B4  Antenna Systems: Design and Measurements

Thursday, January 4  13:20-15:00  Room 200

Session Chairs:  Dejan Filipovic, John Swoboda

13:20  B4-1  COUPLED TRANSMIT SIGNAL AND NOISE CANCELLATION AT THE RF FRONT END IN SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SYSTEM

Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan*, Elias Alwan, John L. Volakis

Electrical Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida


13:40  B4-2  MEASUREMENT OF RADIO ARRAY ANTENNA PATTERNS USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIOS

John P. Swoboda*, Frank D. Lind, Philip J. Erickson

Atmospheric Sciences Group, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA


14:00  B4-3  A NOVEL, SIZE-REDUCED LOG-PERIODIC DIPOLE ARRAY USING SPHERICAL TOP-LOADING

James C. Howell*, Sungkyun Lim

Electrical Engineering, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro


14:20  B4-4  Wideband Circularly Polarized Horn Antenna Design and Effect of the Polarization on Basic Direction Finding (DF)

Mustafa Asili*, Adnan Orduyilmaz, Mahmut Serin, Alper Yildirim

Advanced Technologies Research Institute, TUBITAK, Ankara, TURKEY


14:40  B4-5  HIGHLY EFFICIENT HYBRID PLASMONIC LEAKY-WAVE OPTICAL ANTENNA WITH CONTROLLING SLOT?S SHAPES

Zahra Manzoor*1, Mohammad Ali Panahi2

1EE, MST University, Rolla,MO
2EE, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wi