?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F758%2F&rft.title=Material%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design+as+applied+to+Linear+Antenna+Array+Performance+Improvement&rft.creator=Salucci%2C+M.&rft.creator=Oliveri%2C+G.&rft.creator=Anselmi%2C+N.&rft.creator=Gottardi%2C+G.&rft.creator=Massa%2C+A.&rft.subject=A+WC+Next+Generation+Wireless+Communications&rft.subject=M+EA+Evolutionary+Algorithms&rft.description=This+work+deals+with+the+problem+of+improving+the+radiation+performances+of+linear+active+electronically+scanned+arrays+(AESAs)%2C+without+increasing+the+number+of+radiating+elements+nor+requiring+a+re-design+of+the+radiators+and%2For+the+feeding+network.+The+problem+is+addressed+by+means+of+an+innovative+Material-by-Design+(MbD)+approach+based++on+the+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+technique+and+a+customized+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy.+The+synthesized+architectures+are+composed+by+a+metamaterial+lens+and+a+tapered+version+of+the+original+feeding+network%2C+able+to+match+the+radiation+characteristics+of+significantly+larger+apertures.+Some+preliminary+results+are+reported+in+order+to+validate+the+effectiveness+of+the+proposed+MbD+approach.&rft.publisher=ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F758%2F1%2FMaterial%25E2%2580%2590by%25E2%2580%2590Design%2520as%2520applied%2520to%2520Linear%2520Antenna%2520Array%2520Performance%2520Improvement.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+Material%E2%80%90by%E2%80%90Design+as+applied+to+Linear+Antenna+Array+Performance+Improvement.++Technical+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++