{"title":"Ultra-wideband dielectric-resonator antenna based on hybrid techniques","authors":"M. N. Jazi, T. Denidni, A. Sebak","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552512","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, two configurations of dielectric resonator antennas designed by using hybrid techniques are proposed and compared. Hybrid resonators along with dielectric shaping and impedance matching methods are served to effectively excite a family of monopole-like radiation inside the dielectric. In the second antenna, a composite configuration is also applied to improve the matching at higher parts of the frequency bandwidth. Clearly, simulation results show an effective ultra-wide bandwidth of more than 10 GHz ranging from 1.8 GHz to 12 GHz. Furthermore, the radiation pattern of the proposed antenna is nearly omni-directional over the operating frequency bandwidth.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124262087","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":"Analysis of series-fed slot antenna arrays transversely coupled to a microstrip line including mutual coupling effects","authors":"Mustafa Incebacak, L. Alatan","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552537","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552537","url":null,"abstract":"Microstrip line fed slot antenna arrays (Figure 1)are low profile structures that are easy to manufacture with low cost and they can be easily integrated with the feed network and/or the microwave front end circuits. Due to these features they are widely used in various applications. It is well known that a slot antenna positioned perpendicular to the microstrip feed line can be modeled by a series impedance whose value is determined by the offset (x) and the length of the slot (l). For the characterization of the slot impedance in terms of these two parameters two different approaches can be found in literature [1,2]. In the classical paper of Pozar [1], the full-wave analysis of the slot antenna is performed by the spectral domain Method of Moments (MoM) technique and the impedance value is obtained via reciprocity theorem. A similar analysis technique is also applied in [3] and the variation of slot impedance with the thickness and permittivity of the dielectric substrate is studied. On the other hand, in [2] the slot characterization is done experimentally by utilizing the TRL calibration technique and an 8 element linear array is designed through the use of the transmission line theory with each slot modeled as a series impedance.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114368810","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":"Reflect-array study with shorted slotted ground plane using microtrip patches or rings as cell elements","authors":"S. Latif, C. Shafai, L. Shafai","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552501","url":null,"abstract":"Reflect-array antenna was introduced to replace parabolic reflectors, as they offer many advantages including beam steering, ease of fabrication, lightweight, etc. [1]. The electromagnetic energy should reflect back when it hits the reflect-array surface. It has become very popular due to the advancement of printed antennas because of low surface profile, small mass and low cost [2, 3]. We have been studying microstrip rings as the cell element to obtain a reflect-array. When there is an aperture on the ground plane, the distance of the rings can be adjusted to obtain appropriate phases so that the electromagnetic energy can propagate through the ground plane or reflect back. The aperture size is another important parameter to obtain the reflection. When the aperture on the ground plane is partially shorted using a micrsotrip, the length of the aperture is essentially reduced, and the reflection from the structure can be achieved. In this paper, simulation results of the unit cell of a reflect-array are discussed, which is based on square rings with an aperture on the ground plane. The effects of the aperture size and the use of shorting strips are presented. The cell is in an infinite array environment. Simulations were carried out in Ansoft HFSS, version 12.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114802674","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":"A printed spherical helix antenna","authors":"C. Pfeiffer, Xin Xu, S. Forrest, A. Grbic","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552424","url":null,"abstract":"We present the design and fabrication of an electrically-small printed spherical helix antenna. The antenna consists of 6 helical arms printed onto a hemispherical substrate. It is designed to operate at 1 GHz, and the minimum radius sphere that circumscribes the antenna is 1.73 cm (ka = 0.36). The antenna is fabricatd using a new direct transfer patterning process capable of printing ≈ 1/∼m feature sizes onto arbitrarily contoured substrates.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114882449","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":"A simulation method for Nakagami fading channel","authors":"Guoxinjun, Zhangaofeng","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552486","url":null,"abstract":"The Nakagami fading can descript most of the fading channels in practice. This paper introduced a new simulation method for Nakagami Fading Channel, used it to simulate the first order and second order statistic properties of Nakagami fading channel, and proved the reliability of this method. Base on the simulation of the Rayleigh fading channel, this simulation method is a new exploration of the Nakagami fading channel.