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36th Annual Symposium of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association
AMTA 2014
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October 12 - 17
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Welcome
Message from
AMTA 2014 Chair
The U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground, Raytheon, the
University of Arizona, and Arizona State University are honored
to host the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association’s
36th Annual Meeting and Symposium. As an all-Arizona host
committee, we welcome you to Tucson. We invite you to partake
in its hospitality and explore its natural wonders.
The 2014 host committee has put together a specialized short
course with expert instructors from Arizona and Great Britain.
The AMTA Technical Coordinator has developed an exceptional
technical program with world-renowned experts presenting
papers on virtually every aspect of antenna measurements. The
exhibitors and their attendant experts are certainly the A-list of
manufacturers supporting our industry.
It is my honor to introduce you to Tucson, an area of the United
States rich in history. We will be offering our accompanying
visitors a wonderful program of daily companion tours to explore
the area highlights. Unique technical tours include the Mirror
Lab at the University of Arizona and the U.S. Army Electronic
Proving Ground at Fort Huachuca. The best tour, however, is just
outside your room. We sincerely hope that you’ll put on your
jeans and hiking shoes and discover the breathtaking sights of
the surrounding Sonora Desert, a region containing many unique
and rare cactus and wildlife species. Taking a jeep tour or simply
hiking in the desert can be among the most enjoyable activities
that you’ll experience during your stay.
Temperatures in October most likely will range from nighttime
lows of 55º F (13º C) to daytime highs of 85º F (29º C) or more. Be
sure to bring your swimsuit and sunscreen for poolside fun and
relaxation. Tucson has all of the amenities you’d expect plus a
variety of delightful restaurants and amusements.
We welcome you to Tucson and the AMTA 36th Annual Meeting
and Symposium.
Doug Kremer, Chairman, AMTA 2014 Host Committee
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General Information
2014 AMTA Board
of Directors
AMTA 2014
Host Committee
President
Chi-Chih Chen, The Ohio
State University
Chairman
Doug Kremer, US Army
Electronic Proving Ground
Vice President
Jan Zackrisson, RUAG
Space AB
Vice Chairman And Exhibit
Coordinator
Larry Mandeville, Raytheon
Secretary
Peter Collins, Air Force
Institute of Technology
Technical Liaison and Publication
Steve Nichols, MI Technologies
Treasurer
John Demas, Nearfield
Systems Incorporated
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Technical Coordinator
Steve Nichols,
MI Technologies
Meeting Coordinator
John Estrada, Satimo
USA/MVG
2014 Host
Doug Kremer, US Army
Electronic Proving Ground
Publicity
Janet O’Neil, ETS-Lindgren
Audio Visual Coordinator
Jeff Kemp, Georgia Tech
Research Institute
Registration And Event
Coordinator
Sasha Meshel, Raytheon
Treasurers
Larry Mandeville, Raytheon and
Justin Dobbins, Raytheon
Web Masters
Anthony Sanchez, US Army
Electronic Proving Ground
Jeremy Wendte, US Army
Electronic Proving Ground
Social Activities And Tours
Carolyn Tousignant, Raytheon
Student Day Coordinator
Kathleen Melde, University of
Arizona
Short Course
Constantine A. Balanis, Arizona
State University
Meeting Management
Three Dimensions (Mary Ellen
Vegter, Theodora Dirksen
and Yvonne Grosek)
Other AMTA Contributors
Past President
Lydell Frasch,
The Boeing Company
Senior Advisor
Mike Francis, National Institute
of Standards and Technology
Meeting Coordinator Advisor
Janet O’Neil, ETS-Lindgren
Web Administrator
Paul Kolesnikoff,
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
European Liaison
Carlo Rizzo, Antenna Systems
Solutions
Co-Editor
Janet Nichols
Photographer
Jeff Way, Northrop Grumman
Aerospace Systems
Proceedings Staff
Lisa Poster, Omnipress
Publications
John Rohrbaugh, Northrop
Grumman
Graphic Design
Pam McClung
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AMTA Websites
www.amta.org
www.amta2014.org
Future AMTA Symposia
2015
October 11-16
Long Beach, California
Host: Nearfield Systems
2016
October 30 - November 4
Austin, Texas
Host: ETS-Lindgren
2017
October 15-20
Atlanta, Georgia
Host: MI Technologies
2018
Dates TBD
Williamsburg, Virginia
Host: Altair Engineering
Inc. - FEKO
2019
Dates TBD
San Diego, California
Host: Microwave Vision
Group
Social Programs
Opening Reception
Sunday, October 12, 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Ania Terrace, JW Marriott Starr Pass Hotel
Complimentary to all registered symposium participants and
their companions.
Please join us for appetizers, cocktails, and some casual
socializing while catching up with old friends and making new
acquaintances!
Sponsored by: NSI
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Monday Night Outing
Monday Night Outing
October 13, 5:30 - 10 p.m.
Old Tucson Studios
$80 per person, includes round-trip transportation,
admission to Old Tucson Studios, and dinner with tea or coffee.
Beer, wine and other drinks may be purchased separately.
Just minutes from Tucson at the base of the Tucson
Mountains lies a preserved slice of Americana, Old Tucson.
Passing through the gates of an old frontier town, visitors from
around the globe are transported back to a time when fearless
men with six shooters ruled the Old West. Saunter down the
streets of Hollywood’s most famous movies; walk in the footsteps of movie legends like John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and
hundreds more.
Old Tucson Studios is Southern Arizona’s premier outdoor
entertainment venue with a full array of live shows, thrilling
stunts, Old West dramas, saloon musicals, trail rides and fun for
everyone.
Sponsored by:
Microwave Vision Group
Old Tucson Studios
Student Day
Tuesday, October 14, 1:15 - 8 p.m.
JW Marriott Tucson Starr Pass Hotel
Complimentary to all student attendees.
Student Day provides an opportunity for local college students to
experience antenna engineering and related disciplines by interacting with practicing engineers, touring vendor exhibits, attending papers, and enjoying a free dinner following a presentation
relevant to those entering the engineering profession. AMTA also
hosts a hands-on Student Day Design Contest. This gives students an opportunity to show their engineering skills to recruiters
(they should bring their resumes) while having fun. Questions?
Contact AMTA Student Day Coordinator Prof. Kathleen Melde at
the University of Arizona at 520-626-2538, melde@ece.arizona.
edu.
Sponsored by: IAI and
Denmar Technology Services
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Social Programs
Awards Banquet
Wednesday, October 15, 6 - 9:30 p.m.
JW Marriott Starr Pass Hotel Tucson
Ballroom
One ticket for the Awards Banquet is included for each full registration. Extra Tickets are $75 per person. The Awards Banquet will
feature a cocktail reception with light entertainment, bingo prizes,
a seated dinner, and a presentation of annual awards.
Sponsored by: MI Technologies and TICRA
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Mirror Lab Tour University of Arizona
Thursday, October 16, 5:45 pm – 9 p.m.
$40 per person: Includes round trip transportation, tour admission
and box dinner
5:45 p.m.
Meet at Starr Circle Bus Parking area
(next to Primo restaurant)
6 p.m.
Depart from Marriott Starr Pass Hotel
8:30 p.m.
Depart from Mirror Lab
9 p.m.
Arrive at Marriott Starr Pass Hotel
A tour of the Mirror Lab on the University of Arizona campus
offers a unique opportunity to experience how UA innovations
are producing the world’s largest telescope mirrors on campus,
some over 8 meters in size, under the UA football stadium! This
tour provides visitors with a behind the scenes look at the ground
breaking work underway, including cutting-edge optical technology and the revolutionary spin-casting processes. The result is
telescope mirrors which will produce images never before seen
with such power and clarity.
The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab will take you through a
large-scale scientific production facility. A major portion of the tour
involves walking as well as climbing and descending a flight or
two of stairs.
Attendees are required to wear close-toed shoes for safety and
comfort.
Space is limited! Tickets will be sold on a first come-first served
basis.
U.S. Army Electronic Proving
Ground (USAEPG) Technical Tour
Friday, October 17, 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
$40 per person: Includes round trip transportation and
box lunch
Note! 90 minute trip to USAEPG, 90 minute return trip
to Marriott
7:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. Board Coach - Marriott Starr Pass
Depart - Marriott Starr Pass
Arrive USAEPG
Depart USAEPG
Arrive Marriott Starr Pass
Join us on a guided technical tour through three uniquely specialized USAEPG test facilities that enables this Army Test Center to
continue to be the recognized and preferred Center of Excellence
for Network, Electronic Warfare and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
(C4IS R) test and evaluation across the Department of the Army
and Industrial communities. You will be taken to the Antenna Test
Facility (ATF) where antenna testing from 20MHz to 18GHz is
conducted on 400 acres. The ATF is capable of handling the
majority of antenna systems on ground, air and sea vehicles,
vessels and aircraft.
As your tour continues you will visit the Blacktail Canyon Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) Test Facility. Here, a team with
more than 80 years of combined E3 experience, work to characterize systems in USAEPG’s unique electromagnetic environment.
Finally, you have the opportunity to tour the Environmental Test
Facility (ETF). This facility conducts tests from Blowing Sand/Dust/
Rain to Fungus to Salt-Fog. These tests and more are conducted on
the whole life-cycle process of systems and their components in a
simulated environment.
Space is limited! Tickets will be sold on a first come-first
served basis.
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Social Programs
Downtown Historic Tucson
with Shopping at Old Town Artisans
Monday, October 13
9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. ($50)
Includes Transportation, Walking Tour, and Lunch
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Our first stop is the
El Presidio Historic
District incorporating a
prehistoric Hohokam Indian site and most of the
original presidio (fort).
Next, we’ll tour the Arizona Historical Society’s
Downtown Museum with
its “History in the Heart
of Tucson” exhibit. And
we’ll also enjoy some
shopping time at Old
Town Artisans offering quality handmade arts and fine crafts, pottery and clay art, and more!
Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Tuesday, October 14
9 a.m. - 2 p.m. ($60)
Includes Transportation, Guided Tour, Lunch on-own at Ironwood
Terrace
The Arizona Sonora Desert
Museum is recognized as a
world-renowned zoo, natural
history museum, and botanical garden. This “living museum” houses a wide variety
of plants and animals that live
in enclosures designed to replicate their niche in the wild.
It also has a hummingbird
aviary. You are sure to leave
with a new-found appreciation
of the Sonoran Desert!
Buen Provecho! Mexican Cuisine
Tour
Wednesday, October 15
10 a.m. – 2 p.m. ($50)
Includes Transportation, Walking Tour, Tastings and
Margarita
First we’ll go behind the
scenes of a local panderia
(tortilla and pastry bakery).
Then, we’ll visit a culturallyauthentic grocery store and
learn about and sample
various produce and cheeses. While sipping an ice cold
cerveza or margarita, we’ll
learn to make the popular
seafood dish, ceviche. And,
we’ll finish up with a fresh fruit respado. Yum!
San Xavier Mission / Tubac
Thursday, October 16
9 a.m. - 3 p.m. ($60)
Includes Transportation, Guided Tour of Mission, Shopping,
and Lunch.
We’ll tour the mission
and then go on to Tubac,
a town rich in art and history, and a wide variety of
shopping possibilities!
The fabled “White Dove
of the Desert,” San Xavier
Mission is regarded as the
best example of Spanish
Moorish architecture in the
U.S. and still serves as an
active spiritual center.
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Technical Program
2014 Technical Program Committee
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Steve Nichols (Chair) Constantine A. Balanis Cecilia Cappellin Chi-Chih Chen Jason Coder Peter Collins Francesco D’Agostino Justin Dobbins Luc Duchesne Brian Fischer Lydell Frasch Kim Hassett Jeff Kemp Ivan LaHaie Teh-Hong Lee Kathleen Melde Ali Moghaddar Luca Salghetti Drioli Sergey Pivnenko CJ Reddy Vince Rodriguez Ed Urbanik MI Technologies
Arizona State University
TICRA
The Ohio State Uiversity
National Institute of Standards
and Technology
Air Force Institute of Technology
University of Salerno
Ratheon
Microwave Vision Group
Integrity Applications Inc
The Boeing Company
Nearfield Systems Inc
Georgia Institute of Technology
Integrity Applications Inc (IAI)
The Ohio State University
University of Arizona
Star Dynamics Corporation
European Space Agency
Technical University of Denmark
EM Software & Systems (USA) Inc
ETS-Lindgren
BAE Systems
2014 Student Paper Review Committee
Eric Walton (Chair) Marion Baggett Jeffrey Bean Peter Collins Luca Salghetti Drioli
Lydell Frasch Tracy Johnson Brian Fischer Randy Jost Edward Joy Ivan LaHaie Fernando de Las-Heras Teh-Hong Lee Massimiliano Simeoni Edward Urbanik The Ohio State University
MI Technologies
Georgia Institute of Technology
Air Force Institute of Technology
European Space Agency
The Boeing Company
Independent Consulting
Integrity Applications Inc
Ball Aerospace
Georgia Institute of Technology
Integrity Applications Inc (IAI)
Universidad de Oviedo
The Ohio State University
European Space Agency
BAE Systems Inc
Short Course
Sunday, October 12
8:00 a.m. - 5:10 p.m.
Vehicle Mounted Antenna
Modeling and Measurements
Course Outline
Constantine A. Balanis (ASU; 2 hours)
• Fundamental parameters of antennas
• Commercial software
• Modeling, simulations and measurements of scaled
airframes using GTD/UTD
Craig R. Birtcher (ASU; 1 hour)
• Basic principles of scale model measurements
• Models, construction and metallization
• Radiation pattern measurements, simulations and
comparisons of scaled models
• S-Parameter measurements
• HIRF/Field penetration
• Radar Cross Section (RCS)
Thereza M. Macnamara (UK; 4 hours)
• Antenna placement policy for aircraft
• System link budgets
• RF interoperability for radiated emissions
• Postdiction for retrofits
• Criteria for radomes on scaled models
• Typical antenna layouts
• Correlation between measurements and simulations
Ronald Lavin (Boeing; 1 hour)
• Radomes and RF windows
• End-to-end system characterization
• Rotor modulation
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Short Course
Constantine A. Balanis
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received the BSEE degree from
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia,
the MEE degree from the University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia,
and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical
Engineering from The Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio. He
was previously with NASA Langley
Research Center, Hampton, Virginia,
and with the Department of Electrical
Engineering, West Virginia University,
in Morgantown, West Virginia.
Since 1983 he has been with the School of Electrical, Computer
and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona, where he is Regents’ Professor. His research interests
include computational electromagnetics, flexible antennas
and high impedance surfaces, smart antennas, and multipath
propagation. He received the 2012 Distinguished Achievement
Award of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and the
2012 Distinguished Achievement Alumnus Award (College of
Engineering, The Ohio State University), and many other awards.
Dr. Balanis is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.
Craig R. Birtcher
received the BSEE and MSEE from
Arizona State University, Tempe,
Arizona. He has been at Arizona State
University since 1987, where he is
now an Associate Research Professor
in charge of the ElectroMagnetic
Anechoic Chamber (EMAC) facility.
His research interests include
antenna and RCS measurement
techniques and near-field to far-field
(NF/FF) methods.
Thereza M. Macnamara
has a BSc. in Physics and an MSc.
in Microwave Physics from London
University and 32 years industrial
experience including EMC radiated
emissions, antenna systems and
network design, patent examination,
and lecturing. Her EMC experience
includes RF monitoring, explosive
atmospheres and electro-explosive
devices expert witness calculations
for the CAA. She has developed
measurement techniques for
shielding effectiveness (SE) in the
magnetic and electric modes and under plane wave conditions,
as well as designed and successfully implemented anechoic
hoods for SE measurements in the 1 to 10 GHz frequency range.
She was in charge of upgrading, maintaining and calibrating
a standard EM field facility from 400 MHz to 33 GHz. Her most
recent experience with BAE Systems covers installation and
integration of antennas on all platforms (land, sea and air) from
entire layouts to single retrofit installations. She is the author
of Handbook of Antennas for EMC (Artech House 1995) and
Introduction to Antenna Placement and Installation (Wiley 2010).
Ronald Lavin
is an Associate Technical Fellow
with Boeing in Mesa, Arizona. He
leads the Phantom Works projects
related to antennas and radomes.
He has 20 years of experience in
communications, navigation, and
antenna engineering, and has
supported many satellite, aircraft,
and helicopter programs. Prior to
Boeing, he was an FAA spectrum
engineer in Chicago, Illinois. Ronald
holds an MS in Computer Science
from DePaul University and a BSEE
from Florida International University.
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Keynote
Monday, October 13
8:15 - 8:45 a.m.
Stephen Parks,
Raytheon
Stephen Parks is the Director of RF and
Microwave Engineering for the Raytheon
Missile Systems Company in Tucson,
Arizona. He will present current and
emerging applications of various antennas
in the RF world, including new challenges
for industry.
As a business leader, he is responsible for the electrical, mechanical
and subsystems engineering disciplines across the integrated product
lifecycle of Seekers & Sensors, Communications, Navigation and
Guidance Systems.
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Mr. Parks holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Illinois, Urbana, Illinois and an MS in Electrical Engineering from the
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.
Prior to assuming a leadership role at Raytheon Missile Systems, his
30-plus year career included roles such as:
• Chief Engineer for Border Security and Critical Infrastructure
Protection in Europe and the Middle East
• Engineering Fellow leading proprietary SATCOM and Remote
Sensing applications.
• Chief Communications Engineer for the United States Antarctic
Program.
• Principal Investigator for satellite communications and academic
research in Ka-band satellite communication links and EHF
propagation effects.
Mr. Parks has served as an Academic Advisor to the University of
Florida, the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg College and the
ConnectionOne NSF Collaborative Research Center. He currently sits
on the Industrial Advisory Board for the Broadband Wireless Access
Center, where he advises a consortium including the UA, ASU and
UNM.
Invited Talk from EurAAP
Wednesday, October 15
8:00 - 8:36 a.m.
Dirk Heberling
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
“Antenna Measurement:
Research at RWTH Aachen
University in a European
Environment”
Since operation began in October 2011, the Composite Antenna
Test Range of RWTH Aachen University has become one of the
leading antenna test ranges at a German university. Restricted
by the allowed space for the anechoic chamber due to the
historical building requirements for the installation, a clear goal
was to perform the highest quality antenna characterization
over a wide frequency range, covering the cellular mobile
frequencies as well as the mm-wave range up to 75 GHz and
more. The combination of a compact range and spherical nearfield in one chamber pro antenna characterization for research,
education and measurement service. Prof. Dirk Heberling will
present recent research activities on a national and European
level. An innovative characterization of the quiet zone, questions
concerning truncated nearfield measurements and intercomparison campaigns in different European test ranges in the
framework of EurAAP and COST (European CO-operation in the
field of Scientific and Technical Research) will be presented.
Dirk Heberling studied electrical engineering and graduated
from RWTH Aachen in 1987. He received his doctoral degree
(Dr.-Ing.) in 1993 for his thesis on conformal microstrip
antennas. Since 2008 he has been at RWTH Aachen where
he is Head of the Institute and holder of the chair for High
Frequency Technology. Prof. Heberling is a member of VDE
and IEEE and since 1998 has been a member of the ITG expert
group 7.1 “Antennen” which he directed as a chairman from
2002 – 2003 and from 2013 on. Since 1998 he has been a
member of the European competence projects for Antennas
COST 260, COST 284, IC0603 and IC1102. He is a member of the
steering committee and organizing committee for the European
Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP.
