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type: monograph
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creators_name: Salucci, M.
creators_name: Oliveri, G.
creators_name: Anselmi, N.
creators_name: Massa, A.
title: On the Design of Spline‐Based Lenses for the Conformal Miniaturization of Linear Antenna 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), Array Miniaturization, Source Inversion (SI) 
abstract: This work deals with the conformal miniaturization of linear antenna arrays. Towards this end, 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, 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, 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.
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. Werner, and A. Massa, “Reconfigurable electromagnetics through metamaterials - A review” Proc. IEEE, vol. 103, no. 7, pp. 1034-1056, Jul. 2015.

G. Oliveri, E. T. Bekele, M. Salucci, and A. Massa, “Transformation electromagnetics miniaturization of sectoral and conical horn antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 1508-1513, Apr. 2016.

G. Oliveri, E. T. Bekele, M. Salucci, and A. Massa, “Array miniaturization through QCTO-SI metamaterial radomes,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 63, no. 8, pp. 3465-3476, Aug. 2015.

G. Oliveri, E. T. Bekele, D. H. Werner, J. P. Turpin, and A. Massa, “Generalized QCTO for metamaterial-lens-coated conformal arrays,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 62, no. 8, pp 4089-4095, Aug. 2014. 

G. Oliveri, E. Bekele, M. Carlin, L. Tenuti, J. Turpin, D. H. Werner, and A. Massa, “Extended QCTO for innovative antenna system designs,” IEEE Antenna Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications (CAMA 2014), pp. 1-3, Nov. 16-19, 2014.

G. Oliveri, P. Rocca, M. Salucci, E. T. Bekele, D. H. Werner, and A. Massa, “Design and synthesis of innovative metamaterial-enhanced arrays,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas Propag. (APS/URSI 2013), Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 972 - 973, Jul. 7-12, 2013.

G. Oliveri, “Improving the reliability of frequency domain simulators in the presence of homogeneous metamaterials - A preliminary numerical assessment,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, vol. 122, pp. 497-518, 2012.

M. Salucci, G. Oliveri, N. Anselmi, G. Gottardi, and A. Massa, "Performance enhancement of linear active electronically-scanned arrays by means of MbD-synthesized metalenses," J. Electromagnet. Waves Appl., vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 927-955, 2018.

M. Salucci, G. Oliveri, N. Anselmi, and A. Massa, “Material-by-design synthesis of conformal miniaturized linear phased arrays,” IEEE Access (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2833199). 
citation:   Salucci, M. and Oliveri, G. and Anselmi, N. and Massa, A.  (2018) On the Design of Spline‐Based Lenses for the Conformal Miniaturization of Linear Antenna Arrays.  Technical Report. ELEDIA Research Center - University of Trento.     
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