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Introduction To The (Peec) Partial Element Equivalent Circuit Approach Applied To Si/Pi, Albert E. Ruehli, Lijun Jiang, Giulio Antonini Oct 2018

Introduction To The (Peec) Partial Element Equivalent Circuit Approach Applied To Si/Pi, Albert E. Ruehli, Lijun Jiang, Giulio Antonini

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This article consists only of a collection of slides from the author's conference presentation.


Quality Criteria For Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers, Konstantin N. Rozanov, Marina Y. Koledintseva Oct 2018

Quality Criteria For Electromagnetic Wave Absorbers, Konstantin N. Rozanov, Marina Y. Koledintseva

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No abstract provided.


Equivalent Capacitance And Multilayer Models For Effective Roughness Dielectric In Pcbs, Marina Koledintseva, Tracey Vincent Oct 2018

Equivalent Capacitance And Multilayer Models For Effective Roughness Dielectric In Pcbs, Marina Koledintseva, Tracey Vincent

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Effective Roughness Dielectric (ERD) is used to substitute copper foil roughness in printed circuit board (PCB) interconnects. In this work, the equivalent capacitance approach is used to get the ERD parameters based on the understanding that there is a gradual variation of concentration of metallic inclusions in the transition layer between the dielectric and foil. The metallic concentration profile can be extracted from scanning electron microscopy (SEM) or high-resolution optical microscopy. The proposed model of equivalent capacitance with gradient dielectric is applied to standard (STD), very-low-profile (VLP), and hyper-very-low profile (HVLP) foils, and the frequency-dependent dielectric parameters of the homogenized …


Introduction To The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (Fdtd) Technique, Bruce Archambeault Oct 2018

Introduction To The Finite-Difference Time-Domain (Fdtd) Technique, Bruce Archambeault

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No abstract provided.


Detection Of Multiple Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beams By A Single Metasurface, Menglin L.N. Chen, Wei E.L. Sha, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang Oct 2018

Detection Of Multiple Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beams By A Single Metasurface, Menglin L.N. Chen, Wei E.L. Sha, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang

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An approach for the detection of orbital angular momentum (OAM) is proposed. By formulating the transmission function of an arbitrary aperture, desired field distribution can be generated. A geometric-phase based metasurface is used to implement the aperture that is designed to convert an OAM wave to a directional wave with distinguishable radiation direction according to the incident OAM. Therefore, by examining the directivity, we can tell the value of incident OAM. The effectiveness of our approach is validated by numerical calculation and full-wave simulation.


Anharmonic Phonon Coupling In Single-Crystal Semiconducting And Metal-Like Van Der Waals In2se3, John Igo, Shengwen Zhou, Zhi Gang Yu, Oliver Peter Amnuayphol, Feng Zhao, Yi Gu Oct 2018

Anharmonic Phonon Coupling In Single-Crystal Semiconducting And Metal-Like Van Der Waals In2se3, John Igo, Shengwen Zhou, Zhi Gang Yu, Oliver Peter Amnuayphol, Feng Zhao, Yi Gu

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We study the anharmonic phonon interactions in the single-crystal semiconducting (α) and metal-like (β) van der Waals In2Se3 layers, through the determination and analysis of temperature-dependent Raman spectra and thermal conductivities, supported by first-principles calculations of phonon band structures. Our results indicate strong lattice anharmonicity in β-In2Se3 giving rise to significant phonon peak broadening and a suppressed lattice thermal conductivity and reveal that the anharmonic phonon interactions are the main thermal transport-limiting mechanism in both phases. The low thermal conductivity combined with a large electrical conductivity makes the metal-like β-In2Se3 a potential efficient thermoelectric material.