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Lunch and Learn
Thursday,
October 16
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Christopher Walker
Professor of Astronomy,
Associate Professor of Optical
Sciences and Electrical
Engineering, University of Arizona
“Balloon-borne Platforms for THz Astronomy”
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Balloon-borne platforms are an attractive, low-cost alternative for
performing THz observations above ~95% of the Earth’s water
vapor. In this talk both traditional balloon-borne telescopes and
the concept for a new, large aperture, inflatable balloon-borne
reflecting telescope will be discussed.
Professor Christopher Walker has over 25 years of experience
designing, building, and using state-of-the-art receiver systems
for THz astronomy. He has published numerous papers on star
formation and protostellar evolution, has served as dissertation
director for ten Ph.D. students and is a Topical Editor for the IEEE
Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology. Prof. Walker
has worked in industry (TRW Aerospace and JPL) as well as
academia. As a Millikan Fellow in Physics at Caltech, he worked
on the development of low-noise, SIS waveguide receivers above
400 GHz and explored techniques for etching waveguide out of
silicon. On joining UA in 1991, he began the Steward
Observatory Radio Astronomy Lab (SORAL), which has become a
world leader in developing THz receiver systems for astronomy
and other remote sensing applications. These instruments are
multi-institutional efforts, with key components coming from
JPL, several universities, and a number of industrial partners.
Prof. Walker manages and coordinates these efforts. Instruments
developed by Prof. Walker’s team have served as primary facility
instruments at the AST/RO telescope at the South Pole.
Prof. Walker received his B.S. (with Honors) in Electrical
Engineering from Clemson University, his M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from The Ohio State University, and his Ph.D. in
Astronomy from the University of Arizona. His M.S. advisor was
John D. Kraus; his thesis was titled, “Upgrading the Ohio State
Radio Observatory.”
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Sessions
MONDAY
8:00 a.m. - 8:48 a.m.
Meeting Opening/Keynote Address
Chair: Chi-Chih Chen (AMTA President)
8:00 a.m.
Opening and Introduction of Keynote
Speaker: Doug Kremer/Chi-Chih Chen
8:15 a.m.
Keynote Address: Stephen Parks,
Director RF Engineering, Raytheon
8:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks and Instructions:
Steve Nichols
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Session 1
Near-Field Measurements I
Chair: Jeff Fordham (MI Technologies)
8:48 a.m.
A14-0044: Dual Polarized Near Field Probe Based on OMJ in
Waveguide Technology Achieving More Than Octave Bandwidth,
Lars Jacob Foged1, Andrea Giacomini1, Roberto Morbidini1,
Vincenzo Schirosi1, Sergey Pivnenko2 (1Microwave Vision Italy,
2Technical University of Denmark) EurAAP
9:06 a.m.
A14-0139: Achieving High Accuracy from a Near-field Scanner
without Perfect Positioning, George Cheng, Yong Zhu, Jan Grzesik (Allwave Corporation)
9:24 a.m.
A14-0113: Combining Pattern, Polarization and Channel Balance
Correction Routines to Improve the Performance of Broad Band,
Dual Polarized Probes, Patrick Pelland, Allen Newell (Nearfield
Systems Inc.)
9:42 a.m.
A14-0034: Far-Field Reconstruction from Near-Field Data Collected
through a Planar Spiral Scan: Experimental Evidences, Francesco
D’Agostino, Flaminio Ferrara, Claudio Gennarelli, Rocco Guerriero, Massimo Migliozzi (D.I.In. - University of Salerno)
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:42 a.m.
Session 2
General Antenna Measurements I
Chair: Sergey Pivnenko (Technical University of Denmark)
10:30 a.m.
A14-0117: Investigations on Gain Measurement Accuracies at
Limited Far-Field Conditions, Engin Gülten, Andreas Drexler,
Josef Migl, Jürgen Habersack (Airbus Defence & Space)
10:48 a.m.
A14-0041: Advanced Positioner Control Techniques in Antenna
Measurements, Jacob Kunz (MI Technologies)
11:06 a.m.
A14-0048: Gain and Phase Center Calibration of Log Periodic
Dipole Arrays using Complex Fit Algorithm, Zhong Chen (ETSLindgren)
11:24 a.m.
A14-0105: Scaled Model Measurements of HF Antenna for Vehicular Platforms, Saurabh Sanghai1, Maxim Ignatenko1, Kim Hassett2, Dejan Filipovic1 (1University of Colorado Boulder, 2Nearfield
Systems Inc.)
11:42 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Exhibitor Lunch
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Sessions
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 3
Compact Range Measurements
Chair: Vince Rodriguez (ETS-Lindgren)
1:30 p.m.
A14-0062: Multi-Octave Band RF Feed Quiet Zone Compact Range
Evaluation, Frank Soliman1, David Kim1, Hulean Tyler1, John
Aubin2 (1Raytheon Company, 2Orbit/FR)
1:48 p.m.
A14-0045: Dual Polarized Wideband Feed with Cross-Polarization
Reduction and Compensation Properties for Compact Antenna
Test Range, Lars Jacob Foged1, Andrea Giacomini1, Antonio Riccardi1, Roni Braun2, Gennady Pinchuk2, Marcel Boumans2, Per
Olav Iversen3 (1Microwave Vision Italy, 2ORBIT FR Engineering
Ltd, 3ORBIT/FR Inc.) EurAAP
p.m.
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A14-0047: Effects of a Non-Ideal Plane Wave on Compact Range
Measurements, David Wayne, Jeffrey Fordham, John McKenna
(MI Technologies)
2:24 p.m.
A14-0124: Dual Compact Range Electrical Versus Mechanical
Bore Sight Alignment, Hulean Tyler, Frank Soliman, David Kim
(Raytheon SAS)
2:42 p.m.
A14-0130: Reflector Panel Gap Analysis for the U. S. Army’s
Electronic Proving Ground Outdoor Range, Jeffrey Bean1, Michael Hutsel1, Stewart Skiles1, Eric Kuster1, Michael Brinkmann1,
Anthony Sanchez2 (1Georgia Tech Research Institute, 2U.S. Army
Electronic Proving Grounds Antenna Test Facility)
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session 4
RCS Measurements
Chair: Ed Urbanik (BAE Systems)
3:30 p.m.
A14-0069: Nearfield RCS Measurements of Full Scale Targets Using ISAR, Christer Larsson (Lund University and Saab Dynamics)
3:48 p.m.
A14-0065: On the Use of Basis Pursuit and a Forward Operator
Dictionary to Separate Specific Background Types from Target
RCS Data, Brian Fischer1, Ivan Lahaie1, Mark Hawks1, Timothy
Conn2 (1Integrity Applications Inc., 2URS Corp.)
4:06 p.m.
A14-0129: Simulation Experiments with Ultra-Wideband Antennas and Arrays in the Time Domain, Casey Fillmore, Peter Collins
(Air Force Institute of Technology)
4:24 p.m.
A14-0035: Indoor RCS Measurement Facility ARCHE 3D: Influence of the Target Supporting Mast, Pierre Massaloux, Guillaume
Cartesi, Philippe Bérisset, Martine Mognot (CEA)
4:42 p.m.
A14-0011: Distinguishing Localized and Non-Localized Scattering
for Improved Near-Field to Far-Field Transformations, Scott Rice,
Lee Harle (Michigan State University)
TUESDAY
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Session 5
EM Algorithms and Data Processing
Chair: Ivan LaHaie (Integrity Applications Inc.)
8:00 a.m.
A14-0120: Calibration of Multi-Channel Adaptive Array Receivers,
Ying Chieh Chuang, Inder J. Gupta (The Ohio State University,
ElectroScience Laboratory)
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Sessions
8:18 a.m.
A14-0057: Field Synthesis Using Multilevel Plane Wave Based
Field Transformation, Raimund Mauermayer, Thomas Eibert (Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität München)
8:36 a.m.
A14-0042: Filtering of Measurement Noise with the 3D Reconstruction Algorithm, Cecilia Cappellin1, Sergey Pivnenko2 (1TICRA, 2Technical University of Denmark) EurAAP
8:54 a.m.
A14-0023: Measurement of Operational Orientations Using Coordinate Transforms and Polarization Rotations, Douglas Morgan
(Boeing Test & Evaluation)
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9:12 a.m.
A14-0051: Integral Equation Modelling of Reverberation Chambers using Higher-Order Basis Functions, Oscar Borries1, Per
Christian Hansen1, Peter Meincke2, Stig Busk Sørensen2, Erik
Jørgensen2 (1Technical University of Denmark, 2TICRA) EurAAP
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Morning Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Session 6
Near-Field Measurements II
Chair: Chi-Chih Chen (The Ohio State University)
10:00 a.m.
A14-0092: Investigation of Echo Suppression Efficiency in Spacecraft Near Field Measurement Scenarios, Luca Salghetti Drioli1,
Lars Jacob Foged2, Lucia Scialacqua2, Francesco Saccardi2, Francesca Mioc2, Sara Burgos3, Thomas Kozan3, Per Olav Iversen3,
Lior Shmidov3, Roni Braun3 (1ESA/ESTEC, 2Microwave Vision
Italy, 3MVG-Orbit/FR) EurAAP
10:18 a.m.
A14-0125: EIRP & SFD Measurement Methodology for Planar
Near-Field Antenna Ranges, Daniël Janse van Rensburg, Karl
Haner (Nearfield Systems Inc.)
10:36 a.m.
A14-0033: Experimental Tests on an Effective Near-Field to FarField Transformation with Spherical Scan from Irregularly Spaced
Data, Francesco D’Agostino1, Flaminio Ferrara1, Jeffrey A. Fordham2, Claudio Gennarelli1, Rocco Guerriero1, Massimo Migliozzi1
(1D.I.In. - University of Salerno, 2MI Technologies)
10:54 a.m.
