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Bankura scientist patents world’s smallest antenna

Professor Pal, a student of Bankura zilla school graduated in electronics and communication engineering from Regional Engineering College, Warangal.

Bankura scientist patents world’s smallest antenna

Good bye Bluetooth-the most common short-range wireless data exchange technology as it’s now set to face the threat of extinction unleashed by a scientist from Bankura with his newer micro device that’s set to serve the digital gadgets soon.

The scientist from Bankura has been offered the patent for a ‘revolutionary’ wireless antenna that can help data transfer 100 times faster than Bluetooth. Super compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna, – the micro device is developed by professor Srikanta Pal, hailing from Kenduadihi locality within the Bankura town area and in last 26 October he’s offered the patent right by Centre’s Patent Office, for which professor Pal had applied in July, 2013.

Professor Pal said, “This is the world’s smallest antenna sized 14mm X 11mm with about a 10:1 bandwidth. It has almost a constant impedance bandwidth, gain and omni-directional radiation pattern.”

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The UWB antenna, according to professor Pal, is 100 times faster than Bluetooth and has a commanding range of 100 metres.

“It ultra-wide spectrum operates in the frequency range of 1.8 Gigahertz to 18 Gigahertz translating to a bandwidth of 16.2 Gigahertz.”

The Federal Communication Commission International (FCCI) New York already has determined the usage of the micro device’s bandwidth.

He added, “It’s up to the FCCI to decide the application of this range of bandwidth.”

Professor Pal’s gadget is designed to short-range Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) and would become an utility device for the schools, colleges, universities and the research laboratories including the industrial complexes helping them to get rid of wires and cables. His invention is expected to revolutionise the wired Local Area Networks (LAN).

Professor Pal, a student of Bankura zilla school graduated in electronics and communication engineering from Regional Engineering College, Warangal. After his post-graduation from Jadavpur University, he left for Oxford.

On return, he joined as lecturer with the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and Delhi. Currently, he’s engaged as a professor at the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra in Jharkhand. Professor Pal started working on this project in 2012 with a PhD scholar Mrinmoy Chakraborty at the Mesra Institute laboratory.

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