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Angelo Freni

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In the circuit theory, the Norton and Thevenin equivalent generators are tools that simplify the solutions of networks involving passive or active components. They have been extensively used in the frequency domain to describe time-harmonic sources. A time-stepped evolution is in ...
Passive imaging cameras at millimeter and submillimeter wavelengths are currently entering a new era with the development of large format arrays of direct detectors. Several of these arrays are being developed with bare absorbing meshes without any antenna coupling (lens or horn) ...
In millimeter and submillimeter-wave radiometric imaging systems, a persistent goal is the increase in the speed of acquisition of the image while maintaining a high sensitivity. Typically, the highest sensitivity is achieved by cryogenically cooling the detectors, specifically i ...
Future sub millimeter imagers are being developed with large focal plane arrays (FPAs) of lenses to increase the field of view (FoV) and the imaging speed. A full-wave electromagnetic analysis of such arrays is numerically cumbersome and time-consuming. This article presents a sp ...
In this paper, the portion of the incident field that can be received by an antenna is investigated: the observable field. This field can be estimated relying only on the volume allocated to the antenna and thus independently of the specific antenna geometry. The observable field ...
An analytical spectral model able to accurately and efficiently characterize absorbers distributed in the focal plane of focusing THz systems is presented. The model is obtained by using a Fourier optics representation of the electromagnetic field in the focal plane in conjunctio ...
The observable field is defined as the portion of the incident field that can contribute to the power received by an antenna. Recently, the observable field was estimated for a plane wave incidence. Here, the procedure is extended to a general incident field expressed as a superp ...
The number of independent links that can be hosted by an antenna platform for Line-of-Sight (LoS) communications is limited by its physical size and the interference between the beams associated with different users. For large-size platforms, the interference can be reduced by co ...
A novel solution for the manufacturing of a reflectarray antenna with cosecant-squared radiation pattern is presented. The unit cell simply consists of a 3-D printed nylon grid inserted in between two thick metallic plates. To introduce the required phase delay, C and reverse C s ...
Kinetic Inductance Detectors are very promising THz imaging devices to be used in Focal Plane Array configuration. In this work a new antenna feed element has been studied and optimized. Preliminary results on array configuration are also shown.@en
Kinetic Inductance Detectors are very promising THz imaging devices to be used in Focal Plane Array configuration. In this work a new antenna feed element has been studied and optimized. Preliminary results on array configuration are also shown.@en

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Phased arrays have emerged as a key solution for 5G base stations, to provide higher capacity by means of directive and electronically steerable beams. However, the implementation of workable low-cost antenna arrays for base stations is very challenging, because of the requiremen ...