eprintid: 773 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 7 dir: disk0/00/00/07/73 datestamp: 2018-06-15 07:58:01 lastmod: 2018-06-15 07:58:01 status_changed: 2018-06-15 07:58:01 type: monograph metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Salucci, M. creators_name: Oliveri, G. creators_name: Anselmi, N. creators_name: Massa, A. title: A Comparative Assessment of Different Lens Geometries for the Material‐by‐Design Synthesis of Conformal Arrays ispublished: pub subjects: AWC subjects: MAT full_text_status: public monograph_type: technical_report keywords: Material-by-Design (MbD), Array Synthesis, Conformal Arrays, Quasi-Conformal Transformation Optics (QCTO) abstract: In this work, the conformal transformation of linear antenna arrays is dealt with. An innovative Material-by-Design (MbD) approach is proposed in order to match a user-defined reference array onto an arbitrary conformal hosting surface without changing its radiating features. Towards this end, a two-step quasi-conformal transformation optics (QCTO) methodology is suitably customized and applied to synthesize a meta-material covering of the conformal geometry able to restore the desired radiation characteristics. A comparative assessment between several choices of the lens geometry is given by means of numerical full-wave simulations. date: 2018 publisher: ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento referencetext: G. Oliveri, G. Gottardi, F. Robol, A. Polo, L. Poli, M. Salucci, M. Chuan, C. Massagrande, P. Vinetti, M. Mattivi, R. Lombardi, and A. Massa, "Co-design of unconventional array architectures and antenna elements for 5G base station," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 65, no. 12, pp. 6752-6767, Dec. 2017. P. Rocca, G. Oliveri, R. J. Mailloux, and A. Massa, “Unconventional phased array architectures and design methodologies - A review,” Proc. IEEE, vol. 104, no. 3, pp. 544-560, Mar. 2016. G. Oliveri, M. Salucci, N. Anselmi and A. Massa, “Multiscale System-by-Design synthesis of printed WAIMs for waveguide array enhancement,” IEEE J. Multiscale Multiphysics Computat. Techn., vol. 2, pp. 84-96, 2017. A. Massa and G. Oliveri, “Metamaterial-by-Design: Theory, methods, and applications to communications and sensing - Editorial,” EPJ Applied Metamaterials, vol. 3, no. E1, pp. 1-3, 2016. L. Poli, G. Oliveri, P. Rocca, M. Salucci, and A. Massa, “Long-Distance WPT Unconventional Arrays Synthesis,” J. Electromagnet. Waves Appl., vol. 31, no. 14, pp. 1399-1420, Jul. 2017. G. Oliveri, F. Viani, N. Anselmi, and A. Massa, “Synthesis of multi-layer WAIM coatings for planar phased arrays within the system-by-design framework,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 2482-2496, Jun. 2015. G. Oliveri, L. Tenuti, E. Bekele, M. Carlin, and A. Massa, “An SbD-QCTO approach to the synthesis of isotropic metamaterial lenses,” IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 13, pp. 1783-1786, 2014. G. Oliveri, D. H. 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(2018) A Comparative Assessment of Different Lens Geometries for the Material‐by‐Design Synthesis of Conformal Arrays. Technical Report. ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento. document_url: http://www.eledia.org/students-reports/773/1/A%20Comparative%20Assessment%20of%20Different%20Lens%20Geometries%20for%20the%20Material%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design%20Synthesis%20of%20Conformal%20Arrays.pdf