Advances in Microwave Engineering

Ankan Bhattacharya earned BTech and MTech degrees in Electronics and Communication Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India. He completed his PhD at the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. He is the author of several research papers which have been published in many reputed journals and conferences at the national and international levels. Dr. Bhattacharya is a life member of the Forum of Scientists, Engineers & Technologists (FOSET), a member of the Institution of Engineers India (IEI), and a member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). His areas of research are antenna engineering, computational electromagnetics, electronic circuits and systems, signal processing, microwave devices, and wireless communication technologies. He is also an editor or reviewer of many national and international journals of repute. He has organized and participated in many national and international conferences, seminars, workshops and webinars. Dr. Bhattacharya has been active in delivering invited talks and has also been a part of many national and international conferences in the capacity of coordinator, session chair, technical committee member, etc. Dr. Bhattacharya has been appointed as a guest editor of SN Applied Sciences, a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal of Springer Nature (indexed in Scopus). He has also been inducted into the editorial board of the Circuits and Systems journal from Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP). Dr. Bhattacharya has been appointed as an associate editor of the Journal of Information Processing Systems (JIPS), an official international journal of the Korea Information Processing Society (indexed in Scopus and ESCI). Presently he is associated with Hooghly Engineering & Technology College (HETC), Hooghly, India as an Associate Professor and Head of the Electronics and Communications Engineering Department.Bappadittya Roy earned his PhD degree in electronics and communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. He is presently associated with the Vellore Institute of Technology-AP University, Amaravati, India, as an associate professor of the School of Electronics Engineering. He is a senior member of IEEE and SLATE 2023 member from IEEE Hyderabad Section. His research areas are Millimeter Wave, Fractal Antennas, MIMO, Compact antenna for Mobile Communication and Biomedical applications. He has several indexed publications including articles in reputed journals, conferences, book chapters and books. Also, be involved in a few reputed international conferences and seminars as an organizing committee member. He has shared his experience as a Guest Editor of UGC CARE Journal, Publicity chair for IECC 2023, Osaka Japan, and Conference Chair of a series of IEEE International Conferences AISP22, AISP 23. Dr. Roy has been active in delivering invited talks and has also been a part of many national and international conferences in the capacity of coordinator, session chair, technical committee member, etc. He has received many national and international travel grants from Govt. of India and has traveled abroad for seminars, conferences, and workshops. Dr. Roy received Best Research Publication (E&T), Publication Award and Raman Research awards from VIT-AP University in 2020,2021 and 2022. Dr. Roy always welcomes researchers and faculties to work in collaboration in the fields of Wireless communication and Antenna Technology.Arnab De earned his BTech and MTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology, West Bengal, India, in 2012 and 2014, respectively. He completed his PhD in Electronics and Communication Engineering in November 2021 from the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, and is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a life member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG), a life member of Forum of Scientists, Engineers and Technologists (FOSET), and an associate member of Institution of Engineers, India (IEI). He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Advanced Computer Science Engineering under School of Computing and Informatics at Vignan's Foundation of Science, Technology and Research, Vadlamudi, Andhra Pradesh, India since March, 2023. He has also travelled abroad for international conferences and seminars. He is an active reviewer of many journals and conferences of high repute. He has participated in numerous National/International Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and Webinars. He has also organized various Workshops and Seminars. He has also been an active member as well as Technical Committee Member of various workshops and conferences. His current research areas include compact Microstrip slotted antennas, Reconfigurable antennas, Defected Ground structures (DGS), Array Antenna, UWB and SWB communication, 5G, MIMO etc. To his credit, he has many reputed journals and conference publications in the fields of antenna engineering and wireless communications.Ujjal Chakraborty is affiliated with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar. He is currently providing services as an assistant professor. He has authored and co-authored multiple peer reviewed scientific papers and presented works at many national and international conferences. His contributions have garnered recognition from honorable subject experts around the world. He is actively associated with different societies and academies. His academic career is decorated with several reputed awards and funding. His research interests include compact multiband antennas, phased array antennas, body-wearable conformal antennas, and reconfigurable antennas.Anup Kumar Bhattacharjee earned his BE degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from B.E. College, Shibpur (presently the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur), Howrah, India, in 1983. He earned his ME and PhD degrees from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in 1985 and 1989, respectively. Presently he is associated with the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India, as a senior professor with the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department. His research areas are electronic devices and circuits, microwave devices, microstrip antennas, embedded systems, VLSI systems, mobile communications, satellite communications, etc. He has successfully supervised or co-supervised 25 PhD students and has published over 150 articles in national and international journals, books, and conferences.

