High frequency scattering from corrugated stratified cylinders

Interest in applying radar remote sensing for the study of forested areas led to the development of a model for scattering from corrugated stratified dielectric cylinders. The model is used to investigate the effect of bark and its roughness on scattering from tree trunks and branches. The outer layer of the cylinder (bark) is assumed to be a low-loss dielectric material and to have a regular (periodic) corrugation pattern. The inner layers are treated as lossy dielectrics with smooth boundaries. A hybrid solution based on the moment method and the physical optics approximation is obtained. New expressions for the equivalent physical-optics currents are used which are more convenient than the standard ones. It is shown that the bark layer and its roughness both reduce the radar cross-section. It is also demonstrated that the corrugations can be replaced by an equivalent anisotropic layer     

Experimental Determination of Wavelength in Dielectric-Filled Periodic Structures (Correspondence)

Let it be required to determine the guided wavelength in a dielectric-filled periodic structure, such as a corrugated wall or serrated waveguide. The accepted traveling probe technique requires a slot in the broad wall of the guide and a groove in the dielectric material. Even if the errors introduced by these modifications could be tolerated, other effects render this technique unsuitable, One of these is a surface-wave effect which resuIts in a measured wavelength higher than the one in the guide and lower than the free-space value. If the structure is dissipative, such as a serrated guide, more difficulties arise.     

A dielectric hybrid mode antenna feed: A simple alternative to the corrugated horn

A hybrid-mode horn antenna has been analyzed theoretically and experimentally. It consists of a conical metal horn with a dielectric core inside, separated from the metal wall by another dielectric layer with lower permittivity than for the core material. It is characterized by a very simple design and excellent electrical performance. The horn can support the balanced hybrid HE11-mode, and exhibits low cross polarization and low sidelobes over a wide frequency range. Compared to corrugated horns, the new horn has a simpler design, is easier to analyze, and has the potential of similar cross-polar bandwidth as for corrugated horns with ring-loaded corrugations. Drawbacks are the effects of dielectric losses. Thus the new horn represents an attractive alternative to the corrugated horn antenna.     

Radiation and scattering from infinite periodic printed antennaswith inhomogeneous media

The hybrid method of moments (MoM)/Green's function method technique is applied to infinite periodic printed antenna arrays containing dielectric inhomogeneities. The solution uses an integral equation for an infinite periodic printed array on or over a homogeneous dielectric substrate, coupled with equivalent volume polarization currents for dielectric inhomogeneities on top of the homogeneous substrate. Volume pulse-basis functions were used to expand the volume polarization currents. A hybrid MoM/Green's function method solution was then obtained through the matrix form of the problem. The two-dimensional (2-D) solution of plane wave scattering from a grounded dielectric slab was used to validate the reaction impedance of the dielectric inhomogeneity. Several infinite periodic printed dipole arrays with dielectric supports and overlays were studied with this solution and good agreement was observed between the hybrid MoM/Green's function method and waveguide simulator experiments     

非线性平板介质波导传输特性的网络分析

本文提出了分析包含非线性介质的层状介质波导特性的等效传输线方法。通过把线性和非线性介质分别用等效传输线表示,从而把非线性介质这一复杂的电磁场问题等价成一个电路问题求解。其本征方程可以利用横向谐振原理得到。本文最后分析了层状介质波导包含饱和和非饱和非线性介质时TE模的传播功率与归一化传播常数之间的关系。所获得的结果与有关文献符合得相当好。     

Corrugated spherical antenna

The radiation characteristics of a corrugated metallic sphere with an azimuthal slot are studied. For the purpose of analysis, a dielectric coating equivalent to the corrugation on the surface is assumed. Expressions for the equivalent relative permittivity, input admittance, gain and radiated far field, based on the boundary-value approach, are presented. For a spherical antenna of k0a = 4.9087 with corrugation corresponding to an equivalent dielectric coating of relative permittivity 8.36, it is shown that the increase in gain over the uncorrugated antenna is 6.15 dB. The above antenna was fabricated and the experimental pattern obtained is compared with the theoretical result.     

