This paper presents a 6-element series array quasi-lumped element resonator antenna. The proposed antenna employs an interdigital capacitor in parallel with a straight strip conductor whose center finger is shorted across the capacitor. An array configuration is imperative as the gain of a single quasi-lumped element arrangement was only moderate and specifically put at about 9.4 dBi which may ...

The use and development of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems has undergone substantial growth in the past decade in many new areas. Some of these areas include wire‐ less sensor systems, metamaterials and compact antennas [1-8]. However, much of this new growth has required more performance from traditional passive RFID systems. In particu‐ lar, the need for more compact antennas wi...

With the advance of wireless communication systems and increasing importance of other wireless applications, wideband and low profile antennas are in great demand or both commercial and military applications. Multi-band and wideband antennas are also desirable in personal communication systems, small satellite communication terminals, and other wireless applications. Wideband antennas also find...

A linear inversion scheme for microwave imaging of buried objects is presented in which arbitrary antennas are accounted for through their plane-wave transmitting and receiving spectra. INTRODUCTION Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is an efficient tool for microwave imaging of buried objects. Within the concept of diffraction tomography, as proposed by Devaney [1], several linear inversion scheme...

During the SPS high intensity run 2002 with LHC type beam, the breaking of several of the carbon wires in the wire scanners has been observed in their parking position. The observation of large changes in the wire resistivity and thermionic electron emission clearly indicated strong RF heating that was depending on the bunch length. A subsequent analysis in the laboratory, simulating the beam b...

The design of a novel volcano smoke antenna for UWB indoor applications is presented. The design method is based on a general description for the geometry of UWB monopole antennas which is capable of producing most possible shapes for these antennas. It is also compatible with different optimization methods. In addition to a volcano smoke antenna, this method is used to design two optimized mon...

GOSALIA, KEYOOR. Novel Compact Antennas for Biomedical Implants and Wireless Applications. (Under the direction of Dr. Gianluca Lazzi.) Novel design methodologies and implementation techniques for antennas with an extremely small form factor (kr ¿ 1; k is the wavenumber and r is the radius of enclosing spherical volume) are presented. These size reduction techniques are applied to design antenn...