{"title":"3D Reconfigurable Frequency Selective Surface antenna for beam-switching applications","authors":"M. Bouslama, R. Herzi, A. Gharsallah, T. Denidni","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497161","url":null,"abstract":"A new conception for a reconfigurable antenna based on an active Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) is presented. The antenna system consists of a 3D cylindrical and a dipole antenna. This design can be achieved reconfigurable beams along the entire azimuth plane. The FSS unit-cell is designed in order to control the transmission characteristics of EM waves by controlling switching devices. Thus, to explain the design concept, the reflection and transmission coefficients of the 3D FSS are provided. Reconfigurable feature of the antenna is studied and demonstrated at 1.8 GHz. This smart antenna can be for wireless communication applications.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115206498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Israel David Hinostroza Sáenz, T. Letertre, Valentin Mazières
{"title":"UAV detection with K band embedded FMCW radar","authors":"Israel David Hinostroza Sáenz, T. Letertre, Valentin Mazières","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497143","url":null,"abstract":"Electromagnetic simulations of a propeller, motor and arm of a commercially available UAV are presented. The goal was to identify the incidence angles of the wave where there is a strong variation of the radar cross section of the structure due to the position of the propeller, which will help in the Doppler analysis. Additionally measurements of the UAV were performed using a commercially available 24-GHz FMCW radar. Two scenarios were considered: hovering and vertical movement. In both cases the Doppler signature is characteristic.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117224415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Lenzi, M. Pasian, M. Bozzi, L. Perregrini, S. Caorsi
{"title":"MM-Waves Modulated Gaussian Pulse Radar Breast Cancer Imaging Approach Based on Artificial Neural Network: Preliminary Assessment Study","authors":"C. Lenzi, M. Pasian, M. Bozzi, L. Perregrini, S. Caorsi","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497140","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides a preliminary assessment study of a new millimeter (mm)-waves modulated Gaussian pulse (MGP) radar imaging technique based on the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for breast cancer detection. Most of the proposed UWB radar imaging techniques tend to work using pulse at central frequency of few gigahertz, where this translates in a suboptimal imaging resolution. In order to improve the resolution, a mm-waves MGP centered at 30 GHz is here assessed. The measured radar signals are then processed using an ANN. The use of ANNs provides the advantage to obtain results with very low computational burden and in quasi-real-time.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"100 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120893484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of Ink-Printed RFID Tags for Electronic Article Surveillance Systems","authors":"B. Li, Xiaoyou Lin, Xue Jun Li, A. Aneja","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497077","url":null,"abstract":"Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tag plays an important role in securing products and managing inventory in the new era of global trade. The current cost of the conventional fabrication method of EAS tags forms the bottleneck that prevents pervasive item-level security. However, emerging inkprinted electronics suggests a promising method to reduce the cost of an EAS tag. This paper aims to determine the dominant factors that affect the performance of conductive ink printed EAS tags operating at 8.2 MHz. First, an EAS tag is designed using High Frequency Structural Simulator (HFSS), which includes a square spiral inductor and a capacitor. We evaluate the performance of the tag in terms of resonant frequency and the quality factor (Q), while considering different values for length of spiral inductor coil and ink thickness. Simulation results reveal that the tag with λ/50 as the length of spiral inductor coil offers the highest Q factor.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124566804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Campo, M. Stefer, L. Bernard, S. Hengy, H. Boeglen, J. M. Paillot
{"title":"Antenna Weighting System for a Uniform Linear Array based on Software Defined Radio","authors":"C. Campo, M. Stefer, L. Bernard, S. Hengy, H. Boeglen, J. M. Paillot","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497138","url":null,"abstract":"Beamforming is usually performed on antenna arrays by using micro-wave components to weight the radiating elements. The following work intends to develop a system able to perform beamforming and null-steering based on Software Defined Radio (SDR). The presented system can work over a wide frequency range by changing the program parameters without replacing the RF components as it would be necessary in conventional case. The needed programs have been implemented using GNU Radio and performance measurements have been performed using a four element Uniform Linear Array (ULA) that was previously characterized at ISL.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123026476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Sorocki, I. Piekarz, S. Gruszczynski, K. Wincza