Electromagnetic scattering model for a tree trunk above a tiltedground plane

An efficient and realistic electromagnetic scattering model for a tree trunk above a ground plane is presented. The trunk is modeled as a finite-length stratified dielectric cylinder with a corrugated bark layer. The ground is considered to be a smooth homogeneous dielectric with an arbitrary slope. The bistatic scattering response of the cylinder is obtained by invoking two approximations. In the microwave region, the height of the tree trunks are usually much larger than the wavelength. Therefore the interior fields in a finite length cylinder representing a tree trunk can be approximated with those of an infinite cylinder with the same physical and electrical radial characteristics. Also an approximate image theory is used to account for the presence of the dielectric ground plane which simply introduces an image excitation wave and an image scattered field. An asymptotic solution based on the physical optics approximation is derived which provides a fast algorithm with excellent accuracy when the radii of the tree trunks are large compared to the wavelength. The effect of a bark layer is also taken into account by simply replacing the bark layer with an anisotropic layer. It is shown that the corrugated layer acts as an impedance transformer which may significantly decrease the backscattering radar cross section depending on the corrugation parameters. It is also shown that for a tilted ground plane a significant cross-polarized backscattered signal is generated while the co-polarized backscattered signal is reduced     

Analysis of the selective behavior of multilayer structures with adielectric grating

The potential use as dichroic surfaces in the millimeter frequency band of multilayer dielectric structures with a grating in one of the layers is examined. It is shown that the selectivity of the structure may be increased by using a convenient array of dielectric sections in the characteristic cell of the periodic layer. It is also shown how the selective behavior of the structure depends on the angle of incidence of the wave that excites the structure and on the height-periodicity ratio of the periodic layer. In addition, for an unloaded periodic layer, an approximate procedure is described to predict how many times and at which frequencies maximum reflection occurs. The effect of loading the periodic layer with increasing number of dielectric layers is examined with the conclusion that the number of frequencies where maximum reflection occurs may be increased     

周期性电抗加载介质结构电磁特性的等效分析

提出了一种周期性电抗加载介质结构传输特性的等效分析方法。在5~15 GHz频率范围内,通过对A夹层介质结构中周期性加载金属丝网栅和金属条带网栅两种结构的电磁特性仿真分析,建立了金属条带宽度与金属丝直径之间的等效关系,并详细分析了电磁波入射方向、网栅加载位置、金属丝直径大小、网栅周期以及介质结构对等效的影响。仿真结果表明:电磁波任意方向入射,金属丝直径较小时等效条件为金属条带宽度为金属丝直径的π/2倍。因几何参数变化而导致的等效误差可以通过等效系数的经验公式予以修正。     

介质周期结构频率选择特性的多模网络分析

本文采用多模网络与严格模匹配相结合的方法分析了平面波斜入射时介质周期结构的频率选择反射特性。讨论了这种结构全反射的频率、带宽和在确定频带内出现全反射的个数随周期层厚度、附加介质层厚度及介电常数的变化关系,为介质频率选择表面结构的设计提供了依据。最后用平板介质波导理论说明了这种波现象与多层平板介质结构导模色散特性的关系。     

铁磁性基体与金属线阵列复合体系的双负材料特性

基于铁磁性基体与金属线阵列复合结构等效电磁参数的长波近似模型,设计了一种应用铁磁性基体的二维双负材料。根据带有介质包裹层的金属线的散射特性,采取多重散射方法计算了铁磁性基体与金属线阵列复合结构的传输谱;还通过全波仿真提取了单元结构的等效电磁参数。这些数值结果与长波近似模型的理论结果取得了很好的一致,确认了该模型的正确性。通过仿真周期复合体系中的电磁场分布,在所设计的双负频带内观察到了反向波现象,进一步验证了所设计的复合体系的双负特性。     

Simple hybrid mode horn feed loaded with a dielectric cone

A conical horn loaded with a solid dielectric cone, separated from the metal wall by a thin layer of low-permittivity material or air, is analysed theoretically and tested experimentally. This simple feed exhibits excellent radiation properties, with a crosspolar bandwidth similar to that of a corrugated horn.     

Structural and electrical properties of HfO2 with topnitrogen incorporated layer

A novel technique to control the nitrogen profile in HfO₂ gate dielectric was developed using a reactive sputtering method. The incorporation of nitrogen in the upper layer of HfO₂ was achieved by sputter depositing a thin Hf_xN_y layer on HfO₂, followed by reoxidation. This technique resulted in an improved output characteristics compared to the control sample. Leakage current density was significantly reduced by two orders of magnitude. The thermal stability in terms of structural and electrical properties was also enhanced, indicating that the nitrogen-doped process is effective in preventing oxygen diffusion through HfO₂. Boron penetration immunity was also improved by nitrogen-incorporation. It is concluded that the nitrogen-incorporation process is a promising technique to obtain high-k dielectric with thin equivalent oxide thickness and good interfacial quality     

Multimode network analysis for dielectric leaky-wave antennas consisting of multilayer periodic structure with arbitrary dielectric distributions

The multimode network method is used to analyze the radiation characteristics of the leaky-wave antenna consisting of multilayer dielectric periodic structure with arbitrary dielectric distributions in each layer. The eigenfunction of each periodic layer is determined by Floquet theorem; and the mode matching combining with generalized transverse resonant method are used to derive the dispersion equation of the leaky-wave antenna. The complex transmission constant is calculated by Newton iterative method and the radiation characteristics of the antenna are obtained. Some antenna structures are analyzed and useful guidelines for design of the leaky-wave antennas are suggested.     

调制太赫兹范围的多层超材料大带宽阻带过滤器

设计了金属和介电层的周期性多层结构的大带宽阻带过滤器.三个因素(金属层数,金属层和介电层)对CRR结构的过滤器的阻带和阻带中心频率的影响进行了研究.模拟结果表明阻带带宽可以达到2.2 THz.同时,阻带和中心频率可以通过选择合适的金属层数或者介电层来调制,但它们对金属层的种类并不敏感.     

Equivalent Surface Impedance of an Infinite Periodic Array of Slot Impedance Loads with Dielectric Coating

The problem of plane-wave excitation of an infinite array of slot impedance loads with a dielectric layer is considered in order to determine the equivalent surface impedance. The solution of the problem is found by the method of integral equations, solved numerically by the Krylov–Bogolyubov method, which reduces the integral equation to a system of linear algebraic equations. The numerical results are presented in the form of dependences of the equivalent surface impedance on the geometric dimensions of the structure at fixed values of the period of the array, the angle of incidence, and the thickness of the dielectric layer. It is shown that the equivalent surface impedance can be controlled by varying the width of the slot and the strip conductor. The dependences obtained are compared with the characteristics of an array of slot impedance loads without a dielectric layer.     

Theory of Periodic Dielect Waveguides

The propagation of electromagnetic waves along open periodic, dielectric waveguides is formulated here as a rigorous and exact boundary-value problem. The characteristic field solutions are shown to be of the surface-wave or leaky-wave type, depending on the ratio of periodicity to wavelength (d/lambda). The dispersion curves and the space-harmonic amplitudes of these fields are examined for both TE and TM modes. Specific numerical examples are given for the cases of holographic layers and for rectangularly corrugated gratings; these show the detailed behavior of the principal field components and the dependence of waveguiding and leakage characteristics on the physical parameters of the periodic configuration.     

高速集成电路中多导体传输线的电磁参数提取与瞬态响应分析

本文在直线法中引入了一种新技术，将多层介质多导体结构的各层介质等效为级联的坪端口网络，介质层间导体等效为端口的电流源，从而大大简化了公式推导，方便了编程计算。     

（英）Tunable broad stop-band filter based on multilayer metamaterials in the THz regime Zhongmin(钟敏)1,2 , Ye Yonghong(叶永红)1

设计了金属和介电层的周期性多层结构的大带宽阻带过滤器。三个因素(金属层数,金属层和介电层)对CRR结构的过滤器的阻带和阻带中心频率进行了研究。CRR结构的过滤器的阻带带宽可以达到2.2THz。CRR结构的过滤器的阻带和中心频率可以通过选择合适的金属层数或者合适的介电层来调制,但它们对金属层的种类并不敏感。     

Effect of a cover layer on the edge admittance of a wide microstrip

The canonical problem of a grounded dielectric slab with a truncated upper conductor and a dielectric cover layer is solved by the Wiener-Hopf technique. The method yields the value of the reflection coefficient at the open edge and the equivalent edge admittance. Numerical results show that the presence of a cover layer increases both the conductance and the susceptance. An increase in the value of edge conductance corresponds to an increase in the radiated power and surface-wave power. An increase in the value of the susceptance corresponds to an increase in the fringing capacitance at the edge. This results in a reduction of the physical length of a resonant rectangular patch. On the basis of Wiener-Hopf analysis it is seen that the space-wave power and the power carried by the surface wave are separated from the total radiated power. The numerical results show that the radiation efficiency decreases with an increase in the cover layer thickness