AUGUST 2011

VOLUME 59

NUMBER 8

IETPAK

(ISSN 0018-926X)

PAPERS

Antennas
Dual-Band Patch Antennas Based on Short-Circuited Split Ring Resonators ... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ .... O. Quevedo-Teruel, M. Ng Mou Kehn, and E. Rajo-Iglesias
Hierarchical Curl-Conforming Ndlec Elements for Quadrilateral and Brick Cells ... . R. D. Graglia and A. F. Peterson
Compact Dual-Band and Ultrawideband Loop Antennas ......... ......... ........ ......... .. M. K. Mandal and Z. N. Chen
Design of the Millimeter-wave Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna Using a Higher-Order Mode ........ ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ . Y.-M. Pan, K. W. Leung, and K.-M. Luk
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Radiation From a Wide Slot Antenna With a Dielectric Layer ... ........ ......... ......... ..

.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..... A. T. De Hoop, M. Stumpf,
and I. E. Lager
Reaching the Chu Lower Bound on Q With Magnetic Dipole Antennas Using a Magnetic-Coated PEC Core .. ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .... O. S. Kim and O. Breinbjerg
Experimental Determination of DRW Antenna Phase Center at mm-Wavelengths Using a Planar Scanner: Comparison
of Different Methods ... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ...... P. Padilla, P. Pousi, A. Tamminen, J. Mallat, J. Ala-Laurinaho, M. Sierra-Castaer, and A. V. Risnen
Truncation-Error Reduction in Spherical Near-Field Scanning Using Slepian Sequences: Formulation for Scalar Waves . ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ........ K. T. Kim
Arrays
Fundamental Electromagnetic Properties of Twisted Periodic Arrays .... ........ ......... .. D. Van Orden and V. Lomakin
Millimeter-Wave High Radiation Efficiency Planar Waveguide Series-Fed Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) Array:
Analysis, Design, and Measurements .. ......... ..... .... ......... W. M. Abdel-Wahab, D. Busuioc, and S. Safavi-Naeini
Double-Layer Full-Corporate-Feed Hollow-Waveguide Slot Array Antenna in the 60-GHz Band ...... ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ... Y. Miura, J. Hirokawa, M. Ando, Y. Shibuya, and G. Yoshida
A Deterministic Two Dimensional Density Taper Approach for Fast Design of Uniform Amplitude Pencil Beams
Arrays . ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... .... ..... ......... ......... ........ ......... ....... O. M. Bucci and S. Perna
Sparse Antenna Array Optimization With the Cross-Entropy Method ... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ... P. Minvielle, E. Tantar, A.-A. Tantar, and P. Brisset
Spherical-Wave-Based Shaped-Beam Field Synthesis for Planar Arrays Including the Mutual Coupling Effects ....... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ...... J. Crcoles, J. Rubio, and M. . Gonzlez
Synthesis of Conformal Phased Arrays With Embedded Element Pattern Decomposition ....... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .... K. Yang, Z. Zhao, Z. Nie, J. Ouyang, and Q. H. Liu
Robust Beampattern Synthesis for Antenna Arrays With Mutual Coupling Effect ....... ......... .... T. Zhang and W. Ser
RFID Grids: Part IIExperimentations .. ......... ........ ......... . ........ ........ ......... ... S. Caizzone and G. Marrocco

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Numerical and Analytical Techniques
Efficient Analysis of Large Scatterers by Physical Optics Driven Method of Moments .... M. S. Tasic and B. M. Kolundzija
Implementation of Material Interface Conditions in the Radial Point Interpolation Meshless Method ..... Y. Yu and Z. Chen
Improving the Accuracy of FDTD Approximations to Tangential Components of the Coupled Electric and Magnetic
Fields at a Material Interface .. ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ...... T. M. Millington and N. J. Cassidy
Near-Field PML Optimization for Low and High Order FDTD Algorithms Using Closed-Form Predictive Equations . ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ....... M. F. Hadi
Efficient Modeling of Three-Dimensional Reverberation Chambers Using Hybrid Discrete Singular Convolution-Method
of Moments .... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... .... H. Zhao and Z. Shen
A Prescaled Multiplicative Regularized Gauss-Newton Inversion ........ ........ ......... ......... P. Mojabi and J. LoVetri
Reconstruction of the Electromagnetic Field in Layered Media Using the Concept of Approximate Transmission
Conditions ...... ......... ........ ......... ......... . ........ ......... ......... ........ .... O. zdemir, H. Haddar, and A. Yaka
Spectral Analysis of Relativistic Dyadic Greens Function of a Moving Dielectric-Magnetic Medium . ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ....... T. Danov and T. Melamed
Mastering the Propagation Through Stacked Perforated Plates: Subwavelength Holes vs. Propagating Holes .. ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... .... M. Navarro-Ca, M. Beruete, F. Falcone, J. M. Illescas, I. Campillo, and M. Sorolla Ayza
Design and Free-Space Measurements of Broadband, Low-Loss Negative-Permeability and Negative-Index Media ... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ S. M. Rudolph, C. Pfeiffer, and A. Grbic
Wireless
Frequency Selective Buildings Through Frequency Selective Surfaces .. ........ ......... M. Raspopoulos and S. Stavrou
Diffuse Scattering Model of Indoor Wideband Propagation ...... . ...... O. Franek, J. B. A. Andersen, and G. F. Pedersen
Building Penetration Loss for Satellite Services at L-, S- and C-band: Measurement and Modeling .... ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ....... M. Kvicera and P. Pechac
Accurate Modeling of Body Area Network Channels Using Surface-Based Method of Moments ...... ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .... A. M. Eid and J. W. Wallace
Exact SLF/ELF Underground HED Field Strengths in Earth-Ionosphere Cavity and Schumann Resonance .... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ..... Y.-X. Wang, R.-H. Jin, J.-P. Geng, and X.-L. Liang