A14-0038: Accurate Planar Near-Field Antenna Measurements
without Full Anechoic Chamber, Greg Hindman, Stuart Gregson,
Allen Newell (Nearfield Systems Inc.)
11:12 a.m.
A14-0036: An Assessment of the Equally-Spaced Spherical NearField Measurement Grid, Ryan Cutshall, Justin Dobbins (Raytheon)
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Business Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 7
Novel Antenna Designs
Chair: C.J. Reddy (Altair/Applied EM, Inc.)
1:30 p.m.
A14-0085: DTU-ESA Millimeter-Wave Validation Standard Antenna – Requirements and Design, Sergey Pivnenko1, Oleksiy S.
Kim1, Olav Breinbjerg1, Rolf Jørgensen2, Niels Vesterdal2, Kim
Branner3, Christen M. Markussen3, Maurice Paquay4 (1Dept. of
Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2TICRA,
3Dept. of Wind Energy, Technical University of Denmark, 4ESA/
ESTEC) EurAAP
1:48 p.m.
A14-0007: A Dual-Linearly-Polarized Horn with Low Sidelobes for
the upper VHF range: The Quasi-Open-Boundary Quad-Ridged
Antenna, Vince Rodriguez (ETS-Lindgren)
2:06 p.m.
A14-0087: Non-Biased Photodiode Performances Evaluation for
Embedded Antenna Monitoring System, Lama Ghattas1, Serge
Bories1, Philippe Pouliguen2, Patrick Potier2, Dominique Picard3
(1CEA, 2DGA, 3Supelec) EurAAP
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Sessions
2:24 p.m.
A14-0107: Modelling and Simulation of a Resistance Loaded Bow
Tie Antenna, Matthew Galdeen, Peter Collins (Air Force Institute
of Technology)
2:42 p.m.
A14-0070: Smart Plasma Antennas, Theodore Anderson (Haleakala Research and Development, Inc.) EurAAP
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session 8
Poster Session I
26 Co-Chairs:
Chair: Brian Fischer (Integrity Applications Inc.)
Teh-Hong Lee (The Ohio State University)
Jeff Guerrieri (National Institute of Standards
and Technology)
1 A14-0102: Compact VNA Extender Modules for Millimeter and
Sub-Millimeter Antenna Measurements, Eric Bryerton, Jeffrey
Hesler, Thomas Crowe (Virginia Diodes, Inc.)
2 A14-0099: Dual-Band Notched UWB Antenna and Dual-Band
CPW-Fed-Slot Antenna Based on Dual-Resonance Inclusion with
CRLH Transmission Line Elements, Ousama Abu Safia1, Larbi
Talbi1, Khelifa Hettak2 (1University of Quebec in Outaouais, 2Communications Research Centre)
3 A14-0089: Near-Field to Far-Field Transformation for ICs Using
Dipole-Moment Models on EMI Measurement, Guochang Shi,
Yuan Zhang, Yi Liao (Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic
Environmental Effects for Aerospace Vehicle)
4 A14-0064: Design and Realization of A Small Compact Antenna
Test Range at Low Frequency, Zhiping Li, Jianhua Wu, Ding Xu,
Guofeng Zhou, Jingcheng Zhao, Guoyu He (BeiHang University)
5 A14-0046: Gimbals for Antenna & Radome Measurement: Demanding Applications Drive Innovative Architecture, Remarkably
Higher Accuracy, Mark Hudgens, George Cawthon (MI Technologies)
6 A14-0052: Advantages and Disadvantages of Various Hemispherical Scanning Techniques, Eric Kim, Anil Tellakula (MI
Technologies)
7 A14-0058: Development of a Precision Model Positioning System for a Multi-Use Electromagnetic Test Facility at NASA Langley
Research Center, Alex Deyhim, Eric Acome, Eric Van Every, Joe
Kulesza, Richard Jane (Advanced Design Consulting USA)
8 A14-0061: Spherical Near-Field Measurement Results at
Millimeter-Wave Frequencies Using Robotic Positioning, Michael
Francis, Ronald Wittmann, David Novotny, Joshua Gordon (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
9 A14-0077: Reconfigurable Plasma Frequency Surfaces for
Antenna Radomes, Theodore Anderson (Haleakala Research and
Development, Inc.) EurAAP
10 A14-0112: Electromagnetic Scattering Analysis of Possible Targets for Orbital Debris Remediation, Russell Vela1, James Park1,
Brian Kent2, Anthony Griffith3, Rebecca Johanning3 (1Air Force
Research Laboratory - Sensors Directorate, 2Air Force Research
Laboratory, 3National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center)
11 A14-0059: Antenna Alignment and Positional Validation of a
mmWave Antenna System Using 6D Coordinate Metrology, David
Novotny, Joshua Gordon, Jeff Guerrieri (National Institute of
Standards and Technology)
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
IEEE Standard 149 Meeting
– open to all
San Xavier Room
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Sessions
WEDNESDAY
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Session 9
General Antenna Measurements II
Chair: Kim Hassett (Nearfield Systems Inc.)
8:00 a.m.
Invited Talk from EurAAP
“Antenna Measurement: Research at RWTH Aachen University in
a European Environment”
Dirk Heberling (RWTH Aachen University, Germany)
a.m.
28 8:36
A14-0012: Antenna Measurements from UHF to V-Band in AFRL’s
Newly Commissioned OneRY Indoor Range, James Stewart,
James Park, Boris Tomasic, Bob Simpson (Air Force Research
Laboratory, Sensors Directorate)
8:54 a.m.
A14-0054: Antenna Measurement Concept Exploiting Echoes
Based on Frequency Diversity, Mouad Djedidi, Florian Monsef,
Andrea Cozza (Departement de Recherche en Electromagnétisme
- Supélec France)
9:12 a.m.
A14-0084: Experimental Validation of Power Budget Model of
Optically Modulated Scatterer Technique, Lama Ghattas1, Serge
Bories1, Philippe Pouliguen2, Dominique Picard3 (1CEA, 2Direction
Générale de l’Armement (DGA), 3Supélec France ) EurAAP
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Morning Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Session 10
Near-Field Measurements III
Chair: Luca Salghetti Drioli (European Space Research and Technology Centre)
10:00 a.m.
A14-0025: Beamforming Filtering for Planar Near-Field Antenna
Measurements, Kazeem Yinusa, Raimund Mauermayer, Thomas
Eibert (Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität
München) EurAAP
10:18 a.m.
A14-0056: Slotted Waveguide Array Beamformer Characterization Using Integrated Calibration Channel, Akin Dalkilic, Caner
Bayram, Can Baris Top, Erdinc Ercil (ASELSAN Inc.) EurAAP
10:36 a.m.
A14-0098: Uncertainty Analysis of Spherical Near Field Antenna Measurement System at VHF, Gwenn Le Fur1, Francisco
Cano-Facila1, Daniel Belot2, Lise Feat2, Luc Duchesne1, Anthony
Bellion2, Kevin Elis2, Romain Contreres2, (1SATIMO Industries,
2CNES)
10:54 a.m.
A14-0068: Computational Electromagnetic Modeling of Near-Field
Antenna Test Systems Using Plane Wave Spectrum Scattering Matrix Approach, Allen Newell, Stuart Gregson (Nearfield
Systems Inc.)
11:12 a.m.
A14-0015: Application of Huygens’ Principle to a Dual Frequency
Constant Beamwidth Reflector Operating in the Focused NearField, Herbert Aumann, Nuri Emanetoglu (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maine)
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
11:40 a.m. - 1:20 pm
EurAAP WG Measurements Meeting
– open to all
San Xavier Room
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Sessions
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 11
Extreme AMTA: Unique Challenges and Unique
Solutions
Chair: Francesco D’Agostino (University of Salerno)
1:30 p.m.
A14-0009: On-Orbit Characterization of SDRs on ISS Utilizing
Antenna Off-Pointing Capabilities on the SCaN Testbed, Bryan
Welch, Marie Piasecki, Mary Jo Shalkhauser, Janette Briones
(NASA Glenn Research Center)
1:48 p.m.
A14-0018: Antenna Measurements in the Very Low Frequency
Band: Observations and Challenges, David Tonn, Patrick Gilles,
Pablo Lozada-Ortiz (Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport)
p.m.
30 2:06
A14-0108: A Portable Antenna Measurement System for LargeScale and Multi-Contour Near-Fields, Alexander Geise, Torsten
Fritzel, Hans-Jürgen Steiner, Carsten Schmidt (Airbus Defence
and Space)
2:24 p.m.
A14-0138: “RF DNA” Fingerprinting for Non-Destructive Antenna
Acceptance Testing, Mathew Lukacs, Peter Collins, Michael
Temple (Air Force Institute of Technology)
2:42 p.m.
A14-0031: Closed-Loop Real-Time PNF Position Compensation
with a Tracking Laser, Scott T. McBride (MI Technologies)
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00pm
Session 12
Poster Session II
Chair: Jeff Kemp (Georgia Tech Research Institute)
Co-Chairs: David Wayne (MI Technologies)
John Estrada (Microwave Vision Group)
1 A14-0104: Signal to Noise Ratio of Electrically Small Antennas
Impedance Matched using Non-Foster Circuits, Aseim Elfrgani,
Roberto Rojas (The Ohio State University)
2 A14-0037: Quiet Zone Analysis Using Spherical Near-Field
Scanning Measurements, Marc Dirix, Dirk Heberling (Institute of
High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University) EurAAP
3 A14-0055: Use of Satellite Signals to Calibrate GNSS Receiver
Antenna Arrays, Andrew Kintz, Inder J. Gupta (The Ohio State
University, ElectroScience Laboratory)
4 A14-0063: Measurement of transmission characteristics of personal area network using a Fabry-Perot resonator, Katsuyuki Fujii,
Yasuyuki Okumura (Nanzan University)
5 A14-0066: The CROMMA Facility at NIST Boulder: A Unified
Coordinated Metrology Space for Millimeter-Wave Antenna Characterization, Joshua A. Gordon, David Novotny, Mike Francis, Ron
Wittmann, Miranda Butler, Jeffrey Guerrieri (National Institute of
Standards and Technology)
6 A14-0076: Satellite and Reflector Plasma Antennas, Theodore
Anderson (Haleakala Research and Development, Inc.) EurAAP
7 A14-0086: An Novel Near-Field Imaging Method Using FrFT
Technology, Xin-Yi He, Li Li, Ru-Jiang Zhou (Shanghai Radio
Equipment Research Institute)
8 A14-0095: Polarimetric Weather Radar Antenna Calibration Using Solar Scans, Richard Ice1, Adam Heck2, Jeffrey Cunningham1,
Walter Zittel2, Robert Lee2 (1US Air Force, 2National Weather
Service)
9 A14-0126: Advances in Instrumentation and Positioners for
Millimeter-Wave Antenna Measurements, Bert Schluper, Patrick
Pelland (Nearfield Systems Inc.)
