Dr.D.SreenivasaRao,
andL.Rangaiah*
Dept.ofECE,TRRCollegeofEngineering,,Hyderabad502319,India
*JNTUCollegeofEngineering,Hyderabad,500072
rangaiahleluru@yahoo.com

2.

A novel versatile modelling of power line channel

SyedSamserAliand*AmitabhaBhattacharya
Dept of ECE, Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and
Management
samserali@rediffmail.com

*Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg.,,IIT,

Kharagpur
amitabha@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

3.

Line,surface and volume integration using ANN

techniques extendable to Electromagnetic poroblems

SridharPattnaikandR.KMishra
DeptofElectronicScience,,BerhampurUniversity,,Bhampur
Sridhar_pattanaik@yahoo.co.in

4.

Dielectric relaxation measurement of FMD and PLG

binary mixture using TDR and FDR techniques

A.M.KBhanarkar,*B.C.MBhanarkar,C.R.RMudholkar,D.S.RSawant
and**E.V.VNavarkhile
DOE, Shivaji University,Kolhapur, *Kendriya Vidyalaya Cantonment
Area, Aurangabad,** Dept. of Physics, Dr, Baba Saheb Ambedkar
MarathwadaUniversity,Aurangabad
mk_bhanarkar@rediffmail.com

5.

New approach for space division multiple access

receiver-the most sophisticated utilisation for smart
antenna technology
Md.Bakharand*VaniR.M
Dept.ofE&CE,GurunanakDevEngg.College,Bidar,Karnataka
mohammadbakhar@gmail.com

*Dept.ofappliedElectronics,GulbargaUniversity,Gulbarga
vanirm123@rediffmail.com

6.

Ionospheric time delay statistics of GPS signals at low

lattitude stations

V.SatyaSrinivasa,A.DSarmaandK.Ravichandra
Research and Training Unit for Navigational electronics, Osmania
University,Hyderabad,India
ad_sarma@yahoo.com

2.00 P.M. -2.30 P.M :

INVITED TALK 6
Dr. S.N Joshi
CEERI, PILANI

2.30 P.M. -3.00 P.M :

INVITED TALK 7
Dr. K.J. Vinoy
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore

APSYM 2008

RESEARCHSESSIONV
(3.15P.M.4.15P.M)

MICROWAVEPROPAGATIONII
Chair:Prof.G.S.N.Raju,AndhraUniversity
1.

Rate adaptive resource allocation for OFDM systems

M.Padmajaand*Dr.M.CChandraMouly
Asst.Prof.ECE,V.RSidharthaEng.College,Vijayawada520007.
*ECE,EIE,DeanEngineering,TRREngg.College,Hyderabad502319
padmaja19_m@yahoo.co.in

2.

Microwave Dielectric properties of CeO2 filled HDPE

composites for microwave substrate applications

P.SAnjana,*V.Deepu,*P.MohananandM.TSebastian
MaterialsandMineralsDivision,NationalInstituteforInterdisciplinary
SciencesandTechnology(RRL),Trivadrum
*Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of
Electronics,CUSAT
psanjanaa@yahoo.com mailadils@yahoo.com

3.

Impairment
aware
provisioning/protection
network

dynamic
schme for

Ip

light
over

path
WDM

P.Goswami,*S.KGhoshand**D.Dutta
CoputerandInformaticsCentre,*SchoolofIT,
skg@iitkgp.ac.in
**Dept.ofE&ECEngg.,IITKharagpur
saswatikgp@gmail.com

4.

PTFE/Ceramic flexible
substrate applications

laminates

for

microwave

K.PMurali,S.Rajesh,K.StamlyJacob,K.JNijesh,*P.MohananandR.
Ratheesh
Microwave Materials Division, Centre for Materials for Electronics
Technology(CMET)
ratheeshr@yahoo.com

* Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of

Electronics,CUSAT
drmohan@ieee.org

December31,Wednesday

(08.30AM10.30AM)

RESEARCHSESSIONVI

ANTENNASI
Chair: Prof. Debatosh Guha, Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics
Kolkata
1.

