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PROCEEDINGS OF

P S Y M 2OO2EIGHTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON

ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICSCOCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYCochin 682 022, INDIA.

9-11 DECEMBER 2002.

Editors

Prof. K.G. NairProf. K.G. BalakrishnanProf. P.R.S. PillaiProf.K.VasudevanProf.lCT.MathewProf.P.MohananDr. C.K. Aanandan

Co-sponsored by

University Grants CommissionAll India Council for Technical EducationDepartment of Science & Technology (Govt of India)council or bCKHiuTic ana maimnw nwowcnIEEE Student Branch, Cochin.

TIB/UB Hannover 89126 366 616

December 2002.

CONTENTS

Station Title Page

I MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS I 25

II ANTENNAS I 63

III MICROWAVE PROPAGATION 99

IV MICROWAVE DEVICES 153

V MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS II 219

VI MICROWAVE MATERIALS 249

VII MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS III 281

VIII ANTENNAS n 309

IX ANTENNAS III 331

X MICROWAVE* OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY 355

INVITED TALKS 383

AUTHOR INDEX 426

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Research Papers Published in APSYM 2002

RESEARCH SESSION IMonday, December 9,2002 (1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m)

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS I CHAIRS: PROF. PANDHARIPANDEPROF. GIRISHKUMAR

1.1 Calculation of parameters of Microstrip Antenna using Artificial Neural 27NetworksDhruba C .Panda, Syam.S. Pattnaik, Swapna Devi, Bonomali Khuntia & DipakK.NeogLecturer, Computer Science & Engg., NERIST, Nirjuli - 791 109, Itanagar,Arunachal Pradesh, swapna@apii.nerist.ac.in

1.2 Active Annular Ring Microstrip Antenna 32Binod K. Kanaujia & B.R .VishvakarmaProfessor, Dept. of Electronics Engg. Institute of Technology, Banaras HinduUniversity, Varanasi-221 005. brv@banaras.ernet.in

1.3 Effect of coaxial feed on the performance of Microstrip patch Antenna 37Pradyot Kala, Reena Pant, R .U. Khan & B.R. VishvakarmaDept. of Electronics Engg. Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi-221 005. brv@banaras.ernet.in

1.4 Single Layered Dual Frequency Microstrip Antenna with Orthogonal 41PolarizationV. Sarala, V.M. PandharipandeE.C.E. Dept., Sree Nidhi Institute of Science & Technology, Yamnampet,Hyderabad-501 301.E.C.E.Dept, University College of Engg., Oasmania Uty.Hyderabad-500 007.vmD@eceou.ac.in

1.5 CAD Formulas for the Triangular Microstrip Patch Antennas 45Debatosh Guha and Jawad Y.SiddiqueInstitute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, 92, AcharyaPrafulla Chandra Road, Calcutta-700 009. debatosh @rediffmail.com

1.6 Experimental Investigation On Equilateral Triangular Microstrip Antenna 50Rajesh K. Vishwakarma, Babu R. VishwakarmaElectronics Engg, Dept, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi-221 005. brv@banaras.ernet.in

1.7 A Neural Network Approach For Resonant Frequency Of Annular-Ring 54Microstrip AntennaAmalendu Patnaik, Rabindra K.MishraDept of Electronics & Commn. Engg., National Institute of Science andTechnology, Berhampur-761 008, «r«fflMikeieee.org

1.8 FDTD Analysis of L-Strip Fed Microstrip Antenna 58B. Lethakumary, Sreedevi K. Menon, C.K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan,P. MohananCREMA, Dept of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022, drmohan@cusatac.in

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RESEARCH SESSION IIMonday, December 9,2002 (1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m)

