Hybrid beamforming systems are a cost and energy efficient architectural approach for large-scale antenna arrays operating at millimetre-wave frequencies. The separation of the beamforming process into an analogue beamforming network and a digital precoding part enables the reduction of digital channels, while preserving a precise beam steering capability. Especially subarray-based hybrid beamforming systems distinguish them due to a low complex analogue beamforming network. However, to determine the ideal analogue and digital precoding matrices the channel state information has to be estimated. This estimation process is hampered by the electrical interconnection of different antenna elements within the analogue beamforming network. Hence, a separation of the antenna elements of the subarrays in the digital domain is not possible. Furthermore, actual channel estimation methods for hybrid beamforming systems are based on beam training techniques, which suffer from long estimation times. To overcome these problems we developed a two-stage channel estimation method for subarraybased hybrid beamforming systems using sparse array estimations. In the first stage, only one antenna element of each subarray at the transmitter is active during the channel estimation, resulting in a sparse array estimation. To distinguish the transmitters at the receiver side the transmitters are separated in the frequency domain using different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarriers. For recovering the full-dimensional channel matrix we present two algorithms. The first algorithm is based on a two-dimensional interpolation of the channel matrix, while the second algorithm uses multiple subsequent channel measurements. The presented estimation method enables thereby a direct determination of the channel matrix with only one or a few measurements.

In this paper, a novel ultrathin five-band polarization insensitive Metamaterial Absorber (MA) is proposed. The proposed structure consists of a periodic array of six arrows with two concentric hexagonal rings, having novel hexagonal 2D-bravais lattices on a grounded FR-4 dielectric substrate (ε_r = 4.25, loss-tangent tanδ = 0.02). The simulated result shows five discrete absorption peaks. The near unity absorption occurs at 2.7, 6.9, 7.3, 13.6 and 16.9 GHz with peak absorptivity of 88.99, 94.45, 87.58, 93.06 and 90.42% respectively. The proposed absorber is ultrathin with thickness of 0.056λ₀ corresponding to the highest frequency of absorption. In order to analyze the absorption mechanism of the structure electromagnetic parameters such as effective permittivity (ε_eff) and effective permeability μ_eff) are retrieved and plotted. Wave absorption phenomena are explained by comparative tabulation of real and imaginary parts of electromagnetic parameters. Absorption is further explained by the characteristics impedance and surface current distribution. The structure, being a six-fold symmetric, has been found to be polarization-insensitive under normal incidence. For the oblique incidence of waves, it also achieves high values of absorption for both TE and TM polarizations. The proposed absorber is fabricated, and scattering parameters are measured. Simulated and measured results are in close agreement. Performance of the proposed MA is further investigated by calculating Fractional Bandwidth (FBW). This absorber can find its applications in phase imaging, photo-detector, hyper-spectral imaging, micro-bolometer, spectroscopic detection, surveillance radar and other defence applications.

The celebrated Sommerfeld wedge diffraction solution is reexamined from a null interior field perspective. Exact surface currents provided by that solution, when considered as disembodied half-plane laminae radiating into an ambient, uniform space both inside and outside the wedge proper, do succeed in reconstituting both a specular, mirror field above the exposed face, and a shielding plane-wave field of a sign opposite to that of the incoming excitation which, under superposition, creates both the classical, geometric-optics shadow, and a strictly null interior field at the dominant, plane-wave level. Both mirror and shadow radiated fields are controlled by the residue at just one simple pole encountered during a spectral radiative field assembly, fixed in place by incidence direction φ₀ as measured from the exposed face. The radiated fields further provide diffractive contributions drawn from two saddle points that track observation angle φ: Even these, more or less asymptotic contributions, are found to cancel exactly within the wedge interior, while, on the outside, they recover in its every detail the canonical structure lying at the base of GTD (geometric theory of diffraction). It is earnestly hoped that this revised scattering viewpoint, while leaving intact all details of the existing solution, will impart to it a fresh, physically robust meaning. Moreover, inasmuch as this viewpoint confirms, admittedly in an extreme limit, the concept of field self-consistency (known in rather more picturesque language as Ewald-Oseen extinction), perhaps such explicit vindication may yet encourage efforts to seek exact solutions to scattering/diffraction by electromagnetically permeable (i.e., dielectric) wedges, efforts that harness integral equations with polarization/ohmic currents distributed throughout wedge volumes as sources radiating into an ambient, uniform reference medium.

The results of experimental research and development of the diffraction radiation oscillator with a periodic structure in form of a reflective double comb and with frequency tuning on mutual coupled modes in its open resonant system were presented. As an operating mode we chose the mutual coupled modes TEM₀₀₂ → TEM₁₀₁, which arise in the open resonant system with the shift between mirrors symmetry planes. To analyse its features, a rigorous electrodynamical 2-D model of the open resonant system was used, and the optimal shift width was established. As a result, the operation on the mutual coupled modes allowed to extend the frequency tuning range without failures in output power and to exclude the influence of higher-order modes (TEM_20q, TEM_30q etc.) on the output characteristics of the oscillator. The research has been carried out in Ka band.

Herein is presented a two-dimensional negative permittivity unit cell for coaxial notch filter applications. This novel unit cell is developed through simulation in the context of an ideal infinite parallel plate waveguide, and preliminary implementation is demonstrated through simulation and measurement in a finite parallel plate waveguide. Finally, the unit cells are incorporated as an in-line notch filter in a coaxial transmission line, and their efficacy is demonstrated through simulation and measurement. The unit cell developed for this application was formed as a broadband fractal expansion of the traditional capacitively loaded strip. A partial repetition of the basic CLS I-shape was inserted in the capacitive gap on either side of the structure. This new unit cell was developed and simulated in HFSS using an incident TEM wave excitation in a parallel plate waveguide, and was shown to have two resonant frequencies of interest. The first resonance produces a wide bandwidth of negative permittivity (29.5%) from 1.3 GHz to 1.75 GHz; the second produces a region of negative permeability from 2.05 GHz to 2.45 GHz, a bandwidth of 17.8%. The current on the structure at each of these frequencies is presented, along with the pertinent fields in the waveguide. The effects of various alterations to the basic shape of the unit cell are also presented.

A novel and compact triband planar antenna geometry suitable for DCS/WLAN/WiMAX services is reported. The multiple metal strip geometry in dual F shape is printed on a substrate of dielectric permittivity 4.4 and thickness 1.6 mm. A truncated and asymmetrically placed ground structure is used for improved impedance matching. Feed position is also optimized for good antenna radiation performance. The geometry is simulated using High Frequency Structure Simulator. All the radiation characteristics of the antenna are validated experimentally and found in good agreement with simulation results. Performance of the proposed antenna is compared with other triband antennas reported in the literature. Measured radiation patterns and gain are also presented in this paper. The radiation patterns are validated by EMSCAN Corporation's RFxpert^TM application tool also.

In this article, a self complementary frequency independent triple band Sinuous Antenna Array (SAA) is designed for wireless applications such as Mobile- Satellite Service (MSS), Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) application. Four Sinuous elements are connected to the nearest one in such a way to form an array structure. A prototype of a Sinuous Antenna Array (SAA) is embedded into a flame retardant-4 (FR-4) dielectric material. The performance of the proposed antenna array has been analyzed by using Ansys High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS). The suggested antenna is fabricated and tested. The measured results are shown that the proposed antenna array operated at the frequencies of 1.5 GHz for GPS, 1.8 GHz for GSM and 2 GHz for MSS with a reflection coefficient of below -10 dB. It has good reflection coefficient characteristics, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio, impedance bandwidth and radiation characteristics.

A fast Root-MUSIC algorithm based on Nystrom method and spectral factorization is proposed. By using Nystrom method, only two sub-matrices of the sample covariance matrix are calculated, which avoids its complete calculation and has the advantage of low computational complexity. At the same time, the polynomial coefficients of the Root-MUSIC based on the Nystrom method are conjugated, and the order of the polynomial is reduced by half when using iterative operations. Finally, the root algorithm is used to estimate the DOA. The performance of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated by simulation results.

A theoretical investigation of the interaction of electromagnetic plane waves with a uniaxial crystal slab, bounded by two graphene layers from both sides, placed in free space is presented in this paper. An 8×8 matrix method is developed using boundary conditions at a graphene-uniaxial anisotropic crystal interface and a uniaxial anisotropic crystal-graphene interface. The developed matrix is used to find reflection and transmission coefficients by Crammer's rule. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the effect of frequency of the incident wave, thickness of the uniaxial crystal slab, and Fermi energy of the graphene on the reflected and transmitted energies. The presented formulations and results are confirmed by published results of some limited cases.