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Controlling Resonances for a Multi-Wideband Antenna by Inserting Reactive Components .... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... H. Choi, S. Jeon, J. Yeom, O. Cho, and H. Kim
Band-Notched UWB Antenna Incorporating a Microstrip Open-Loop Resonator ..... J. R. Kelly, P. S. Hall, and P. Gardner
Linearly Polarized Radial Line Patch Antenna With Internal Rectangular Coupling Patches .... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ....... J. L. Masa-Campos and M. Sierra-Prez
A Novel Unidirectional Dual-Band Circularly-Polarized Patch Antenna ........ ......... ... C.-H. Chen and E. K. N Yung
Circularly Polarized Antenna Having Two Linked Slot-Rings ... ......... ....... .. ......... ...... T.-N. Chang and J.-M. Lin
Monofilar Spiral Slot Antenna for Dual-Frequency Dual-Sense Circular Polarization .. . .. X. L. Bao and M. J. Ammann
A Bandwidth Improved Circular Polarized Slot Antenna Using a Slot Composed of Multiple Circular Sectors ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ S. H. Yeung, K. F. Man, and W. S. Chan
Bunny Ear Combline Antennas for Compact Wide-Band Dual-Polarized Aperture Array ..... Y. Zhang and A. K. Brown
Bandwidth Enhancement of a Wide Slot Using Fractal-Shaped Sierpinski ...... ......... ......... ........ ........ Y. J. Sung
A Reconfigurable Microstrip Leaky-Wave Antenna With a Broadly Steerable Beam ... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ..... R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, and B. J. Greetis
Integration of Circular Polarized Array and LNA in LTCC as a 60-GHz Active Receiving Antenna .... ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .. M. Sun, Y.-Q. Zhang, Y.-X. Guo, M. F. Karim, O. L. Chuen, and M. S. Leong
Two-Shell Radially Symmetric Dielectric Lenses as Low-Cost Analogs of the Luneburg Lens . ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... .... A. V. Boriskin, A. Vorobyov, and R. Sauleau
Closed-Form Greens Function Representations for Mutual Coupling Calculations Between Apertures on a Perfect
Electric Conductor Circular Cylinder Covered With Dielectric Layers ...... ... M. S. Akyz, V. B. Ertrk, and M. Kalfa
Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes at RF-THz Frequencies: Scattering, Shielding, Effective Conductivity, and Power
Dissipation ..... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... . J. A. Berres and G. W. Hanson
Sub-mm Wet Etched Linear to Circular Polarization FSS Based Polarization Converters ........ ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ...... M. Euler, V. Fusco, R. Dickie, R. Cahill, and J. Verheggen
Reducing the Number of Elements in Linear and Planar Antenna Arrays With Sparseness Constrained Optimization .. ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ....... W. Zhang, L. Li, and F. Li
Antenna Array Optimization Using Dipole Models for MIMO Applications ..... S. Karimkashi, A. A. Kishk, and D. Kajfez
Interpolatory Macro Basis Functions Analysis of Non-Periodic Arrays .. ........ .... D. Gonzlez-Ovejero and C. Craeye
Multiband Multipolarization Integrated Monopole Slots Antenna for Vehicular Telematics Applications .... .. P. Mousavi
An 800 MHz 2 1 Compact MIMO Antenna System for LTE Handsets .... M. S. Sharawi, S. S. Iqbal, and Y. S. Faouri
Mode-Based Estimation of 3 dB Bandwidth for Near-Field Communication Systems .. ... .... Y. Tak, J. Park, and S. Nam

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