i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering (JELE)


Volume 10 Issue 4 June - August 2020

Research Paper

Design and Development of High Power EDFA in C-Band

Koushik Basak* , R. K. Bahl **
*-** Optical Communication Division, Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organization, Gujarat, India.
Basak, K., and Bahl, R. K. (2020). Design and Development of High Power EDFA in C-Band. i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 10(4), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.10.4.17952

Abstract

In this paper, we have discussed the design of high power optical amplifier incorporating physical parameters like doping diameter, doping density and comparison of simulated result with measured one. The seed input to amplifier is considered less than -10 dBm and targeted amplified output is better than 34 dBm. For the development of high power optical amplifier, first stage is designed to provide high gain, low noise figure (NF) and stable output power. Highly Erbium (Er) doped fiber is used for this study. Simulated results closely validate the measured result while Excited State Absorption (ESA) and ion interactions are taken into account. Based on this development, further stages of high power Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) is being developed.

Research Paper

MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Smartphone Application

R. Dhananjeyan* , Prashanth R. **, Rajnaninan T. ***, Pournami Kenoth ****
*-**** Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dhananjeyan, R., Prashanth, R., Rajnaninan, T., and Kenoth, P. (2020). MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Smartphone Application. i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 10(4), 9-16. https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.10.4.18163

Abstract

In this paper, the original open-slot antenna is presented as antenna array elements which yields high isolation between adjacent input ports for future 5G smartphones. Eight novel antenna array elements are designed for the multi-input multioutput (MIMO) array operating in the 3.5 GHz band (3.3–3.7 GHz). Preferable polarization diversity is effectuated by prudently positioning those elements which further reduces the coupling between antenna elements. Good impedance matching (return loss > 10 dB), high isolation (>17.5 dB), high total efficiency (>60%), and low envelope correlation coefficient (ECC, <0.05) were measured across the desired operation bandwidth. Typical results such as S-parameters, radiation efficiency, antenna gain, radiation pattern, and ECCs are to be measured, and they can meet the requirements of MIMO systems. Therefore, the proposed multi-antenna module is promising for future multi-mode smartphone application.

Research Paper

A Harmonic Optimization Approach of 500 KVA HOG Converter

Sayan Paramanik* , Krishna Sarker **
* Department of Customer Support-Railway Engineering, Autometers Alliance Limited, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
** Department of Electrical Engineering, Budge Budge Institute of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Paramanik, S., and Sarker, K. (2020). A Harmonic Optimization Approach of 500 KVA HOG Converter. i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 10(4), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.10.4.18050

Abstract

Nowadays it is more important to design energy resourceful and economical railway system by decreasing the power losses and consumption of fuel which is slightly implemented using 500 kVA HOG (Head On Generation) converter which can take input electrical energy from 25 kV overhead wire via loco transformer. This paper explains the BBO (Biogeography Based Optimization) approach for 500 kVA HOG converter connected to locomotives. The optimization of specific lower order harmonics is carried out using harmonics of the same order and magnitude but opposite in phase. The selective switching angles for 180 and 120 are calculated offline using the BBO soft computing technique and stored in the microcontroller memory for execution. Simulation and analytical formulation data agree well. The THD (Total harmonic distortion) in output is found within the specified limit.

Research Paper

Certain Investigation of Multi Band Flexible Patch Antenna for Bio-Medical Applications

V. Rajinikanth*
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Adhi College of Engineering and Technology, Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu, India.
Rajinikanth, V. (2020). Certain Investigation of Multi Band Flexible Patch Antenna for Bio-Medical Applications. i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 10(4), 25-30. https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.10.4.18199

Abstract

Flexible antennas are simple mechanisms used for the medical applications. Bendable wearable patch antennas, when combined into a biomedical garment are subjected to bending, affecting variation in the resonance frequency when compared with the normal antenna. Bending conditions have been different statistically with different humans. As a result, anticipating variations due to bending is equally important. The system offers one-of-a-kind prototypes that allow for predictable and numerical deviations in the resonance frequency of cut ring-shaped wearable patch antennas. They consist of a systematic model for cut ring patch antennas, expressing resonance frequency as a function of the bending radius, and a novel technique based on polynomial disorder, that measures statistically the variations of the resonance frequency under randomly varying bending conditions. The presented models have been experimentally and numerically validated using simulations, and the minor limitations, such as reflection coefficient boundary, VSWR, E-field, and H-Field of various situations, have been addressed. The reconstructed results show that the evaluation of the unique shape and bending antenna has been successful.

Review Paper

A Survey on Fault Finding Soft Computing Techniques in Antenna Array

Sunita Rani* , Jagtar Singh **
*-** Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Yadavindra College of Engineering, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab, India.
Rani, S., and Singh, J. (2020). A Survey on Fault Finding Soft Computing Techniques in Antenna Array. i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 10(4), 31-36. https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.10.4.18125

Abstract

Antenna arrays consist of more than one patch element and are used in various wireless applications. If a single patch element is defective then degraded radiation pattern is obtained which affect the performance of an antenna array. So it has become a critical issue to detect faulty patch in antenna array. In this paper, ANN and FFT based approach has been used to detect number and position of defective patch in designed arrays. Several optimization methods have been applied to detect partial and complete fault in linear and planar antenna arrays. These techniques include Firefly Algorithm (FA), Bat Algorithm, Bacteria Foraging Optimization (BFO) and Cuckoo Search Algorithm (CSA). A cost function has been developed for error between faulty power patterns and estimated one. Minimum value of this cost function will detect the location of defective patch in array. A virtual instrument based model had also been developed for fault analysis in a fractal array.