Intensive study on wave guide coupled patch antenna

NandakumarMShettiand*N.HAyachit
Dept.ofEC,S.D.MCollegeofEngineeringandTechnology,Dharwad
*B.V.BCollegeofEngineeringandTechnology,Hubli
nmshetti2003@yahoo.co.in

2.

Enhanced gain transistor integrated active microstrip

antenna

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SwethaSreevastavaandAnikhiChowdhary
Dept.ofECE,BIT,Mersa,Ranchi
Shwetasri_76@rediffmail.com

3.

3.Cross patch antenna with an X-slot for polarisation

switching
Nisha Nassar, Sarin V.P, Deepu V, Sujith R, , C.K Aanandan, P.
MohananandK.Vasudevan
Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Dept of
Electronics,CUSAT,Cochin22
vasudevankdr@gmail.com

4.

Small dual-frequency asymmetric slot loaded

rectangular microstrip antenna using vertically oriented
rectangular strips

RaviM.Yadahalli,*VaniR.M,**P.VHunagund
Dept.ofECE,S.D.McollegeofEngg.AndTechnology,Dharwad
ravimyadahalli@yahoo.com

*USIC,GulbargaUniversity,Gulbarga
**Dept.ofappliedElectronics,GulbargaUniversity,Gulbarga
prabhakarhunagund@gmail.com

5.

Analysis of multilayer patch antenna with two Parasitic

elements
J.AAnsari,PrabhakarSingh,NagendraP.Yadavand*B.RViswakarma
DeptofE&C,UniversityofAllahabad,Allahabad
jaansari@rediffmail.com

*Dept.ofElectronicsEngg.,ITBHU,Varanasi
brvish@bhu.ac.in

6.

A novel dual band frequency reconfigurable microstrip

antenna

ManojSingh,AnanjanBasuandShibanK.Koul
CenterforAppliedResearchinElectronics,IIT,Delhi

Mscare_iit@yahoo.co.in anajan_b@yahoo.com, Shiban_koul@hotmail.com

7.

An investigation of wide band microstripline fed half

split culindrical dielectric resonator antenna

CGopakumar,UllasGKalappura,JaimonYohannanandKTMathew
Microwavetomographyandmaterialsresearchlaboratory,Department
ofElectronics,CUSAT,Cochin22
ktm@cusat.ac.in

8.

Compact uniplannar
applications

antenna

for

wide

band

LailaD,SujithR,DeepuV,K.Vasudevan,C.KAanandanandP.
Mohanan
Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Dept of
Electronics,CUSAT,Cochin22
laila@cusat.ac.in

9.

MoM analysis of broad wall slot coupled dielectric

resonator antenna
Abdulla.P,*Y.KSinghand*AjayChakrabarthy
SchoolofEngineering,CUSAT
abdulla@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

*Dept.ofE&ECEngg.,IIT,Kharagpur
yatendra@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

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December31,Wednesday

RESEARCHSESSIONVII
(10.45A.M12.30P.M)

ANTENNASII
Chair:Dr.K.J.Vinoy,IISc.Bangalore
1.

Influence of permittivity contrast on the properties of

microstrip patch antenna made of dual substrate

ThomasSebastian,SherinThomas,G.Subodh,*V.Deepu,
*P.MohananandM.TSebastian
MaterialsandMineralsDivision,NationalInstituteforInterdisciplinary
SciencesandTechnology(RRL),Trivadrum
*CentreforResearchinElectromagneticsandApplications,Dept.of
Electronics,CUSAT
mailadils@yahoo.com

2.

Compact CPW fed antenna for multiband applications

SujithRaman,DeepuV,Kvasudevan,C.KAanandanandP.Mohanan
Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Dept of
Electronics,CUSAT,Cochin22
drmohan@gmail.com

3.

Simple printed antenna with reduced height for

WLAN/WiMAX applications

M.SreenivasanandK.GeorgeThomas
Centre for Electromagnetics, C.I.T Campus, 2nd cross road, Taramani,
Chennai600113
Sreeni_vm@yahoo.com

4.