ANTENNAS IHall: 2

CHAIRS: PROF. C.S.SRIDHARPROF. V.P. KULKARNI

Studies On Wire Antenna With Parasitic Elements As Electromagnetic 65SensorSaswati Ghosh, Ajay Chakraborthy, S.SanyalMicrowave Measurement Lab, Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Commn.Engg, ITT, Kharagpur - 721 302, W.B. India. saswati@ece.iitkgp.ernet.inExperimental Investigation On The Frequency Selective Property Of An 70Array Of Rectangular Dipole AperturesD. Sarkar, P.P. Sarkar, S.Das, S.K. ChowdhuryDept. of Electronics &Telecomm. Engg.,Jadavpur University, Calcutta -700 032Finite Element Analysis On The Effect Of Septum Asymmetry On Field Of 72TEMCellK. Malathi & Annapuma DasSchool of Electronics & Commn. Engg., College of Engg., Anna University,Sardar Patel Road, Chennai - 600 025 mala india2001@vahoo.comImpedance Analysis Of Symmetric Stripline Using FEM 76K .Malathi & Annapuma DasSchool of Electronics & Commn. Engg., College of Engg., Anna University,Sardar Patel Road, Chennai - 600 025A Suitable Design Technique Of Yagi-Uda Antennas Using Genetic 80Algorithms Coupled With Method Of Moments.Iti Saha Misra, B. Mangraj, V. Durgaprasad & MN RoyElectronics & Telecomm. Engg. Dept, Jadavpur University, Kolkata-700 032.itimisra@cal.vsnl.net.inDesigning High-Gain Helical Antennas For L-Band & C-Band Satellite 86ReceiversK.K.S. Jamwal, Fouzia YousufPost-Graduate Department of Physics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190 006

Neural Network Approach For One - Dimensional Electromagnetic 90Transient PropagationSridhar Patnaik & Rabindra K. MishraElectronic Science Dept, Berhampur University., Orissa-760 007Cavity Backed Slotted Rectangular Antenna With Circular Polarization 94Bharoti Sinha, Ranjan BankDept. of Electronics & Computer Engineering, IIT, Roorkee-247 667, bharoti-sinha@ieee.org

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RESEARCH SESSION IIIMonday, December 9,2002 (3.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m)

MICROWAVE PROPAGATIONHall :1

CHAIRS: PROF. S.K. SRIVASTAVADR. D. SRINIVASAN

3.1 Electromagnetic Characterisation Of Indian Coal 101G. Sahoo, A. Chakrabarty, S. Sanyal, S. Ghosh, Y.K. SinghDept. of Electronics & Electrical Commn, ITT, Kharagpur - 721 302, India.gsahoo@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

3.2 Electrical Properties Of Coal In Very High Frequency Band 105G. Sahoo, A .Chakraborty, S. Sanyal, S. Ghosh, Y.K. SinghDept. of Electronics & Electrical Commn. DT, Kaharagpur - 721 302.gsahoo@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in

3.3 Microwave Absorption Studies In (Mn-Ti) Substituted Barium Hexagonal 109Ferrite Based Absorbing PaintM.R. Meshram, Bharati Sinha, Nawal.K. Agrawal,& P.S.MisraDepartment of Electronics & Computer Engg. ITT, Roorkee-247 667.Dept. of Material Eng., DT, Rorrkee - 247 667. meshrdec@iitr.ernet.in

3.4 Microwave Permittivity Studies On A Novel Composite Material - 113Polystyrene/Alumina For Application As Substrate In MIC/MMICJuti R. Deka and Nidhi.S. BhattacharyaDept.of Physics, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur, Assam.nidhi@apnigarh.tezu.ernet.in

3.5 Analysis of an In homogeneously loaded Helical slow wave structure with 117attenuator coatingSatya Prakash, S. Ghosh, V. Kiran, P.K. Jain and B.N. BasuDevelopment & Engg. Section, Microwave Tube Division, BEL, Jalahalli,Bangalore 560 013.Electronics Engg. Dept, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi 221 005

36 Retrieval Of Water Cloud Parameters With Ground Based Radar And 120Lidar ObservationsAMaitra,JWFGoddardInstitute Of Radio Physics And Electronics, University of Calcutta, Calcutta-700 009. a.maitra@cucc.ernet.in

3.7 Broad Band Propagation At Millimeter Wavelengths Through The 124Dispersive AtmosphereA Maitra, Mausumi Kundu,Institute Of Radio Physics And Electronics, University of Calcutta, Calcutta-700 009. a.maitra@cucc.eniet.in

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3.8 Estimation Of IGP Availability For A Given INWAAS Configuration 128G. Sasibhushana Rao, A.D. Sarma, K. Ramalingam, Niranjan PrasadR&T Unit for Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, Hyderabad500 007. ad sarma@vahoo.com

3.9 Mitigation of Multipath Using Shaped Beam Spiral Antenna 132B. Ramakrishna Rao, A.D. Sarma and Y. Ravi KumarR&T Unit for Navigational Electronics, Osmania University, Hyderabad500007 ad sarma@vahoo.com

