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    Design of a Novel Efficient High-Gain Ultra-Wide-Band Slotted H-Shaped Printed 2×1 Array Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Applications with Improvement of Bandwidth and Gain via the Feed Line and Elliptical Edges

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    This paper describes design procedure of a high-performance miniaturized antenna with an array configuration, which contributes to enhancing the communication system’s performance. The basic antenna features a compact size (6 x 6) mm2, and its single element is an H-shaped slotted patch printed on the top side of a Rogers RT5880 substrate, with a relative permittivity and thickness of 2.2 and 0.3 mm, respectively. The edge-to-edge distance of the 2 × 1 array antenna is 9 x 14 mm2, and the isolation between its radiation elements is 4.5 mm. To increase the capabilities of the antenna in terms of gain and bandwidth, we proceeded to use the 2 × 1 array configuration and then optimized the model via either the width of the feed line or the elliptical edges of the patch. The miniaturized array antenna achieved a peak gain of 12.56 dB, a directivity of 13.11 dBi, and a return loss of -47.52 dB at a resonance frequency of 91.5 GHz, with a radiation efficiency of more than 91% over an operating bandwidth of 15.83 GHz, ranging from 79.7 GHz to 95.6 GHz. The design and simulation results of the proposed antenna were obtained using the CST Studio software

    Reconfigurable Reflectarrays and Array Lenses for Dynamic Antenna Beam Control: A Review

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    Advances in reflectarrays and array lenses with electronic beam-forming capabilities are enabling a host of new possibilities for these high-performance, low-cost antenna architectures. This paper reviews enabling technologies and topologies of reconfigurable reflectarray and array lens designs, and surveys a range of experimental implementations and achievements that have been made in this area in recent years. The paper describes the fundamental design approaches employed in realizing reconfigurable designs, and explores advanced capabilities of these nascent architectures, such as multi-band operation, polarization manipulation, frequency agility, and amplification. Finally, the paper concludes by discussing future challenges and possibilities for these antennas.Comment: 16 pages, 12 figure

    Applications of Graphene at Microwave Frequencies

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    In view to the epochal scenarios that nanotechnology discloses, nano-electronics has the potential to introduce a paradigm shift in electronic systems design similar to that of the transition from vacuum tubes to semiconductor devices. Since low dimensional (1D and 2D) nano-structured materials exhibit unprecedented electro-mechanical properties in a wide frequency range, including radio-frequencies (RF), microwave nano-electronics provides an enormous and yet widely undiscovered opportunity for the engineering community. Carbon nano-electronics is one of the main research routes of RF/microwave nano-electronics. In particular, graphene has shown proven results as an emblematic protagonist, and a real solution for a wide variety of microwave electronic devices and circuits. This paper introduces graphene properties in the microwave range, and presents a paradigm of novel graphene-based devices and applications in the microwave/RF frequency range

    2009 Index IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters Vol. 8

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    This index covers all technical items - papers, correspondence, reviews, etc. - that appeared in this periodical during the year, and items from previous years that were commented upon or corrected in this year. Departments and other items may also be covered if they have been judged to have archival value. The Author Index contains the primary entry for each item, listed under the first author\u27s name. The primary entry includes the coauthors\u27 names, the title of the paper or other item, and its location, specified by the publication abbreviation, year, month, and inclusive pagination. The Subject Index contains entries describing the item under all appropriate subject headings, plus the first author\u27s name, the publication abbreviation, month, and year, and inclusive pages. Note that the item title is found only under the primary entry in the Author Index

    2008 Index IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Vol. 16

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    This index covers all technical items - papers, correspondence, reviews, etc. - that appeared in this periodical during the year, and items from previous years that were commented upon or corrected in this year. Departments and other items may also be covered if they have been judged to have archival value. The Author Index contains the primary entry for each item, listed under the first author\u27s name. The primary entry includes the coauthors\u27 names, the title of the paper or other item, and its location, specified by the publication abbreviation, year, month, and inclusive pagination. The Subject Index contains entries describing the item under all appropriate subject headings, plus the first author\u27s name, the publication abbreviation, month, and year, and inclusive pages. Note that the item title is found only under the primary entry in the Author Index

    (Sub)millimeter-Wave Antennas

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    DisertačnĂ­ prĂĄce se zabĂœvĂĄ nĂĄvrhem a optimalizacĂ­ kruhově polarizovanĂ© antĂ©na pro oblast terahertzovĂœch kmitočtĆŻ. V prĂĄci se věnuji zjednoduĆĄenĂ© teorii terahertzovĂ©ho zdroje a nĂĄvrhu vhodnĂ© antĂ©ny pro tento zdroj. NĂĄvrh je zaměƙen na dosaĆŸenĂ­ kruhovĂ© polarizace z lineĂĄrně polarizovanĂœch antĂ©n. Abych potlačil ơíƙenĂ­ povrchovĂ© vlny na elektricky tlustĂ©m dielektrickĂ©m substrĂĄtu, věnuji se nĂĄvrhu a optimalizaci specifickĂœch periodickĂœch struktur. NĂĄvrh těchto struktur je poměrně komplikovanĂœ, protoĆŸe neexistuje pƙímočarĂœ vztah mezi vlastnostmi struktur s elektromagnetickĂœm zĂĄdrĆŸnĂœm pĂĄsmem (EBG) a geometriĂ­ buƈky. Abych vhodně koncentroval vyzaƙovanou energii do ĂșzkĂ©ho svazku, věnuji se nĂĄvrhu a optimalizaci částečně odraznĂ©ho plochy (PRS), kterĂ© pĆŻsobĂ­ jako planĂĄrnĂ­ čočka pro terahertzovou antĂ©nu.The thesis deals with the design and optimization of circularly polarized antennas for THz frequencies. In the thesis, a simplified theory of THz sources is presented, and a suitable antenna for a THz source is designed. The design is focused on achieving circular polarization from linearly polarized antennas. In order to suppress surface waves on an electrically dense dielectric substrate, we design and optimize specific periodic structures. The design of such a structure is rather complicated since the relation between electromagnetic band gap (EBG) properties and unit cell geometry is not straightforward. In order to properly focus the radiated energy, we design and optimize a partially reflective surface (PRS) acting as a planar lens for the THz antenna.

    High-isolation antenna array using SIW and realized with a graphene layer for sub-terahertz wireless applications

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    This paper presents the results of a study on developing an effective technique to increase the performance characteristics of antenna arrays for sub-THz integrated circuit applications. This is essential to compensate the limited power available from sub-THz sources. Although conventional array structures can provide a solution to enhance the radiation-gain performance however in the case of small-sized array structures the radiation properties can be adversely affected by mutual coupling that exists between the radiating elements. It is demonstrated here the effectiveness of using SIW technology to suppress surface wave propagations and near field mutual coupling effects. Prototype of 2x3 antenna arrays were designed and constructed on a polyimide dielectric substrate with thickness of 125 mu m for operation across 0.19-0.20 THz. The dimensions of the array were 20x13.5x0.125 mm(3). Metallization of the antenna was coated with 500 nm layer of Graphene. With the proposed technique the isolation between the radiating elements was improved on average by 22.5 dB compared to a reference array antenna with no SIW isolation. The performance of the array was enhanced by transforming the patch to exhibit metamaterial characteristics. This was achieved by embedding the patch antennas in the array with sub-wavelength slots. Compared to the reference array the metamaterial inspired structure exhibits improvement in isolation, radiation gain and efficiency on average by 28 dB, 6.3 dBi, and 34%, respectively. These results show the viability of proposed approach in developing antenna arrays for application in sub-THz integrated circuits
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