?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F772%2F&rft.title=Lens+Thickness+Impact+on+the+Performance+of+Conformal+Miniaturized+Arrays+Designed+through+a+Material%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design+Approach+&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&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=This+work+deals+with+the+conformal+miniaturization+of+linear+antenna+arrays.+A+novel+design+methodology+based+on+the+Material-by-Design+(MbD)+paradigm+is+proposed.+More+precisely%2C+the+presented+approach+exploits+a+two-step+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+algorithm+in+order+to+match+linear+arrays+onto+arbitrary+surfaces.+The+synthesized+meta-material+lens%2C+covering+the+conformal+array%2C+ensures+that+its+radiation+features+are+kept+as+much+as+possible+equal+to+those+of+the+reference+antenna+in+free-space.+Moreover%2C+a+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy+is+adopted+in+order+to+achieve+a+reduction+of+the+radiators+in+the+final+conformal+arrangement.+A+study+of+the+impact+of+the+lens+thickness+on+the+achievable+performance+is+presented%2C+making+use+of+full-wave+simulations+in+order+to+carefully+analyze+the+electromagnetic+behavior+of+the+synthesized+radiating+architectures.+&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%2F772%2F1%2FLens%2520Thickness%2520Impact%2520on%2520the%2520Performance%2520of%2520Conformal%2520Miniaturized%2520Arrays%2520Designed%2520through%2520a%2520Material%25E2%2580%2590by%25E2%2580%2590Design%2520Approach%2520.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+Lens+Thickness+Impact+on+the+Performance+of+Conformal+Miniaturized+Arrays+Designed+through+a+Material%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design+Approach.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++