10 A14-0109: Reflectarray Antenna Using True Time Delay Beam
Forming, Eric Walton1, Teh-Hong Lee1, Eugene Lee2 (1The Ohio
State University, ElectroScience Laboratory, 2Syntonics Corporation)
11 A14-0123: Outdoor RCS Measurement Techniques Revisited:
A Precise Method For Unknown Target RCS Calibration And
Pulsed Radar Implementation For Efficient Clutter Rejection At
Shyamnagar (22.84° N, 88.39° E), India, Soumendra Singh1, A.
Chakraborty1, A. Mitra1, Sanjay Ghosh1, Sigaji Raha1, Vineet
Surana2 (1Centre for Astroparticle Physics & Space Science, Bose
Institute, 2The Institution of Engineers (India))
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Sessions
THURSDAY
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Session 13
Terahertz/mmWave Technologies
Chair: Justin Dobbins (Raytheon)
8:00 a.m.
A14-0021: Equiangular Phase Shifting Holography for THz Nearfield/Far-field Prediction, Gary Junkin, Josep Parrón Granados,
Pedro de Paco Sánchez, Yi Lu (Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering, Autonomous University of
Barcelona)
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8:18 a.m.
A14-0118: Novel Phaseless Method of Gain Characterization
for Circularly Polarized Antennas for mmWave and THz band,
Shubhendu Bhardwaj, Niru Nahar, John Volakis (The Ohio State
University, ElectroScience Laboratory)
8:36 a.m.
A14-0081: Investigations of Antenna Aperture Effects on Image
Resolution in Passive Radiometric Imaging System, lhami Ünal1,
Sergey B. Panin1, Mustafa Tekba1, Bahattin Türetken2 (1TUBITAK
Marmara Research Center(MRC), Materials Institute, Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Technologies Research Laboratories
(MILTAL), 2Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,
Engineering Faculty, Karabük University & TÜBITAK BILGEM)
8:54 a.m.
A14-0090: 60GHz Antenna Measurement Setup Using a VNA
without External Frequency Conversion, Paula Irina Popa, Sergey
Pivnenko, Jeppe Majlund Nielsen, Olav Breinbjerg (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark)
9:12 a.m.
A14-0019: A Non-contact Machine Vision System for the Precision
Alignment of mm-Wave Antennas in all Six Degrees of Freedom,
Joshua A. Gordon, David Novotny (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Morning Break
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Session 14
RF Material Measurements
Chair: Lydell Frasch (The Boeing Co.)
10:00 a.m.
A14-0067: A Comparison of Material Measurement Accuracy of
RF Spot Probes to a Lens-Based Focused Beam System, John
Schultz, James Maloney, Kathleen Maloney, Rebecca Schultz
(Compass Technology Group)
10:18 a.m.
A14-0127: Improved Bandwidth in Rectangular Waveguide Material Characterization Measurements, Michael Havrilla, Andrew
Bogle, Milo Hyde (Air Force Institute of Technology)
10:36 a.m.
A14-0111: Full-wave Modelling of Pyramidal Absorbers, Amin
Enayati1, Arya Fallahi2 (1E&C Anechoic Chambers, 2CFEL) EurAAP
10:54 a.m.
A14-0014: Biaxial Anisotropic Material Characterization using
Rectangular to Square Waveguide, Alexander Knisely1, Michael
Havrilla1, Jeffery Allen2, Andrew Bogle3, Peter Collins1, Milo
Hyde1, Edward Rothwell4 (1Air Force Institute of Technology,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2Air Force
Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, 3University of Dayton
Research Institute, Sensor Systems Division, 4Michigan State
University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering)
11:12 a.m.
A14-0017: Testing of Panels and Radomes Using De-embedding
To Reduce Probe Interaction Errors, Henry Burger (HB Engineers)
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Learn
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Sessions
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Session 15
General RF Measurements
Chair: Steve Nichols (MI Technologies)
1:30 p.m.
A14-0008: Revising the Relationships between Phase Error and
Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Ryan Cutshall, Jason Jerauld (Raytheon)
1:48 p.m.
A14-0028: Source Reconstruction for Radome Diagnostics,
Bjorn Widenberg1, Kristin Persson2, Mats Gustavsson2, Gerhard
Kristensson2 (1GKN Aerospace Applied Composites AB, 2Lund
University) EurAAP
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2:06 p.m.
A14-0135: A Time Sensitive Technique for Determining Personal
Electronic Device Interference Tolerance for Commercial Aircraft,
Charles Hunter1, Stephen Blalock2 (1Georgia Tech Research
Institute, 2MI Technologies)
2:24 p.m.
A14-0119: RF Tribal Knowledge - The Teflon Knee, Charles Bains
(Raytheon Company)
2:42 p.m.
A14-0128: Narrow Pulse Measurements on Vector Network Analyzers, Bert Schluper (Nearfield Systems Inc.)
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Session 16
EM Design and Measurements
Chair: Peter Collins (Air Force Institute of Technology)
3:30 p.m.
A14-0091: Verification of Complex Excitation Coefficients from
Measured Space Array Antenna by the Equivalent Current Technique, Luca Salghetti Drioli1, Lars Jacob Foged2, Lucia Scialacqua2, Francesco Saccardi2 (1ESA/ESTEC, 2Microwave Vision Italy)
EurAAP
3:48 p.m.
A14-0029: Simulating Antenna Measurements with Parabolic
Reflectors, Derek Campbell1, C.J. Reddy1, Teh-Hong Lee2 (1EM
Software & Systems (USA), Inc., 2The Ohio State University,
ElectroScience Laboratory)
4:06 p.m.
A14-0103: Cold Test Measurements of a Circular Waveguide
Bragg Reflector for Cerenkov Devices, Ahmed Elfrgani, Sarita
Prasad, Mikhail Fuks, Edl Schamiloglu (Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico)
4:24 p.m.
A14-0093: The Missing Link between Numerical Simulation and
Antenna Measurements with Application to Flush Mounted Antennas, Lars Jacob Foged1, Lucia Scialacqua1, Francesco Saccardi1, Francesca Mioc1, Davide Tallini2, Emmanuel Leroux2, Ulrich
Becker2, Javier Leonardo Araque Quijano3, Giuseppe Vecchi4
(1Microwave Vision Italy, 2CST-Computer Simulation Technology
AG, 3Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 4DET - Dipartimento di
Elettronica e Telecomunicazioni - Politecnico di Torino) EurAAP
4:42 p.m.
A14-0083: Characterization of the Radiation Pattern of the LAAS
Airborne Segment While In-Flight Position Using EM Modeling,
Abualkhair Alkhateeb, Danial Aloi (Oakland University)
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Altair Engineering Inc. - FEKO
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FEKO (www.feko.info) is a comprehensive
electromagnetic simulation software tool based
on state-of-the art computational electromagnetics
techniques enabling users to solve a wide range
of electromagnetic problems. The multiple solvers
available within FEKO, each optimized for different
problems and hybridized for the efficient analysis of
complex, low and high frequency applications make
it applicable to a wide range of problems in diverse
industries. Typical applications include antenna
design and analysis (horns, microstrip patches, wires,
reflectors, conformal and broadband antennas),
antenna arrays, antenna placement, EMC/EMI, RCS,
Bio-electromagnetics, etc. FEKO is widely used
academically and commercially in various industries
like Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, etc.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #17.
AMTA 2015 Symposium
Nearfield Systems Inc. (NSI) is proud to host the 37th
Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Antenna
Measurement Techniques Association at the Hyatt
Regency Long Beach in California, USA from October
11-16, 2015. This spectacular venue offers water
views from every guest room and easy access to a
multitude of local attractions, many within walking distance. Autumn time in Long Beach promises
plentiful sunshine and mild temperatures, making it
the perfect time of year to enjoy everything Southern
California has to offer. The host committee, led by
Kim Hassett, invites you to attend and participate in
this upcoming event.
Visit us at the Booth Foyer #34.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Anechoic Systems, LLC
Anechoic Systems LLC provides complete state-of-theart Anechoic Chambers from the design, build, install all
materials to testing. We specialize in all types of Anechoic
Chamber installations including, but not limited to, shielding, all varieties of absorber materials, R Cards and more.
Visit us at booth #003 in the foyer.
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Anritsu
Anritsu is a global leader in innovative communications test
and measurement solutions for more than 110 years. We
provide solutions for wired and wireless communication
systems and operators.
www.anritsu.com
Visit us at booth Foyer #36.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
AP Americas
AP Americas is a powerful and dynamic company, based in
Dallas, Texas. As a local supplier of EMC systems, we
provide turnkey solutions including absorber products,
test chambers, RF chambers, and microwave test systems.
Our history of innovation includes contributions to the
Standards and the development and design of chamber
solutions for frequencies above 1GHz, which we have
delivered since 2006.
