Superbackscattering antenna arrays
Fecha
2015Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1109/TAP.2015.2410787
Resumen
This article discusses the theory, design and practical implementation of superbackscattering antenna arrays. In analogy with Uzkov’s maximal directivity theorem, it is demonstrated that the maximal backscattering cross-section, normalized to the wavelength squared, of a linear array of N isotropic scatterers whose separation tends to zero is N2(N + 1)2=(4pi). This analytical result is validated ...
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This article discusses the theory, design and practical implementation of superbackscattering antenna arrays. In analogy with Uzkov’s maximal directivity theorem, it is demonstrated that the maximal backscattering cross-section, normalized to the wavelength squared, of a linear array of N isotropic scatterers whose separation tends to zero is N2(N + 1)2=(4pi). This analytical result is validated via numerical optimization of the excitation coefficients, and the same procedure is utilized to assess the maximal backscattering of arrays of electric Hertzian dipoles (EHDs). It is found that electrically small arrays of two and three EHDs can enhance the backscattering by factors of 6.22 and 22.01, respectively, with respect to the maximum value generated by a single element. In addition, physical realizations of arrays featuring comparable enhancement factors can be straightforwardly designed by using a simple procedure inspired by Yagi-Uda antenna concepts. The practical implementations of such arrays based on copper wires and printed circuit technologies is also addressed. [--]
Materias
Backscattering,
Electromagnetic scattering,
Superdirectivity,
Antenna theory,
Electrically small antennas
Editor
IEEE
Publicado en
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 63, no. 5, May 2015
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
This work was supported in part by the Spanish Ministry of Science and
Innovation, Direccion General de Investigación y Gestión del Plan Nacional de I+D+I, Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación, Project No.
CSD2008-00066 and TEC2013-47753-C3-1-R, and by NSF contract number
ECCS-1126572. I.L. acknowledges financial support from a FPI scholarship
of UPNA.