?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eledia.org%2Fstudents-reports%2F764%2F&rft.title=An+Innovative+Material-by-Design+Method+for+the+Enhancement+of+Linear+Active+Electronically-Scanned+Arrays&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=The+problem+of+enhancing+the+radiation+features+(in+terms+of+directivity+and+side-lobe+level)+of+an+existing+linear+active+electronically-scanned+array+(AESA)+is+addressed.+A+novel+material-by-design+(MbD)+design+technique+is+proposed+to+synthesize+suitably+engineered+meta-material+lenses+able+to+significantly+improve+the+performance+of+the+covered+antenna+array+without+increasing+the+number+of+elementary+radiators+nor+re-designing+the+feeding+network.+Moreover%2C+the+synthesized+architectures+are+able+to+mimic+the+radiation+characteristics+of+larger+apertures+without+requiring+highly-anisotropic+meta-materials+thanks+to+the+exploitation+of+a+customized+quasi-conformal+transformation+optics+(QCTO)+technique+in+combination+with+a+source+inversion+(SI)+strategy.+Some+numerical+results+are+presented+and+discussed+in+order+to+verify+the+potentialities+of+the+proposed+synthesis+technique.&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%2F764%2F1%2FAn%2520Innovative%2520Material-by-Design%2520Method%2520for%2520the%2520Enhancement%2520of%2520Linear%2520Active%2520Electronically-Scanned%2520Arrays%2520%2520.pdf&rft.identifier=++Salucci%2C+M.+and+Oliveri%2C+G.+and+Anselmi%2C+N.+and+Gottardi%2C+G.+and+Massa%2C+A.++(2018)+An+Innovative+Material-by-Design+Method+for+the+Enhancement+of+Linear+Active+Electronically-Scanned+Arrays.++Project+Report.+ELEDIA+Research+Center+-+University+of+Trento.+++++