Thennarasan Sabapathy
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Thennarasan Sabapathy
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Thennarasan, Sabapathy
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Sabapathy, Thennarasan
Sabapathy, Thenna
Sabapathy, T.
Sapabathy, T.
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  • Publication
    Reconfigurable pattern patch antenna for mid-band 5G: A review
    ( 2022-01-01)
    Isa S.R.
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Nebhen J.
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    Kamarudin M.R.
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    Mohamed Nasrun Osman
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    Abbasi Q.H.
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin
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    Soh Ping Jack
    New requirements in communication technologies make it imperative to rehash conventional features such as reconfigurable antennas to adapt with the future adaptability advancements. This paper presents a comprehensive review of reconfigurable antennas, specifically in terms of radiation patterns for adaptation in the upcoming Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio frequency bands. They represent the key of antenna technology for materializing a high rate transmission, increased spectral and energy efficiency, reduced interference, and improved the beam steering and beam shaping, thereby land a great promise for planar antennas to boost the mid-band 5G. This review begins with an overview of the underlying principals in reconfiguring radiation patterns, followed by the presentations of the implemented innovative antenna topologies to suit particular advanced features. The various adaptation techniques of radiation pattern reconfigurable planar antennas and the understanding of its antenna design approaches has been investigated for its radiation pattern enhancement. A variety of design configurations have also been critically studied for their compatibilities to be operated in the mid-band communication systems. The review provides new insights on pattern reconfigurable antenna where such antennas are categorized as beam steering antenna and beam shaping antennas where the operation modes and purposes are clearly investigated. The review also revealed that for mid-band 5G communication, the commonly used electronic switching such as PIN diodes have sufficient isolation loss to provide the required beam performance.
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    A multilayered acoustic signal generator for low power energy harvesting
    ( 2017-10-10)
    Awal M.R.
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Mohamed Nasrun Osman
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    Mohd Ilman Jais
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    Kamarudin M.R.
    This paper presents the design and analysis of a multilayer cantilever to harvest vibration energy by generating acoustic signal. To do so, a five layer configuration is used to design the cantilever. Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT-8), Stainless Steel 405 Annealed, Aluminum and Zinc Oxide are used to develop the layers. Water is used as the medium to analyze the sound propagation pattern. Sound Pressure Level, displacements and electric potential of the cantilever are analyzed along with other parameters. From the results, it is evident that, the proposed cantilever can propagate sound within a range of 78.7 dB to 73.4 dB in a 50 mm spherical distance.
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    Decagonal c-shaped csrr textile-based metamaterial for microwave applications
    ( 2022-01-01)
    Hossain K.
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Soh Ping Jack
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    Al-Bawri S.S.
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    Osman M.N.
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Torrungrueng D.
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    Akkaraekthalin P.
    This paper introduces a decagonal C-shaped complementary splitring resonator (CSRR) textile-based metamaterial (MTM). The overall size of the proposed sub-wavelength MTM unit cell is 0.28λ0 ×0.255λ0 at 3 GHz. Its stopband behaviour was first studied prior analysing the negative index properties of the proposed MTM. It is worth noting that in this work a unique way the experiments were completed. For both simulations andmeasurements, the proposed MTM exhibited negative-permittivity and negative-refractive index characteristics with an average bandwidth of more than 3 GHz (considering 1.7 to 8.2 GHz as the measurements were carried out within this range). In simulations, the MTM exhibited negative-permittivity properties within the range of 1.7 to 7.52 GHz and 7.96 to 8.2 GHz; and negative-refractive index from 1.7 to 2.23 GHz and 2.33 to 5.09 GHz and 5.63 to 7.45 GHz. When measured from 1.7 to 8.2 GHz, negative-permittivity and negative-refractive index characteristics are exhibited throughout an average bandwidth of more than 3 GHz. Similarly, the transmission coefficient attained in simulations and measurements indicated about 3 GHz of bandwidth, from 1.7 to 3.88 GHz and from 6.68 to 7.4 GHz. The satisfactory agreement between simulations and experiments indicates the potential of the proposed MTM for microwave applications.
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    Multi-stage feature selection (MSFS) algorithm for UWB-based early breast cancer size prediction
    ( 2020-08-01)
    Vijayasarveswari V.
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    Allan Melvin Andrew
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Rafikha Aliana A Raof
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    Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin
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    R Badlishah Ahmad
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    Khatun S.