3.10 Effect Of Beam Width On Adaptive Path Loss Models For MobUe 136CommunicationsK. Raveendra & A.D Sarma.R&T Unit for Navigational Electronics.Osmania University Hyderabad

3.11 Resolution Improvement in Non-coherent Imaging Radars 140Joita Mukherjee, J.V. Prasad, N.S. Prasad, V.G. BorkarResearch Centre Imarat, P.O. Vigyanakancha,Hyderabad-500 069

3.12 Photo Response Of An ESP MESFET Considering Field Depended 144Mobility In The ChannelM. MadheswaranDept of ECE, PSNA College of Engg Technology .Dindigal 624 622

3.13 Scattering Behaviour Of A Metalto-Dielectric Structure Based On Fractal 148GeometryAnupam R Chandran, Thomaskutty Mathew, C.K. Aanandan. P. Mohanan &K. VasudevanCREMA, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin 682 022. anand@cusat.ac.in

RESEARCH SESSION IVMonday, December 9,2002 (3.30 p.m. to5.30 p.m)

MICROWAVE DEVICESHall: 2

CHAIRS: DR. GM. CLEETUSPROF.S.N.JOSHI

4.1 Waffle-iron Filter For Ground Station Application - Design And 155Fabrication AspectsA.V.G. Subramanyam, U. Prabhakaran, V. Mahadevan V.K. Lakshmeesha &S.PalCommunication Systems Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore-560 017.avgsub@iasc.emetin

4.2 Design Of 2-Way Equal Power Dividers Using Lumped Elements 159Subhabindhu Ray & Girish KumarDepartment of Electrical Engineering, ITT Bombay, Mumbai-400 076sudhabin@ee.iitb.ac.in

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4.3 A 2.0-8.0GHz MMIC Linear Amplifier 163P.S. Vasu, P. Mohan, P.A. GovindacharyuluSemiconductor Complex Ltd. GAETEC Project, P.O Vignyana Kancha,Hyderabad-500 069 pmohanl @hd2.dot.net.in

4.4 A DC-12GHz 6-Bit Digital Attenuator Utilizing Monolithic GaAs MESFET 167TechnologyCh. Krishna Veni, P. MohanSemiconductor Complex Ltd. GAETEC Project, P.O Vignyana Kancha,Hyderabad-500 069 pmohan 1 @hd2.dot.net.in

4.5 MMIC Approach to A 6-Bit Digital Phase Shifter for L-Band 171Transmit/Receive ModulePummy Ratna, P. Mohan, P.A. GovindacharyuluSemiconductor Complex Ltd. GAETEC Project, P.O Vignyana Kancha,Hyderabad-500 069 pmohanl @hd2.dot.net.in

4.6 Microwave signal and Sensor Design-In Perspective 175G.R Panda & AK MallickMinistry of Defence, Govt. of India, DRDO, Interim Test Range, ChandipurP.O, Balasore-756 025

4.7 Double Avalanche/Single Drift Silicon Diode - A Prospective Mm-Wave 180Source For E- CommunicationS.P. Pati, S.K. Dash and P. PurohitDepartment of Physics, Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar - 768 019

4.8 Velocity Overshoot 2D-effect in Si-MOSFET to use at High-frequency 185S.K. Achari, S.K. Panigrahi & A.K. PandaNIST, Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa-761 008 akpanda@ieee.org

4.9 Study of Si/Si-Ge Heterojunction DARIMPATT diode 189S.R. Pattanaik, J.K. Mishra, I.P .Mishra & G.N. DashSambalpur University, Jyotivihar, Burla, Sambalpur - 768 019, Orissasupgphvs@sancharnet.in

4.10 GaN based Gunn diode for THz Signal Generation 193S.K. Panigrahi & A.K. PandaNIST, Palur Hills, Berhampur, Orissa-761 008akpanda@ieee.org

411 Genetic Algorithm Based Performance Study Of GaAs And I1V53 Gao.47 As 197Quantum Wells In The Microwave & Millimeter Wave RegimeA. Karmakar, A. Moi, M.K. Naskar & S.K. SarkarDept. of Electronic & Telecommunication Engg. Jadavpur University, Kolkata-32. su sarkar@hotmail.com

412 Design And Development Of 10W C-Band Pulsed Solid State Power 201Amplifier For High Resolution Synthetic Aperture RadarJ. Dhar, S.K. Garg, R.K. Arora, V.H. Bora, S.S. RanaMSTD/MSG, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, DOS, Ahmedabad-380 015.jolly dhar@hotinail.coin

