@article {20_IEEE ACCESS_LUCAS POLO_ARRAY DESFASADORES TORNILLOS,
	title = {Mechanically Reconfigurable Linear Phased Array Antenna Based on Single-Block Waveguide Reflective Phase Shifters With Tuning Screws},
	journal = {IEEE Access},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2020},
	pages = {113487-113497},
	abstract = {This work presents the design and prototyping of a reconfigurable phased array in Ku band (16 to 18 GHz) implemented in waveguide technology. The design is based on the use of a novel seamless waveguide module integrating four reconfigurable phase shifters to adjust the relative phase shift between the unitary elements of a linear array, which are illuminated uniformly by a corporate waveguide feeding network. The phase shifters are implemented by a 90{\textdegree} hybrid coupler in waveguide technology where two of its ports are loaded with a tunable reactive load, implemented in this proof of concept with a tuning screw. The four phase shifters have been manufactured in a single part using direct metal laser sintering, avoiding the losses related to bad electric contacts and misalignments associated to multipart devices. This also simplifies the assembly of the full phased array, leading to a modular approach with three parts whose design can be addressed separately. The experimental results for the complete array antenna show great performance and demonstrate that the main-lobe of the radiation pattern can be effectively scanned continuously between the angles -25{\textdegree} and 25{\textdegree}, with a high efficiency in the whole design band thanks to the proposed waveguide implementation.},
	keywords = {antenna radiation patterns, Beam steering, Couplers, Fasteners, linear antenna arrays, phase shifters, Phased arrays},
	issn = {2169-3536},
	doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3003193},
	author = {L Polo-Lopez and J L Masa-Campos and A T Muriel-Barrado and P Sanchez-Olivares and E Garcia-Marin and J C{\'o}rcoles and J A Ruiz-Cruz}
}
@conference {19_EUCAP_PABLO_ANTENA_BOMBARDERO,
	title = {Dual Polarized Travelling-Wave Array Antenna Formed by Printed Cross Slots},
	booktitle = {2019 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)},
	year = {2019},
	month = {March},
	pages = {1-5},
	keywords = {Antenna arrays, Antenna measurements, Arrayed waveguide gratings, Couplings, dual linear polarization, dual polarization, dual polarized array antenna, dual polarized travelling-wave array antenna, electromagnetic wave polarisation, linear antenna arrays, linear orthogonal polarizations, longitudinal slots, microstrip antenna arrays, mutual coupling effects, printed cross slots, rectangular waveguides, slot antenna arrays, Slot antennas, square waveguide feeding, transversal slots},
	issn = {null},
	url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8740194},
	author = {P Sanchez-Olivares and J L Masa-Campos and P Kumar and E Garcia-Marin}
}
@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}
}
@article {14_TAP_SANCHEZ-OLIVARES_PFC,
	title = {Novel Four Cross Slot Radiator With Tuning Vias for Circularly Polarized SIW Linear Array},
	journal = {Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on},
	volume = {62},
	number = {4},
	year = {2014},
	month = {April},
	pages = {2271-2275},
	abstract = {A substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) linear array is presented with a new circularly polarized (CP) element. The single radiator consists of four cross tilted slots. In addition, a pair of tuning metallic vias is included to improve the reflection of longest slots. A 16-element antenna prototype with -26-dB Taylor distribution and 1.5\% residual power was designed, manufactured and measured to verify the new slot performance in an array configuration. A 17-dB peak gain, 1.86-dB axial ratio and 80\% radiation efficiency were experimentally achieved at 17 GHz. A 3\% usable bandwidth was obtained owing to frequency main beam tilt dispersion.},
	keywords = {16-element antenna prototype, antenna, Antenna measurements, antenna radiation patterns, array configuration, Arrays, circular polarization (CP), circularly polarized element, circularly polarized linear array, Couplings, four cross slot radiator, four cross tilted slots, frequency 17 GHz, frequency main beam tilt dispersion, linear antenna arrays, linear array, metallic vias, microwave antenna arrays, radiation efficiency, Reflection, single radiator, SIW linear array, slot, slot antenna arrays, substrate integrated waveguide, substrate integrated waveguide (SIW), substrate integrated waveguides, Substrates, Taylor distribution, Tuning, tuning via, tuning vias},
