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Inverse Source Method for Constrained Phased Array Synthesis through Null-Space Exploitation
Lorenzo Poli, Paolo Rocca, Arianna Benoni +1
A versatile approach for the synthesis of phased array (PA) antennas able to fit user-defined power pattern masks, while fulfilling additional geometrical and/or electrical constra…
A Divide-and-Conquer Tiling Method for the Design of Large Aperiodic Phased Arrays
Nicola Anselmi, Paolo Rocca, Giovanni Toso +1
Due to the growing request from modern wireless applications of cost-affordable and high-gain scanning antenna solutions, the design of large phased arrays (PAs) with radiating ele…
An Opportunistic Source Synthesis Method for Smart Electromagnetic Environments
Pietro Da Rù, Arianna Benoni, Marco Salucci +2
In the framework of the "Smart ElectroMagnetic Environment" (SEME), an innovative strategy leveraging Equivalence Source concepts is introduced for enhancing the performance of lar…
Design of Clustered Phased Arrays by Means of an Innovative Power Pattern Matching-Driven Method -- The Linear Array Case
Arianna Benoni, Lorenzo Poli, Paolo Rocca +1
The design of sub-arrayed phased arrays (PAs) with sub-array-only amplitude and phase controls that afford arbitrary-shaped power patterns matching reference ones is addressed. Suc…
A Self-Replicating Single-Shape Tiling Technique for the Design of Highly Modular Planar Phased Arrays -- The Case of L-Shaped Rep-Tiles
Nicola Anselmi, Luca Tosi, Paolo Rocca +2
The design of irregular planar phased arrays (PAs) characterized by a highly-modular architecture is addressed. By exploiting the property of self-replicating tile shapes, also kno…
Spline-Shaped Microstrip Edge-Fed Antenna for 77 GHz Automotive Radar Systems
Marco Salucci, Lorenzo Poli, Paolo Rocca +5
An innovative millimeter-wave (mm-wave) microstrip edge-fed antenna (EFA) for 77 GHz automotive radars is proposed. The radiator contour is modeled with a sinusoidal spline-shaped…
Array Antenna Power Pattern Analysis Through Quantum Computing
Luca Tosi, Paolo Rocca, Nicola Anselmi +1
A method for the analysis of the power pattern of phased array antennas (PAs) based on the quantum Fourier transform (QFT) is proposed. The computation of the power pattern given t…
Multi-Scale Single-Bit RP-EMS Synthesis for Advanced Propagation Manipulation through System-by-Design
G. Oliveri, P. Rocca, M. Salucci +2
A new method for synthesizing Single-Bit Reconfigurable Passive Electromagnetic Skins (1RP-EMSs) featuring advanced beam shaping capabilities is proposed. By using single-bit unit…
Planning of EM Skins for Improved Quality-of-Service in Urban Areas
Arianna Benoni, Marco Salucci, Giacomo Oliveri +3
The optimal planning of electromagnetic skins (EMSs) installed on the building facades to enhance the received signal strength, thus the wireless coverage and/or the quality-of-ser…
On the Design of Modular Reflecting EM Skins for Enhanced Urban Wireless Coverage
Paolo Rocca, Pietro Da Rù, Nicola Anselmi +4
The design of modular, passive, and static artificial metasurfaces to be used as electromagnetic skins (EMSs) of buildings for improving the coverage in urban millimeter-wave commu…
Building a Smart EM Environment -- AI-Enhanced Aperiodic Micro-Scale Design of Passive EM Skins
Giacomo Oliveri, Francesco Zardi, Paolo Rocca +2
An innovative process for the design of static passive smart skins (SPSSs) is proposed to take into account, within the synthesis, the electromagnetic (EM) interactions due to thei…
Modular Sparse Conical Multi-beam Phased Array Design for Air Traffic Control Radar
Paolo Rocca, Nicola Anselmi, Mohammad Abdul Hannan +1
The design of a conical phased array antenna for air traffic control (ATC) radar systems is addressed in this work. The array, characterized by a fully digital beam-forming (DBF) a…
Optimal Capacity-Driven Design of Aperiodic Clustered Phased Arrays for Multi-User MIMO Communication Systems
N. Anselmi, P. Rocca, S. Feuchtinger +3
The optimal design of aperiodic/irregular clustered phased arrays for base stations (BSs) in multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication systems is addressed.…
Antenna Array Thinning Through Quantum Computing
Paolo Rocca, Nicola Anselmi, Giacomo Oliveri +2
Thinning antenna arrays through quantum Fourier transform (QFT) is proposed. Given the lattice of the candidate locations for the array elements, the problem of selecting which ant…
Learned Global Optimization for Inverse Scattering Problems -- Matching Global Search with Computational Efficiency
Marco Salucci, Lorenzo Poli, Paolo Rocca +1
The computationally-efficient solution of fully non-linear microwave inverse scattering problems (ISPs) is addressed. An innovative System-by-Design (SbD) based method is proposed…
Holographic Smart EM Skins for Advanced Beam Power Shaping in Next Generation Wireless Environments
Giacomo Oliveri, Paolo Rocca, Marco Salucci +1
An innovative approach for the synthesis of inexpensive holographic smart electromagnetic (EM) skins with advanced beamforming features is proposed. The complex multiscale smart sk…
Pareto-Optimal Domino-Tiling of Orthogonal Polygon Phased Arrays
Paolo Rocca, Nicola Anselmi, Alessandro Polo +1
The modular design of planar phased arrays arranged on orthogonal polygon-shaped apertures is addressed and a new method is proposed to synthesize domino-tiled arrays fitting multi…
Modular Design of Hexagonal Phased Arrays Through Diamond Tiles
P. Rocca, N. Anselmi, A. Polo +1
The modular design of planar phased array antennas with hexagonal apertures is addressed by means of innovative diamond-shaped tiling techniques. Both tiling configuration and suba…
An Irregular Two-Sizes Square Tiling Method for the Design of Isophoric Phased Arrays
P. Rocca, N. Anselmi, A. Polo +1
The design of isophoric phased arrays composed of two-sized square-shaped tiles that fully cover rectangular apertures is dealt with. The number and the positions of the tiles with…
Optimal Excitation Matching Strategy for Sub-Arrayed Phased Linear Arrays Generating Arbitrary-Shaped Beams
P. Rocca, L. Poli, A. Polo +1
The design of phased arrays able to generate arbitrary-shaped beams through a sub-arrayed architecture is addressed here. The synthesis problem is cast in the excitation matching f…
Probabilistic Interval Analysis for the Analytic Prediction of the Pattern Tolerance Distribution in Linear Phased Arrays With Random Excitation Errors
P. Rocca, N. Anselmi, A. Benoni +1
A statistical approach based on the interval analysis (IA) is proposed for the analysis of the effects, on the radiation patterns radiated by phased arrays, of random errors and to…