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Bio-Inspired Microstrip Antenna
In the last few years, bio‐inspired solutions have attracted the attention of the scientific community. Several world‐renowned institutions have sponsored and created laboratories in order to understand the forms, functions and behavior of living organisms. Some methods can be highlighted in the search for geometric representation of the shapes found in the nature, the fractal geometry, the polar geometry, and the superformula of Gielis. This chapter is focusing on bio‐inspired microstrip antennas, especially on leaf‐shaped antennas from the Gielis superformula that open a vast research field for more compact antennas with low visual impact
Analysis and Design of a Multifunctional Spiral Antenna
The Archimedean spiral antenna is well-known for its broadband characteristics with circular polarization and has been investigated for several decades. Since their development in the late 1950's, establishing an analytical expression for the characteristics of spiral antenna has remained somewhat elusive. This has been studied qualitatively and evaluated using numerical and experimental techniques with some success, but many of these methods are not convenient in the design process since they do not impart any physical insight into the effect each design parameter has on the overall operation of the spiral antenna. This work examines the operation of spiral antennas and obtains a closed-form analytical solution by conformal mapping and transmission line model with high precision in a wide frequency band.
Based on the analysis of spiral antenna, we propose two novel design processes for the stripline-fed Archimedean spiral antenna. This includes a stripline feed network integrated into one of the spiral arms and a broadband tapered impedance transformer that is conformal to the spiral topology for impedance matching the nominally-high input impedance of the spiral. A Dyson-style balun located at the center facilitates the transition between guided stripline and radiating spiral modes. Measured and simulated results for a probe-fed design operating from 2 GHz to over 20 GHz are in excellent agreements to illustrate the synthesis and performance of a demonstration antenna. The research in this work also provides the possibility to achieve conformal integration and planar structural multi-functionality for an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) with band coverage across HF, UHF, and VHF. The proposed conformal mapping analysis can also be applied on periodic coplanar waveguides for integrated circuit applications
A Review on Different Techniques of Mutual Coupling Reduction Between Elements of Any MIMO Antenna. Part 1: DGSs and Parasitic Structures
This two-part article presents a review of different techniques of mutual coupling (MC) reduction. MC is a major issue when an array of antennas is densely packed. When the separation between the antennas i
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A New Class of Improved Bandwidth Planar Ultrawideband Modular Antenna (puma) Arrays Scalable to mm-Waves
A new class of Planar Ultrawideband Modular Antenna (PUMA) arrays, termed PUMAv3, is introduced to offer improved performance and further meet demand needs for multifunctional systems. PUMAv3 extends the frequency scalability of PUMA arrays to mm-waves (approximately 50 GHz) and improves bandwidth by 50\% without the use of a matching network or external baluns. The major enabling technical innovation is the advent of a new common-mode mitigation mechanism that relies upon capacitively-loaded shorting vias to push broadside catastrophic resonances below the operating band without inhibiting low-end bandwidth performance. Ridged waveguide models are employed to explain the operational principles and accurately predict the location of the common-mode frequency within the new array topology. Additionally, the superstrate loading scheme is split into two exclusive layers to enhance broadside and wide angle impedance levels while maintaining the highest frequency at 97% of the grating lobe frequency and reducing the overall array profile by up to 30%. The PUMAv3 also retains the attractive practical advantages inherent to the PUMA array family: aperture modularity, direct 50-ohm feeding, and low-cost planar multilayer PCB fabrication. Infinite array full-wave simulations of a dual-polarized PUMAv3 satisfying manufacture guidelines suggest 10.6-47.6 GHz (4.5:1) operation with strong VSWR levels out to 45 degrees, high port isolation and low cross-polarization
Terahertz multi-functional metamaterials based on 3D printed mortise-tenon structures
The paper reports a multi-functional terahertz metamaterials with composable
mortise and tenon connection structures. These structures are prepared using a
hybrid 3D printing process based on fused deposition modeling and
electro-hydrodynamic jet flow printing, greatly simplifying the processing
process, optimizing processing speed, and reducing costs. The printed
metamaterial infrastructures can achieve three functions through the mortise
and tenon connection: 1) Narrowband transmission and broadband absorption; 2)
Perfect reflection; 3) Narrowband reflection and broadband absorption. Among
them, function 1 is realized by the concave double-layer cross structure A,
function 2 is realized by the combination of structure A and complementary
structure B, and function 3 is realized by the combination of structure A and
silver cross structure C. Relying on flexible design and convenient processing,
this kind of modular multifunctional metamaterials is expected to be widely
used in fields such as electromagnetic shielding and stealth
Tatsuo Itoh : discurs llegit a la cerimònia d'investidura celebrada a la Sala d'Actes del Rectorat el dia 14 d'octubre de l'any 2015
Tatsuo Itoh va ser investit doctor honoris causa per la UAB per les seves rellevants contribucions a l'enginyeria de radiofreqüència/microones i de les telecomunicacions.Nomenament 19/03/2015. A proposta de l'Escola d'Enginyeria. L'acte d'investidura va tenir lloc el 14 d'octubre de 201
RECONFIGURABLE POWER AMPLIFIER WITH TUNABLE INTERSTAGE MATCHING NETWORK USING GaAs MMIC AND SURFACE-MOUNT TECHNOLOGY
As the demand of reconfigurable devices increases, the possibility of
exploiting the interstage matching network in a two-stage amplifier to provide center
frequency tuning capability is explored. While placement of tuning elements at the
input and/or output matching network has some disadvantages, placement of tuning
elements in the interstage absorbs the lossy components characteristics into useful
attributes. The circuit design methodology includes graphical method to determine
the bandpass topology that achieves high Q-contour on the Smith chart thus result in
narrow bandwidth. T-section and π-section topologies are used to match reactive
terminations provided by the first and second amplifier stages. The design
methodology also includes utilization of interstage mismatch loss that decreases as
increasing frequency to compensate for amplifier gain roll-off and equalize the gain
at different tuning states.
In prototype realization, three design configurations are discussed in this
thesis: 1) a discrete design for operation between 0.1 – 0.9 GHz with the total layout
area of 7.5 mm x 12.5 mm, 2) a partial monolithic design (Quasi-MMIC) for
operation between 0.9 – 2.4 GHz that is 25 times smaller layout area compared to the
discrete design, and 3) a conceptual design of integrated monolithic reconfigurable
PA for operation between 0.9 – 2.4 GHz that is 130 times smaller layout area
compared to the discrete design. One variant of the fabricated reconfigurable PA
offers advantage of 4-states center frequency tuning from 1.37 GHz to 1.95 GHz
with gain of 21.5 dB (+ 0.7 dB).
The feasibility of interstage matching network as tuning elements in
reconfigurable power amplifier has been explored. The input and output matching
networks are fixed while the interstage impedances are varied using electronic
switching (discrete SP4T and GaAs FET switches). The discrete design is suited for
the operation at low frequency (fo < 1GHz), while monolithic implementation of the
tunable interstage matching network is required for higher frequency operation due
to size limitation and parasitic effects. The reconfigurable PA using MMIC tuner was
designed at higher frequency to possibly cover GSM, CDMA, Bluetooth, and
WiMAX frequency (0.9 – 2.4 GHz)
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