On the huge-scale array antenna for SSPS (space solar power systems), the problem of faulty elements and effect of mutual coupling between array elements should be considered in practice. In this paper, the effect of faulty elements as well as mutual coupling on the performance of the huge-scale array antenna are analyzed by using the proposed IEM/LAC. The result shows that effect of faulty ele...

This paper presents a high-efficiency ferrite meander antenna (HEMA), which can be used to realize a 2 × 2 multipleinput-multiple-output (MIMO) communication system when it is used at both the transmitter and the receiver ends. This antenna is designed to operate at 2.45GHz center frequency (fc). It consists of two spatially separated half-cycle microstrip meander structures. Ferrite material i...

With the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), a mathematical model for accurately computing distribution of a lightning currents flowing along a high voltage a.c. substation’s grounding system buried in half infinite homogenous earth has been developed in this paper. It is a hybrid of Galerkin’s method of moment (MoM) and a conventional nodal analysis method. The model can directly calculate the distr...

An array antenna is generally designed by using the array factor. The designed antenna hasn’t been desired characteristics because the mutual coupling between elements isn’t taken into account for the design. In this paper a quantitative design method for an array antenna above the infinite ground plane is proposed. The fundamental idea of this method is the input impedance correction of each a...

Abstrac t -Two commercial two-phase digital AC voltage sources, WW2572A from Tabor Electronics and SYS-2722 from Audio Precision, were tested for their potential use in impedance comparator bridges. The mutual relative stability of magnitudes and phase shifts of their output voltages were evaluated. Results of relative amplitude and phase shift stability measurements prove that it is possible t...

This paper studies the electrical properties of open-celled aluminium foams manufactured by a novel sintering-dissolution process (SDP) using non-destructive eddy current testing. Experimental measurement results are first presented by means of an impedance analyser under swept frequency testing for the determination of electrical conductivity of Al foams. A double air-cored solenoidal sensor h...

A modified U-shaped patch antenna for triband applications with improved bandwidth and isolation characteristics is presented in this paper. The proposed antenna resonates at triband of 8 GHz, 9.73 GHz and 11.1 GHz frequencies for VSWR ≤ 1.4, with an improved impedance bandwidth of 42.3%. A 2×2 MIMO is developed by using the proposed antenna with a reduced mutual coupling of -40 dB. The simulat...