13:20  B3-1  COMPUTATION OF THE Q LIMITS FOR ARBITRARY-SHAPED ANTENNAS USING CHARACTERISTIC MODES

Jeffrey Chalas*, Kubilay Sertel, John L. Volakis

Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

13:40  B3-2  EBG-DIPOLE ARRAY ANTENNA CREATING BEAM-TILT FOR BASE-STATION APPLICATIONS

Ilkyu Kim*, Yahya Rahmat-Samii

Electrical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles and California

14:00  B3-3  FAR FIELD EXTRAPOLATION IN THE BORESIGHT DIRECTION FROM NEAR FIELD SAMPLES TO IMPROVE THE SIGNAL INTEGRITY IN TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENT

Sembiam R. Rengarajan*

Electrical and Computer Engineering, California State University, Northridge, CA

14:20  B3-4  USING TRANSIENT PROPERTIES OF A TUNABLE NARROWBAND ANTENNA TO REALIZE A DUAL-BAND ANTENNA

Mohsen Salehi*, Majid Manteghi

ECE, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

14:40  B3-5  SMALL CASSEGRAIN ANTENNA FOR PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING AT L-BAND

Wasyl Wasylkiwskyj*, Roger Lang, Mehmet Ogut

Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, Washington DC

15:20  B3-6  HIGH CROSS POLARIZED KU-BAND OMT DESIGN FOR SNG VEHICLES

Salih M. Bostan*¹, Hamid Torpi², Julio V. Urbina¹

¹Electrical Engineering/Communications and Space, Sciences Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
²Electronics and Communication Engineering/ EM Fields and Microwave Techniques, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

15:40  B3-7  WRAPAROUND S-BAND AND GPS ANTENNA ARRAYS FOR SOUNDING ROCKET SUB-PAYLOAD

Maimaitirebike Maimaiti*, Reyhan Baktur

ECE Dep., Utah State University, Logan, Utah

16:00  B3-8  A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN CMA EVOLUTION STRATEGIES AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION FOR ANTENNA APPLICATIONS

Joshua M. Kovitz*, Yahya Rahmat-Samii

Electrical Engineering Department, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

16:20  B3-9  A 60-GHZ ACTIVE-INTEGRATED ANTENNA OSCILLATOR

Chuan-Chang Liu*, Renaud Moussounda, Roberto G. Rojas

The Ohio State University, Columbus

16:40  B3-10  HIGH FREQUENCY VECTOR SENSOR DESIGN AND TESTING

Geoffrey S. San Antonio*, William W. Lee, Mark G. Parent

Radar Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC