LAPC 2007

LAPC 2007 papers can be downloaded from IEEE Xplore.

Registration and Coffee
8:00am - 9:00am

Conference Opening
9:00am - 9:15am

Invited Presentations #1
9:15am - 11:15am

9:15 – 9:45am		Challenges in Antenna Designs and Some Novel Techniques for Meeting Them Prof. Raj Mittra, Pennsylvania State University, USA
9:45 – 10:15am		Periodic Materials and Printed Structures for Miniature Antennas Prof. John Volakis, Ohio State University, USA
10:15 – 10:45am		Millimetrewave Antennas: Past, Present and Future Prof. Clive Parini, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
10:45 – 11:15am		Enabling RF/Microwave Devices and Antennas Using Negative-Refractive-Index Transmission-Line (NRI-TL) Metamaterials Prof. George Eleftheriades, University of Toronto, Canada

Refreshments and Poster Session 1, Exhibition Area A & B
11:15am - 12:45pm

A1
Combined Fractal Dipole Wire Antenna
Mustafa Tahir

A2
Direct BPSK Demodulation by Polarization Rotation in the Presence of Channel Noise
Sajid Ahmed; Muhammad Amin; Vincent Fusco; Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

A3
Textured Surface Slot Antenna
Stephen Simms; Vincent Fusco

A4
A High Data Rate Wireless Leaky Feeder System for Vehicular Tunnel Applications
Terry Quinlan; S. Dudley; S. Walker

A5
Two-Dimensional Luneburg Lens RCS Augmentation Using MMIC Reflection Amplifier
Liang Xue; Horacio Cantu; Vincent Fusco

A6
Use of animation software in the simulation of On-Body communication channels
Michele Gallo; Peter Hall; Michele Bozzetti

A7
The Optimal Combination of Transmit Diversity and Beamforming
Lijun Liu; Myoung-Seob Lim

A8
Cost-variant SAGE: Field Trials and Results
Neville Tyler; Ben Allen; Hamid Aghvami


B1
Signal Frequency And Bandwidth Effects On The Performance Of UWB Time-Reversal Technique
Ali Khaleghi; Ghais El Zein

B2
Stealth Solutions to Solve the Radar-Wind Farm Interaction Problem
James Matthews; Jon Pinto; Carlos Sarno

B3
Attenuation Time Series Generator with Markov Model of Fade and Interfade Durations
Laszlo Csurgai; Janos Bito

B4
Planar Roof Mounted Automotive Antenna
Richard Langley; Lester Low; Richard Breden; Peter Callaghan

B5
Low Profile Multi-frequency Dipole Antenna Array Based on Planar Meta-surfaces
Elena Saenz; Pekka Ikonen; Ramon Gonzalo; Iñigo Ederra; Sergei Tretyakov; Peter de Maagt

B6
Printed Dipole Array for MIMO Wireless Networks
Evangelos Michailidis; Charalampos Tsimenidis; Graeme Chester

B7
Compact UWB Wearable Antenna
Benito Sanz-Izquierdo; John Batchelor; Mohamed Sobhy

B8
Bandwidth Enlargement of Planar EBG Antennas
Thai Hung Vu; Kouroch Mahdjoubi; Anne-Claude Tarot; Sylvain Collardey

B9
Analysis of Ultra Wideband Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna Design
Sheng Wang; Xiaodong Chen; Clive Parini

Lunch Day 1 (Restaurant)
12:45pm - 2:00pm

Invited Presentations #2
2:00pm - 4:00pm

2:00 – 2:30pm		UWB Antennas: From Hype, Promise to Reality Dr Zhi Ning Chen, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
2:30 – 3:00pm		Compact Antenna Test Range Based on a Computer-Generated Hologram and its use at Submillimeter Wavelengths Prof. Antti Räisänen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
3:00 – 3:30pm		Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurements: A Review of Correction Techniques Dr Doren Hess, MI Technologies, USA
3:30 – 4:00pm		Modelling and visualization of the communication link for UWB consumer applications Dr.-Ing. Dirk Manteuffel, IMST GmbH, Germany

Refreshments and Poster Session 2, Exhibition Area A & B
4:00pm - 5:30pm

A1
An Efficient Selective Transceiver for Beamforming and Transmit Diversity Combining Scheme
Lijun Liu; Myoung-Seob Lim

A2
Dual band Body Worn Antenna
Shaozhen Zhu; Luyi Liu; Richard Langley

A3
E-Plane Cut UWB Monopole
Benito Sanz-Izquierdo; John Batchelor

A4
Intelligent Radio Frequency Identification Positioning Using Wireless Sensor Networks
Alex Mason; Andrew Shaw; Ahmed Al-Shamma'a

