@article {18_AWPL_PABLO-SANCHEZ_CORPORATE-ARRAY-TUNING-SCREWS,
	title = {Mechanically Reconfigurable Linear Array Antenna Fed by a Tunable Corporate Waveguide Network With Tuning Screws},
	journal = {IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters},
	volume = {17},
	number = {8},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {1430-1434},
	abstract = {A mechanical technique to provide beam-steering capabilities to a linear array antenna is presented. The methodology is based on the insertion of metallic tuning screws into power dividers in rectangular waveguide technology. These tuning screws establish a short circuit between the top and bottom plates of the waveguide, and a phase change in the transmitted signal is then generated. Therefore, the phase difference between the output ports of a conventional waveguide divider can be controlled with these tuning screws. A corporate waveguide feeding network with several tuning screws has been designed. This tunable waveguide network is used to feed an aperture stacked patch array, forming the final mechanically reconfigurable linear array. Seven different phase configurations have been synthetized by using the tuning screws, which provide a noncontinuous angular scanning. In particular, a main beam steering from -26{\textdegree} to +26{\textdegree} with 13 discrete radiation patterns has been obtained. The use of waveguide technology makes the proposed reconfigurable antenna suitable for low-loss and high-power applications. Total efficiency values higher than 90\% have been achieved for every configuration.},
	keywords = {Aperture-coupled antennas, Beam steering, Electromagnetic waveguides, Fasteners, linear antenna arrays, microwave antenna arrays, Tuning, waveguide arrays},
	issn = {1536-1225},
	doi = {10.1109/LAWP.2018.2848911},
	url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=8388289},
	author = {P Sanchez-Olivares and J L Masa-Campos and A T Muriel-Barrado and R Villena-Medina and G M Fernandez-Romero}
}
@conference {09_IMS_MongeRuiz-CruzAnzaEtAl_HighPowerDualMode,
	title = {High Power analysis and design of dual-mode channel filters},
	booktitle = {2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest},
	year = {2009},
	month = {June},
	pages = {1353-1356},
	abstract = {In this paper, we present two dual-mode channel filter topologies which are able to withstand more than 600 W in Ku-Band. The two different designs (one with elliptical cavities and the other one with rectangular cavities) implement the same transfer function: four order, elliptical response centered in 12GHz, with 40MHz bandwidth and two transmission zeros. It is shown that the critical dimensions for the power-handling of these filters are the dimensions of the input-output irises. In fact, in order to rigorously obtain these conclusions and to reach these high-power levels (including margins), it is essential to use the advanced numerical techniques described in the paper to predict the multipactor effect. Moreover, the standard approach for multipactor onset prediction based on computing the voltage inside the component is shown to be too conservative and difficult to apply to many practical filter configurations.},
	issn = {0149-645X},
	doi = {0.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165956},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=5165956\&isnumber=5165586},
	author = {Monge, J and J A Ruiz-Cruz and Anza, S and Vicente, C and Zaki, K A and Montejo-Garai, J R and Rebollar, J M and Gil, J and Gimeno, B., and Boria, V E}
}