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AP Americas is committed to providing exceptional technological solutions and services. Our customer-oriented
team will support you throughout the project lifecycle, from
design, with local production and manufacturing, to installation and testing of anechoic chamber solutions.
AP Americas Inc.
1500 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 100-B
Flower Mound, Texas 75028
Phone: 972-295-9100
Fax: 972-810-3223
Website: www.apamericas.com
Visit us at booth Arizona #25.
ARC Technologies
ARC Technologies Inc. offers a complete range of absorber
products that provide solutions to the diverse RF and EMI
problems facing today’s military, aerospace, and commercial electronics design engineers. Whether a customer is
facing these problems at 50 MHz or 110 GHz, nearfield or
farfield, narrowband or broadband, the company has an
absorber product or will develop an application-specific
product to meet its requirements
Visit us at booth Arizona #31.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
ATK Military Systems
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ATK Military Systems is dedicated to the advancement
of aerospace composite antennas, radomes, structures,
and RF performance verification. Our group features
over 20 years of experience in the design, development,
fabrication, and test of military products. ATK performs
analytical modeling and characterization of RF products, operating two indoor compact ranges in Dayton,
OH and one in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The larger of the
Dayton, OH ranges spans 200 MHz to 40 GHz, with a
3,000 lb. pylon capacity and 12 ft. cubic quiet zone. Our
Rancho Bernardo, CA facility is the second largest indoor
compact range in the United States, having a 10,000 lb.
pylon capacity and 40 ft. (w) x 28 ft. (h) quiet zone . Both
facilities feature precision calibration and measurement
assets, with an experienced measurement staff available to perform contracted measurement services, upon
request.
ATK is a premier aerospace and defense company with
over 18,000 employees in 22 states, Puerto Rico, and
internationally, with revenues in excess of $4.8 billion.
Additional information on ATK Military Systems may be
found on the internet at:
http://www.atk.com/militarysystems/.
Visit us at booth Arizona Salon #12.
Exhibitor Prof iles
Berkeley Nucleonics
Corporation
Berkeley Nucleonics is a leading-edge provider of
microwave & RF signal generator and synthesizer
modules, phase noise test systems and signal source
analyzers for automated testing in laboratory or field use.
Signal generators provide state-of-the-art performance
with innovative packaging. From as 9 kHz to 26GHz and
provide high output power, exceptional phase noise, and
fast switching with a full range of modulation capabilities.
Signal Source Analyzers are self-contained instruments
for different modes of noise, spectrum and transient
analysis. Enabling both residual and absolute noise
measurements from 5 MHz and up to 26+ GHz.
Berkeley Nucleonics Corporation
2955 Kerner Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94901
Visit us at booth foyer #35
Boeing Technology Services (BTS)
Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the
largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined, with capabilities in rotorcraft, electronic and
defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. Our reach
extends to customers in 150 countries around the world, and
we are one of the largest U.S. exporter in terms of sales.
Boeing Technology Services (BTS) is the point of access to
more than 500 testing facilities across the United States.
BTS contracts with companies, educational institutions,
and government organizations for use of Boeing laboratory
facilities. BTS Business Development Managers work to
match requirements in testing, evaluation, measurement,
calibration and certification to the appropriate resource,
equipment and technical support.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #8.
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October 13
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Registration
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RegistrationRegistration
7 – 11:30 a.m.;
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2 – 4 p.m.
Companion
Suite
Mon. - Thu.
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San Ignacio/
San Xavier
Breakfast
7 – 8 a.m.
Ania Terrace
Short Course
8 a.m. –
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San Luis
Tucson Shopping &
Old Town Artisans
Arizona Sonora
Desert Museum
9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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Exhibits Open Exhibits Open
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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1:30 – 5 p.m.
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8 – 9 a.m.
Tucson F-J
Session 1
8:48 – 10 a.m.
Session 5
8 – 9:30 a.m.
Morning Break
10 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Break
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Session 2
10:30 – 11:42 a.m.
Session 6
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Exhibitor’s Lunch
11:42 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Exhibit Areas
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11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
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Arizona 6/7
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IEEE Standard
149 Meeting
5:15 PM- 6:15 p.m.
San Xavier
Opening
Reception
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Ania Terrace
Session 3
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Session 7
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3 – 3:30 p.m.
Session 4
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Session 8
Poster Session I
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Arizona/Tucson foyers
Old Tucson
Studios
5:30 – 10 p.m.
Meet at Starr Circle
* see Sunday
Exhibitor Only
Reception
5:10 - 6:30 p.m.
San Ignacio
Wed
Thu
October 15
October 16
Registration
7:30 a.m.– 11:30 p.m.
2 – 4 p.m.
Registration
7:30 a.m. – Noon
Breakfast
7 – 8 a.m.
Ania Terrace
Breakfast
7 – 8 a.m.
Ania Terrace
Exhibits Open
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Exhibits Tear Down
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Mexican Cuisine
Tour
San Xavier Mission/
Tubac
10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Session 9
8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Session 13
8 – 9:30 a.m.
Morning Break
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Morning Break
9:30 – 10 a.m.
Session 10
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Session14
10 – 11:30 a.m.
Lunch
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Ania Terrace
Lunch & Learn
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Tucson F-J
Fri
October 17
Technical Tour
US Army
Electronic
Proving Ground
7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Meet at Starr Circle
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EurAAP WG Msmts.
11:40 a.m. - 1:20 p.m.
San Xavier
Session 15
Session 11
1:30 – 3 p.m.
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3 – 3:30 p.m.
Session 12
Poster Session II
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Session 16
3:30 – 5 p.m.
Awards Banquet
6 – 9:30 p.m.
Tucson F-J
UA Science Mirror
Lab Tour
5:45 – 9 p.m.
Meet at Starr Circle
Exhibitor Prof iles
Chamber Services, Inc.
Chamber Services Inc. is a forward-thinking, anechoic
facility design, construction, and services company
committed to delivering the highest level of service
and superior-quality products to customers.
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Our services include anechoic chamber design, consultation, and construction including architectural, modular, and welded RF shielded enclosure installations/
relocations, shielded enclosure maintenance, absorber
material removal/ installation, RF absorber material
maintenance, RCM and pneumatic RF shielded door
installation and maintenance,
and zinc and copper coatings flame spray service.
Chamber Services, Inc., in association with leading
RF shielding and absorber manufacturers, provides
a factory direct source for RF shielded enclosures,
shielded doors, RF absorber materials, power and
signal line filters, waveguides, pipe penetrations,
custom test fixtures, portable absorber panels, and
much more.
www.chamberservicesinc.com
Visit us at booth Tucson E #22.
CompuQuest, inc
CompuQuest provides custom, high quality instrument control, data acquisition, and signal processing
software, emphasizing radar cross section (RCS) and
antenna measurement applications. The Quest series
of data acquisition systems contain drivers for controlling hardware devices ranging from obsolete network
analyzers to the latest Agilent PNA systems. CompuQuest data analysis systems process and display
data from an industry-wide selection of raw data files.
Together with System Planning Corporation, CompuQuest has developed the PNA-based Cheetah RCS and
Antenna Measurement System. This product base,
and extensive hardware and software backgrounds,
makes CompuQuest uniquely qualified to handle the
needs of the measurement community.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #15.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Copper Mountain Technologies
High standards are standard at Copper Mountain Technologies. We produce lab-quality vector network analyzers
with high accuracy, wide dynamic range, a familiar UI and
a broad variety of standard and customizable features in
frequency ranges up to 14 GHz. A much lower price point,
smaller footprint, light weight, and operation from any
external PC make CMT VNAs very attractive and accessible
to development, design, field, and production applications.
Visit us at booth Arizona #27.
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CST of America, Inc.
CST develops and markets high-performance software for
the simulation of electromagnetic fields in all frequency
bands. Its success is based on the implementation of
unique, leading-edge technology in a user-friendly interface. CST’s flagship product, CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®
facilitates fast and accurate simulation of high-frequency
applications including antennas, filters, multi-layer structures, SI, and EMC.
www.cst.com
Visit us at booth Tucson E #19.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Cuming Microwave
Cuming Microwave is a worldwide leader in the design,
construction and installation of RF anechoic chambers.
Since 1985, we have been providing solution to the most
demanding requirements for EMC, antenna, RCS and PIM
chambers. We manufacture advanced low-loss and RF absorbing materials for a variety of military and commercial
applications, including electronics and telecom, antenna
components, low observables and EMC compliance. Cuming Microwave is IS09001 and AS9100 certified.
Please see our website: www.cumingmicrowave.com
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Visit us at booth Tucson E #5.
DMAS
Dutch Microwave
Absorber Solutions
DMAS is an independent supplier of high performance
polystyrene microwave absorbers suited for (semi)
anechoic chambers enabling our customers to make the
difference. Our product range consists of both hybrid
(EMC) and broadband (microwave) absorbers. DMAS
product portfolio is unique due to its absence of poisonous fire retardant chemicals in all products. Hence these
absorbers are sustainable, environmental friendly and
fully compliant with REACH and ROHS.
Other benefits of our polystyrene absorbers are:
• Light weight
• Clean room spec. class 10.000 / ISO14644-1 class 4
• Rigid and superior tensile
• Product life time >40 years
Visit us at booth Tucson E #20.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Dynamic Sensor Systems
Established in 2010, Dynamic Sensor Systems (DSS)
leverages decades of experience in radar system design
and production to provide solutions to our customers’
needs. Founded by the same person who founded Lintek
Inc. (later acquired as Aeroflex Powell), our primary
market is turn-key, fully polarimetric, static and dynamic
RCS measurements, with a vast range of waveforms and
measurement channels suitable for customer measurement needs. DSS supplies turn-key instrumentation
radar systems with unmatched performance, using the
latest technology based on open standards.
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Visit us at booth Arizona #23.
