Design And Development Of Substrate Integrated Waveguide Horn Antennas

Abstract

I would like to begin by thanking Dr. Dhaval Pujara, my thesis advisor. Prof. Pujara has been a wonderful advisor, providing me with support and encouragement. I thank him for his esteem guidance which is the key factor to complete this thesis. I would like to express my gratitude and sincere thanks to Dr. D. K. Kothari, Head of Electronics and Communication Engineering department and Dr. Y. N. Trivedi, M.Tech. Communication Engineering programme coordinator for allowing me to undertake this thesis work and for his guidelines during the review process. I would like to thanks Dr. Alka Mahajan, Director, Institute of Technology, Nirma University for her encouragement during project work. I am thankful to Mr. Jay Gupta, Ph.D. Scholar for his guidance, encouragement, understanding and insightful support in the development process. I am thankful to Mr. Prasann Shukla, Lab Assistant for his support. I would like to thank my colleagues for their support throughout the semester. Last, but not least, I would like to thank God for making me capable of doing everything. I have no words to acknowledge my family members. Without their support, it is next to impossible for me to work so hard.