Limitations and evaluation of the linear assumption on antenna design

Blosser, Clayton

Limitations and evaluation of the linear assumption on antenna design

dc.contributor.advisor	Ruyle, Jessica
dc.contributor.author	Blosser, Clayton
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Kerby-Patel, K.C.
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Sigmarsson, Hjalti
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-10T21:15:04Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-10T21:15:04Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-13
dc.date.manuscript	2022-05-06
dc.description.abstract	A common assumption made by antenna engineers is to consider a system to be linear and time-invariant (LTI). This assumption is incredibly powerful and has enabled a century of advancements, but consequently has perhaps made electrical engineering too reliant upon it. There are multiple cases of fundamental limits being circumvented by including non-LTI devices and analysis. Additionally, there are limitations of some systems that are not well understood or avoided as a subject due to their non-LTI nature. Exotic antennas are attractive to complex, modern communication systems, but they are effectively useless if they cannot be deployed in practical settings after design sequences - as is sometimes the case in the presence of potentially nonlinear devices. Therefore, this work provides insight into the limitations of non-LTI analysis for antenna engineering and the trade-offs of some antennas that are erroneously capable of nonlinear behavior. Doing so will help shed light on the ramifications of casually making the LTI assumption and methods to better understand such antennas.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/335680
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Antennas	en_US
dc.subject	Nonlinear	en_US
dc.subject	Limitations	en_US
dc.subject	Reconfigurable	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Science	en_US
dc.title	Limitations and evaluation of the linear assumption on antenna design	en_US
ou.group	Gallogly College of Engineering::School of Electrical and Computer Engineering	en_US
shareok.orcid	0000-0002-3568-4241	en_US