Centre for Antennas and Radio Frequency Systems (CARFS)

Members of CARFS

Dr. Viswanath Talasila,Professor and Head, Department of ETE

Dr. Maya V. Karki,Professor and Head, Department of ECE

Coordinators

Dr.Parimala.P, Assistant Professor, Department of ETE

parimalap@msrit.edu

Dr. Sujatha.B, Professor, Department of ECE

sujatha@msrit.edu

Members of CARFS

Dr. S Imaculate Rosaline, Assistant Professor, ECE (rosaline@msrit.edu)

Dr. V Nuthan Prasad, Assistant Professor, ETE (nuthan.v@msrit.edu)

Mrs.Nisha S. L, Assistant Professor, ETE (nisha_sln@msrit.edu)

Mrs. Flory Francis, Assistant Professor, ECE (flory.f@msrit.edu)

Mrs. Akshatha Kori, Assistant Professor, ETE (kori.akshu@msrit.edu)

Faculty Advisors

Dr. Prasad Shastry, FIETE, SM IEEE

Professor of Microwave and Wireless Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, U.S.A.

Dr. K J Vinoy, FIETE, M IEEE

Professor, Electrical Communication Engineering Chair, Centre for Scientific & Industrial Consultancy. Convener, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India

Technical Staff

Mr. Premnath P M, Instructor,ETE (te_premnath@msrit.edu)

Publications

1. Karthikeya, GS, Koul, SK, Poddar, AK, Rohde, U., “Compact Bent-Corner Orthogonal Beam Switching Antenna Module for 5G Mobile Devices”, J Electromagn Eng Sci. 2022;22(1):74-83 (Q2 Journal, In collaboration with IIT Delhi and Synergy Microwave Corporation, USA)
2. Sadananda, Karthikeya G., Issa Elfergani, Chemseddine Zebiri, Jonathan Rodriguez, Shiban K. Koul, and Raed A. Abd-Alhameed. 2022. "A Wide-Angle Pattern Diversity Antenna System for mmWave 5G Mobile Terminals" Electronics 11, no. 4: 571 (Q2 Journal, in collaboration with IIT Delhi and Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal)
3. Siddaraju Meghana, Gulur Sadananda Karthikeya, Bagepalli Keshavappa Sujatha, and Prabhakar Parimala, "A Super Wideband Washable Antenna Demonstrated on Flannel," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 102, 95-100, 2022 (Q3, journal article, Project based on the Master’s thesis)
4. Somanatha Pai Swapna, Gulur Sadananda Karthikeya, Shiban Kishen Koul, and Ananjan Basu, "Wide-Band Directional Cavity Antenna with Low Scanning Loss for WLAN," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 118, 231-245, 2022 (Q3 Journal, in collaboration with IIT Delhi)
5. Akshata S K, Trupthi Raj, Gaana H, Vanshika Gupta, “Tracking RF Source Location in Real-Time Applications”, Nat. Volatiles & Essent. Oils, 2021; 8(6): 905-911; ISSN: 2148-9637
6. Venkatesh Nuthan Prasad, Eshwar Dhanush Gowda, Krishnappa Indira, Ananya Kodukula, and Diksha Arora, "Design of Hemispherical Patch Antenna with Conformally Spaced Log-Periodic Elements for Multi-Directional and Multi-Band Operation," Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 118, 187-198, 2022. doi:10.2528/PIERC21100402
7. Venkatesh Nuthan Prasad, Eshwar Dhanush Gowda, Krishnappa Indira, Ananya Kodikula, Bhavan B. Rao, "RIT Logo based Slotted PLPCMA Multi-Band Patch Antenna," International Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol. 16, pp. 773-779, 2022 doi: 10.46300/9106.2022.16.95
8. Kumar, A., Imaculate Rosaline, S. Hybrid half-mode SIW cavity-backed diplex antenna for on-body transceiver applications. Appl. Phys. A 127, 834 October 14, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339- 021-04978-9
9. Pooja, N. and Imaculate Rosaline, S., 2021. CPW FED Arc-Loaded-Slotted Rectangular Patch Antenna for UWB Applications. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (2021) (pp. 489-498). Springer Singapore.
10. Rosaline, S. Imaculate. "Split Ring Loaded Inverted L Shaped Monopole for Wideband Applications." Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; (2021): 499.
11. Kallur, R.S. and Rosaline, S.I., 2021. CPW Fed Slotted Triangular Patch Antenna for WLAN Applications. In Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (2021) (pp. 257-266). Springer Singapore.
12. Arvind Kumar G, Mahendra S J, Vanitha K M, Panchami Prabhu, Ashwini K S. “Dolphin shaped patch antenna with edge and coaxial feeds” Review of International Geographical Education Online (rigeo)., vol 11, no.10, ISSN: 2146-0353. Doi: doi: 10.13140/rg.2.2.23108.76162 (Q3)
13. Nisha S.L , Harish S Prabhu, “ Design and Implementation of Dual Band Antenna Based Unmanned Vehicle for search and Rescue Operations” Journal of Natural Volatiles & Essent. Oils., 2021; 8(6) pg: 1158 – 1166
14. S. Imaculate Rosaline, "A TRIPLE-BAND ANTENNA WITH A METAMATERIAL SLAB FOR GAIN ENHANCEMENT AND SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR) REDUCTION", PIERC, Vol. 109, page 275-287, 2021
15. Nikhil Purohit, S. Imaculate Rosaline, "Novel RF Energy Harvesting Using Rectenna", InternationalConference on Advances in Physical Sciences and Materials, 12-13 August 2021
16. S. Imaculate Rosaline, "Metamaterial Inspired Multi-Split Square Shaped Printed Antenna for WLAN applications", International Conference on Advances in Physical Sciences and Materials, 12-13 August 2021
17. Arieb Ashraf Sofi, ,Swetha Amit, ,B K Sujatha “” ,3D-FDTD Analysis of Fractal Antenna Using PML Boundary Conditions” Global Transitions Proceedings Volume 2, Issue 1., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gltp.2021.08.029 Global Transitions Proceedings Scopus INDEXED conference
18. S. Amit, V. Talasila, C. R. Nagaveni, C. K. Subbaraya, D. S. Mahesh and P. M. Premnath, "Design and Development of Wearable Antenna integrated with RF Transceiver for Health Monitoring System," 2020 International Conference on Recent Trends on Electronics, Information, Communication & Technology (RTEICT), Bangalore, India, 2020, pp. 242-246, DOI: 10.1109/RTEICT49044.2020.9315674.
19. Pruthvi T, Keerthana V, Sowmini S, Syed Fauzan, Dr.Parimala.P., “Meanderline Pattern Wearable Textile Antenna for Position Identification in Military applications", 3rd International conference on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet Of things (ICICI-2020), JCT College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 27-28th August 2020, Page 796-806, ICICI -2020 Conference proceedings, Springer Publication.
20. Swetha Amit, Viswanath Talasila, Nagaveni Satish, C K Subbaraya, Mahesh D S, Premnath P M, “Design and Development of Wearable Antenna integrated with RF Transceiver for Health Monitoring System” 2020 IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (RTEICT-2020), Bangalore, 2020
21. Deepa Pattar, Preeti Dongaokar , Nisha S L, Swetha Amith., “Design and Implementation of Metamaterial Based Patch antenna” 2020 IEEE International Conference for Innovation in Technology (INOCON), 978-1-7281-9744-9/20/$31.00 ©2020 IEEE
22. Rakshan T A., Syed Fauzan, and Swetha Amit, “Study and Analysis in reduction of Specific Absorbtion Rate (SAR) in Human body using Wearable Antenna for BAN Applications” 2019 4th International Conference on Recent Trends on Electronics, Information, Communication & Technology (RTEICT-2019), MAY 17th & 18th 2019

