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    Analysis of slotted sectoral waveguides embedded in cylindrically stratified media using closed-form Green's function representations
    (IEEE, 2013) Kalfa, Mert; Erturk, Vakur B.
    Slotted waveguide antenna arrays with dielectric covers are widely used in both military and civil applications due to their low-profile, high power handling capacity, and the ability to conform to the host platform. Conformity is especially required for air platforms where aerodynamics and radar cross section (RCS) of the vehicle are of utmost importance. For an air platform, one or more dielectric layers (monolithic or sandwich radomes) can be used to protect the antenna from the extreme flight conditions. Although the accurate and efficient design and analysis of low-profile conformal slotted waveguide arrays is of great interest, available solution methods in the literature usually suffer in terms of efficiency and memory requirements. Among the available solution methods, one of the widely used solvers are integral equation (IE) based ones that utilize the method of moments (MoM). However, the IE solvers suffer from long matrix fill times, especially when cylindrically stratified media are considered. © 2013 IEEE.
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    A new method for the prognosis of scan blindness angle in finite phased arrays of printed dipoles
    (IEEE, 2011) Avser, Bilgehan; Erturk, Vakur B.
    Scan blindness phenomenon is studied for finite phased arrays of printed dipoles on grounded planar dielectric slabs. A new method for predicting the scan blindness angles using the average scan impedances of a subsection of dipoles at the center of the array is introduced. A hybrid method of moments/Green's function technique is used to analyze the finite arrays of printed dipoles. Several numerical results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the new method in terms of predicting the blindness angle. © 2011 EurAAP.