{"title":"Waveguide filters with multiple passbands and stopbands achieved by bed of nails implanted within sidewall dielectric loadings","authors":"M. Kehn, E. Rajo-Iglesias, O. Quevedo–Teruel","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552516","url":null,"abstract":"Lately, there had been keen explorations into a new type of novel waveguide that enjoys, over a wide bandwidth, the desirable trait of having only one TEM mode propagating along just the direction of a metallic rectangular ridge embossed onto a wall of a parallel-plate waveguide and existing only within the resultant ridge-gap, achieved by a textured high-impedance surface surrounding the ridge which suppresses the propagation of global TEM modes along all other directions. Referred to as gap-waveguides [1], a typical bandgap structure that has been used is the so-called bed-of-nails comprising simply an array of grounded metallic pins [2]. Motivated by the broadband nature of such high-impedance surfaces, it could hence also be interesting and worthwhile to investigate how such a pin-lattice, when implanted within the sidewall dielectric slab-loadings of a rectangular waveguide, could affect the bandgap properties. An asymptotic treatment of this pin-lattice loaded waveguide is proposed, through the use of classical analysis by vector potentials and assuming a “TEM-to-slab-surface-normal” solution inside the pin-lattice layer. Hence, the approach is plausible only within the premise of diminishingly small pin-periods, i.e. the spatial density of the pins tends to infinity. Nevertheless, this method provides extremely rapid analysis processes as compared to full-wave solvers, which is vital for design and optimization procedures","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"70 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":"122370542","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":"Gallium nitride hybrid microwave circuits for low-noise applications","authors":"T. Ross, G. Cormier, K. Hettak","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552565","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents recent work in the area of gallium nitride (GaN) low-noise microwave integrated circuits. Gallium nitride has attracted interest principally due to its power handling ability. However, its noise performance has received relatively little attention. We discuss the noise performance of several discrete devices, and how they perform in hybrid integrated circuits. The predictive and descriptive models used in our work are discussed and are compared with laboratory measurements.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"1 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":"129593966","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}
L. Baggen, W. Simon, R. Malmqvist, T. Vaha-Heikkila, D. Smith
{"title":"MEMS-4-MMIC: Advances in combined GaAs MEMS-MMIC technology","authors":"L. Baggen, W. Simon, R. Malmqvist, T. Vaha-Heikkila, D. Smith","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552490","url":null,"abstract":"This article describes the progress made during the first project year of the FP7 EU-project MEMS-4-MMIC that focuses on the merging of innovative RF-MEMS switch designs with established MMIC-technology. The ultimate goal is to include RF-MEMS switches into a standard commercial foundry process. Such switches will then become standard building blocks for MMIC circuits such as transistors, resistors and capacitors. Besides the development and qualification of the MEMS-MMIC designs and processes, MEMS-MMIC components are designed for specific applications (phased arrays, switch beam networks, etc.) that will benefit from this type of building blocks. First prototypes of latter components have been realized and measured in the first year of the project, and are presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"93 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":"126201758","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}
Shoukry I. Shams El-Din, M. Fahmy, Tamer M. Aboulfadl
{"title":"Improved closed form solution for center fed straight wire antennas","authors":"Shoukry I. Shams El-Din, M. Fahmy, Tamer M. Aboulfadl","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552542","url":null,"abstract":"The equivalent TEM mode theory, introduced by Fahmy and Eshrah in 2002[1], [2], [3], modeled the antenna as the inner conductor of a fictitious lossy transmission line with complex propagation constant and the proposed values of these constants are listed in tables without closed form expressions. The model parameters extraction procedure was rather complicated with some discrepancy in the input impedance values with respect to the results of the well established moment method solution. This paper uses the same model but the model parameters are extracted with a simple and systematic approach. The propagation constants are represented in closed form empirical expressions including only few terms yielding input impedance values in complete agreement with the well established moment method.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"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":"127861942","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":"Microwave characterization of optically sensitive polymer and application to a tunable antenna","authors":"T. Morolari, L. Roy, B. Syrett","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552531","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the use of a photoconductive polymer to optically tune a microwave device or antenna. The dielectric properties of a composite (Polymer + Cadmium Sulphide) photoconductive polymer are extracted using microwave reflection measurements on a coplanar waveguide test structure. The material under test was overlaid on an interdigitated capacitor that was fabricated on a transparent glass substrate. The material characterization was done with and without broadband optical illumination. The results obtained from the characterization show that the polymer was photoconductive. An extracted dielectric constant (εr) of 4 and loss tangent (tanδ) of 0.004 were obtained without illumination, while the loss tangent increased to 0.11 with illumination and the εr value had no measureable change. The properties of the novel photoconductive polymer were used in the