DocumentCode
611625
Title
Virtual conformal arrays using quasi-conformal transformation optics lenses
Author
Do-Hoon Kwon
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
8-12 April 2013
Firstpage
2192
Lastpage
2196
Abstract
Lens designs for array antenna applications based on quasi-conformal coordinate transformation are presented such that a physical curved/linear array is transformed into a virtual linear/curved array. For the two-dimensional TE polarization, the carpet-cloak transformation and its inverse are appropriate mappings for such virtual arrays. Potentially over a broad bandwidth, such lenses can be custom designed for existing array antennas to enable new scanning functions.
Keywords
conformal antennas; lenses; linear antenna arrays; array antenna applications; carpet-cloak transformation; lens designs; physical curved-linear array; quasiconformal coordinate transformation; quasiconformal transformation optics lenses; scanning functions; two-dimensional TE polarization; virtual conformal arrays; virtual linear array; Dielectrics; Lenses; Linear antenna arrays; Materials; Permittivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-88-907018-1-8
Type
conf
Filename
6546681
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