{"title":"Low-Loss Wideband Bandpass Filters Using Semi-Distributed Unit Cells","authors":"J. Sorocki, I. Piekarz, S. Gruszczynski, K. Wincza","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497160","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a realization of low-loss wideband bandpass filters utilizing a periodic structure approach is presented. The recently developed novel semi-distributed composite right-left handed unit cell is considered and adopted for the design of the proposed filters. It is shown that an appropriate balancing of the structure, i.e. selection of circuit parameters allows for achieving very broad passband. Moreover, a suspended microstrip technique is utilized to reduce total insertion loss of the circuit. The presented approach has been confirmed by realization of an exemplary low-loss wideband bandpass filter. Measured operation band is within 1.0 – 9.4 GHz with total loss ranging between 0.75 to 2 dB. The obtained results proved the applicability of the presented approach.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134293477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna Design for for 5G mobile communication systems","authors":"Khalil Laafif, M. Bouslama, A. Gharsallah","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497067","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a reconfigurable radiation pattern antenna presented to use for point-to-point communication base station systems. The technique is based on a fabry perot cavity with two surfaces; a partially reflective surface and a periodic Frequency selective surfaces are combined to create a switching behavior of the antenna design. The results are validated for the 5.6GHz frequency that can be in for 5G wireless communications technology.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115327471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Studies of the behavior of the permittivity in microwave region of solid materials according to the temperature variation","authors":"T. Letertre, P. Pouliguen, P. Sabouroux","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497145","url":null,"abstract":"The precise knowledge of the permittivity is essential now. Besides, relationship with temperature become inescapable following the target applications of the radiofrequencies systems and hyper frequency, like biomedical applications, aeronautics… To know the dependence on temperature of the permittivity we propose a setup based on a coaxial line system upgraded with a heating component. In this study, we are presenting some results on solids materials. We explain the limits of our measurement setup and how we can solve them.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"230 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126123794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hexa-Band CPW Bow-Tie Aperture Antenna and its Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) applications","authors":"Waleed Obaid, A. Hamid","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497070","url":null,"abstract":"A hexa-band Bowtie Antenna for Wi-Fi applications and others is proposed. The antenna operates at six frequency bands: 2.4, 4.5, 6.1, 8.5, 10 and 12.6 GHz. The antenna is loaded with six metallic strips in order to obtain five frequency bands and loaded with interconnected parasitic rectangular components located near to the edge of the right side of the antenna to obtain the sixth frequency, i.e. Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz. The metallic strips to the left and right of the feed line are fixed in height while the width changes by the same amount. The presented HFSS simulations will show that the loaded antenna can operate at six frequency bands including the Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz by obtaining the return loss results, radiation patterns and other antenna parameters.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117029793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New Wideband T-Shaped Perforated Dielectric Resonator Antenna","authors":"Pragati Patel, M. Erramshetty","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497150","url":null,"abstract":"New wideband T-shaped perforated dielectric resonator antenna is proposed. First, a rectangular DRA of dimensions 31 mm × 31 mm × 15.5 mm is designed with the dielectric constant of 10.2 at 2.4 GHz for fundamental TE111 mode. It is excited using offset co-axial probe feeding. Second, symmetrical array of square shaped holes of order 5 × 5 with the dimensions of 4 mm × 4 mm × 15.5 mm are drilled along z-axis with the periodicity (distance between two consecutive holes) of 6 mm. The perforated geometry reduces the effective dielectric constant and thus bandwidth improves. Next, two symmetrical slots of size 7.5 mm × 31 mm × 7.5 mm are cut from the perforated geometry. The resonant modes in the proposed geometry at 3.17 GHz and 4.1 GHz, resembles TE111 and TE131 like mode respectively. These modes are responsible for broadside radiation characteristics. The impedance bandwidth of ~45% is achieved in the frequency range 2.9 – 4.3 GHz at the resonant frequency of 3.17 GHz. The maximum gain of 6.1 dBi and efficiency greater than 80% is achieved in the frequency of operation, 2.9 – 4.3 GHz. The proposed geometry is suitable for various wireless communication systems.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"123 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124187940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}