4 13 Ku-Band 140 W space TWT for Satellite Communication 206R.K. Sharma, A. Bera, V. SrivastavaMicrowave Tubes Area, Central Electronics Engg. ResearchInstirute(CEERI)Pilani-333 031 rks@ceeri.ernet.in

<14 Ka-Band Whispering Gallery Mode DRO 210S.L. BadnikarG-FAST, DRDO, New Delhi - 110 011

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4.15 Design of Rectangular Cavity Resonator for Microwave Heating 215Applications'S.B. Kumar ,'P.A. Barnes, 'G.M.B. Parkes, 2N. Sibley and 3G. Bond,Dept of Chemical and Biological Sciences,University of Hudderfield UK2School of Computing and Engineering.University of Huddersfield, HD1 3DH,UK3Center for Materials Research, University of Central Lancashire, PR1 3HE, UK

RESEARCH SESSION VTuesday, December 10,2002 (11.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m)

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS 2Hall: 1

CHAIRS: PROF. FRED GARDIOLPROF. PARVEEN WAHID

5.1 Planar Microstrip Array Antenna for METSAT 221Debojyoti Choudhuri, Praveen Kumar, V.V. SrinivasanV .Mahadevan, V.K. Lakshmeesha,& S. PalCommunication System Group, ISRO Satellite Centre,Bangalore-560 017djvoti@iasc.ernet.in

5.2 Suspended Multi-layer Multi-Resonator Rectangular Microstrip 225AntennasGirish Kumar & K.P. RayDepartment of Electrical Engineering, UT Bombay, Powai Mumbai-400 07.gkumar@ee.iitb.ac.in

5.3 Compact Broadband S-Shaped Stacked Microstrip Antennas 229Amit A. Deshmukh & Girish KumarDepartment of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076.amitde@ee.iitb.ac.in

5.4 Slot loaded Rectangular Microstrip Antenna for Tunable dual band 233operationAsha E. Daniel & Girish KumarDepartment of Electrical Engineering, ITT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076gkumar@ee.iitb.ac.in

5.5 Simple Approximation for Characteristic Impedance of Asymmetrically 237coupled Microstrip LineRabindra K. Mishra and Gopal K. PatraElectronic Science Dept. Berhampur Uty., Orrissa-760 007

5.6 A Printed Series-Fed Microstrip Array 241D.R. Jahagirdar and V.G. BorkarMicrowave Antennas & Components Division, Directorate ofElectromagnetics, RCI, Hyderabad.

5.7 Dual Band Octagonal Patch Antenna 245Binu PauLS. Mridula,C.K Aanandan and P. MohananCREMA Jtept of Electronics .CUSAT, Cochin-682 022,drmohan @cusat.ac.in

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RESEARCH SESSION VITuesday, December 10,2002 (11.00 a.m. to 12.45 p.m)

MICROWAVE MATERIALSHall: 2

CHAIRS: PROF. K.G. NAIRDR. S. CHRISTOPHER

6.1 Microwave Characterisation of Ferrite Composite Materials 251H.C. Pant, M.K. Patra, P. Vasistha, S.R. Varera & N. KumarCamouflage Division, Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur

6.2 Ba(Dy,Nb)O3, as a Dielectric Resonator Ceramic 255H. Sreemoolanadhan, R. Ratheesh, M.T. Sebastian, P. MohananAdvanced Materials and Ceramic Division, VSSC, TVM-695 022

6.3 Revisit to the Ba2TM3M DR Ceramics 259H. Sreemoolanadhan, Manoj Ramavarma, L. Abdul Khalam R. Ratheesh, M.TSebastian, V. ChandrasekaranCSIR, RRL,Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695 019manoiraamavarma@vahoo.co.uk

6.4 Synthesis & Dielectric Properties of C Ceramics 264Jaimon Yohannan, K.T. MathewMEMRJJept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022.

6.5 Enhanced Bandwidth Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna Using 268Microstrip FeedP. V. Bijumon,' Sreedevi. K. Menon,2 M. T. Sebastian1 and P. Mohanan'Ceramics Technology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum695 019, Kerala, India.2CREMA' Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022.

6.6 The Effect of Mg1* Offstoichiometry on the Microwave Dielectric properties 272of Ba(Mgi/3 Ta w ) O3 CeramicsK.P. Surendran ,P. Mohanan and M.T SebastianCeramic Technology Division, Regional Research Laboratory, Trivandrum.