In this paper we calculate Green's function of a single point source in a one-dimensional infinite periodic lossless medium. The method is based on Broadband Green's Functions with Low Wavenumber Extractions (BBGFL) that express the Green's functions in terms of band solutions that are wavenumber independent. The converegnce of the band expansions are accelerated by a low wavenumber extraction with the wavenumber chosen at the mid-bandgap. The choice of mid-bandgap means that the extracted low wavenumber Green's function can be calculated with very few number of layers. The broadband Green's functions are illustrated for stopband, passband and close to the bandedge. For the case of passband and close to band edge, a modal method is used with first order and second order pole extractions respectively. The modal terms are extracted and integrated analytically. The calculated solutions of single point source Green's functions are compared with the scattering solutions of multilayers using as many as 200,000 layers for the case of passband and near bandedge. The BBGFL computed solutions are in good agreement with those of scattering solutions for stopband, passband, and close to the bandedge.

Desire for a broadband, high gain, unidirectional and low cost antenna in the field of communications is everlasting. In this paper, a novel broadband high gain antenna is presented using a suspended cylinder and a ground connected cylinder geometry. The bandwidth of the proposed antenna is enhanced by shorting these two cylinders with a pin in the direction orthogonal to the plane of coaxial probe. This low profile antenna structure is simple and easy to fabricate. The cylinders, shorting pin and ground plane are fabricated by a copper sheet of thickness 0.4 mm. Shorting pin and SMA connector provide mechanical support to the suspended cylinder. Simulations are done to analyze the radiation performance of the antenna. Prototype of the antenna is fabricated, and the measured results show good agreement with the simulated ones to confirm the enhanced bandwidth offered by the proposed antenna. We achieve impedance bandwidth of 63% (2.6-5 GHz) with the peak broadside gain of 9.87 dB. The bandwidth of the proposed antenna can be tuned by changing the radius of the shorting pin. The designed antenna possesses broadband high gain with stable broadside unidirectional radiation pattern which is suitable for Base station antenna such as WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and LTE (Long Term Evolution). The metallic antenna has high power handling capacity as compared to microstrip and dielectric antennas.Therefore, this antenna can also be used for high power transfer application.

This paper presents a novel topology of a dual-rotor hybrid excitation motor (DRHEM), which combines outer permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) and inner doubly salient electromagnetic motor (DSEM). The structure and combination criterion of the DRHEM are introduced and studied. A new type of intermediate stator structure has been adopted and fixed in the form of stator fasteners. The electromagnetic field of the motor is analyzed, and optimization methods are proposed for reducing the cogging torque and superimposing the back electromotive force. Furthermore, to verify the theoretical analysis, experimental tests are conducted, and the torque-speed and output power-speed characteristics are compared under various speeds conditions. The results verify the electromagnetic design well.

This paper presents a calibration technique for phased array radars. The real embedded patterns of the array elements are measured independently in operating mode, while taking antenna coupling and other parasitic effects into account. The proposed technique does not affect the operation of the antenna array. The use of suitable switches integrated in the beamforming network of the array allows introducing sparsity into the measured summed signal. This enables the extraction of the angular dependent calibration coefficients by means of a dedicated compressed sensing approach.

The fast development of millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless communications and the associated concerns of potential negative impact on human health instigates the study on effects of mmWave frequency on the human body after exposure to electromagnetic field in terms of specific absorption rate (SAR) and temperature rise in computer simulation technology (CST). SAR distributions due to radiating source antenna were investigated using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method in single and layered human tissues by examining the 1 g SAR (gram mass averaging) and point SAR (without mass averaging) at mmWave frequencies of 28, 40 and 60 GHz. The bioheat equation was used to find the temperature elevation in tissues. The FDTD grid size used in the computation was 1.00, 0.75, and 0.50 mm at 28, 40 and 60 GHz, respectively. The results concluded that at the radiated power of 20 and 24 dBm, SAR levels (without mass averaging) in the tissues at 28 GHz were less than 40 and 60 GHz. It was found that the temperature increase in the three layer model was 2-3 times higher than that in the single layer model. However, the temperature elevation never exceeded 1˚C in all the determined cases which was well below the threshold value for the generation of any adverse thermal effects in the tissues. Moreover, the effect of distance between the source and tissue model was investigated. It was found that the SAR decreased as the distance increased from the radiating source. The results presented here will assist researchers in examining and simulating the performance of upcoming mmWave wireless networks in terms of exposure to human tissues.