Meta-Learning Related Tasks With Recurrent Networks: Optimization And Generalization, Thy Nguyen, A. Steven Younger, Emmett Redd, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi Oct 2018

Meta-Learning Related Tasks With Recurrent Networks: Optimization And Generalization, Thy Nguyen, A. Steven Younger, Emmett Redd, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi

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There have been recent interest in meta-learning systems: I.e., networks that are trained to learn across multiple tasks. This paper focuses on optimization and generalization of a meta-learning system based on recurrent networks. The optimization investigates the influence of diverse structures and parameters on its performance. We demonstrate the generalization (robustness) of our meta-learning system to learn across multiple tasks including tasks unseen during the meta training phase. We introduce a meta-cost function (Mean Squared Fair Error) that enhances the performance of the system by not penalizing it during transitions to learning a new task. Evaluation results are presented for …


Off-Policy Integral Reinforcement Learning For Semi-Global Constrained Output Regulation Of Continuous-Time Linear Systems, Yongliang Yang, Xianzhong Chen, Yixin Yin, Donald C. Wunsch Oct 2018

Off-Policy Integral Reinforcement Learning For Semi-Global Constrained Output Regulation Of Continuous-Time Linear Systems, Yongliang Yang, Xianzhong Chen, Yixin Yin, Donald C. Wunsch

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This paper presents a data-driven method based on off-policy integral reinforcement learning to solve the semi-global output regulation of continuous-time linear systems with input saturation. A family of state feedback laws for the input constrained output regulation problem is designed based on solving an algebraic Riccati equation. In contrast to the existing methods, complete knowledge of the system dynamics is no longer required in this paper. Instead, the data collected from online implementation is efficiently utilized to design the controller. Therefore, the controller design in this paper is data driven. It is shown that the presented method can find feedback …


Circuitry Design And Magnetic Susceptibility Evaluation Of 7t Fmri Implantable Rf Coil, Rong Wang, Celia M. Dong, Ed X. Wu, Robert C. Roberts, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang Oct 2018

Circuitry Design And Magnetic Susceptibility Evaluation Of 7t Fmri Implantable Rf Coil, Rong Wang, Celia M. Dong, Ed X. Wu, Robert C. Roberts, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang

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Implantable coils have been widely utilized in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) owing to their superior signal to noise ratio. To effectively minimize the magnetic field distortion and image artifacts, the magnetic susceptibility of the implantable coil needs to be evaluated before practical use. In this work, we experimentally identify the magnetic susceptibility of each component of the implantable coil with the 7T Bruker NMR imaging scanner and provide useful guidelines for the following manufacturing. A 5 5 mm 2 implantable surface coil with a tunable frequency range is subsequently introduced for the 7T fMRI of the rat primary somatosensory …


An Efficient Mode-Based Domain Decomposition Hybrid 2-D/Q-2d Finite-Element Time-Domain Method For Power/Ground Plate-Pair Analysis, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Yao Jiang Zhang, Shuai Xu, Hakan Bagci Oct 2018

An Efficient Mode-Based Domain Decomposition Hybrid 2-D/Q-2d Finite-Element Time-Domain Method For Power/Ground Plate-Pair Analysis, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Yao Jiang Zhang, Shuai Xu, Hakan Bagci

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Generally, with a surface magnetic current excitation, only the TM zmn modes are activated between the power/ground plate pair. As a result, the magnetic field only has azimuthal component while the longitude component is zero. To make full use of this quasi-2-D (Q-2D) property, a Q-2D finite-element time-domain (FETD) method combined with the basic 3-D triangular prism mesh elements is firstly proposed to solve the magnetic field wave equation. It is further noted that the higher order modes are confined in the proximity of the antipads (labeled as via domain) due to the exponential attenuation property along the propagating direction. …


Low-Profile Diplexing Filter/Antenna Based On Common Radiating Cavity With Quasi-Elliptic Response, Kirti Dhwaj, Xiaoqiang Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Tatsuo Itoh Oct 2018

Low-Profile Diplexing Filter/Antenna Based On Common Radiating Cavity With Quasi-Elliptic Response, Kirti Dhwaj, Xiaoqiang Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Tatsuo Itoh

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A low-profile single-layer substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) diplexing filtering antenna with two-pole response in each channel is presented. Synthesis technique is proposed, which allows independent design of the filtering networks for the two channels. A common slot loaded SIW cavity is used to obtain the desired radiation in both channels. The diplexing filtering antenna provides quasi-elliptic response in both channels due to source-load coupling. The filtering antenna provides a maximum broadside gain of 2.65 and 2.7 dBi at operating frequencies of 5.25 (lower channel) and 5.8 GHz (upper channel), respectively. The interchannel isolation is more than 29 dB with a …


