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IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Newsletter, 1976

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IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 2007

Josefsson and Patrik Persson, IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Theory, IEEE Press/John Wiley,... more Josefsson and Patrik Persson, IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Theory, IEEE Press/John Wiley, 2006, xiv + 472 pages. $105.00, ISBN 978-0-471-46584-3 Recent Books The following is a list of recently published books that have been received by the Associate Editor since the last issue of the Magazine was published. Reviewers are sought for these books, so readers are encouraged to let the Associate Editor know if they are interested in reviewing a particular book.

Three kinds of special-purpose arrays are discussed: broadband and dual-band arrays, conformal ar... more Three kinds of special-purpose arrays are discussed: broadband and dual-band arrays, conformal arrays, and arrays for limited sector scanning. Emphasis is placed on several important classes of limited scan antennas such as a single reflector with phased array, a system consisting of a main reflector or lens with a subreflector or lens and a phased array, and an aperiodic structure requiring the use of lossy transmission line connections and a fairly complex beam steering. The present radar phased-array technology is focused on arrays conformal to aircraft and spacecraft with hemispherical scan capability or extremely wide bandwidth or several operating bands, and arrays for scanning high-gain beams over very limited sectors.

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1971

This technical note describes a theoretical and experimental study of the use of thin perfectly c... more This technical note describes a theoretical and experimental study of the use of thin perfectly conducting fences to reduce the mutual coupling of two paraliel plane waveguides radiating through a ground plane. The two cases which are studied are E-plane coupling of parallel planes with TEM mode propagation, and H-plane coupling of parallel planes with the fundamental TE mode propagation. The analysis presented accounts for a number of higher order modes in the waveguide apertures and uses a Fourier series approximation to the fence currents. Close agreement with experiment is demonstrated.

2019 IEEE International Conference on Microwaves, Antennas, Communications and Electronic Systems (COMCAS)

Recent advances on the synthesis and design of unconventional arrays for future generation radar ... more Recent advances on the synthesis and design of unconventional arrays for future generation radar and communications systems are presented in this work. The proposed methodologies are aimed at simplifying the array beam forming network (BFN) by means of innovative clustering$/$ tiling strategies, jointly pursuing the goal of limiting the unavoidable reduction of the array performance in terms of (l) radiation pattern features and (ii) link Quality-of-Service (QoS)(QoS)(QoS). Selected numerical examples are reported in order to prove the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

57 ABSTRACT A technique that enables array error correction by re placing the signals from failed... more 57 ABSTRACT A technique that enables array error correction by re placing the signals from failed elements with processed signals derived from operating elements. The procedure is shown to be useful in a multisignal environment. Expressions are derived that give the signal to noise ratio of arrays with any number of failed elements with replaced signals. These relations are used to investigate the counterintuitive limiting case in which all the sig nals of an array are replaced by the reproduced signals.

2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2017

The life, career, and technical accomplishments of Professor Ronold W. P. King are chronicled. Hi... more The life, career, and technical accomplishments of Professor Ronold W. P. King are chronicled. His academic tenure at Harvard University spanned all or parts of eight decades, and his legacy is perhaps best defined by the fundamental nature of his research, his exceptional insight into the physics of problems in applied electromagnetics, and his mentorship of over 100 Ph.D. students.

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1987

A detailed analysis of infinite slot arrays excited by deltafunction current sources is presented... more A detailed analysis of infinite slot arrays excited by deltafunction current sources is presented. The existence of severe a m y blindness is proved for most of the cases of slots without metallic cavity separators.

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1969

of c l o s e l y s p a c e d open-ended waveguides r a d i a t i n g t h r o u g h a c o n d u c ... more of c l o s e l y s p a c e d open-ended waveguides r a d i a t i n g t h r o u g h a c o n d u c t i n g ground p l a n e. The waveguides are l a r g e enough i n some cases t o a l l o w t w o o r t h o g o n a l l y p o l a r i z e d p r o p a g a t i n g modes i n each waveguide.

