A novel compact multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system operating from 5 to 7.3 GHz is proposed for wireless applications. It comprises of two similar antennas with microstrip feeding and radiating patches developed on a reduced ground plane. The developed antenna system resonates at a dual-band of 5.4 and 6.8 GHz frequencies, giving an impedance bandwidth of 38% (based on S11 < −10 dB). The unique structure of the proposed MIMO system gives a reduced mutual coupling of −27 dB at 5.4 GHz resonant frequency and −19 dB at 6.8 GHz resonant frequency and in the entire operating band the coupling is maintained well below −16 dB. The envelope correlation coefficient of the proposed MIMO system is calculated and is found to be less than 0.05 in the operating band. The measured and simulation results are found in good agreement.

This paper proposes a solution to the sampled-data regulation problem for feedback linearizable n-link robotic manipulators. The prime focus is on the development and stability analysis of the proposed control scheme in the presence of model uncertainties and external disturbances. A major constraint is the availability of sampled measurements of output signal. This leads to designing an impulsive observer for feedback linearization. The discrete-time control input is mapped into its continuous-time counterpart using a realizable reconstruction filter (RRF). The underlying control scheme relies on the sampled-data regulator theory based on the discrete-time equivalence of the plant and RRF modeled as impulsive system. This method leads to controller/observer design in discrete time. The working of the entire scheme is dependent on the stability of impulsive observer; hence a Lyapunov-based stability analysis is also included to ensure the stability of a closed-loop system. The working of the proposed scheme along with a comparison with conventional solution is presented, when applied to the control of a 3-degree-of-freedom PUMA 560 robot.