Decoupling Of Multi-Element Mimo Antennas, Min Li, L. (Lijun) J. Jiang Sep 2018

Decoupling Of Multi-Element Mimo Antennas, Min Li, L. (Lijun) J. Jiang

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An efficient decoupling technique for multi-element MIMO antennas is proposed in this paper. A general model of using parasitic decoupling structure (PDS) to satisfy the criterions derived from antenna impedances for perfect isolation is presented. A prototype of three monopole antennas is realized on a Rogers PCB for demonstration purpose. The simulation results show that good impedance matching and high port isolation are achieved simultaneously.


An Overview Of Direct Current Distribution System Architectures & Benefits, Venkata Anand Prabhala, Bhanu Prashant Baddipadiga, Poria Fajri, Mehdi Ferdowsi Sep 2018

An Overview Of Direct Current Distribution System Architectures & Benefits, Venkata Anand Prabhala, Bhanu Prashant Baddipadiga, Poria Fajri, Mehdi Ferdowsi

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This paper examines existing and future direct current (DC) distribution systems with a wide range of applications in data centers, telecommunication systems, commercial buildings, residential homes, electric vehicles, spacecraft, and aircrafts. DC distribution systems have many advantages and disadvantages over their alternating current (AC) counterparts. There are a few surviving examples of DC distribution systems; among them are the telecommunication systems and data centers that use the low-voltage 48 Vdc systems. However, recently, there has been a move towards higher DC bus voltages. In this paper, a comparative study of different DC distribution architectures and bus structures is presented and …


Cooperative Interference Control In Neighboring Passive Scattering Antennas, Shadi Ebrahimi-Asl, Mohammad Tayeb Ahmad Ghasr, Maciej Zawodniok Sep 2018

Cooperative Interference Control In Neighboring Passive Scattering Antennas, Shadi Ebrahimi-Asl, Mohammad Tayeb Ahmad Ghasr, Maciej Zawodniok

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Passive backscattering links in scattering sensor arrays suffer from mutual coupling among closely spaced neighbor antennas. This effect results in an unmatched circuitry at input ports of antennas causing poor power harvesting, weak backscattering, overall low read rates. In this paper, a model for mutual coupling in a $N$ by $N$ scattering antenna arrays is discussed. We show by simulations and measurements that in a two-scatterer system (one target and one neighbor antennas) the mutual coupling effect from the neighbor to the target varies depending on its load and also its location with respect to the target and the incident …


Advanced Metal Oxides And Nitrides Thermoelectric Materials For Energy Harvesting, Yining Feng, Evan Witkoske, Elizabeth S. Bell, Yang Wang, Athanasios Tzempelikos, Ian T. Ferguson, Na Lu Sep 2018

Advanced Metal Oxides And Nitrides Thermoelectric Materials For Energy Harvesting, Yining Feng, Evan Witkoske, Elizabeth S. Bell, Yang Wang, Athanasios Tzempelikos, Ian T. Ferguson, Na Lu

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Metal oxides and nitrides are widely used in many applications as a result of their high mechanical, chemical, and electrical properties. In high temperature thermoelectric applications, oxides and nitrides exhibit high thermopower and thermal stability. Moreover, most oxides and nitrides are consisted of earth abundant elements, which are non-toxic, cost effective and easy for large-scale synthesis. In this article, we reviewed the recent advances of metal oxides and nitrides and their applications in thermoelectric. The materials that are examined include both p-type semiconductors (e.g. NaxCoO2, Ca3Co4O9, GaN) and n-type semiconductors (e.g. ZnO-based, …


Node-Based Resilience Measure Clustering With Applications To Noisy And Overlapping Communities In Complex Networks, John Matta, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi, Jeffrey Borwey, Koushik Sinha, Donald C. Wunsch, Gunes Ercal Aug 2018

Node-Based Resilience Measure Clustering With Applications To Noisy And Overlapping Communities In Complex Networks, John Matta, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi, Jeffrey Borwey, Koushik Sinha, Donald C. Wunsch, Gunes Ercal