Funded Projects and Patents

Patents

Internship training/ Training

Research Activities

Research Scholars pursuing PhD

1. Mrs. Keerthi Naidu, research scholar working on “Corporate feed Microstrip Phased Array Patch Antenna”, under the guidance of Dr. Imaculate Rosaline.
2. Mrs. Madhuri Bonthu, 1MS22PE01, Full time, Characterization of Nano-materials for analyzing conductivity, optical properties and for EMI suppression.
3. Mrs. Flory (1MS19PEC07),” Design and Development of Metameterial Antennas for Microwave Applications”, Course Work Completed.
4. Mrs. Akshata Kori (5VX17PES63),research scholar working on the “Reconfigurable filtenna with lumped circuits for ultra-wide band applications”,completed Comprehensive Viva in May 2020.

Details of UG/PG Projects carried out

PG Projects:

1. Numerical analysis and development of wearable antenna, Arieb Sofi , under the guidance of Dr.B.K .Sujatha(2019-21 Batch)
2. Design and Development of Fractal Wearable antenna, Meghana. S, under the guidance of Dr. B.K.Sujatha (2019-21 Batch)
3. Breast cancer detection using wearable antennas, Vanishree (1MS20LDC12), under the guidance of Dr.B.K.Sujatha (2020-22 Batch)
4. Design and Development of Compact Antenna for NavIC Application, Kushal P Kumar (1MS20LDC01), under the guidance of Dr.Parimala.P (2020-22 Batch)
5. Metamaterial design and simulation for radar signal absorption, Moditha, under the guidance of Dr.Viswanath Talasila (2020-22 Batch)
6. Design and Implementation of V2V Communication Transceiver Using USRP (NI2901) And Wide Band Cavity Antenna, Sandya Y.G (1MS20LDC08), under guidance of Nisha S.L (2020-22 Batch)

UG Projects:

1. Design and develop Bandpass filter for Ultra-Wide Band applications, Trupti Raj (1MS18TE055), Gaana H (1MS18TE019),Vanshika Gupta (1MS18TE056) under Mrs. Akshata S Kori.
2. A Planar Microstrip Antenna Design for UHF RFID, Rohini S(1MS16TE039),Chethan D G(1MS18TE402), Pavan v (1MS18TE406), Sharana basappa(1MS15TE049) under the guidance of Mrs. Akshata S Kori.
3. Design and Fabrication of a Koch Snowflake Antenna for WBAN Application, Ishika Vaish (1MS17TE017),Amogh Dwaithi (1MS17TE068),Rohith M R (1MS17TE042) under the guidance of Dr.Swetha Amit.

CARFS Colloquium

Technical talk on “Concepts of MMIC Design & Technology” by Mr. Anbarasan.V, Senior Engineer in MMIC Department of Product Development and Innovation Center (PDIC) , BEL, Bangalore & Mr. K Satish Kumar, Senior Engineer in MMIC Department of PDIC, BEL, Bangalore.

Technical talk on “IOT & Telematics enabling Electric Vehicle for a smarter and sustainable mobility”, by Mr. Karan Makhija, CEO and Founder, Intellicar Telematics Pvt. Ltd

University collaborations

Dr.Prasad Shastry, Professor, Bradley University, Illinois, U.S.A, is visiting our center during his sabbatical leave from February 2022 to July 2022 and mentoring members of CARFS with his expertise in Microwave Engineering.

• Interactive tutorials on RF circuit and system design
• Guidance for Ph.D students working in Antennas and RF circuits domains
• Writing Proposals for funding agencies in the field of Wearable antenna for Biomedical applications, Frequency selective surfaces for 5G applications
• Support to carry out various activities like webinars, training on innovation for UG and PG projects