ETS-Lindgren
ETS-Lindgren Antenna Measurement Systems provide
engineers and test labs with the ability to meet today’s
design and test challenges. We offer RF and Microwave
Far Field, Near Field, and Compact Range chambers for
RCS and Hardware-in-Loop (HiL) applications as well as
Wireless Systems for LTE and MIMO performance testing.
Our well-known antennas are available in standard and
custom designs. As an end-to-end integrated supplier, we
offer RF and microwave absorber, multi-axis positioners,
field probes and monitors, to name a few. Turn-key system
solutions feature EMQuest™ software for fully automated
2- and 3-D antenna pattern measurement for passive antennas and active wireless devices.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #1.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
EurAAP
The European Association on Antennas and Propagation, EurAAP, was created in the frame of the European
Framework Programme FP6 (2002-2006) and registered in
Brussels, Belgium, in November 2005 as a non-profit
association (EurAAP AISBL).
EurAAP is the point of reference of the European
Antenna&Propagation scientific community. Its main
objectives can be listed as follows:
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1) Organize (since 2006) the European Conference on
Antennas and Propagation EuCAP, as well as related
European workshops and other associated events;
See www.eucap2015.org for the next edition in Lisbon,
Portugal on 12-17 April 2015.
2) Support the European School of Antennas
(www.esoa-web.org) and connected Master
& PhD programs on Antennas and Propagation;
3) Encourage and financially support European research
and networking activities in
Antennas&Propagation, through a series of specifically
dedicated working groups.
EurAAP is governed by a Assembly of Delegates,
democratically elected among the EurAAP members for
a three-year term. Delegates include representatives of
geographical regions as well as working groups leaders
and representatives of other institutions relevant to our
community.
See www.euraap.org for additional informations.
Visit us at booth Foyer #33.
Giga-tronics Incorporated
Founded in 1980, Giga-tronics Incorporated (Nasdaq
“GIGA”), an ISO 9001 and AS 9100 certified company,
headquartered in San Ramon, California, is a leading
engineering-and-design manufacturer of best-in-class
RF and microwave signal generators, microwave power
amplifiers, USB power sensors, microwave power
meters and broadband switching matrices. R&D,
production and test managers, scientists, engineers
and technicians, around the world, use Giga-tronics
test equipment to realize higher productivity and
greater ease of use in many applications: ATE systems,
aerospace & defense, communications and general
microwave component test. Visit Giga-tronics at www.
gigatronics.com
Visit us at booth Arizona #24.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Keysight Technologies
(formerly Agilent Technologies)
Keysight will be demonstrating various antenna measurement techniques including:
• Keysight’s handheld Microwave Analyzers (FieldFox/
HSA) for installation, maintenance and RF/microwave
signal monitoring
• Far-field measurements with Keysight’s new PNA
Network Analyzer
• Multi antenna calibration reference solution
Visit us at Arizona Salon booth #32.
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MI Technologies
MI Technologies’ advanced approach to test and
measurement systems has provided quality and
affordable solutions for decades. We continue to
build on that legacy in the 21st century by offering the
broadest choice of innovative products, systems and
support that lead the industry in setting new standards
for tomorrow’s performance.
We continue our expansion with innovative custom
engineered solutions in areas such as test chamber
design, automated test equipment, development of
microwave and RF products as well as customer support
for applications in near-field, far-field, compact range,
RCS and radome test systems. MI’s mechanical design
team offers high performance motion control products
that deliver uncompromised speed and precision.
Visit us at booth Tucson C.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
MICRO-COAX
For almost fifty years, MICRO-COAX has been serving
the aerospace, airframe, defense, telecommunications
and test/measurement marketplaces.
At Micro-Coax, we strive to offer innovative and practical
solutions for your RF and microwave needs by developing high performance products that are reliable and cost
effective. All of our high performance product lines are
designed and manufactured in our 92,000 sq. ft. facility
in Pottstown, Pennsylvania – allowing us to offer a price/
performance ratio unequaled in the industry.
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Our cable assemblies are built to customer specifications
and prototype samples can be supplied promptly. No
matter what the transmission line problem – MICROCOAX is the solution.
www.micro-coax.com
Visit us at booth Tucson E #18.
Microwave Engineering and
Manufacturing Corporation
(MEMCO) is a small business which produces high quality space flight hardware on a quick response and low
cost basis. MEMCO has flight qualified antenna feeds
on sixty-six spacecrafts. Capabilities include RF design
and analysis, fabrication services, and RF testing. Test
facilities include a 20-foot rectangular anechoic chamber, a 13’ x 13’ vertical/cylindrical near-field scanner, and
a thermal test chamber. In addition, MEMCO designs
and fabricates custom RF test probes for anechoic chambers, compact ranges, and near-field scanners. MEMCO
works in cooperation with our customers to ensure that
our products are best suited to the specific customer
application.
Visit us at booth Arizona Salon #8.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
The Microwave Vision Group
The Microwave Vision Group (SATIMO, ORBIT/FR, AEMI
and REMC) delivers a range of innovative measurement
solutions for EMC, antenna, RCS , and radome testing as
well as wireless device certification.
Our products include full turn-key test systems,
multi-probe arrays, anechoic chambers, antennas,
software, positioning equipment, RF absorbers, and RF
safety monitoring devices. We are also expanding our
microwave technology into industrial material inspection.
Our strengths are our broad product portfolio, worldwide
presence, and integrated project management.
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We are dedicated to supporting the Aerospace and
Defense, Satellite, Telecom, and Automotive industries
and well as academic R&D, RF safety and industrial
material production.
www.microwavevision.com
Visit us at booth Tucson D.
NSI
Nearfield Systems Inc. (NSI) is proud to host the
37th Annual Meeting and Symposium of Antenna
Measurement Techniques Association at the Hyatt
Regency Long Beach in California, USA from October
11-16, 2015. This spectacular venue offers water views
from every guest room and easy access to a multitude
of local attractions, many within walking distance.
Autumn time in Long Beach promises plentiful
sunshine and mild temperatures, making it the perfect
time of year to enjoy everything Southern California
has to offer. The host committee, led by Kim Hassett,
invites you to attend and participate in this upcoming
event.
Visit us at booth Tucson A.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Ophir RF
OPHIR RF is a Los Angeles based designer and
manufacturer of one of the most comprehensive arrays
of High Power RF and Microwave Amplifiers.
Operating in a wide range of frequencies from 10
kHz to 40 GHz with power levels varying from 1 W
to 24 kW, these amplifiers are available either as a
standard product or custom designed to your specific
requirements for defense and commercial applications.
These applications include, but are not limited to,
Antenna Measurement, Communications, Electronic
Warfare (EW), Radar, EMC testing, laboratory test and
measurement, and medical applications.
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Visit us at booth Arizona #30.
Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc.
Founded on November 11th, 1989, PMI is a manufacturer of
RF and Microwave electronic components, Sub-systems and
Systems in the areas of Radar, EW, ECM, ECCM, ESM and
Communications applications.
We have four facilities:
• 7311-F Grove Road, Frederick, MD 21704,
PMI East Coast Manufacturing facility
• 5715 Industry Lane, Frederick, MD 21704,
PMI Machine Shop and Accounting Office
• 4921 Robert J. Mathews Parkway, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762,
PMI West Coast Manufacturing Facility
• 6590 Waters Edge Ct., New Market, MD,
PMI Corporate HQ and Executive Offices
Visit us at booth Arizona #26.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
QuarterBranch Technologies, Inc.
QuarterBranch Technologies, Inc. serves the RCS
community.
Our flagship product, RadarMan, is a compact, lightweight,
2-18 GHz Pulsed-IF system. Despite its small footprint,
RadarMan features most of the capability of its much larger,
more costly competitors. RadarMan is adaptable to virtually
any required measurement configuration for outdoor
ranges, indoor compact ranges, or portable field testing.
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With our system support business, we offer our customers
a unique combination of industry knowledge and
experience.
Our staff is able to help customers in planning and carrying
out system acquisitions, upgrades, capabilities evaluations,
facility modernization, instrumentation maintenance and
measurement program planning and execution.
www.quarterbranch.com
Visit us at booth Arizona Salon 12.
Remcom
Electromagnetic Simulation Solutions
Remcom provides innovative EM simulation software
and consulting services. XFdtd®, our full wave 3D EM
solver, simplifies the analysis of complex EM problems
and leads the market in FDTD-based modeling and
simulation. Together, our tools ensure proper design and
placement of antennas in almost any application. Models
can be analyzed for efficiencies, dissipated power, SAR,
radiation patterns, and more.
Remcom’s products are used for antenna design, bio/
EM effects, MRI, microwave circuits, RFID, military and
defense applications, EMC/EMI, and more. In addition,
our talented staff of engineers is available to collaborate
on your most challenging problems. Learn more at
www.remcom.com.
Visit us at booth Tucson #3.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Rohde & Schwarz
Rohde & Schwarz is an independent group of companies
specializing in electronics. It is a leading solution supplier
in the fields of test and measurement, broadcasting,
radio monitoring, and radiolocation, as well as secure
communications. Established over 75 years ago, Rohde
& Schwarz has a global presence and an international
service network with ISO registrations and accreditations. It has approximately 7400 employees and achieved
a net revenue of 1.3 billion (U.S. $1.6 billion) in fiscal
year 2009/2010. Company headquarters are in Munich,
Germany.
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www.rsa.rohde-schwarz.com
Visit us at booth Tucson E #11.