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This paper examines a schema for graph-theoretic clustering using node-based resilience measures. Node-based resilience measures optimize an objective based on a critical set of nodes whose removal causes some severity of disconnection in the network. Beyond presenting a general framework for the usage of node-based resilience measures for variations of clustering problems, we experimentally validate the usefulness of such methods in accomplishing the following: (i) clustering a graph in one step without knowing the number of clusters a priori; (ii) removing noise from noisy data; and (iii) detecting overlapping communities. We demonstrate that this clustering schema can be applied successfully …


Generation Of Orbital Angular Momentum By A Point Defect In Photonic Crystals, Menglin L.N. Chen, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Wei E.I. Sha Jul 2018

Generation Of Orbital Angular Momentum By A Point Defect In Photonic Crystals, Menglin L.N. Chen, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Wei E.I. Sha

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As an attractive degree of freedom in electromagnetic (EM) waves, the orbital angular momentum (OAM) enables infinite communication channels for both classical and quantum communications. The exploration of OAM generation inspires various designs involving spiral phase plates, antenna arrays, metasurfaces, and computer-generated holograms. In this work, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate an approach to producing OAM carrying EM waves by a point defect in three-dimensional (3D) photonic crystals (PCs). Simultaneous excitation of two vibrational-defect states with an elaborately engineered phase retardation generates a rotational state carrying OAM. Through converting guided waves in a line defect to localized waves in a …


Correction: Orbital Angular Momentum Generation And Detection By Geometric-Phase Based Metasurfaces [Appl. Sci., 8, (2018), (362)] Doi:10.3390/App8030362, Menglin L.N. Chen, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Wei E.I. Sha Jul 2018

Correction: Orbital Angular Momentum Generation And Detection By Geometric-Phase Based Metasurfaces [Appl. Sci., 8, (2018), (362)] Doi:10.3390/App8030362, Menglin L.N. Chen, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Wei E.I. Sha

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We, the authors, wish to make the following corrections to our paper [1]. We found that the literature we listed on page 2 has a mistake: "Afterwards, many other devices for OAM generation have been proposed, such as the cylindrical lens in 1993 [30], spiral phase plates (SPPs) in 1994 [31], q plates in 2006 [32]." We would like to give credit to the first phase rotor filter [2] and remove the year for the designs. Thus, the statement would be changed to: "In 1992, a phase rotor filter was devised to introduce the azimuthal phase term [30]. Afterwards, many …


Analysis Of Grapevine Gene Expression Data Using Node-Based Resilience Clustering, Jeffrey Dale, John Matta, Susanne Howard, Gunes Ercal, Wenping Qiu, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi Jul 2018

Analysis Of Grapevine Gene Expression Data Using Node-Based Resilience Clustering, Jeffrey Dale, John Matta, Susanne Howard, Gunes Ercal, Wenping Qiu, Tayo Obafemi-Ajayi

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Powdery mildew is the most economically important disease of cultivated grapevines worldwide. In the agricultural community, there is a great need for better understanding of the complex genetic basis of powdery mildew (PM) resistance by delineating possible gene biomarkers associated with the plants' defense mechanisms. Machine learning techniques can be applied to analysis of gene expression data to aid knowledge discovery of disease fighting genes. In this work, we apply a data-driven computational model, utilizing a graph-based clustering algorithm - Node-Based Resilience Clustering (NBRClust), to analyze grapevine gene expression data to identify possible gene biomarkers associated with powdery mildew disease …


A Unified Analysis Framework For Tensor Metasurfaces, Bo O. Zhu, Xiaoyan Y.Z. Xiong, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang Jul 2018

A Unified Analysis Framework For Tensor Metasurfaces, Bo O. Zhu, Xiaoyan Y.Z. Xiong, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang

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Tensor impedance metasurfaces have attracted much attention recently due to their ability to flexibly manipulate both propagating and surface waves. So far, the analysis of tensor impedance has not been fully supported by commercial electromagnetic simulation software. Also, the representation of formulas of penetrable tensor impedance for both propagating and surface waves is limited in the literature. Hence, a unified analysis framework is proposed for this purpose. It allows the calculation of wave reflection and transmission with arbitrary incident angles, or inversely, the calculation of surface impedance tensors given the desired wave propagation properties. It also allows surface eigenmode analysis, …


