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ABSTRACT
In this article, a novel shaped hexa-band microstrip patch antenna (MPA) is presented. The proposed antenna offers six frequency bands including 2.4, 3.06, 3.34, 3.54, 4.61, and 5.21 GHz with very small frequency ratio between two consecutive bands of the value of 1.275, 1.091, 1.059, 1.3022 and 1.1301, respectively. The proposed antenna also shows better radiation characteristics at all six bands and circular polarization at two frequency bands from 2.36 to 2.48 GHz and 4.52 to 4.64 GHz. Design steps for achieving all six bands are presented in detail and simulated results are verified with experimental results of the fabricated prototype.
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Praveen Chaurasia
Praveen Chaurasia received his BE degree in Electronics and Communication in 2010 from RGPV, Bhopal, India, and MTech degree in Electronics and Communication in 2013 from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India. Currently, he is pursuing PhD from IIT(ISM), Dhanbad, India. He has published five research papers in a reputed international journal and conference. His current research interests are on multiband microstrip antenna, microstrip antenna with engineered material like meta-material and microwave components.
Binod Kumar Kanaujia
Binod Kumar Kanaujia is working as a Professor in the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi since August 2016. Before joining Jawaharlal Nehru University, he had been in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technologies & Research, Delhi as a Professor since February 2011 & Associate Professor from 2008 to 2011. Earlier, Dr Kanaujia held the positions of Lecturer (1996–2005), Reader (2005–2008) and Head of Department in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India. Prior to his career in academics, Dr Kanaujia had worked as Executive Engineer in the R&D division of M/s UPTRON India Ltd. Dr Kanaujia had completed his BTech in Electronics Engineering from KNIT Sultanpur, India in 1994. He did his MTech and PhD in 1998 and 2004; respectively, from the Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has been awarded Junior Research Fellowship by UGC Delhi in the year 2001–2002 for his outstanding work in the electronics field. He has a keen research interest in design and modeling of microstrip antenna, dielectric resonator antenna, left-handed metamaterial microstrip antenna, shorted microstrip antenna, ultra wideband antennas, reconfigurable, and circular polarized antennas for wireless communication. He has been credited to publish more than 228 research articles with more than 1056 citations with h-index of 17 in several peer-reviewed journals and conferences. He had supervised 50 MTech and 15 PhD research scholars in the field of microwave engineering. He is a reviewer for several journals of international repute, i.e. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Wireless Personal Communications, Journal of Electromagnetic Wave and Application, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, IETE Technical Review, International Journal of Electronics, International Journal of Engineering Science, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communication, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, etc. Dr Kanaujia had successfully executed five research projects sponsored by several agencies of the Government of India, that is, DRDO, DST, AICTE and ISRO. He is also a member of several academic and professional bodies, that is, IEEE, Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Society for Technical Education and The Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers of India.
Santanu Dwari
Santanu Dwari was born in Howrah, West Bengal, India. He received his BTech and MTech degree in Radio Physics and Electronics from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in the year of 2000 and 2002, respectively, and PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India in the year of 2009. He joined the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India in 2008 where he is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering. He has published various research papers in referred International Journals. His research interest includes modeling and analysis of advanced planar antenna, substrate integrated waveguide, RF planar circuits, and computational electromagnetics.
Mukesh Kumar Khandelwal
Mukesh Kumar Khandelwal was born in Uttar Pradesh, India and received his BTech degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering, MTech degree in Digital Communication from GGSIP University, Delhi, India and PhD Degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology ISM, Dhanbad, India. Dr Khandelwal is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology, Delhi India which is affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India (Govt of NCT Delhi, India). He has published Forty research papers in referred International Journals. Dr Khandelwal is serving as a reviewer in various renowned journals, i.e. IEEE MTTs (USA), IEEE Access (USA), IET Microwave Antenna and Propagation (UK), IET Electronics Letters (UK), Wireless Personal Communication (Springer, Netherland), International Journal of Electronics and Communications (Elsevier), Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Taylor & Francis (UK), etc. His current research interests focus on microstrip antennas, metamaterials, 5-G antennas, UWB antennas, rectennas, reconfigurable antennas, multiband antennas, circularly polarized antennas, antenna array, defected ground structure and microwave components.