A5
Design of a planar EBG structure to reduce mutual coupling in multilayer patch antennas
Eva Rajo-Iglesias; Oscar Quevedo-Teruel; Luis Inclan-Sanchez; Luis-Enrique Garcia-Muñoz

A6
Antenna pattern reconstruction from nonuniformly distributed PWMS data
Francesco D'Agostino; Flaminio Ferrara; Claudio Gennarelli; Rocco Guerriero; Giovanni Riccio; Carlo Rizzo

A7
Comparison of the Impedance Function of Biconical and Bowtie Dipoles
Neil McEwan; Mark Child

A8
Fast And Accurate Antenna Alignment Correction Performed Using A Vector Isometric Rotation
Stuart Gregson; Clive Parini; John McCormick


B1
Estimation of the single obstacle attenuation in MF Band from field data
Susana López; David de la Vega; David Guerra; Gorka Prieto; Manuel Velez; Pablo Angueira

B2
Effect Of Laminate Properties On Passive Intermodulation Generation
Dmitry Zelenchuk; Aleksey Shitvov; Alex Schuchinsky

B3
Circularly Polarized Array of Ring Antennas Using Novel Proximity-Coupled Feeds
Leonidas Marantis; Erik De Witte; Kin-Fai Tong; Paul Brennan

B4
Dual representation of field evolution in dielectric waveguide with time discontinuity
Alexander Nerukh; Nataliya Sakhnenko

B5
Characterization of Small-size Microstrip Patch Antennas for Wireless Applications
Boutheina Tlili

B6
Analysis of Microstrip Fractal Antennas By Means of RWG MOM and Wavelet Transformation
Maryam Rahmani; Ahad Tavakoli; Hamidreza Amindavar; Ali Reza Moghaddamjoo

B7
Novel metamaterial: magnetized ferrite - wire medium
Igor Nefedov; Anne-Claude Tarot; Wafa Abdouni

B8
Full Wave Analysis of a Ferrite Cross-Patch Antenna
Tarief Elshafiey

Conference Dinner (Restaurant)
7:00pm - 10:30pm

Invited Presentations #3
9:15am - 11:15am

9:15 – 9:45am		Applications of Wire Media Layers for Coupling Reduction in Antenna Arrays and Microwave Devices Prof. Sergei Tretyakov, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
9:45 – 10:15am		On the Use of Metamaterial Surfaces for EBG Antenna Improvements Prof. Bernard Jecko, XLIM Research Institute, France
10:15 – 10:45am		Antenna Possibilities using 2.5D Textured Surfaces Prof. Vincent Fusco, Queen's University of Belfast, UK
10:45 – 11:15am		Small Antenna with Dielectric, Magneto-Dielectric and Metamaterial Loadings Dr Yang Hao, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

Refreshments and Poster Session 3, Exhibition Area A & B
11:15am - 12:45pm

A1
Antenna over ground plane for wideband communications
Prachaya Paivech; Richard Langley

A2
Conformal spiral antenna above a cylindrical PEC groundplane
Jun Wu; Salam Khamas; Greg Cook

A3
A Novel Ultra Wideband Anyenna for UWB Applications
Aidin Mehdipour; Hadi Aliakbarian; M. Kamaarei

A4
Design, Implementation and analysis of a robust system to measure GSM radiation
Tarief Elshafiey; Omar Hosny; Judy Sirafim; Ramy Gamal

A5
Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Approach to the Modeling of Time Reversal Technique for Communication
Ali Khaleghi; Ghais El Zein

A6
Validation of deterministic radio propagation algorithms for UHF mobile network planning in mountain environment
Marco Allegretti; Claudio Lucianaz; Riccardo Notarpietro; Giovanni Emilio Perona

A7
Maximum Doppler Frequency in Reverberation Chamber With Continuously Moving Stirrer
Paul Hallbjörner; Anders Rydberg

A8
Experimental verification of a modified Specific Anthropomorphic Mannequin (SAM) head used for SAR measurements
Chinthana Panagamuwa; William Whittow; Robert Edwards; John Vardaxoglou


B1
Dispersion characteristics of a perturbed EBG waveguide with resonant loads
George Goussetis

B2
Study of a Differential – Fed UWB Antenna
Elena Pancera

B3
Time domain version of the Bertoni's frequency domain hill model
Piotr Górniak; Wojciech Bandurski

