?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F774%2F&rft.title=On+the+Design+of+Spline%E2%80%90Based+Lenses+for+the+Conformal+Miniaturization+of+Linear+Antenna+Arrays&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.description=This+work+deals+with+the+conformal+miniaturization+of+linear+antenna+arrays.+Towards+this+end%2C+a+novel+synthesis+approach+based+on+the+Material-by-Design+(MbD)+paradigm+is+proposed.+The+presented+methodology+exploits+the+integration+of+a+two-step+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+approach+with+a+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy.+One+the+one+hand%2C+the+purpose+of+the+QCTO+is+to+synthesize+a+meta-material+covering+that+is+able+to+restore+the+radiation+features+of+the+radiating+system+once+its+geometry+has+been+matched+to+an+arbitrary+conformal+profile.++On+the+other+hand%2C+the+SI+allows+to+reduce+the+number+of+required+radiators+in+the+final+conformal+geometry+without+introducing+visible+alterations+to+the+desired+radiation+features.+Some+numerical+results+are+shown+in+order+to+validate+the+proposed+MbD+synthesis+approach+for+the+design+of+meta-material+lenses+based+on+spline+curves.&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%2F774%2F1%2FOn%2520the%2520Design%2520of%2520Spline%25E2%2580%2590Based%2520Lenses%2520for%2520the%2520Conformal%2520Miniaturization%2520of%2520Linear%2520Antenna%2520Arrays.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+On+the+Design+of+Spline%E2%80%90Based+Lenses+for+the+Conformal+Miniaturization+of+Linear+Antenna+Arrays.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++