AUGUST 2012

VOLUME 60

NUMBER 8

IETPAK

(ISSN 0018-926X)

PAPERS

Antennas
Minimum Electrically Small Antennas ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ........ O. S. Kim
Miniaturization of Microstrip Antennas by theNovel Application of the Giuseppe PeanoFractal Geometries ... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ....... H. Oraizi and S. Hedayati
Miniature Scalp-Implantable Antennas for Telemetry in the MICS and ISM Bands: Design, Safety Considerations and
Link Budget Analysis .. ........ ......... ......... ........ .... ...... ......... ........ ......... ...... A. Kiourti and K. S. Nikita
Multiple Frequency Band and High Isolation Mobile Device Antennas Using a Capacitive Slot ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ........ C. Rowell and E. Y. Lam
Switched Beam Antenna Employing Metamaterial-Inspired Radiators .. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ...... G. Bertin, F. Bilotti, B. Piovano, R. Vallauri, and L. Vegni
Design Synthesis of Metasurfaces for Broadband Hybrid-Mode Horn Antennas With Enhanced Radiation Pattern and
Polarization Characteristics .... ......... .... ...... ........ Q. Wu, C. P. Scarborough, D. H. Werner, E. Lier, and X. Wang
Generation of Propagating Bessel Beams Using Leaky-Wave Modes .... ........ ......... ......... M. Ettorre and A. Grbic
Arrays and Periodic Structures
Efficient Prediction of Array Element Patterns Using Physics-Based Expansions and a Single Far-Field Measurement ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ....... R. Maaskant, M. V. Ivashina, S. J. Wijnholds, and K. F. Warnick
An Effective Approach to the Synthesis of Phase-Only Reconfigurable Linear Arrays .. ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ..... A. F. Morabito, A. Massa, P. Rocca, and T. Isernia
SIW-Based Array Antennas With Sequential Feeding for X-Band Satellite Communication .... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... . E.-Y. Jung, J. W. Lee, T. K. Lee, and W. K. Lee
A 45 Linearly Polarized Hollow-Waveguide Corporate-Feed Slot Array Antenna in the 60-GHz Band ........ ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ .... T. Tomura, Y. Miura, M. Zhang, J. Hirokawa, and M. Ando
Micro-Fabricated 130180 GHz Frequency Scanning Waveguide Arrays ....... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ . E. D. Cullens, L. Ranzani, K. J. Vanhille, E. N. Grossman, N. Ehsan, and Z. Popovic
Analysis and Design of Slitted Waveguides With Suppressed Slot-Mode Using Periodic FDTD ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ....... T. R. Cameron, A. T. Sutinjo, and M. Okoniewski
Materials and Inverse Scattering
A Broadband Three-Dimensionally Isotropic Negative-Refractive-Index Medium ...... .... S. M. Rudolph and A. Grbic

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Cut-Wire Metamaterial Design Based on Simplified Equivalent Circuit Models ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ....... H. Wakatsuchi, J. Paul, S. Greedy, and C. Christopoulos
A Study on the Effective Permittivity of Carbon/PI Honeycomb Composites for Radar Absorbing Design ..... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ........ P. Zhou, L. Huang, J. Xie, D. Liang, H. Lu, and L. Deng
Technique to Decompose Near-Field Reflection Data Generated From an Object Consisting of Thin Dielectric Layers ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... . D. Kurrant and E. Fear
Introduction of Oblique Incidence Plane Wave to Stratified Lossy Dispersive Media for FDTD Analysis ...... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ...... P. Chen and X. Xu
Shifted Pixel Method for Through-Wall Radar Imaging . ......... ......... ........ ....... P.-H. Chen and R. M. Narayanan
Wavelet-Based Adaptive Multiresolution Inversion for Quantitative Microwave Imaging of Breast Tissues .... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..... R. Scapaticci, I. Catapano, and L. Crocco
Enhanced Detection of On-Metal Retro-Reflective Tags in Cluttered Environments Using a Polarimetric Technique ... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... J. A. Vitaz, A. M. Buerkle, M. Sallin, and K. Sarabandi
Numerical and Analytical Techniques
An Efficient Framework for Using Higher-Order Curved Div-Conforming Elements With Cancellation of Weak
Singularities in Local Space for Surface Integral Equation .... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ...... G. Jos Ma
E-MFIE Formulation for Arbitrary PEC Sheets .. ........ ......... ......... ........ ... T. E. Gilles, C. Craeye, and M. Piette
A Full-Wave Numerical Approach for Analyzing Rectangular Waveguides With Periodic Slots ....... J. Liu and Y. Long
Novel Buffa-Christiansen Functions for Improving CFIE With Impedance Boundary Condition ....... ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ... W.-D. Li, W. Hong, H.-X. Zhou, and Z. Song
Stability Properties of the Time Domain Electric Field Integral Equation Using a Separable Approximation for the
Convolution With the Retarded Potential ....... ........ ......... ......... ........ ... A. J. Pray, N. V. Nair, and B. Shanker
Acceleration of Mixed Potentials From Vertical Currents in Layered Media for 2-D Structures With 1-D Periodicity .. ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .. G. Valerio, D. R. Wilton, D. R. Jackson, and A. Galli
Complete Closed-Form Expression of Dyadic Greens Function and Its Far- and Near-Field Approximations for an
Impedance Half-Plane . ........ ......... ......... ........ ........ .. ......... ........ ......... ......... ..... I.-S. Koh and Y. Lee
Combined IE-FDTD Algorithm for Long-Range Loran-C Ground-Wave Propagation .. ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... .. X. Xi, L. Zhou, J. Zhang, J. Liu, and L. Wang
Impulsive Radiation From a Vertical Electric Dipole Above an Imperfectly Conducting Surface ....... ....... C. H. Lam
Optical Theorem and Forward Scattering Sum Rule for Periodic Structures .... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ...... M. Gustafsson, I. Vakili, S. E. Bayer Keskin, D. Sjberg, and C. Larsson
Short-Pulsed Wavepacket Propagation in Ray-Chaotic Enclosures ....... ........ ... G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, and I. M. Pinto
Emulating an Anechoic Environment in a Wave-Diffusive Medium Through an Extended Time-Reversal Approach ... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... A. Cozza
Full-Wave Characterization of Rough Terrain Surface Scattering for Forward-Looking Radar Applications .... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... . D. Liao and T. Dogaru
Wireless
Compact Printed Multiband Antenna With Independent Setting Suitable for Fixed and Reconfigurable Wireless
Communication Systems ...... ......... ......... ....... H. F. Abutarboush, R. Nilavalan, S. W. Cheung, and K. M. Nasr
Characterization of Reverberation Chambers for OTA Measurements of Wireless Devices: Physical Formulations of
Channel Matrix and New Uncertainty Formula .... P.-S. Kildal, X. Chen, C. Orlenius, M. Franzn, and C. S. L. Patan
Sample Selection Algorithms for Enhanced MIMO Antenna Measurements Using Mode-Stirred Reverberation
Chambers ...... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ...... A. Marn-Soler, M.
Grudn, J. D. Snchez-Heredia, P. Hallbjrner, A. M. Martnez-Gonzlez, A. Rydberg, and D. A. Snchez-Hernndez
Performance of Handheld MIMO Terminals in Noise- and Interference-Limited Urban Macrocellular Scenarios ...... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ . V. Plicanic, H. Asplund, and B. K. Lau
Miniaturized Radio Repeater for Enhanced Wireless Connectivity of Ad-Hoc Networks ... . Y. J. Song and K. Sarabandi
A Novel Transmitter Placement Scheme Based on Hierarchical Simplex Search for Indoor Wireless Coverage
Optimization ... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ .. H. Liang, B. Wang, W. Liu, and H. Xu
A Real Time UWB MIMO System With Programmable Transmit Waveforms: Architecture, Algorithms and
Demonstrations ......... ........ ......... ...... .... ........ ......... ......... Y. Song, T. N. Guo, R. C. Qiu, and M. C. Wicks