B4
Applying Negative Permittivity Media to Microstrip Patch Antennas for Harmonic Supression
Abid Ali; Mohammad Khan; Zhirun Hu

B5
Modified Designs For UWB Planar Monopole Antennas
Ioannis Makris; Dirk Manteuffel; Rob Seager; John Vardaxoglou

B6
Slit-Slot Loaded Parallel Coupled-Line Filter
James Kelly; Rob Seager

B7
Modal Decomposition Equivalent Circuit Method Application For Dual Frequency FSS Analysis
Rostyslav Dubrovka; Javier Vazquez; Clive Parini; David Moore

B8
Conformable and controllable radome in X band using electromagnetic band gap material
Stephanie Hache; Shah Nawaz Burokur; Frederique Gadot; Gerard-Pascal Piau; André de Lustrac

Lunch Day 2 (Restaurant)
12:45pm - 2:00pm

Invited Presentations #4
2:00pm - 3:30pm

2:00 - 3:30pm
Panel Session on Metamaterials for Antenna Applications

Introduction by Dr Alexander Schuchinsky
Panel: Prof. Raj Mittra, Prof. George Eleftheriades, Prof. Brian Collins and Dr. Yang Hao

Provisional discussion topics include:

1. Metamaterials - what can they offer to antenna and RF front end designer?
Prof. George Eleftheriades

2. Unresolved challenges in antenna design - how can metamaterials be of help?
Prof. Raj Mittra

3. Practical aspects of metamaterial application to implementation of small antennas
Dr Yang Hao

4. What can metamaterials offer to meet the real antenna requirements?
Prof. Brian Collins

5. Wish list of metamaterial features sought by the designers of RF front end and antenna.
Audience

Refreshments and Poster Session 4, Exhibition Area A & B
3:30pm - 5:00pm

A1
Hermite Polynomial Expansion for Analysis of Electromagnetic Slow Waves in Coupled Nano Conducting Layers with Gaussian Profile
Peyman Sarrafi; Khashayar Mehrany; Bizhan Rashidian

A2
Characteristic of UWB pulse over Powerline communication
Shuxian Chen; Choo Chiap Chiau; Xiaodong Chen; Clive Parini

A3 Lower Bound on the Shannon Capacity of MIMO Space-Time Communications Systems Baased on the Leakage Level
Pat Chambers; Conor Downing; Hussein Baher

A4
Specific absorption rates in the human head due to circular metallic earrings at 1800MHz
William Whittow; Chinthana Panagamuwa; Robert Edwards; John Vardaxoglou

A5
Miniaturised Multiband PIFA Antenna using a Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) ground plane
Ignacio Garcia Zuazola; John Batchelor; Richard Langley

A6
Input Impedance of Planar FP & EBG Antennas
Thai Hung Vu; Kouroch Mahdjoubi; Anne-Claude Tarot; Sylvain Collardey

A7
Equivalent Circuit of Double Spiral Resonators Supporting Backward Waves
Titos Kokkinos; Alexandros Feresidis; John Vardaxoglou

A8
Simulations And Measurements Of Dual-Band 2-D Periodic Leaky Wave Antenna
James Kelly; Giovanni Passalacqua; Alexandros Feresidis; Filippo Capolino;
Matteo Albani; Yiannis Vardaxoglou


B1
Design Of Cylindrical Omni-Directional Patch Antenna With Superimposed EBG Surfaces
George Palikaras; Alexandros Feresidis; Yiannis Vardaxoglou

B2
Compact Fabry-Perot cavities in X-band with PEC and PMC boundary conditions
O. Roncière; Ronan Sauleau; K. Mahdjoubi; H. Legay

B3
Mushroom-like High-impedance Surface (HIS) with Slanted Vias
Simon Tse; Yang Hao; Clive Parini

B4
Scintillation prediction models compared with one year of measurements in Aveiro, Portugal
Rui Teixeira; Armando Rocha

B5
Reconfigurable On-Chip Folded-Patch Antenna Using Tunable Electroactive Materials
Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez; Paulo Mendes

B6
Balanced antennas for GPS and Galileo receivers
Brian Collins; Devis Iellici; Simon Kingsley; Silvia Raffaelli

B7
Free Electron Maser As A Frequency Agile Microwave Source
Colin Wright; Robert Stuart; Ahmed Al-Shamma'a; Andrew Shaw

B8
Adaptive Dielectric Resonator Antenna
Hazem Fayad; Paul Record

Refreshments and Poster Session 4, Exhibition Area A & B
3:30pm - 5:00pm

Close of conference and Prize giving
5:00pm