The Caching Broadcast Channel With A Wire And Cache Tapping Adversary Of Type Ii: Multiple Library Files, Mohamed Nafea, Aylin Yener Jul 2018

The Caching Broadcast Channel With A Wire And Cache Tapping Adversary Of Type Ii: Multiple Library Files, Mohamed Nafea, Aylin Yener

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A wiretap model with two receivers equipped with fixed-size cache memories, and a type II adversary is considered. The adversary in this model chooses a subset of symbols to tap into either from cache placement, delivery transmission, or both phases. The legitimate parties do not know the fractions or the positions of the tapped symbols in either phase. For a library of size three files or more, lower and upper bounds on the strong secrecy capacity, i.e., the maximum achievable file rate while keeping the overall library strongly secure, are derived. The strong secrecy capacity is identified for the instance …


The Caching Broadcast Channel With A Wire And Cache Tapping Adversary Of Type Ii, Mohamed Nafea, Aylin Yener Jul 2018

The Caching Broadcast Channel With A Wire And Cache Tapping Adversary Of Type Ii, Mohamed Nafea, Aylin Yener

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This paper introduces the notion of cache-tapping into information theoretic models of coded caching. In particular, the wiretap II model with two receivers equipped with fixed-size cache memories is considered. The adversary chooses a set of symbols from cache placement, delivery, or both to tap into. The legitimate parties know neither whether cache placement, delivery, or both transmissions are tapped, nor the positions of tapped symbols. Only the size of overall tapped set is known. The strong secrecy capacity, i.e., the maximum achievable file rate while keeping the overall library strongly secure, is identified for the instance of two library …


Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain Modeling Of Graphene Nanoribbon Incorporating The Spatial Dispersion Effects, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Hakan Bagci Jul 2018

Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain Modeling Of Graphene Nanoribbon Incorporating The Spatial Dispersion Effects, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Hakan Bagci

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It is well known that graphene demonstrates spatial dispersion properties, i.e., its conductivity is nonlocal and a function of spectral wavenumber (momentum operator) q. In this paper, to account for effects of spatial dispersion on transmission of high-speed signals along graphene nanoribbon (GNR) interconnects, a discontinuous Galerkin time-domain (DGTD) algorithm is proposed. The atomically thick GNR is modeled using a nonlocal transparent surface impedance boundary condition (SIBC) incorporated into the DGTD scheme. Since the conductivity is a complicated function of q (and one cannot find an analytical Fourier transform pair between q and spatial differential operators), an exact time-domain SIBC …


A Novel Hybrid 2d/Q-2d Finite Element Method For Power/Ground Plane Analysis, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Hakan Bagci Jun 2018

A Novel Hybrid 2d/Q-2d Finite Element Method For Power/Ground Plane Analysis, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Hakan Bagci

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By realizing the TMz modal distribution property between the power/ground plate-pairs, the magnetic field actually has only azimuthal components while longitude component is zero. Thus, if the magnetic field wave equation is solved, only a Quasi-2D issue is considered. Furthermore, since the high-order modes are only located in the near region of the anti-pad, thus for the domain far-away from the antipad has only the TEM mode. Thereby, in this region, the magnetic field is invariable along the vertical direction, which consequently is a pure 2D domain. As a result, the conventional 3D computational domain is naturally transformed to a …


Message From The Program Chairs - Volume 1, Jiannong Cao, Stelvio Cimato, Yasuo Okabe, Sahra Sedighsarvestani Jun 2018

Message From The Program Chairs - Volume 1, Jiannong Cao, Stelvio Cimato, Yasuo Okabe, Sahra Sedighsarvestani

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No abstract provided.