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
    Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and it is one of the main causes of death for women worldwide. To attain an optimum medical treatment for breast cancer, an early breast cancer detection is crucial. This paper proposes a multistage feature selection method that extracts statistically significant features for breast cancer size detection using proposed data normalization techniques. Ultra-wideband (UWB) signals, controlled using microcontroller are transmitted via an antenna from one end of the breast phantom and are received on the other end. These ultra-wideband analogue signals are represented in both time and frequency domain. The preprocessed digital data is passed to the proposed multistage feature selection algorithm. This algorithm has four selection stages. It comprises of data normalization methods, feature extraction, data dimensional reduction and feature fusion. The output data is fused together to form the proposed datasets, namely, 8-HybridFeature, 9-HybridFeature and 10-HybridFeature datasets. The classification performance of these datasets is tested using the Support Vector Machine, Probabilistic Neural Network and Naïve Bayes classifiers for breast cancer size classification. The research findings indicate that the 8-HybridFeature dataset performs better in comparison to the other two datasets. For the 8-HybridFeature dataset, the Naïve Bayes classifier (91.98%) outperformed the Support Vector Machine (90.44%) and Probabilistic Neural Network (80.05%) classifiers in terms of classification accuracy. The finalized method is tested and visualized in the MATLAB based 2D and 3D environment.
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    Bending Assessment of Dual-band Split Ring-shaped and Bar Slotted All-Textile Antenna for Off-body WBAN/WLAN and 5G Applications
    ( 2020-09-28)
    Mashaghba H.A.
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Soh Ping Jack
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    Abdulmalek M.
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    Ismahayati Adam
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin
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    Khairul Najmy Abdul Rani
    This paper presents a dual-band split ring-shaped and bar slotted textile antenna for potential WBAN/WLAN and 5G applications. The antenna is made using textiles and features a full ground plane to possibly alleviate coupling to the human body. The overall size of the antenna is 70 x 70 mm2, with a patch sized at 47.2 x 31 mm2 0.472 \lambda \times 0.031 \lambda. The antenna is made using ShieldIt Super as its conductive textile and felt as its substrate. To enable its dual-band resonance at 2.45 and 3.5 GHz a split ring-shaped and bar slots are integrated onto the patch. The proposed antenna is evaluated when bent under different radii and at different axes to estimate its performance in terms of reflection coefficient, bandwidth, efficiency and gain. A 10-dB impedance bandwidth of 57 % or 135 MHz (from 2.39 to 2.52 GHz) and 70 % or 240 MHz (from 3.45 to 3.56 GHz) are obtained when evaluated in the planar /bent configuration. The maximum realized gain is 6 dBi for at 3.5 GHz. These performances indicate that the antenna proposed in this work can be potentially improved for applications in WBAN/WLAN and 5G bands.
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    Analysis reconfigurable frequency textile antenna in bending condition
    ( 2017-01-01)
    Shakhirul Mat Salleh
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Abdul Hafiizh Ismail
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Kamarudin M.R.
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Herwansyah Lago
    In this paper, the analysis of reconfigurable frequency textile antenna in bending conditions is presented. The antenna consists of a truncated rectangular patch and slotted ground plane made by ShieldIt Super. Felt fabric is used as an antenna substrate. The proposed antenna is capable to reconfigure at seven different states frequencies by using three PIN diodes. The Circular Polarization (CP) is achieved at the GPS operating frequency. Meanwhile, the proposed antenna operates as a Linear Polarization (LP) at high operating frequencies. The performances of antenna in bending conditions is analyze since the textile antenna usually attached on the body will easily bend due to the human body structures. Details of the simulation results for antenna in bending condition are discussed.
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    A novel unsupervised spectral clustering for pure-tone audiograms towards hearing aid filter bank design and initial configurations
    ( 2022-01-01)
    Elkhouly A.
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    Allan Melvin Andrew
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Abdulaziz N.
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    Abdulmalek M.
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    Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Siddique S.