This paper analyzes the influence of simplifications in electromagnetic models used in the design of protections against High-Intensity Radiated Field (HIRF) threats. Both conductive and radiated effects are evaluated, covering the wide frequency range between 1 MHz and 6 GHz. A real and complex test case such as the power plant of an A400M aircraft was simulated using FDTD method so as to analyse the impact of different simplification approaches. The parameters studied are the inclusion/removal of installations, modification of electrical contacts, material properties, and changes in the cable features. In consequence, we can conclude that for the frequency range around tens or hundreds of megahertzs every detail is important (all the pieces of the model, accurate bundle routes and cable properties), while for higher frequencies only the details nearby the analyzed point are relevant for the results and it is not necessary to distinguish between different materials which are good conductors at this frequency range.

Using impulse response with a 3D algorithm is a novel free-space radiation pattern reconstruction technique with accuracy greater than 1 dB in all antenna under test (AUT) azimuth and elevation angle orientations inside a non-anechoic environment. A quantitative comparison between impulse response with a 3D algorithm and impulse response with 2D, a previous technique, is performed using quantifiers. Benefits of the proposed 3D free-space radiation pattern reconstruction algorithm are single-frequency characterization and reuse of the 3D impulse response of the environment.

This paper presents a hybrid design of Sierpinski Carpet and Minkowski antenna for wireless applications. The hybrid antenna is designed, simulated and fabricated on an FR4 substrate with thickness 1.6 mm and dielectric constant 4.4. The dimensions of antenna are 45 x 38.92 x 1.6 mm³ which operates at various frequencies 3.43 GHz, 4.78 GHz, 6.32 GHz, 8.34 GHz and 9.64 GHz, and can be used for WiMax, C-band applications, Point-to-point Hi speed wireless communication and X-band (satellite Communication) applications. The measured results are also compared with the simulated ones which are in agreement with each other. Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) is used to design and simulate the antenna.

A backscattering model of the average signal power function (SPF) for laser radar 3D range imagery obtained using detector arrays for a complex target with rough surfaces is presented. The model relates the average power at the receiver to the laser pulse, target shape, optical scattering properties of the surface materials, angle of incidence, and other factors. The optical scattering properties of the material are characterized using the bidirectional reflectivity distribution function (BRDF). The effects of the pulse width on the resolution of the 3D range imagery are analyzed. The proposed model can be used to demonstrate 3D laser radar systems and can also be used to generate a library of model data sets for automatic target recognition (ATR) applications.

The study of electromagnetic field coupling to an electrically large structure is essential, in order to assess the degree of protection to be provided to harden the electronic or electrical system of interest, against electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic field coupling study can be done by computational and experimental techniques. In this paper, we have studied the high altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP)electromagnetic field coupling to a large antenna structure using electromagnetic dimensional scale modeling approach, in the frequency range of 1 kHz to 100 MHz. This frequency range has been chosen because most of the energy of the HEMP lies in this frequency band [1].

Hybrid analog/digital precoding is a promising technology that reduces the hardware complexity and power consumption of large-scale millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multipleoutput (MIMO) communication systems. Most prior work has focused on hybrid precoding for narrowband mmWave systems. MmWave systems, however, will likely act on wideband channels with frequency selectivity. Therefore, this paper presents an effective OFDM-based hybrid precoding algorithm (named as W-LS-IR algorithm) for wideband mmWave systems. Firstly, the initial phases of the analog precoding matrix are randomly generated, and the digital precoding matrix is initialized via the least squares (LS) method. Then, the column of the analog precoding matrix is derived from the dominant left singular vector of a residual matrix, and the corresponding row of the digital precoding matrix is updated using the LS method. Through the iterations of the aforementioned stage, the hybrid precoding matrix will approach a stable solution finally. Compared with related works, the proposed algorithm can improve the spectral efficiency of wideband mmWave MIMO communication systems. Simulation results are presented to confirm the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.