Tag Ownership Transfer In Radio Frequency Identification Systems: A Survey Of Existing Protocols And Open Challenges, Eyad Taqieddin, Hiba Al-Dahoud, Haifeng Niu, Jagannathan Sarangapani Jun 2018

Tag Ownership Transfer In Radio Frequency Identification Systems: A Survey Of Existing Protocols And Open Challenges, Eyad Taqieddin, Hiba Al-Dahoud, Haifeng Niu, Jagannathan Sarangapani

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Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a modern approach to identify and track several assets at once in a supply chain environment. In many RFID applications, tagged items are frequently transferred from one owner to another. Thus, there is a need for secure ownership transfer (OT) protocols that can perform the transfer while, at the same time, protect the privacy of owners. Several protocols have been proposed in an attempt to fulfill this requirement. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the RFID OT protocols that appeared over the years of 2005-2018. In addition, we compare these …


Beam Scanning Realized By Coupled Modes In A Single-Patch Antenna, Haozhan Tian, Kirti Dhwaj, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Tatsuo Itoh Jun 2018

Beam Scanning Realized By Coupled Modes In A Single-Patch Antenna, Haozhan Tian, Kirti Dhwaj, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Tatsuo Itoh

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In this letter, we introduce a novel beam scanning in a single-rectangular-patch antenna realized by coupled modes. The design exhibits radiated beams that scan as a function of frequency but is different in its operation mechanism compared to a traditional leaky-wave antenna. The idea is to manipulate the phase difference between the fields at two radiating slots of the antenna to reform the beam. Metal vias are introduced to create two coupled half-mode cavities in the patch antenna. The mutual coupling between the two cavities makes the phase difference as a function of the operating frequency. The simulated beam scans …


Analysis Of Nonlinear Graphene Plasmonics Using Surface Integral Equations, Ling Ling Meng, Tian Xia, Xiaoyan Y.Z. Xiong, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Weng Cho Chew May 2018

Analysis Of Nonlinear Graphene Plasmonics Using Surface Integral Equations, Ling Ling Meng, Tian Xia, Xiaoyan Y.Z. Xiong, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Weng Cho Chew

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Graphene plasmonics have attracted significant attention in the past few years due to the remarkable optical and electrical properties of graphene. A highly effective method based on surface integral equations (SIE) in the frequency domain is proposed to describe both linear and nonlinear effects of graphene efficiently and accurately. Graphene, a centrosymmet-ric material, can possess second harmonic generation (SHG) when the conductivity is nonlocal. In this work, the fundamental harmonic (FH) of a graphene wrapped particle is studied as the first benchmark by introducing a conducting surface in SIE. Then it is modified to analyze a graphene-based patch antenna in …


Nmr Studies Of Loaded Microspheres, Ming Huang, Sisi Chen, Rex E. Gerald Ii, Jie Huang, Klaus Woelk May 2018

Nmr Studies Of Loaded Microspheres, Ming Huang, Sisi Chen, Rex E. Gerald Ii, Jie Huang, Klaus Woelk

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Porous-wall hollow glass microspheres (PWHGMs) are a novel form of glass materials that consist of 1-μm-thick porous silica shells, 20-100 μm in diameter, with a hollow cavity in the center. Utilizing the central cavity for material storage and the porous walls for controlled release is a unique combination that renders PWHGMs a superior vehicle for targeted drug delivery. In this study, NMR spectroscopy was used to characterize PWHGMs for the first time. A vacuum-based loading system was developed to load PWHGMs with various compounds followed by a washing procedure that uses solvents immiscible with the target material. Immiscible binary model …


Analytical Evaluation Of Partial Elements Using A Retarded Taylor Series Expansion Of The Green's Function, Luigi Lombardi, Giulio Antonini, Albert E. Ruehli May 2018

Analytical Evaluation Of Partial Elements Using A Retarded Taylor Series Expansion Of The Green's Function, Luigi Lombardi, Giulio Antonini, Albert E. Ruehli

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The computation of the fundamental magnetic and electric field coupling terms for the full-wave partial element equivalent circuit method is time consuming for large problems. Extensive numerical integration is required for the computation of four-to-six-fold integration of the partial element coefficients. In this paper, we present new full-wave analytical formulas for their computation, which are based on several different Taylor series expansion approaches for the case of rectangular elementary volumes and surfaces.