• Chapter 1Microstrip Antennas: Theory, Principle and Review of LiteratureAnkan BhattacharyaChapter 2The role of Microstrip Antennas in Microwave Engineering and ResearchB. Mazumdar, A. DeChapter 3Recent Developments of Low-Cost Manufacturing Antenna and its ChallengesS. Kannadhasan R. Nagarajan C Jisha Chandra G. SrividhyaChapter 4Design and performance analysis of a miniaturized UWB monopole antenna with embedded octagonal slot and DGS for various wireless applicationsAparna Panja, Arnab De, Koyndrik Bhattacharjee, Partha Pratim Sarkar and Anup Kumar BhattacharjeeChapter 5A Printed Array of Nature-inspired based Antennas for IoT and future 5G ApplicationsKalyan Sundar Kola, Anirban ChatterjeeChapter 6Optimization Algorithms for Reconfigurable Antenna Design: A ReviewK. Karthika,K. Anusha ,K. Kavitha ,D. Mohana GeethaChapter 7Review on Wearable Antennas for IOT, Healthcare and High-End ApplicationsVaibhav Saini ,Praful Ranjan, Ayushi JainChapter 8A Review on Design Challenges Of Metamaterial Inspired Body Worn AntennasMoumita Bose ,Aparna Kundu,Abhishek Sarkhel,Ujjal ChakrabortyChapter 9An efficient wearable antenna deploying different geometry for wireless capsule endoscopyVanitha Rani Rentapalli, Bappadittya RoyChapter 10Wearable MIMO Antenna with High Port Isolation for e-Health Monitoring ApplicationsAshim Kumar ,Biswas Koushik Roy, Vicky Kumar ,Biswarup Neogi ,Ujjal ChakrabortyChapter 11Development of Two Port MIMO Antenna for Sub 6- GHz application in Handheld Devices.Kranti D. Patil, D.M.YadavChapter 12Harmonic Suppression Triple Band U - Slot Antenna for GPS/WLAN/5G ApplicationsJ. Rajeshwar Goud ,N. V. Koteswara Rao ,Mallikarjuna PrasadChapter 13Mutual Coupling Reduction in a Patch Antenna Array using Microstrip Resonator for Wireless Communication System ApplicationsSantimoy Mandal, Chandan Kumar GhoshChapter 14Filter Synthesis based Compact dual-band filtenna for C band applicationsPravesh Pal, Rashmi Sinha ,Ranjeet Kumar ,Praveen Kumar,Santosh Kumar MahtoChapter 15Reviews on electromagnetic Interference/CompatibilitiesHimadri Sekhar Das, Santanu Mishra, Gourisankar RoyMahapatra, Takashiro AkitsuChapter 16Application of Frequency selective surface in modern medical fieldM. Shobana and S.RaghavanChapter 17Scattering Matrices and their Applications in Microwave EngineeringShipra Bhatia Manoj SarkarChapter 18A Feasibility Study for Biomedical Applications via Microwave ImagingSweety JainChapter 19Review of Current Advancements in Microwave UWB (Ultra-Wideband) FilterPartha Protim Kalita, Akash Buragohain ,Yatish Beria,Gouree Shankar DasChapter 20Design of Broadband Planar Couplers using Existing Filter Design ApproachPratik Mondal, Anumoy Ghosh, Tapan MandalChapter 21Sensing of Trapped Survivors using IR-UWB RadarA. Sarkar and D. GhoshChapter 22Employment of Antennas in Biomedical Applications: A ReviewKrishanu Kundu Narendra Nath Pathak