6.7 Studies on the Dielectric properties of PoIyo-toludiene/PlyvinylCholoride 277Semi interpenetrating polymer Networks'Honey John,2Joe Jacob, 2K.T. Mathew, 'Rani Joseph'Dept of Polymer Science And Rubber Technology,CUSAT.Cochin 682 022.2MIMR, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022.

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RESEARCH SESSION VIITuesday, December 10,2002 (3.15 pm to 4.30 pm)

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS IIIHall: 1

CHAIRS: PROF. T.K£ARKARPROF. S.K. CHOWDHARY

7.1 Theoretical And Experimental Investigation Of The Circular Microstrip 283Antenna In The Free Space And In The Simulated Plasma MediumR.P. Yadav, S. Sancheti, R.K. GuptaDept. of Electronics & Commn. Engg., Malviya National Institute ofTechnology, Jaipur rp vadav@vahoo.com

7.2 Magnetically Biased Ferrite Microstrip Antennas 288J.S. Roy and N. ChattorajECE Dept, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi - 835 215

7.3 A Proximity Fed Loudspeaker-Shaped Broad Band Microstrip Antenna 292P.K. Singhal and Laxmi ShrivastavaDept of electronics and CSE, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science,Gwalior - 474 005. pks 65@vahoo.com

7.4 Progress In Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna 296Ram. L. Yadav & K. Shambavi RamalingamDept. of Electronics & Commn.Engg., Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore- 632 014. ramalingamc@vahoo.com

7.5 Superstrate Loaded Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna 300Ram L. YadavDept of Electronics & Commn.Engg., Vellore Institute of Technology, DU,Vellore- 632 014, Tamil Nadu, rlvadava@vahoo.com

7.6 Bandwidth Enhancement of Microstrip Antenna Using Photonic Band Gap 305StructureSreedevi K Menon, B Lethakumary, C K Aanandan, K Vasudevan, P MohananCREMA, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022.

RESEARCH SESSION VIIITuesday, December 10,2002 (3.15 pm to 4.30 pm)

ANTENNAS IIHall: 2

CHAIRS: PROF. G.P. SRTVASTAVADR.J.C.GOSWAMI

81 A Multioctave Printed Circuit Square Spiral Antenna,(2-12 Ghz) 311M. Chakravarthy, V.M. Pandharipande.B. Ramakrishna Rao, R. Sreehari RaoDefence Electronics Research Laboratory (DERL), ChandrayanaguttaHyderabad 500 005

8.2 Some Results On Dielectric Waveguide Antenna 315R. Bhattacharjee1, B. Gupta2, D.R. Poddar2, & S.K. Chowdhary2

'Dept of ECE, IIT Guwahati, North Guwahati, Guwahati-781 0392Dept of ETCE, Jadavpur University, Calcutta-700 032

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8 3 Multiple Beam Antenna Using Offset Reflector Configuration 319Chayan Roy, V.V. Srinivasan, V. Mahadevan ,V.K. Lakshmeesha, S. PaulCommunication System Group, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore-560 017.chavanr@iasc.ernet.in

8.4 A Multiple Spot Beam Spacecraft Antenna With Aperture Reuse Capability 323Khagindra Sood and Arun KumarSCAD-ASG, Space Applications centre (ISRO),Ahmedabad-380 015. khapindras @ vahoo.co.in

8.5 Design And Development Of Monopulse Antenna System 327G.V. Ramakoteswara Rao, J.V. Prasad, A. Ghosh, V.G. BorkarResearch Centre IMARAT, Hyderabad 500 069.

RESEARCH SESSION IXWednesday, December 11,2002 (11.00 am to 12.45 pm)

ANTENNAS III CHAIRS: PROF. R.M. JHADR. LAKSHMEESHA

9.1 Ku-Band Compact Beacon Antenna for Global Coverage 333Ashok Kumar, K.M. Duggal, Rajeev Jyoti, Arun Kumar, S.B. SharmaSCAD/ ASG, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

9.2 High Power S-Band Diplexer for Satellite Communication 337Ashok Kumar, K.M. Duggal, Rajeev Jyoti, Arun Kumar, S.B. SharmaSCAD/ ASG, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

9.3 High Performance Ku-Band OMT for Spacecraft 341Ashok Kumar, K.M. Duggal, Rajeev Jyoti, Arun Kumar, S.B. SharmaSCAD/ ASG, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

9.4 Fractal PBG Microstrip Antenna 345Rohith K. Raj, Jayaram P, Sreedevi K. Menon, K. Vasudevan, C.K. Aanandan,P. MohananCREMA, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022.

