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Sensitivity Analysis for Antenna Devices through Interval Arithmetic -- A Generalized Approach
Nicola Anselmi, Paolo Rocca, Andrea Massa
This paper presents a novel method for the sensitivity analysis of electromagnetic (EM) systems whose transfer function (TF), that is the input-output (I/O) relationship between th…
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 Planning Strategy for Building a Heterogeneous Smart EM Environment
Arianna Benoni, Marco Salucci, Baozhu Li +1
This paper presents a planning strategy for the deployment of smart electromagnetic entities (SEEs) to enhance the wireless coverage and the Quality-of-Service (QoS) in large urban…
Multi-Functional Polarization-Based Coverage Control through Static Passive EMSs
Giacomo Oliveri, Francesco Zardi, Aaron Angel Salas Sanchez +1
An innovative multi-functional static-passive electromagnetic skin (SP-EMS) solution is proposed to simultaneously support, in reflection, two independent wave-manipulation functio…
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…
One-Time Programmable Passive Electromagnetic Skins
Giacomo Oliveri, Francesco Zardi, Aaron Angel Salas Sancez +1
The implementation of simple, inexpensive, and mass-production-oriented solutions for smart electromagnetic environments (SEMEs) is dealt with by introducing the concept of "one-ti…
Time-Modulated EM Skins for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Lorenzo Poli, Aakash Bansal, Giacomo Oliveri +3
An innovative solution, based on the exploitation of the harmonic beams generated by time-modulated electromagnetic skins (TM-EMSs), is proposed for the implementation of integrate…
Unconventional Array Design in the Autocorrelation Domain -- Isophoric 1D Thinning
Lorenzo Poli, Giacomo Oliveri, Nicola Anselmi +3
The synthesis of thinned isophoric arrays (TIAs) radiating mask-constrained patterns is addressed. By leveraging on the recently-introduced formulation of the design of antenna arr…
On the Improvement of the Performance of Inexpensive Electromagnetic Skins by means of an Inverse Source Design Approach
Giacomo Oliveri, Francesco Zardi, Andrea Massa
A new methodology for the improvement of the performance of inexpensive static passive electromagnetic skins (SP-EMSs) is presented. The proposed approach leverages on the non-uniq…
Synthesis of Wide-Angle Scanning Arrays through Array Power Control
Pietro Rosatti, Giacomo Oliveri, Andrea Massa
A new methodology for the synthesis of wide-angle scanning arrays is proposed. It is based on the formulation of the array design problem as a multi-objective one where, for each s…
Co-Design of Low-Profile Linear Microstrip Arrays with Wide-Band Spatial Filtering Capabilities
Arianna Benoni, Marco Salucci, Andrea Massa
The design of low-profile linear microstrip arrays with wide-band spatial filtering capabilities is dealt with. An innovative architecture, leveraging the angular selectivity of of…
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…
A Physics-Driven AI Approach for Microwave Imaging of Breast Tumors
Francesco Zardi, Luca Tosi, Marco Salucci +1
In this paper, an innovative microwave imaging (MI) approach for breast tumor diagnosis is proposed that employs a differential formulation of the inverse scattering problem (ISP)…
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…
Memory-Enhanced Dynamic Evolutionary Control of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Francesco Zardi, Giacomo Oliveri, Andrea Massa
An innovative evolutionary method for the dynamic control of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is proposed. It leverages, on the one hand, on the exploration capabilities…
Reconfigurable and Static EM Skins on Vehicles for Localization
Dario Tagliaferri, Marouan Mizmizi, Giacomo Oliveri +2
Electromagnetic skins (EMSs) have been recently considered as a booster for wireless sensing, but their usage on mobile targets is relatively novel and could be of interest when th…
Optically-Transparent EM Skins for Outdoor-to-Indoor mm-Wave Wireless Communications
Giacomo Oliveri, Francesco Zardi, Andrea Massa
Optically-transparent opportunistic electromagnetic skins (OTO-EMSs) are proposed to enable outdoor-to-indoor (O2I) millimiter-wave (mmW) wireless communications with existing wind…
Towards Real-World Indoor Smart Electromagnetic Environments -- A Large-Scale Experimental Demonstration
Arianna Benoni, Federico Capra, Marco Salucci +1
To the best of the authors' knowledge, this work presents the first large-scale indoor experimental assessment of an implementation of the emerging Smart ElectroMagnetic Environmen…
Multi-Scaling Differential Contraction Integral Method for Inverse Scattering Problems with Inhomogeneous Media
Yu Zhong, Francesco Zardi, Marco Salucci +2
Practical applications of microwave imaging often require the solution of inverse scattering problems with inhomogeneous backgrounds. Towards this end, a novel inversion strategy,…
Multi-Resolution Subspace-Based Optimization Method for the Retrieval of 2D Perfect Electric Conductors
Xiuzhu Ye, Francesco Zardi, Marco Salucci +1
Perfect Electric Conductors (PECs) are imaged integrating the subspace-based optimizationmethod (SOM) within the iterative multi-scaling scheme (IMSA). Without a-priori information…
Features and Potentialities of Static Passive EM Skins for NLOS Specular Wireless Links
Giacomo Oliveri, Marco Salucci, Andrea Massa
The ability of passive flat patterned electromagnetic skins (EMSs) to overcome the asymptotic limit of the total path attenuation (TPA) of flat metallic reflectors of arbitrary siz…
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…