Broad band
applications

microstrip

antenna

for

wireless

SarinV.P,NishaNassar,DeepuV,,C.KAanandan,P.MohananandK.
Vasudevan
Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas , Dept of
Electronics,CUSAT,Cochin22
vasudevankdr@gmail.com

5.

Effect of slot on ground plane for wide band operation

M.Veereshappa,*R.BKonda,*S.KSantoor,*S.NMulgiand*P.V
Hunagund
Dept.ofElectronics,L.V..DCollege,Raichur584101,Karnataka,India
*Dept.ofP.Gstudiesand
ResearchinAppliedElectronics,GulbargaUniversity,Gulbarga585106,
Karnataka,India
s.mulgi@rediffmail.com

6.

A novel Penta-frequency microstrip Antenna

ArindamDeband*BhaskarGupta
KIITUniversity,Bhuvaneswar751024,India
arindamdeb2008@rediffmail.com

*JadavpurUniversity,Kolkata700032
gupta_bh@yahoo.com

7.

T- shaped monopole loaded with dielectric resonator

antenna for wide band communications

SaswatiGhoshand*AjayChakrabarthy
KalpanaChawlaSpacetechnologyCell,IIT,Kharagpur
saswatikgp@gmail.com

*Dept.ofE&ECE,IIT,Kharagpur
bassein@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

8.

Analyical and numerical evaluation of characteristic

impedance of non-planar fin-antenna.
BavishnaBalagopaLandRagiSNair

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Dept.OfElectronics,CochinUniversityofScienceAndTechnology,Cochin
bavishna.balagopal@gmail.com

9.

Wideband aperture coupled rectangular microstrip

array antenna for radar applications

R.B.Konda,S.K.Satnoor,M.Veereshappa,S.NMulgiandP.V.
Hunahund
Department of P.G. studies and research in applied electronics,
Gulbergauniversity,Gulberga.rajendrakonda@reddifmail.com

December31Wednesday

12.30PM

VALEDICTORYFUNCTION/PLENARYSESSION

APSYM 2008

ABOUTTHEUNIVERSITY

The University of Cochin came into being on July 10, 1971 b y

an ordinance which was replaced by the Cochin University Act
1971. By the Cochin University of Science and Technology
Act, 1986, the University of Cochin was reorganized and
converted into a full-fledged University of Science and
Technology for the promotion of graduate and post-graduate
studies and advanced research in applied science, technology,
industry, commerce, management and social science etc.

TheUniversityisinstitutedwiththefollowingobjectives:

to prosecute and promote research in applied science,

technology, industry, commerce, management and social
science for the advancement of knowledge and for the
bettermentofsociety;

to provide facilities and offer opportunities for

graduate and postgraduate education in applied science,
technology, industry, commerce, management and social
science by instruction, training, research, development and
extensionandbysuchothermeansastheuniversitymaydeem
fit;

to devise and implement programs of education in

appliedscience,technology,industry,commerce,management
and social science that are relevant to the changing needs of
society, in terms of breadth of diversity and depth of
specialization;

to serve as a center for fostering cooperation and

exchanging of ideas between the academic and research
communityontheonehandandindustryontheother;

to organize exchange programmes with other

institutions of repute in India and abroad with a view to
keepingabreastofthelatestdevelopmentsinrelevantareasof
teachingandresearch
The Universitys basic philosophy and goals find eloquent
expression in its coat of arms emblazoning the motto Tejasvi
navadhitamastu.Inessence,itmeans,Maylearningillumine
usboth(theteacherandthetaught).Theraisingsuntogether

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withthecoconutpalmrepresentsthebirthofanewcenterof
learning in the land of Kerala. The book represents learning,
the factory its application, and the transmission tower its
dissemination.Togethertheyexpressthebasicconcernofthe
CochinUniversityasacenteroflearning,thatoffosteringstudy
and research in applied science, technology, industry,
commerce, management and social science and the
transference of such knowledge for the betterment of
humanity.

CUSATbecameinternationalinstudentadmissionsandfaculty
exchanges from 199697. Furthermore, it is strengthening
contacts and collaborative tieups with international
universitiesandinstitutionsandisdevelopingasaglobalcenter
ofgenerationofnewknowledgeinfrontierareasoflearning.

