A. Prata, F. Moreira, M. Thorburn, T. D. King, C. Stelzried, S. Keihm
{"title":"Measurement of the noise improvement of a 34-meter Cassegrain antenna retrofitted with a low-backscattering strut","authors":"A. Prata, F. Moreira, M. Thorburn, T. D. King, C. Stelzried, S. Keihm","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.631494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.631494","url":null,"abstract":"Large axially-symmetric ground-based dual-reflector antennas are used in a variety of applications simultaneously requiring very high gain and very low noise (e.g., satellite communications, radio astronomy, deep-space communications, and radar). In these systems, reducing the noise by 10% is equivalent to increasing the antenna gain by roughly 0.5 dB. Since the early days of radio astronomy this fact has continuously driven efforts to reduce the noise of front-end low-noise amplifiers-a major noise contributor. As the performance of the front-end amplifiers improved, the relative importance of the noise generated by the surrounding warm ground increased, causing the antenna noise to become a major factor in the overall system sensitivity. The results of Moreira, Prata and Thorburn (see IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol.44, no.4, p.492-9, 1996) are used to implement a low back-scattering cross section on a single strut of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Deep Space Station 13 (DSS-13) antenna-a research and development 34-meter diameter deep-space communication beam-waveguide shaped Cassegrain antenna, located in Goldstone, California. The antenna and associated noise measurements are discussed, and the improvement on the system noise temperature is presented.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117235595","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 fast nonlinear method for the harmonic effects analysis of a HTS stripline structure","authors":"S. Safavi-Naeini, H. Tang, Y. Chow","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.630155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.630155","url":null,"abstract":"Nonlinear resistivity of the high temperature superconducting (HTS) thin films generates harmonic effects at medium and high power levels. These effects in general and the intermodulation products in particular limit the power handling capability of the HTS microwave circuits and antennas in many communication systems where the co-channel and adjacent channel distortion and interference are of major concern. An experimental study has shown that the dominant low order harmonics can be modeled by the following nonlinear relation between the surface resistance, R/sub s/, and the RF magnetic field intensity, H/sub RF/, at the temperature T and the frequency: R/sub s/(f,T,H/sub RF/)=a(f,T)+b(f,T)H/sup 2//sub RF/. This is also consistent with the Ginzburg-Landau (G-L) theory. For the theoretical study of the harmonic effects it is possible to apply directly the (G-L) theory to the fields inside the HTS medium. This makes the computation very intense both in time and memory. By considering each segment in the thin film circuit as a dipole, a lumped circuit model under harmonic voltage excitation has been constructed for a microwave HTS planar circuit. We have applied the harmonic balance method to this circuit model of a distributed field structure and thus avoided the time consuming direct solution of the G-L theory.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"28 44","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120823454","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}
N. Hojjat, R. Faraji-Dana, S. Safavi-Naeini, Y. Chow
{"title":"The near field behavior of nonsymmetric potentials in a multilayer medium","authors":"N. Hojjat, R. Faraji-Dana, S. Safavi-Naeini, Y. Chow","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.625441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.625441","url":null,"abstract":"A static representation for nonsymmetric part of the magnetic potential is found. This static formulation can be used for approximation of nonsymmetric potential in near field regions in multilayer media where the simple Prony's approximation does not have enough precision. Also this formulation provides a physical insight for the behavior of this part of magnetic vector potential in a nonhomogenous medium.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"369 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123487016","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. Ares, E. Villanueva, J. Rodríguez, S. Rengarajan
{"title":"Application of genetic algorithms in the design and optimization of array patterns","authors":"F. Ares, E. Villanueva, J. Rodríguez, S. Rengarajan","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.631500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.631500","url":null,"abstract":"This paper shows the advantage of using genetic algorithms in several cases of pattern synthesis. These methods are able to escape from local minima and maxima. It is also possible to search a small sample of a large solution space when the number of variables in the problem is very high. We present examples for linear and planar arrays.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121974093","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 spiral antenna on a cylinder","authors":"K. Nakayama, H. Nakano","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.631478","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.631478","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a spiral antenna which is located on a conducting cylinder (SPC). The antenna surface is parallel to the cylindrical surface. The authors examine the radiation characteristics of the SPC. The conducting cylinder is approximated using wire grids, and an electric field integral equation is solved with the method of moments. The axial ratio, radiation pattern, and gain are evaluated and discussed.