theoretical design of an optically tunable dipole antenna for the GSM band (1900 to 2100 MHz). Tunability was achieved by applying the characterized polymer to a slotted segment of the dipole arm, and effectively changing the dipole length by optical illumination","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"38 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":"121680365","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":"Comparison of two different simulation methods for the design of reflect-arrays","authors":"F. Safari, L. Shafai","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552507","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, Finite Element Method (FEM) in Ansoft HFSS is compared to summation of the Fourier Transform of the tangential reflected electric field on each element, for the simulation of the reflect-array antenna. Reflect-array antenna elements are square patches which are designed using Finite Element Method (FEM) in Ansoft HFSS, including the effect of incident angles.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"7 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":"115401099","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":"Natural and artificial dielectrics: Similarities and differences","authors":"J. Shaker","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552522","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of \"artificial dielectric\" is re-examined and its relationship to natural dielectrics is investigated. The mere discrete nature of an artificial dielectric sets an inherent conceptual limit on how closely it can imitate the behaviour of a natural dielectric. Among other things, the difference between the wave propagation in natural and artificial dielectric media are underlined. Also alternative theoretical schemes, that are less familiar in the antenna and microwave community, will be re-introduced to explain such phenomena as \"lens effect\". It is also argued that an artificial dielectric can be interpreted as a delay medium.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"1 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":"125418459","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 generalized state-space dynamic neural network method for I/O buffer modeling in high-speed PCB design","authors":"Yi Cao, S. Bokhari","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552487","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we present a new method for modeling the nonlinear transient behavior of I/O buffers in high-speed PCB design. The proposed method expands the existing StateSpace Dynamic Neural Network (SSDNN) into a more generalized and efficient technique for modeling nonlinear behavior of I/O buffers. A Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP) neural network with multiple hidden layers is combined with the SSDNN framework to further enhance the accuracy and flexibility of the trained neural network models. In addition, a new formulation embedding finite delay elements into the existing SSDNN is proposed to effectively address the modeling of such I/O devices where a long propagation delay is present. The proposed method is applied to the behavioral modeling of a commercial SSTL output buffer. It is demonstrated that the proposed method provides better accuracy compared to the existing SSDNN for modeling I/O buffers with strong nonlinearity and a long propagation delay, while outperforming the detailed SPICE model in terms of simulation efficiency.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"37 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":"114973770","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":"Low cost microstrip patch antenna array using planar waveguide technology for emerging millimeter-wave wireless communication","authors":"W. A. Wahab, S. Safavi-Naeini, D. Busuioc","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552477","url":null,"abstract":"With rapidly increasing demand for bandwidth, and the recent advances in nano-metric Si-based integrated circuit technologies, millimeter-wave (mmW) systems are finding numerous commercial applications, which, unlike military and scientific usages, are extremely cost sensitive. A wide range of applications at mmW frequencies can be found in such area as wireless communications network (60 GHz) [1], automotive radar systems (79 GHz)[2], and passive mmW imaging (91GHz)[3]. Microstrip patch antenna (MPA) arrays are known to have advantages of low profile and ease of manufacturing. However, the efficiency of MPAs with large aperture is degraded due to feeding loss[4]. Recently, a low cost, high Q- factor planar feeding scheme using substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) has been reported [5]. The proposed design has promising characteristics including a high radiation efficiency. In this paper, a novel high radiation efficiency SIW-fed MPA array (SIW-MPA) is presented. Single element, series fed linear array 1×8, MPAs are designed at mmW- frequency range. The numerical results (simulations using HFSS) for the designed antennas are presented to characterize their performances.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"1 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":"129585223","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":"Wideband circularly polarized antenna elements for GPS/GNSS applications developed at DRDC Ottawa","authors":"M. Clénet, M. Caillet, Y. Antar","doi":"10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2010.5552561","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents several wideband circularly polarized antennas for GPS/GNSS applications that have been developed at Defense Research & Development Canada – Ottawa. Three radiating elements were designed using different technologies. All of them exhibit very good performance in terms of impedance matching, coverage, gain and axial ratio over the entire GNSS frequency band (1.15 GHz to 1.62 GHz). Their characteristics are presented and compared in terms of EM performance and size.","PeriodicalId":161657,"journal":{"name":"2010 14th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics & the American Electromagnetics Conference","volume":"31 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":"121465710","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}