Title :
Metamaterial-enhanced arrays by innovative QCTO approaches
Author :
Oliveri, G. ; Bekele, Ephrem T. ; Tenuti, L. ; Massa, A. ; Turpin, Jeremiah P. ; Werner, Douglas H. ; Werner, Pingjuan L.
Author_Institution :
ELEDIA Res. Center @ DISI, Univ. of Trento, Trento, Italy
Abstract :
Quasi Conformal Transformation Optics (QCTO) is applied in innovative antenna array enhancement applications. The QCTO is implemented numerically. Examples provided include miniaturization of a linear array using isotropic metamaterial lens and transformation of an arbitrary shaped conformal array to a well known (for example circular) array. A full-wave electromagnetic simulation is used to validate the approach.
Keywords :
conformal antennas; lens antennas; linear antenna arrays; metamaterial antennas; arbitrary-shaped conformal array transformation; circular array; full-wave electromagnetic simulation; innovative QCTO approach; innovative antenna array enhancement application; isotropic metamaterial lens; linear array miniaturization; metamaterial-enhanced arrays; quasiconformal transformation optics; Antenna arrays; Lenses; Metamaterials; Optical arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3538-3
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2014.6904708