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122131317","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":"Synthesis of unequally spaced linear arrays by Legendre series expansion","authors":"B. Preetham Kumar, G. Branner","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.625414","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.625414","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a new approach to the synthesis of unequally spaced arrays, based on an inversion algorithm that obtains the array currents and element spacings from the specified far-zone electric field. The procedure is unique in that it gives an analytical expression for the appropriate array element positions, given the upper and lower bounds of the adjacent element spacing.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123993820","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":"Computations of SAR distributions for two anatomically-based models of the human head using CAD files of commercial telephones and the parallelized FDTD code","authors":"A. Tinniswood, C. Furse, O. Gandhi","doi":"10.1109/8.686769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/8.686769","url":null,"abstract":"The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is well suited for the computation of bio-electromagnetic effects and has become the method of choice for most researchers in this area. There does however remain some limitations on its use. Firstly the FDTD method requires large amounts of memory and computational power. The size of the model is dependent upon both the physical size of the model and its resolution. Higher frequencies of operation require higher resolutions. This can place the solution of some problems outside the capabilities of the technique. Secondly the representation of the problem (i.e. the head and the telephone) can cause some difficulties. Often the telephone has to be represented by a series of boxes which approximate the shape of the actual device. The paper addresses these two problems. The problem size is accommodated by the use of a parallelized version of the FDTD method, which is run on large parallel processing machines such as the IBM SP-2. Additionally a method of inputting data from the computer aided design (CAD) files of the telephone has been developed. These two techniques are used in combination with two head models which have been developed from MRI images of two human subjects. The usefulness of the techniques developed and comparisons of the specific absorption rates (SARs) in the two models is discussed.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124502893","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":"Genetic algorithm: the last word for solving all of your design problems?","authors":"Raj Mittra","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.631497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.631497","url":null,"abstract":"Discusses the application of genetic algorithms to antenna design. The antennas considered are: ship and humvee broadband antennas, center fed dipole antennas, microstrip patch antennas and multi-layer frequency selective surface screens. The antennas cover the HF, VHF and UHF ranges.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"1989-2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129750589","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":"Rectangular microstrip antenna with a finite pyramidal horn-shaped ground plane","authors":"N. Fayyaz, S. Safavi-Naeini","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.631676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.631676","url":null,"abstract":"A rectangular microstrip antenna with a pyramidal-shaped ground plane has been designed. A simple theoretical model is presented along with some experimental results. The new design has higher gain compared to an ordinary finite ground plane microstrip antenna. It is also shown that it is possible to adjust nulls and the resonance frequencies by varying the inclination angle.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129778492","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":"Edge fringe approach for the full-wave solution of large finite arrays","authors":"A. Neto, S. Maci, M. Sabbadini, G. Vecchi","doi":"10.1109/APS.1997.631743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/APS.1997.631743","url":null,"abstract":"The electromagnetic modeling of large finite arrays has been the object of a number of investigations. A method of moment (MoM) formulation is suggested, for predicting the distributions of the radiating currents (including those belonging to the edge elements of the array) but retaining a number of unknowns which is comparable with those occurring in the infinite array approach. This formulation is based on an integral equation in which the unknown function is the difference between the exact current distribution on the truncated array and the current distribution pertinent to an infinite array. This unknown function can be associated to the field diffracted at the edge of the array by the Floquet modes of the infinite array. Following this physical interpretation the unknown of the integral equation are efficiently represented by a few entire domain basis functions which are properly shaped.","PeriodicalId":283897,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 1997. Digest","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128696905","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}