Rosenberger
For more than half a century, the name Rosenberger
has been associated with the most advanced technology, quality and creativity. Rosenberger is a world-wide
leading manufacturer of connector solutions, in the
high-frequency and fiber optic technology fields. Our
customers include renowned high-tech companies
in cellular technology and telecommunications, data
systems, medical electronics, industrial measurement technology, automotive electronics, mil aero and
electro-mobility fields.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #21.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Sprinkler Innovations
Sprinkler Innovations’ Yo-Yo series of retractable telescoping sprinkler heads brings effective, time-saving fire control
technology to the anechoic chamber. Factory Mutual approved, this innovative sprinkler automatically retracts after
a system test or false activation and then resets itself above
the ceiling. This allows you to test the entire sprinkler system without anyone entering the chamber. Start-to-finish
trip test time is only two hours! Minimize disruptions and
maximize profits with an extraordinary fire protection solution for anechoic chambers. Sprinkler Innovations offers
fire protection for the most demanding environments.
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www.sprinklerinnovations.com
Visit us at booth Arizona #28.
System Planning Corporation
(SPC) designs, manufactures, and installs advanced
instrumen-tation radar systems, including custom
SAR antenna positioners, for precision RF scattering
measurements. SPC’s MkV radar debuted in late1996; twenty-four MkV systems have since been sold
to US and foreign customers for fixed-site, mobile
and airborne configura-tions and applications and
introduced the MkVe radar system in 2005 with 10
systems sold since. SPC also debuted its low cost
instrumentation radar, the Cheetah, for both RCS and
Antenna Measurements in 2003. SPC leases deployable instrumentation radars, with support personnel
for in-field measurements at customer facilities, test
ranges or remote locations. SPC leases an indoor RF
facility to industry and government for quick-look or
full-measurement programs. SPC develops and uses
algorithms and software for radar signal and image
processing.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #16.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
TDK Corporation
TDK Corporation offers a single vendor solution for all of
your testing needs. TDK can offer support on a board level
with electronic components, as well as the design, manufacture, and installation of integrated test systems, antenna
measurement, anechoic and shielded test chambers,
automated test software, and test and metrology antennas.
TDK can also help with regulatory testing and certification
to help bring your product to market. Contact TDK for more
information about your Total EMC Solutions at EMCsolutions@ tdktca.com.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #4.
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TICRA
TICRA provides EM modeling software to the antenna
industry, with the focus on accuracy, speed and
effectiveness. The tools are specialized to cater for the
challenging requirements of today’s antenna engineers,
yet provide a high degree of flexibility to accommodate
many different antenna configurations, and comprise
GRASP for reflector antennas, POS for contoured beam
antennas, SNIFT for near-field to far-field transformation and DIATOOL for diagnostics in near-field
measurements. The latest development is a new version of CHAMP, the tool for fast and accurate design of
corrugated horns, hat-feeds and rotationally symmetric
reflector terminals.
Visit us at booth Tucson E #12.
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Exhibitor Prof iles
Virginia Diodes Incorporated
(VDI)
Virginia Diodes Incorporated (VDI) is the leading supplier
for solid-state based terahertz components and systems.
VDI’s products include detectors, mixers, and frequencymultipliers as well as integrated transmitter and receiver
sub-systems for reliable operation from 50 GHz to 2 THz.
VDI integrated systems now include Vector Network Analyzer Extension systems and the PM4 Power Meter for
test and measurement to THz frequencies. VDI components include in-house fabricated GaAs Schottky diodes
and Microelectronic devices; visit www.vadiodes.com.
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Visit us at booth Tucson E #10.
WIPL-D
WIPL-D, with its flagship software products WIPL-D
Pro and WIPL-D Pro CAD, enables users worldwide to
perform fast and accurate high-frequency simulations of
antennas, antenna positioning, microwave circuits, scatterers, EMC, etc. The combination of Method of Moments
(MoM)and higher-order basis functions makes it unique
on the market.
WIPL-D staff provides technical support and design assistance within very short response-period, thus making
WIPL-D not only a tool provider, but also a valuable
cooperator to the users. More details can be found at
www.wipl-d.com
Visit us at booth Arizona #29.
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Supporting Publications
IEEE APS URSI Magazine
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The Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) focuses on
all of the experimental and theoretical aspects of antenna
design and development and electromagnetic wave
propagation. The fields of interest of the Society encompass
antennas, including analysis, design, development,
measurement, and testing; radiation, propagation, and the
interaction of electromagnetic waves with discrete and
continuous media; and applications and systems pertinent to
antennas, propagation, and sensing, such as applied optics,
millimeter- and sub-millimeter-wave techniques, antenna
signal processing and control, radio astronomy, and propagation and radiation aspects of terrestrial and space-based
communication, including wireless, mobile, satellite, and
telecommunications.
The Society has approximately 8,000 members worldwide
and publishes three peer-reviewed, archival journals: IEEE
Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas
and Wireless Propagation Letters, and IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Magazine.
The Magazine, which is provided in print to all AP-S members, regularly features an “AMTA Corner” that focuses
on AMTA-specific technical and symposium activities. The
AP-S provides technical co-sponsorship for approximately
two dozen meetings per year, and it organizes an annual
international symposium of its own. The 2015 International
Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI
National Radio Science Meeting will be held July 19-25, 2015
in Vancouver, Canada.
For more information on the AP-S, visit www.ieeeaps.org.
The 2015 Symposium website is www.2015apsursi.org
IEEE Microwave Magazine
IEEE Microwave Magazine made its debut as a quarterly
publication provided to all MTT Society members in 2000,
with
the first issue (vol. 1, no. 1) appearing in March of that year.
IEEE MTT-S members worldwide receive the magazine
as part of their member benefit, as do nonmember
subscribers.
The magazine is also distributed at many events including
the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium,
the largest trade show and symposium in the industry;
IEEE Radio and Wireless Week; European Microwave
Conference; and other worldwide events throughout the
year. Currently, a typical print run is approximately 15,000
issues.
The Magazine is intended to provide several services to
MTT-S members including the dissemination of timely
information from the various MTT Committees, the
publication of regular columns giving insight into a range of
technical and nontechnical interests, and the publication of
technical features that provide overviews and tutorials on
the state-of-the-art in a given area.
advertise.ieee.org/product/print/microwave/
Foyer literature bin.
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Supporting Publications
InCompliance Magazine
In Compliance Magazine features in-depth coverage of
worldwide regulatory compliance issues for the electronics industry. Each month you’ll find technical articles from
industry leading authors on topics related to test and design,
standards updates and changes, products, services, and
more! Available in print or digitally, we offer a variety of
informational resources for the electrical engineering professional. Visit our website, activate your free subscription, and
join one of our many eNewsletters for regular updates.
www.incompliancemag.com
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Visit us at Foyer tabletop #001.
Microwave Journal
The Trusted Resource for the RF/Microwave Industry,
Microwave Journal provides leading-edge technical
content for RF, microwave, and wireless engineers
worldwide. MWJ, the magazine, reaches 50,000 qualified
subscribers globally with practical design application
articles for working engineers and the latest product
features, news, and analysis. The all-new MWJournal.
com delivers the latest news, events, webinars, white
papers, blogs, video, and newsletters to RF/microwave
professionals everywhere. For more than 54 years,
Microwave Journal has been THE resource for the
engineers who are developing the latest technologies for
the high-frequency electronics sector. Pick up a free copy
of the September issue at our tabletop booth.
www.mwjournal.com
Visit us at Foyer tabletop #002.
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Supporting Publications
Microwave Product Digest
MPD/Microwave Product Digest is the premier new product magazine devoted to information on components,
equipment, and subsystems for the RF, microwave, and
wireless industries. Each issue provides news, data, and
application information that engineers and engineering
managers working in commercial or military markets can
use to develop their products. Microwave Product Digest
made its debut in 1989, bringing “a trade show in print”
to our readers every month. Throughout the past two
decades, we’ve become a respected source of the latest
product introductions, along with solid feature articles.
MPD also produces several product specification supplements annually. These are directed to the areas of amplifiers, signal sources, and cables and connectors. Our
newest supplement is a bi-annual publication focused on
the military market—Military Microwave Digest. MMD is
comprised of articles about the microwave products and
technology driving today’s defense electronic systems.
The Microwave Product Digest website has just been
redesigned to deliver more of what our readers need
including relevant white papers, staff-written perspectives
on current topics, continuously-updated technology, and
market news.
www.mpdigest.com
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Vendor Locations
Company
Booth Number
Altair Engineering - FEKO
Tucson E #17
AMTA 2015 Symposium
Foyer #34
Anechoic Systems, LLC
Foyer Tabletop #003
Anritsu Foyer #36
AP Americas
Arizona #25
ARC Technologies
Arizona #31
ATK
Arizona Salon #12
Boeing Technology Services
Tucson E #8
84 Chamber Services Inc.
Tucson E #22
CompuQuest
Tucson E #15
Copper Mountain
Arizona #27
CST of America, Inc.
Tucson E #19
Cuming Microwave
Tucson E #5
Dutch Microwave Absorber
Solutions
Tucson E #20
Dynamic Sensor Systems LLC
Arizona #23
ETS-Lindgren
Tucson E #1
EurAAP
Foyer #33
Giga-tronics Incorporated
Arizona #24
IEEE Microwave Magazine
Foyer Literature Bin
In Compliance
Foyer Tabletop #001
Keysight Technologies
(formerly Agilent)
Arizona Salon #32
Company
Booth Number
MI Technologies
Tucson C
Micro-Coax, Inc.
Tucson E #18
Microwave Engineering &
Manufacturing Corporation
Arizona Salon #8
Microwave Journal
Foyer Tabletop #002
Microwave Product Digest
Foyer Literature Bin
Microwave Vision Group
Tucson D
NSI
Tucson A
Ophir RF
Arizona #30
Planar Monolithics Industries, Inc. Arizona #26
QuarterBranch Technologies, Inc
Arizona Salon #12
Remcom
Tucson #3
Rohde & Schwarz USA,
Tucson E #11
Rosenberger North America
Tucson E #21
Sprinkler Innovations
Arizona #28
System Planning Corp
Tucson E #16
TDK
Tucson E #4
TICRA
Tucson E #12
Virginia Diodes Inc.
Tucson E #10
WIPL-D
Arizona #29
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