?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F746%2F&rft.title=System%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design+Synthesis+of+Wide+Angle+Impedance+Matching+Layers&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+AT+Analytic+Techniques&rft.description=In+this+work%2C+the+synthesis+of+metasurface-based+wide-angle+impedance+matching+(WAIM)+layers+is+proposed.+The+designed+structures+allow+to+mitigate+reflection+issues+in+waveguide-fed+planar+phased+arrays.+To+achieve+such+a+goal%2C+the+synthesis+problem+is+formulated+in+the+System-by-Design+(SbD)+framework%2C+and+the+degrees+of+freedom+are+represented+by+the+geometrical+descriptors+of+the+metasurface+unit+cells.+The+final+layout+is+then+obtained+by+minimizing+the+antenna+input+reflections+caused+by+impedance+mismatching+when+the+array+is+steered.+A+preliminary+numerical+validation+is+provided+in+order+to+assess+the+effectiveness+and+flexibility+of+the+proposed+SbD-based+design+approach.&rft.publisher=ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento&rft.date=2017&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F746%2F1%2FSystem_by_Design_Synthesis_of_Wide_Angle_Impedance_Matching_Layers.v2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Salucci%2C+M.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2017)+System%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design+Synthesis+of+Wide+Angle+Impedance+Matching+Layers.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++