{"title":"Development of a novel wideband conical Dielectric Resonator Antenna","authors":"H. Gharsallah, L. Latrach, L. Osman","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375473","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose a dual layer conical Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) excited by a slot. The inclination of the two environments with different dielectric constants relative to the slot can create a Circular Polarization (CP). Simulations performed under Ansoft HFSS software show that the proposed conical shaped DRA is circularly polarized and can reach a large bandwidth of 1.14 GHz with a gain of about 6.4 dB at the frequency of 5.8 GHz.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123763258","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":"Phase retrieval as a power inflation problem","authors":"A. R. Laganà, T. Isernia","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375489","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with a novel approach to determine the far field of a discrete source starting from the knowledge of far-field intensity data sets only. In particular, by taking advantage from a body of knowledge from antenna synthesis, as well as from the exploitation of suitable norms, we are able to formulate the problem as the superposition of (many) convex problems. Such a circumstance allows (at least in principle) to avoid false solutions.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115327299","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":"Combined microstrip and suspended substrate stripline combline bandpass filter with two transmission zeros","authors":"Hassan Alaqil, Jiasheng Hong","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375432","url":null,"abstract":"A novel Structure of a narrowband combline bandpass filter with two transmission zeros is introduced. It is composed of two different physical resonator structures which are the microstrip and the suspended substrate stripline on a single layer substrate. The simulated in-band insertion loss is low due to four high-Q stripline resonators, while the transmission zeros are implemented with two microstrip resonators to enhance the selectivity and facilitate the integration of the filter with other system parts. The passband is from 3.41 to 3.48 GHz with a small fractional bandwidth of 2%. Preliminary experimental results are presented to validate the design concept.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123366582","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 novel first responders location tracking system: Architecture and functional requirements","authors":"Salvatore Tedesco, J. Khodjaev, B. O’flynn","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375416","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375416","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the SAFESENS (Sensor Technologies for Enhanced Safety and Security of Buildings and its Occupants) project is to obtain earlier and more reliable fire detection, along with accurate occupancy detection and first responders' health condition and indoor location monitoring. In this paper, an analysis of the requirements requested by the tracking system is shown, together with an overview of the exploitable technologies and the current state-of-the-art. A novel system architecture, mainly based on UWB, inertial sensors, barometer and Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE), is proposed also showing some preliminary results regarding the chosen technologies. The final system will be shown in several real-case applications on successful completion of the project.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121200411","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 77-GHz cavity antenna array in PCB technology","authors":"C. Vasanelli, T. Ruess, C. Waldschmidt","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375431","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper the design and the implementation of a cavity antenna array in PCB technology for automotive radar applications is presented. The array consists of four cavity antennas fed by a microstrip-line feeding network and H-shaped coupling apertures in the ground plane. Simulation and measurement results show that the proposed structure is a suitable candidate for the integration in automotive radar sensors.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127834437","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}
M. Panaro, V. Carofiglio, R. Calvello, A. Aloisi, R. Rinaldi, G. Nicolardi, D. Lofrumento, F. De Nuccio, Velia La Pesa, V. Fontani, Salvatore Rinaldi
{"title":"Modulation of pro-inflammatory response in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease by non-invasive physical approach","authors":"M. Panaro, V. Carofiglio, R. Calvello, A. Aloisi, R. Rinaldi, G. Nicolardi, D. Lofrumento, F. De Nuccio, Velia La Pesa, V. Fontani, Salvatore Rinaldi","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375415","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a non-invasive physical treatment on activated microglia of a well-established mouse model of Parkinson disease (PD), based on intoxication with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). To this aim, we proposed a Radio electric asymmetric conveyer (REAC) technology, with its specific therapeutic protocols of regenerative medicine: tissue optimization - regenerative (TO-RGN), as an innovative therapeutic strategy for the treatment of PD. We observed that REAC TO-RGN exposition can attenuate the damage of nigrostriatal pathway induced by MPTP treatment in mice, decreasing levels of pro-inflammatory mediators in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) of MPTP-mice. Besides, TH immunostaining in MPTP-treated mice exposed to REAC TO-RGN resulted more pronounced in both substantia nigra and striatum in comparison to animals that received only MPTP treatment. Overall, these data suggest that REAC TO-RGN treatment can have neuroprotective effects in MPTP-induced PD mice model, which may be related to reduced inflammatory reaction.