?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F757%2F&rft.title=Enhancement+of+Linear+Antenna+Arrays+through+an+Innovative+QCTO%E2%80%90SI+Method%3A+Preliminary+Assessment&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Gottardi%2C+G.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+AT+Analytic+Techniques&rft.subject=M+EA+Evolutionary+Algorithms&rft.description=In+this+work%2C+an+innovative+Material-by-Design+(MbD)+methodology+is+proposed+to+improve+the+radiation+features+of+a+linear+active+electronically-scanned+array+(AESA)+without+increasing+the+number+of+elements+nor+requiring+the+re-design+of+the+radiators+and%2For+feeding+network.+The+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+approach+is+exploited+to+design+an+enhancing+meta-material+lens+that+is+able+to+focus+the+radiated+field+of+the+original+antenna.+Moreover%2C+a+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy+is+adopted+to+properly+set+the+array+excitations+in+order+to+match+the+radiation+characteristics+of+significantly+larger+apertures.+Some+preliminary+numerical+results+are+reported+and+discussed.&rft.publisher=ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F757%2F1%2FEnhancement%2520of%2520Linear%2520Antenna%2520Arrays%2520through%2520an%2520Innovative%2520QCTO%25E2%2580%2590SI%2520Method%2520Preliminary%2520Assessment.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+Enhancement+of+Linear+Antenna+Arrays+through+an+Innovative+QCTO%E2%80%90SI+Method%3A+Preliminary+Assessment.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++