	issn = {0018-926X},
	doi = {10.1109/TAP.2014.2299823},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=6710164},
	author = {P Sanchez-Olivares and J L Masa-Campos}
}
@conference {APS-URSI-2013,
	title = {SIW patch array with internal coupling patches},
	booktitle = {Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2013 IEEE},
	year = {2013},
	month = {July},
	pages = {1800-1801},
	abstract = {A Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) has been used to feed a progressive wave linear array of 16 double stacked patches. The amplitude and phase performance has been achieved by means of coupling patches, which are placed inside the SIW. An antenna prototype has been manufactured with a multilayer PCB structure. 16 dBi and 80 \% peak gain and efficiency values at 17.7 GHz have been measured. A 10\% reflection bandwidth (17 - 18.6 GHz) is achieved, although the usable bandwidth is reduced to 3\% due to the typical array beam tilt dispersion of this kind of designs.},
	keywords = {Antenna measurements, antenna prototype, Antennas, array beam, Arrays, bandwidth 17 GHz to 18.6 GHz, Couplings, double stacked patches, Gain, internal coupling patches, linear antenna arrays, microstrip antenna arrays, Nonhomogeneous media, PCB structure, printed circuits, progressive wave linear array, SIW patch array, substrate integrated waveguide, substrate integrated waveguides, Substrates, tilt dispersion},
	issn = {1522-3965},
	doi = {10.1109/APS.2013.6711559},
	author = {J L Masa-Campos and D Garcia-Valverde and P Sanchez-Olivares and B Taha-Ahmed}
}
@conference {12_EUCAP_SANCHEZ-OLIVARES_16siw,
	title = {Slot radiator with tuning vias for circularly polarized SIW linear array},
	booktitle = {Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on},
	year = {2012},
	month = {March},
	pages = {3716-3720},
	abstract = {A 16-element circularly polarized (CP) Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) linear array antenna with -26 dB Taylor distribution and 2\% residue power at 17 GHz is designed. The single element consists of four crossed inclined radiating slots. In this configuration, reflection goals on the linear array are not fully achieved. For this reason a tuning element is included on some of the individual radiating elements, which consists of a pair of metallic vias that greatly enhances the reflection of longest slots. Therefore, the antenna reflection is also improved. A global antenna prototype is manufacture to check the new slot element performance in an array configuration. The specified operation band is 16.3 to 17.7 GHz.},
	keywords = {16-element circularly-polarized SIW linear array antenna, antenna radiation patterns, antenna reflection, Arrays, circular polarization (CP), electromagnetic wave polarisation, frequency 16.3 GHz to 17.7 GHz, linear antenna arrays, metallic vias, prototypes, radiating elements, Reflection, slot antenna arrays, Slot antennas, Slot array antenna, slot radiator, slot reflection, substrate integrated waveguide, substrate integrated waveguide (SIW), substrate integrated waveguides, Substrates, Taylor distribution, Tuning, tuning element, tuning via, tuning vias},
	doi = {10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6205816},
	author = {P Sanchez-Olivares and J L Masa-Campos}
}
@article {09_TAP_Corcoles_FourierSynthesis,
	title = {Fourier Synthesis of Linear Arrays Based on the Generalized Scattering Matrix and Spherical Modes},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation},
	volume = {57},
	number = {7},
	year = {2009},
	month = {July},
	pages = {1944-1951},