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133902120","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":"Radio detection of extensive air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory","authors":"S. Mathys","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375421","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375421","url":null,"abstract":"Cosmic rays interact with the Earth's atmosphere developing extensive air showers (EAS). The EAS can be measured not only using particle detectors on the ground, but also using radio antennas. The radio emission of EAS covers a wide frequency range from the MHz up to the GHz range. Recently, several experimental activities at the Pierre Auger Observatory have measured the radio emission of EAS in the microwave (EASIER, MIDAS, AMBER) and MHz ranges (AERA). The Auger Engineering Radio Array and similar experiments showed that emission in the MHz range has two contributions: the time-varying transverse currents of geomagnetic origin and the time-varying charge excess. The measurements of Cosmic-Ray Observation via Microwave Emission (CROME) could be well described by this formalism established in the MHz range and extended to GHz. In this talk, the radio emission of EAS in the MHz and GHz ranges and the experimental setups at the Pierre Auger Observatory are discussed.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134279191","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}
M. Pasca, L. Catarinucci, R. Colella, D. De Donno, L. Tarricone, S. D’Amico, A. Baschirotto
{"title":"A UHF-RFID power management circuit for body sensor networks","authors":"M. Pasca, L. Catarinucci, R. Colella, D. De Donno, L. Tarricone, S. D’Amico, A. Baschirotto","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375373","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a UHF-RFID power management circuit is presented. It is able to power body sensor networks nodes, starting from -25dBm UHF-RFID input signal power. It is based on an initial Dickson's RF-DC rectifier circuit, followed by an ultra-low-voltage integrated boost converter, realized in 180nm CMOS technology, that is used to further step-up of the rectified DC-voltage and to guarantee the RF-to-load isolation. Measurements demonstrate the ability of the power management circuit to provide 400mV output voltage when a -25dBm continuous wave at 866.5MHz (European UHF RFID frequency) is applied at the input.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121958480","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}
F. Sizov, Z. Tsybrii, V. Zabudsky, M. Sakhno, A. Shevcik-Shekera, M. Smoliy, E. Dieguez, S. Dvoretsky
{"title":"Possibility of the detection in IR and sub/THz spectral region using MCT thin layer receivers: design of the chip, optical elements and antenna pattern","authors":"F. Sizov, Z. Tsybrii, V. Zabudsky, M. Sakhno, A. Shevcik-Shekera, M. Smoliy, E. Dieguez, S. Dvoretsky","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375429","url":null,"abstract":"Two-color un-cooled and cooled to 78 K narrow-gap MCT (mercury-cadmium-telluride) semiconductor thin layers, grown by liquid phase epitaxy or molecular beam epitaxy methods on high resistivity CdZnTe or GaAs substrates, with bow-tie antennas were considered both as sub-terahertz direct detection bolometers and 3...10 microns infrared (IR) photoconductors. Aspheric THz lenses were designed and manufactured. The methods of creating antenna on thick substrate with pattern not dependent on frequency were discussed.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124833317","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. Benmessaoud, R. Touhami, D. H. N. Bui, T. Vuong, M. Yagoub
{"title":"3D high gain UHF RFID tag for navigation applications","authors":"L. Benmessaoud, R. Touhami, D. H. N. Bui, T. Vuong, M. Yagoub","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2015.7375419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2015.7375419","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a 3D compact and high-gain UHF RFID tag for indoor blind people navigation is proposed. The passive tag design, operating at the UHF RFID European band, is based on a novel technique approach that allowed increasing the antenna gain without the use of metamaterial structures or thick substrates. The effectiveness of the proposed design approach was demonstrated through good agreement between measured and simulated data. Indeed, the tag exhibits a return loss of about 35dB, a high gain of 3.55dBi, a good efficiency of 86.13%, and a maximum estimated reading range of 21.44m along with a simple design and an overall volume of 98.1×25×30 mm3.","PeriodicalId":274656,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE 15th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129768062","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}