    The current practice of adjusting hearing aids (HA) is tiring and time-consuming for both patients and audiologists. Of hearing-impaired people, 40–50% are not satisfied with their HAs. In addition, good designs of HAs are often avoided since the process of fitting them is exhausting. To improve the fitting process, a machine learning (ML) unsupervised approach is proposed to cluster the pure-tone audiograms (PTA). This work applies the spectral clustering (SP) approach to group audiograms according to their similarity in shape. Different SP approaches are tested for best results and these approaches were evaluated by Silhouette, Calinski-Harabasz, and Davies-Bouldin criteria values. Kutools for Excel add-in is used to generate audiograms’ population, annotated using the results from SP, and different criteria values are used to evaluate population clusters. Finally, these clusters are mapped to a standard set of audiograms used in HA characterization. The results indicated that grouping the data in 8 groups or 10 results in ones with high evaluation criteria. The evaluation for population audiograms clusters shows good performance, as it resulted in a Silhouette coefficient >0.5. This work introduces a new concept to classify audiograms using an ML algorithm according to the audiograms’ similarity in shape.
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    Flexible Co-Planar Waveguide (CPW)-Fed Y-Shaped Patch UWB Antenna for Off-Body Communication
    ( 2020-03-18)
    Kassim S.
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Soh Ping Jack
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    Abdulmalek M.
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Jamaluddin M.H.
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    Sabli N.S.
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    Yassin M.N.
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Wee Fwen Hoon
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    Mohamed Nasrun Osman
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    Ismail N.
    This paper intends to design an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) antenna for future Internet of Things (IoT) applications for off-body Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN) communication. An antenna based on the Y-shaped patch fed using co-planar waveguide (CPW) line, with a full ground plane is designed. It is implemented on two different substrates, namely a 5mm thick Rogers RO4350B and a 5-mm-thick felt textile. Parametric analysis of antenna is performed by changing its critical dimensions and monitoring parameters such as gain, bandwidth, efficiency, radiation pattern when using both substrates. Besides that, the bending effects towards reflection coefficient and radiation patterns are also studied. The final patch size with the Y-shaped slot is 36 × 40 mm2 for both substrates. The antenna is capable of providing coverage for the bands from 8 to 10 GHz. Finally, the antenna designed on RO4350B substrate outperforms the antenna designed on felt by about four times in terms of bandwidth, with 3.3 GHz (7.7-11 GHz).
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    A Frequency-Reconfigurable Microstrip Antenna with Constant Dipole-Like Radiation Patterns Using Single Bias, Triple Varactor Tuning with Reduced Complexity
    ( 2022-03-01)
    Hossain K.
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Soh Ping Jack
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    R Badlishah Ahmad
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    Jais M.I.
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    Mohamed Nasrun Osman
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    Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Saluja N.
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    Abbasi Q.H.
    This work proposes a novel frequency-reconfigurable circular patch antenna incorporated with a rectangular slot and a narrow slot capable of producing constant dipole-like radiation patterns. The antenna compactness is achieved with the integration of the rectangular slot defected ground structure (DGS) on the ground. The proposed antenna is able to perform continuous frequency tuning between 1.91 and 2.77 GHz with a frequency ratio of 1.5:1, in addition to stable dipole-like radiation patterns. The resonant frequency of the antenna is controlled by tuning a simple DC biasing network that consists of three RF varactor diodes located on the narrow slot DGS. Implementing the DC biasing network at the narrow slot DGS while maintaining the large slot DGS helps the antenna miniaturization and maintains the constant dipole-like radiation pattern over all frequency tuning range. The results are validated via simulations and experimental validations in terms of reflection coefficients and the radiation patterns. Measurements indicated that an impedance bandwidth of 85 MHz is featured for each tuned frequency band, with dipole-like patterns and an average gain of 1.57 dBi.
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    1×4 Patch Array All-Textile Antenna for WLAN Applications
    ( 2020-09-28)
    Mashaghba H.A.
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    Hasliza A Rahim @ Samsuddin
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    Ping Jack Soh
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    Abdulmalek Mohamedfareq
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    Ismahayati Adam
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    Muzammil Jusoh
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    Mohd Najib Mohd Yasin
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    Thennarasan Sabapathy
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    Khairul Najmy Abdul Rani
    This paper proposes the design of 1×4 patch array all-Textile antenna for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) applications. The wearable antenna needs to have low profile and lightweight since such antenna is intended to operate in the vicinity of the human body. The key parameters are studied to determine their effects towards the performance of the antenna. The proposed design uses ShieldIt as the top radiator and ground plane, while fabric Felt is used as a substrate, sandwiched between the top radiator and ground plane.The obtained results show that there is improvement in the proposed array antenna in terms of gain enhancement and impedance bandwidth, maximum up to 143.6% and 19.08%, respectively, against single patch structure.
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