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123423625","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":"Coupled coil sensor for detecting surface corrosion on steel reinforcement","authors":"S. Bhadra, G. Bridges, D. Thomson","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552503","url":null,"abstract":"An embedded coupled coil sensor able to monitor the corrosion potential of reinforcement steel in concrete is presented. The sensor is based on coil resonator whose resonant frequency changes with an applied voltage. The sensor state can be monitored externally by a coupled coil. An accelerated corrosion test shows that it can provide useful information about the corrosion state and the level of chloride ingress into the concrete. The wireless sensor is passive and simple in design, making it an inexpensive, batteryless option for remote long-term monitoring of the corrosion state of reinforcing steel.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"11 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129479824","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":"Transverse electric and magnetic components of field measurement for microwave breast cancer imaging","authors":"A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian, L. Shafai","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552518","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the observation of scattered fields due to dipole and circular-loop antennas for illuminating the breast are investigated. The Transverse Magnetic (TM) and Transverse Electric (TE) components of scattered fields are examined for a numerical breast phantom over the frequency range of 3–7GHz for both circular-loop and dipole antennas. Results obtain through simulations demonstrate the ability of the circular-loop antenna as transmitter for illuminating the object in a microwave tomography system.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128209923","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":"EMC qualification of the ATV spacecraft","authors":"A. Schaffar, M. Ramos, P. Laget","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552513","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on the Automated Transfer Vehicle qualification process mainly based on tests at various performed at levels. It presents the system EMC specifications, the development logic, the test process and results, and the conclusions. The ATV is an European Space Agency Program with ASTRIUM Space Transportation as Prime Contractor. Its mission is to provide the International Space Station with re-boost and attitude control functions, and deliver water, gas, propellant and dry cargo. The Proto Flight Model Jules Verne has been launched successfully in April 2008 by an ARIANE 5 launcher.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"688 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131954074","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":"Propagation measurements in Ottawa with the Ka-band beacon of the ANIK F2 satellite","authors":"C. Amaya, T. Nguyen","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552527","url":null,"abstract":"Anik F2 is a telecommunications satellite launched in July 2004 for Telesat Canada. It is equipped with a beacon at 20 GHz which supports antenna pointing and user terminal rain mitigation techniques. A receiver was built in 2005 at the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) in Ottawa to monitor the Anik F2 beacon signal. Software to perform the data acquisition and process the propagation data collected at CRC was developed as well. One important purpose of the on-going experiment is to investigate fading characteristics relevant to the design of fade mitigation techniques on satellite communication links. The paper describes the main characteristics of the experiment and presents results derived from data collected from the Anik F2 beacon signal at CRC over the period 2006–2007, namely statistics of rain rate, atmospheric-induced attenuation, duration of fades, and fade slope.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130289298","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":"A new configuration of printed non-directive surface-wave sources for advanced beam control","authors":"S. Podilchak, A. Freundorfer, Y. Antar","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552489","url":null,"abstract":"An array of surface-wave launcher (SWL) sources is presented for surface-wave (SW) control and beam steering on a grounded dielectric slab (GDS). Specifically, a four element array configuration of non-directive SWLs is investigated. By varying the relative phase difference and magnitude between SWL elements, the excited SW field distribution on the guiding surface can be steered and controlled. Simulations and measurements of a single SWL element are provided along with simulations of the proposed array. If metallic gratings or strips, or additional dielectric layers are placed on top of the GDS, the bound SWs can be transformed into radiated leaky-waves (LWs) and directive beam patterns can be generated in the far field. Examples are provided illustrating that broadside beam steering and circular polarization can be achieved at a single frequency. These slotted SWL arrays can be useful for novel SW beam scanning designs and other LW or cavity based antennas.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127644411","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}