Development and Analysis of Microstrip Antennas For Dual Band Microwave Communication

MICROWAVE ELECTRONICS

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS FOR DUAL BAND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION

A thesis submitted by

BINU PAUL

in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of

Under the guidance of

Prof.P.Mohanan

Centre for Research in ElectroMagnetics and Antennas Department of Electroncis Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin - 682 022 INDIA

SEPTEMBER 2005

Dedicated

....to the Almighty for everything.. ~ .

Certificate

Certified that this thesis entitled "DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MICROSTRIP

ANTENNAS

FOR

DUAL

BAND

MICROWAVE

COMMUNICATION" is a bona fide record of the research work carried out by Mrs. Binu Paul under my supervision in the Centre for Research in ElectroMagnetics and Antennas, Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology. The results presented in this thesis or parts of it have not been presented for the award of any other degree.

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~fA\~ Dr.~ (Supervising Teacher) Professor Department of Electronics Cochin University of Science and Technology.

Declaration

I hereby declare that the work presented in this thesis entitled "DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS FOR DUAL BAND MICROWAVE COMMUNICATION" is based on the original

work done by me under the supervision of Prof. P. Mohanan, in the Centre for Research in ElectroMagnetics and Antennas, Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology and that no part there of has been presented for the award of any other degree.

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~ BINU PAUL

I remember with gratitude....

My teacher Or P. Mohanan, Professor, Department of Electronics, Cochin University of Science and Technology for taking me to the vibrant world of electromagnetics. His sincerity and commitment to war!