The University has academic links and exchange programmes

with several institutions in North America and Europe. The
University is participating with the Netherlands Organization
for International Cooperation in Higher Education in areas
such as applied economics, environment, photonics and
polymerscienceandbesidesacademiccollaborationwithsome
of the premier educational institutions in France and USA
Exchange programmes are in force in a few departments like
school of management studies, Department of Applied
Economicsetc.withacademicinstitutionsinafewcountriesin
Europe and America. Recently, University Grants Commission
has selected this university for University with potential for
excellence.

The academic structure comprises eight Faculties (Engineering,

Environmental Studies, Humanities, Law, Marine Sciences,
Science, Social Sciences and Technology), several Schools,
Departments and Centers.
A Sophisticated Test and
Instrumentation Centre was established in 1996. There are
Centres for Interdisciplinary Studies, Micro-processor Research,
National Manpower information, Instrumentation, Rural
Development & Appropriate Technology, Geotechnology,
Ocean Electronics and Science in Society besides a Science
Park. It has brought within its reach the resources of several
well-established premier research institutions in the country by
giving recognition
to them.
Specializations exist in
Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering, Hindi, Foreign

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Languages, Traditional as well as Modem branches of Law,

Human Rights, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Chemical and
Physical Oceanography, Environmental Science, Environmental
Engineering, Fishing Technology, Fish Processing and Packing
Technology, Atmospheric Science, Applied Economics,
Commerce, Business Management, Operations Research,
Physics, Applied Chemistry, Computer Science, Information
Technology, Instrumentation, Ship Building and Naval
Architecture, Safety Engineering, Polymer Science, Rubber
Technology, Engineering Statistics and Mathematics.

The University has a 180 acre campus at Thrikkakara and a

Lakeside Campus at Kochi. The atmosphere on the campus is
vibrant and highly intellectual, and admission to various
programmesstrictlycompetitive. The establishment ofa new
campus with an Engineering College under the aegis of this
universityatPulinkunnu,Kuttanad,Alappuzhaisanewfeather
adorning the diadem of the university. This college offers
B.Tech.coursesinInformationTechnology, Computer Science,
ElectronicsandMechanicalEngineering.

CUSAT has a broad-based long-term International tie-up with

Universities & Industries like
1. Kursk Technical University, Russia
2. Chosun University, Korea
3. Kochi University, Japan
4. Dutch Universities
5. University of Bergen /NERSC, Bergen / NERCI
6. Group Sup de co Montpellier France
7. UT-Battelle, State of Tennessee, USA
8. Polarizone Technologies, Malaysia
9. Indo-Canadian Programme (University of Manitoba,
Canada.) .
10. University of Surrey, U.K.
The mission of the university is to make distinctive and eloquent
contributions to the cause of higher education in science and
technology. In keeping with the motto of the university:
"Tejasvinavavadhithamastu", which conveys, "May learning
illumine us both, the teacher and the taught", the atmosphere in
the campus is vibrant and intellectual.

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ABOUTDEPARTMENTOFELECTRONICS