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The Effect of the Vehicle Body on EM Propagation in Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems .... .. H. Zeng and T. H. Hubing

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COMMUNICATIONS

Equivalent Circuit for Dipole Antennas in a Lossy Medium ..... ......... ........ ........ Y. Liao, T. H. Hubing, and D. Su
Polarization-Diversity Ring Slot Antenna With Frequency Agility ....... ........ ... ....... ......... J.-S. Row and C.-J. Shih
Novel Flexible Dual-Frequency Broadside Radiating Rectangular Patch Antennas Based on Complementary Planar ENZ
or MNZ Metamaterials . ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... . J. Xiong, X. Lin, Y. Yu, M. Tang, S. Xiao, and B. Wang
Substrate Integrated Waveguide Leaky-Wave Antenna With H-Shaped Slots ... ....... J. Liu, X. Tang, Y. Li, and Y. Long
Analysis of a Conformal Archimedean Spiral Antenna Printed Within Layered Dielectric Cylindrical Media Using the
Method of Moments .... ........ ......... ......... ..... .... ......... ......... ........ ... J. Wu, S. K. Khamas, and G. G. Cook
Measurement of the Offset-Cassegrain Antenna of JEM/SMILES Using a Near-Field Phase-Retrieval Method in the
640-GHz Band . ......... ........ ......... . T. Manabe, T. Nishibori, K. Mizukoshi, F. Otsubo, S. Ochiai, and H. Ohmine
Broadband High-Gain Microstrip Array Antennas for WiMAX Base Station ... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .... H.-D. Chen, C.-Y.-D. Sim, J.-Y. Wu, and T.-W. Chiu
Wide-Band Wide-Coverage Linear Array of Four Semi-Circular Sector Horns . ... .. L. Yang, W. Tan, Z. Shen, and W. Wu
Resonance Based Target Recognition Using Ultrawideband Polarimetric Signatures ... ... ..... H.-S. Lui and N. V. Shuley
Simulation of Electromagnetic Scattering for 3-D Impedance Surface Using MoM-PO Method ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... .. D.-F. Yu, S.-Y. He, X. Chen, G.-Q. Zhu, and H.-C. Yin
An Efficient Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method for Highly Accurate Solution of Maxwell Equations ..... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ........ M. Liu, K. Sirenko, and H. Bagc
Discrete Geometric Formulation of Admittance Boundary Conditions for Frequency Domain Problems Over Tetrahedral
Dual Grids ..... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... .... L. Codecasa, R. Specogna, and F. Trevisan
Unconditionally Stable FDTD Method Based on LOD Scheme for Analysis of 2-D Periodic Structures ........ ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ... J.-B. Wang, B.-H. Zhou, L. Shi, and B. Chen
A Ray Based Method to Evaluate Scattering by Vegetation Elements .... ........ ..... ..... ......... F. Mani and C. Oestges
Legendre Fit to the Reflection Coefficient of a Radiating Rectangular Waveguide Aperture ..... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ... D. F. Williams, M. T. Ghasr, B. Alpert, Z. Shen, A. Arsenovic, R. M. Weikle, and R. Zoughi
Statistical Analysis for On-Body Spatial Diversity Communications at 2.45 GHz ....... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ....... A. Michalopoulou, A. A. Alexandridis, K. Peppas, T. Zervos, F. Lazarakis, K. Dangakis, and D. I. Kaklamani
Model Parametrization and Validation for Specular-Diffuse Clustered Channel Models ......... ........ ......... ......... ..
.. ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ... F. Quitin, C. Oestges, F. Bellens, S. Van Roy, F. Horlin, and P. De Doncker

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for Papers: Antenna Systems and Propagation for Cognitive Radio . ........ ......... ......... . ....... ......... ......... .
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Innovative Phased Array Antennas Based on Non-Regular Lattices and Overlapped
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