	abstract = {This paper presents a novel, simple pattern synthesis procedure for linear equispaced arrays which can be characterized by a generalized scattering matrix (GSM) and whose radiated field can be expressed as a weighted sum of shifted spherical waves. It can be viewed as an extension of the classic design techniques of the Fourier series (FS) method or the Woodward-Lawson frequency sampling method, to the case in which the individual antenna elements{\textquoteright} patterns and all interelement couplings are taken into account. The design procedure, which yields the excitations needed to achieve the desired pattern, is based on either the FS or the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of the spherical mode expansion of the array radiated field, as well as on various properties associated to the FS or DFT coefficients. In this work, to compute the GSM of the array and the spherical mode expansion of the field, a validated hybrid full-wave methodology, based on the finite element method and rotation and translation properties of spherical waves, is used. Numerical results of different synthesized array patterns are presented for different arrays made up of dielectric resonator antennas and cavity-backed microstrip circular patches.},
	keywords = {Antenna array mutual coupling, cavity-backed microstrip circular patches, dielectric resonator antennas, discrete Fourier transform, discrete Fourier transforms, discrete Fourier transforms (DFT), finite element analysis, finite element method, finite element methods, Fourier series, Fourier synthesis, Frequency, generalized scattering matrix, GSM, interelement couplings, linear antenna arrays, linear arrays, linear equispaced arrays, microstrip antenna arrays, Microstrip antennas, pattern synthesis, S-matrix theory, Sampling methods, Scattering, scattering matrices, shifted spherical waves, signal sampling, spherical mode expansion, spherical modes, Transmission line matrix methods, Woodward-Lawson frequency sampling},
	issn = {0018-926X},
	doi = {10.1109/TAP.2009.2021929},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=4907114},
	author = {J C{\'o}rcoles and Gonz{\'a}lez, M A and Rubio, J}
}
@conference {09_APS_Corcoles_MultibeamLP,
	title = {Multibeam synthesis with minimum SLL through linear programming from the GSM-analysis of an array},
	booktitle = {Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI {\textquoteright}09. IEEE},
	year = {2009},
	month = {June},
	pages = {1-4},
	abstract = {The application of all sort of optimization techniques to different array pattern synthesis problems has been widely studied since the early days of antenna array design. Most of these works (generally having constraints on the array configuration) take for granted several assumptions, among which one can highlight considering isotropic sources and not taking into account coupling between array elements. Great advances have been achieved in the field of computational electromagnetics which allow complex radiating structures, including finite antenna arrays, to be analyzed from a full-wave approach inherently taking into account all electromagnetic effects. Recently, new techniques for the afore-mentioned pattern synthesis problems with the inclusion of this rigourous electromagentic (EM) analysis have been developed. In this work, the authors propose an EM-based design technique which yields the excitations of an arbitraty planar array to output a field pattern with minimum maximum sidelobe level (SLL) given the directions of various main beams with specified mainlobe widths and different relative amplitudes and phase differences. The array is characterized through a generalized scattering matrix (GSM) and its radiated field is expressed as a spherical mode expansion (SME). The accurate determination of the array GSM is needed to have it rigourously characterized, so the use of a full-wave technique is required in case complex antenna elements or arbitrary array configurations are considered. We develop the formulation to arrive at a standard linear programming (LP) problem. Numerical results of a linear array of dielectric resonator antennas (DRA{\textquoteright}s) are presented.},
	keywords = {Antenna arrays, array pattern synthesis, complex radiating structures, computational electromagnetics, Design optimization, dielectric resonator antennas, electromagentic analysis, Electromagnetic analysis, electromagnetic fields, Electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetic waves, generalized scattering matrix, GSM, linear antenna arrays, linear programming, minimum maximum sidelobe level, multibeam antennas, multibeam synthesis, optimization, S-matrix theory, SME, spherical mode expansion},
	issn = {1522-3965},
	doi = {10.1109/APS.2009.5171513},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=\&arnumber=5171513},
	author = {J C{\'o}rcoles and Gonz{\'a}lez, M A}
}