THE UNIVERSITY OF COCHIN instituted the Department of

Electronics in the year 1975. This is envisaged as a
postgraduate Department with Masters degree and Ph.D.
programmes in frontier fields of electronics. The Department
wasinauguratedbyProf.M.G.K.Menonin1975.Realisingthe
growing needs of trained manpower in various fields of
Electronics, the University decided to start teaching
programmesintheDepartment,anticipatingformalapprovalof
the University Grants Commission, All India Council for
Technical Education etc. in due course. Initially, an M.Tech.
Coursewasstartedwithstudentstrengthof6.Thiscoursehas
auniqueaspectinthesensethatthestudentsspendtheirlast
semester in industries and R & D organizations. Their project
work during this period will be supervised by senior
officers/scientists of these organizations as external guides.
Theprogressmadebythesestudentsinalltheseyearsisvery
encouragingandtheinteractionbetweentheorganizationsand
the Department is quite active. Subsequently the student
strengthwasraisedto15,including3sponsoredcandidates.In
1983,theAllIndiaCouncilforTechnicalEducation(AICTE)and
the University Grants Commission (UGC) extended financial
support to the M.Tech. course. Special allocations of funds
were granted for building, furniture, equipment, workshop,
library, and other essential requirements. All students
satisfyingspecificrequirementsincludingGATEscoregetGovt.
of Indias scholarship of Rs.2500/ per month. In 1985, the
studentstrengthhasbeenraisedfrom12to20inthegeneral
category and 3 to 5 in the sponsored category. The doctoral
programmes of the Department are mainly in the fields of
Ocean Electronics, Microwave propagation and Antennas,
Pattern recognition, Microprocessor applications, Signal
Processing, Neural Networks etc. External agencies like the
DepartmentofScienceandTechnology(Govt.ofIndia),Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO), Council of Scientific and
IndustrialResearch(CSIR),AtomicEnergyCommission,Defense
ResearchandDevelopmentOrganization(DRDO)andtheState
Government are supporting this Department through various
research projects and Research Fellowships. The Department
of Electronics has wellequipped Centre for Research in
Electromagnetics and Antennas (CREMA), centre for Ocean

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Electronics (CENTOL), Electronics Instrumentation and

MicroprocessorResearchLaboratoriesforcarryingoutresearch
workattheM.Tech.andPh.D.levels.AnSbandRadarSystem,
Microwave Anechoic Chamber, HP 84108, 851OC Network
Analyzers, Automatic turntables, Sweep Oscillators, XY / t
recorders, Logic Scopes, Microprocessor trainer kits, Mini and
Microcomputers,MicroprocessorDevelopmentsystems,Alpha
DEC Workstations, Spectrum Analyzers, Dynamic Signal
Analyzer, Short Range Sonar, Impedance Analyzer, Signal
Conditioners, Local Area Networks, Underwater Transducer
EvaluationFacilityetc.aresomeofthenotableinfrastructural
facilitiesoftheDepartment. Apartfromthis,four Centres for
advanced research and training in areas like Electronic
Instrumentation, Microprocessor Applications, Microwave and
OceanElectronicshavebeenstarted,withthefinancialsupport
from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Govt. of
India). From 1990, the Department offers a M.Sc. degree
courseinElectronicsScience.ThiscourseissponsoredbyUGC
andDepartmentofElectronics(Govt.ofIndia).

In 1994, the Department was selected by UGC under the

Special Assistance Programme at the Departmental Research
Support level in the thrust area of Ocean Electronics with a
financialassistanceofRs.70.75lakhsforaperiodof5years.

In 2000, UGC high level expert committee evaluated the

progress of the department and upgraded the status of the
DepartmenttoDSAlevelandsanctionedanamountofRs.70.00
lakhs for a period of 5 years. In 1993, the Department was
selectedbyUGCfortheDepartmentalResearchSupport(DRS)
in the fieldof Ocean Electronics, with a financial assistance of
about60.00lakhsforfiveyears.In1998,anadditionalfinancial
assistance was sanctioned for Rs. 33.00 lakhs under DRS
scheme for a period of 5 years. In 2005, DST selected this
Department for financial assistance under their FIST
Programme. AnamountofRs. 59.00lakhs was sancti0nedby
DSTforaperiodof5years.Sponsoredprojectsarerunningin
theDepartmentforatotaloutlayofRs.388.135lakhs.

The technical biasing of the University, spectacular growth of

Electronics industries in Kerala and the location of the
UniversityintheindustrialzoneoftheStateareallfavourable

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aspects for hope of substantial development of this

Department.

Thequalificationsandexpertiseofthefacultymembersofthe
Departmentareaptforconductingresearchintheactiveareas
ofelectronicssuchas:

Antennas

NeuralNetworks

DigitalSignalProcessing

Instrumentation

ArtificialIntelligence

Microprocessors

MicrowavePropagation

RadarCrossSectionStudies

SonarSystems

UnderwaterAcoustics/OceanElectronics
SpecialCentresofResearchandTrainingintheDepartment.
WithspecialassistancefromtheMinistryofHumanResource
Development,Govt.ofIndia,fourspecialCentresofResearch
andTraininghavebeensetupinthethrustareasofTechnical
Education.

Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas

(CREMA)
A well established research and training Laboratory in
Microwave Electronics and Antennas has also been set up in
the Department with the financial assistance from Ministry of
HumanResourceDevelopment,UniversityGrantsCommission,
Department of Science and Technology and Department of
Electronics (Govt. of India). The Laboratory is having a
Microwave Anechoic Chamber for simulating free space
environment for antenna and RCS measurements. The
chambercanbeconvertedintoarectangularortaperedoneas
per the requirements. The chamber has instrumentation set
up attached to it with provision for fully automatic
measurement based on HP 8510C Network Analyzer and STIC
positioner and controller. The laboratory is equipped with
most sophisticated instruments like HP 8510 C Network
Analyzer, Agilent PNA E8362B, R & S PNA, Antristu Spectrum
Alalyzer,PCBprototypemachineandSimulationsoftwareslike
Ansoft HFSS, Zeland IE3D, Coventer etc.. This Laboratory in

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collaboration with Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation

Centre )STIC) has indigenously developed a positioner and
controller for automatic antenna and RCS studies. The
Departmenthasdevelopeduserfriendlysoftwareforquickand
preciseantennameasurementandanalysis.Themajorareasof
research now being pursued are Microstrip Antennas and
transmission lines, super conducting microwave transmission
lines, integrated circuits and antennas, microwave horn
antennas, reflector antennas, leaky wave antennas, dielectric
resonator antennas, material characterization at microwave
region,microwavenondestructivetestingetc.

CusatCentreforOceanElectronics(CUCENTOL)
A Centre for Research and Training in Ocean Electronics
(CENTOL)hasbeensetupintheDepartmentwiththefinancial
assistance from Ministry of Human Resoruce Development,
Govt.ofIndia.AnamountofRs.32lakhswassanctionedbythe
Ministry in two instalments for the Centre. This Centre has a
fully instrumented Underwater Transducer Evaluation Facility
for conducting preliminary studies on the performance of
Underwater Transducers. University Grants Commission had
approved the establishment of the Centre during the VIII plan
periodwithessentialstaffandinfrastructure.Developmentsof
innovativeTransducersandArraysforUnderwaterapplications,
Marine Data Logging Systems etc. are the major activities of
this Centre. UGC has also supported the activities of this
Centre under the DRS programme and extended a financial
assistanceofRs.70.75lakhs.

CentreforResearchinMicroprocessorApplications(CRMA)
ThiscenterwassetupwiththeaidfromtheMinistryofHuman
ResourceDevelopment,GovernmentofIndia.Atotalgrantof
Rs.45lakhshasbeensanctionedforsettingupthisCentre.The
Centre is equipped with Microcomputer systems, a large
number of microprocessor system support cards including
MemoryCards,DynamicMemories,BatteryBackupCards,A/
D & D / A cards, Relay Cards, Opto Coupler cards, Peripheral
controller cards etc., stand alone VDUs and three
MicroprocessorDevelopmentSystems:Oneisa16bitsystem
from Hewlett Packard and the other two are from Intel
Corporationthe8bitPersonalDevelopmentSystemandthe16
bit stand alone development system. The Centre is equipped

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with multipurpose bus running throughout to accommodate

mostcommonlyusedbuses.

Research work undertaken in this Centre is in the areas of

Multiprocessors, Protocols for Multiprocessors, Speech
Processing,PatternRecognition,etc.

ElectronicInstrumentationResearchLaboratory(EIRL)
TheEIRLwassetupin1983withtheaidfromtheMinistryof
Education & Culture, Government of India. A Total grant of
Rs.50lakhshasbeensanctionedforsettingupthislaboratory.
The Laboratory is equipped with Sensors and Transducers,
Signal Conditioners, Measuring and Display units,
Microprocessor system support cards for A / D & D / A
conversion, Data logging, AnalogHybrid Computer, Process
Control Trainer System, Logic Analyzers, Scopes and General
PurposeMeasuringInstruments.

Research work is being carried out in the areas of Electronic

Instrumentation and Microprocessor Based Measurement and
ControlSystems.TheEIRLalsoproposestosetupaStandards
Laboratory.