9.5 Problem Inherent & Solution Of Cross-Polrisation Measurement Of Large 349Size Frequency Re-Use Earth Station AntennaA.H. PatelSCAD/ ASG, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

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RESEARCH SESSION XWednesday, December 11,2002 (11.00 am to 12.45 pm)

MICROWAVE AND OPTICALTECHNOLOGYHall: 2

CHAIRS: PROF.V.P. KULKARNIPROF.M.C.CHANDRA MOULY

10.1 Design and Development of an Efficient Power Control Module for DS- 357CDMA multimedia wireless networks in an AWgN, Path-loss, Rayleigh-fading ChannelManikandan. K., D. RajaveerappaDepartment of Electronics, CUSAT,Cochin 682 022.ABHA, N.S.S. Engg. College (P.O.), Palakkad-678 008mpattambi @ vahoo.com

10.2 The Pulsed Wire Method For Wiggler Field Mapping 361Ravi A.V. Kumar, K.K. Mohandas and K.K. JainInstitute of Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382 428, Gujaratravi@ipr.res.in

10.3 Plasma Antenna 365D. Bora, Rajneesh Kumar, R.G. Trivedi, S.K.P. TripathiInstitute of Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar - 382 428 apatnaik@ieee.orp

10.4 Peak Identification In Optical Spectrum In ANN Model 369Saritha N & V.P.N. NampooriInternational School of Photonics, CUSAT, Cochin-682 022.vpnnampoori@cusat.ac.in

10.5 Design A n d Development Of Cell Phone Based CATV Spectrum Analysis 372SystemAmeen A, Nowshad S, Ganesh. S, Sreeja. S, P.Anguswamy, K.R. Suresh Nair,Franklin. G, Prakash R, Satish PNeST, Technopark, Trivandrum.NeST, CSEZ, Cochin.

10.6 Millimeter Wave Attenuation in Sand & Dust Storms 375S.K. Srivastava, B.R. VishwakarmaDept. Physics, Govt. P.G. College, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh-497 001

10.7 Study Of The Emissivity Properties Of Soils For Remote Sensing Using 379Microwave TechniquesS.K. Srivastava, Ambika JainDept. Physics, Govt. P.G. College, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh-497 001

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INVITED TALKS

1. Time-Domain CFIE for the Analysis of Transient Scattering 385from Arbitrarily Shaped 3-D Conducting ObjectsTapan Kumar Sarkar and Baek Ho Jung1

1 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSyracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244e-mail: tksarkarQmailbox.svr.edu2 Department of Information and Communication EngineeringHoseo University, Asan 336-795, South Koreae-mail: bhiunqQorhce.hoseo.ac.kr

2. Advancement in Vacuum Microwave Devices for Strategic 389and Communication SectorsS-N.JoshiCentral Electronics Engineering Research InstitutePilani. Email anl0caerl.res.ln

3. EM Field Display with Modulated Scattered Technique 3 %FredGardiolLaboratory of Electromagnetism & AcousticsSwiss Federal Institute of TechnologyChemin Des Graminees 11, CH 1009 Pully, SwitzerlandEmail rred.gardiol @ urbanetch

4 Growth of Microwaves 402G.P .SrivastavaDepartment of Electronic Science, University of DelhiSouth Campus, New Delhi-110 021

5 On Em WeU-Loggmg Sensors and Data Interpretation 404Jaideva C. GoswdmiSchlumberger Technology Corporation110 Schlumberger Drive, Sugar Land, Texas 77478, U.S.A.goswami@slb.com or icposwami@ieee.org

6. Effect Of Microwaves and R.F.Palsma on The Sensitivity 405And Response of Tin Oxide Gas SensorsS. K. SrivastavaDepartment of Electronics EngineeringInstitute of Technology, Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi-221 005.

7. An Overview of Dielectric Horn Antennas and an Attempt to 412Investigate Broad Band Dielectric StructuresR. K. Jha, S. P. Singh And Rajeev Gupta*Department of Electronics EngineeringInstitute of Technology, Banaras Hindu UniversityVaranasi-221 005.

8. Diversity Schemes for Mobile Communications 418Parveen F. Wahid, Senior Member, IEEESchool of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceUniversity of Central FloridaOrlando, FL 32816-2450 Email: wahid@mail.ucf.edu