Unclassified 2.. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3. P ISTRIBUTILN/ IVAILAB TY 7 OF PORT App rov... more Unclassified 2.. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 3. P ISTRIBUTILN/ IVAILAB TY 7 OF PORT App roved ?or pui reease. 2b. DECIASSIFICATION /DOWNGIhADING SCHEDULE Distribution unlimited 4. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) 5. MONITORINQ ORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) RADC-TR-89-121 Volume II 6a. NAME OF PERFORMING ORGANIZATION 6b FFICE SYMBOL 20. LIISTRibuTION/AVA;LAbILTY OF ABSTRACT 21. ABSTRACT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 0 UNCLASSIFIED/UNLIMITED 0l SAME AS RPT ElDTiC USERS Unclassifi.ed 22a. NAME OF RE5PONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE (include Area Cd)2c. OFFICE SYI SOL John Antonucci :(617%) 277-3549= DD FORM 1473, 84 MvA.ý 83 APR edition may be used until exhausted. SECURITY CLASSIFICATIOIN OFQl 5PG All other editions are obsolete.

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1984

Absf*aetSimple approximate formulas and generalized curves to evaluate the grating lobe levels of... more Absf*aetSimple approximate formulas and generalized curves to evaluate the grating lobe levels of various kinds of contiguous subarrays with uniform illumination within each subarray are presented. The cases considered include phase quantization due to discrete phase shiters, amplitude taper at subarray input ports and time delay at the subarray input ports. In addition, the work is generalized to include certain cases of quantized phase or time delay at the input ports in addition to amplitude taper at subarray input ports.

Journal of Global Optimization, 2015

This report is the fourth in a series describing the use of multiple higher order modes for grati... more This report is the fourth in a series describing the use of multiple higher order modes for grating lobes control in arrays of large aperture elements scanned over restricted spatial sectors. Arrays of this type are useful in a number of applications including precision approach radar, weapons locators and satellite communications systems. The report summarizes an extensive experimental and theoretical study that includes the design and use of dielectric lenses for control of E-plane null filling for an 8-element array, the investigated. A computer model has been developed to study the effect on the boresight of a noise source in the near field of a monopulse antenna.

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

The features of a space-feed lens subarraying system with amplitude control circuits at the feed ... more The features of a space-feed lens subarraying system with amplitude control circuits at the feed array face are outlined in this analysis. Several concepts to aid in producing low sidelobe subarray patterns and subarray patterns with relatively wide band null troughs are introduced. The analysis is presented for the purpose of comparing alternative approaches and includes the diffraction effects of finite lens and array feed. It treats the idealization of the lens and array face as continuous apertures, neglects mutual coupling effects, and includes the assumption that the cylindrical lens back face is in the far field of the array feed.

SPIE Proceedings, 2007

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per res... more Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing this collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Department of Defense, Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports (0704-0188), 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington, VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN YOUR FORM TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. This paper describes the application of biologically-inspired algorithms and concepts to the design of wideband antenna arrays. In particular, we address two specific design problems. The first involves the design of a constrained-feed network for a Rotman-lens beamformer. We implemented two evolutionary optimization (EO) approaches, namely a simple genetic algorithm (SGA) and a competent genetic algorithm. We conducted simulations based on experimental data, which effectively demonstrate that the competent GA outperforms the SGA (i.e., finds a better design solution) as the objective function becomes less specific and more "general." The second design problem involves the implementation of polyomino-shaped subarrays for sidelobe suppression of large, wideband planar arrays. We use a modified screen-saver code to generate random polyomino tilings. A separate code assigns array values to each element of the tiling (i.e., amplitude, phase, time delay, etc.) and computes the corresponding far-field radiation pattern. In order to conduct a statistical analysis of pattern characteristics vs. tiling geometry, we needed a way to measure the "similarity" between two arbitrary tilings to ensure that our sampling of the tiling space was somewhat uniformly distributed. We ultimately borrowed a concept from neural network theory, which we refer to as the "dot-product metric," to effectively categorize tilings based on their degree of similarity.

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1979

History of Wireless, 2006

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Early History Electromechanical and Frequ... more This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Early History Electromechanical and Frequency Scanning The Technology of Array Control Phase Array Analysis and Synthesis The Future Author's Comments Acknowledgments References ]]>

1984 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium

IThis report has been reviewed by the RADC Public Affairs Office (PA) and is releasable to the Na... more IThis report has been reviewed by the RADC Public Affairs Office (PA) and is releasable to the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). At NTIS it will be releasable to the general public, including foreign nations.