The Department conducts two biennial National Symposia in

the areas of Antennas & Propagation and Ocean Electronics,
effectivefrom1988.

The technical biasing of the University, spectacular growth of

electronics industries in Kerala and the location of the
University in the industrial belt of the state are all favourable
aspects for hope of substantial development of this
Department.

Theothermajorresearchlaboratoriesinthisdepartmentare
MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY AND MATERIAL RESEARCH
LABORATORY(MTMR)
The lab research is mainly focused in the field of microwave
imaging including tomography and mammography, antennas
and material characteristic study. The lab is equipped with
AgilentETNETWORKANALYSER,CompaqSP0workstationand
Hind Hivac thin film deposition unit. Currently two major
projectsareprogressinginthelab.TheDepartmentofScience

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& Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology,

GovernmentofIndiaisfundingaprojectonMicrowaveandthe
Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO),
MINISTEROFDefence,GovernmentofIndiaisfundingaproject
onBEAMsteeringAntennas.Theresearchconcentratesonthe
studyofthedielectricpropertiesofmaterialssuchasceramics,
polymers,rubbers,biologicalcrystals,biologicalliquidsetc.The
design and development of imaging systems for microwave
tomographyandmammographyareactivelyprogressing.The
lab is one among the six groups working all over the world in
this area. The project on beam steering antennas using
specially made polymers has been intitiated with the
collaborationoftheDepartmentofPolymerhasbeeninitiated
withthecollaborationoftheDepartmentofPolymerScience&
RubberTechnology,CUSAT.

AUDIOANDIMAGERESEARCHLABORATORY(AIRL)

AIRLfocusresearchinthefieldofComputerVisionApplications
of biomedical/real world images, and in the algorithm
development for compression of speech, audio and biological
signals. A variable frame length, variable bit rate predictive
codec for compression of signals like speech and music was
developed.Thisisfoundusefulforlongdistancetransreceival
applications.Developedapredictivecodingmethodbasedon
PSWT technique for compression of signals like music and
speech.Alsothetechniqueisprovedusefulforcompressionof
biomedical signals like ECG which has found applications in
telemedicine.Developedcomputeraideddiagnosisschemesto
analyze mammograms and to classify them as
normal/abnormal.Theabnormalonesarestudiesfordetection
of possible detects. The facial features, contours and skin
texture of a person change based on his expressions. The
features which remain unchanged for various expressions are
identified and are used for person identification using neural
networks.WorksAregoingonintheimprovementsofMPEG7
shape descriptors and also focus on the development of
descriptors for biomedical images. A method based on
mathematical morphology was developed for the automatic
localization of vertebrae in spine xray images. Working on
vertebrae segmentation and indexing for telemedicine
applications.

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NOTES

APSYM 2008

TheeleventhsymposiumonAntennasandpropagation(APSYM
2008) at Cochin University of Science and Technology, is a
biennialeventstartedin1988tocommemoratethecentenaryof
HeinrichHertz.APSYM,organizedbyMicrowaveResearchGroup
of the Department of Electronics, is intended to expose young
talents to exciting innovations in frontier fields of Antennas &
PropagationandMicrowaveElectronics.

Chronology of APSYM's
Sl.

Symposium

Date of
Symposium

Number
of Papers

Number of
Invited talks

No.
1
2

APSYM-1988
APSYM-1990

Dec. 15- 17- 1988

Nov. 28-30- 1990

42
51

2
10

APSYM-1992

Dec. 29-31-1992

91

APSYM-1994

Nov.17-19-1994

75

5
6

APSYM-1996
APSYM-1998

Nov.01-02-1996
Dec.15-16-1998

42
57

2
1

APSYM-2000

Dec.06-08-2000

71

8
9

APSYM-2002
APSYM-2004

Dec.09-11-2002
Dec.21-23-2004

84
55

10
4

10

APSYM-2006

Dec.14-16-2006

64

16

11

APSYM-2008

Dec.29-12-2008

50

12

APSYM-2010

Dec.14-16-2010

Scheduled