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List of References
Most of the more recent notes are available here. Some of the older ones are
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Everett G. Farr, Leland H. Bowen,
Carl E. Baum, and William D. Prather,
The Folded Horn Antenna,
Sensor and Simulation Note 520,
December 2006.
Lanney M. Atchley,
Everett G. Farr, Leland Bowen, and William D. Prather,
Experiments with a High-Voltage Ultra-Wideband Radar Using a Directional
Coupler, Sensor and Simulation Note 514,
March 2006.
Lanney M. Atchley,
Leland H. Bowen, Everett G. Farr, Donald E. Ellibee, and William D. Prather,
Further Developments in High-Voltage UWB Directional Couplers,
Sensor and Simulation Note 513, March 2006.
Leland H. Bowen,
Everett G. Farr, and William D. Prather,
A High-Voltage Cable-Fed Impulse Radiating Antenna,
Sensor and Simulation Note 507, December 2005.
W. Scott Bigelow,
Everett G. Farr, J. Scott Tyo, William D. Prather, and Tyrone C. Tran,
A Frequency Selective Surface Used as a Broadband Filter to Pass
Low-Frequency UWB while Reflecting X–Band Radar,
Sensor and Simulation Note 506, January 2006.
W. Scott Bigelow,
Everett G. Farr, Leland H. Bowen, William D. Prather and Tyrone C. Tran,
Development of the Impulse Slot Antenna (ISA) and Related Designs,
Sensor and Simulation Note 505, December 2005.
Lanney M. Atchley,
Everett G. Farr, and William D. Prather,
The Response of Commercial Limiters to Transient Signals,
Measurement Note 59, April 2005.
Everett G. Farr
and Leland H. Bowen,
The Relationship Between Feed Arm Position and Input Impedance in Reflector
Impulse Radiating Antennas, Sensor and
Simulation Note 499, April 2005.
Leland H. Bowen,
Everett G. Farr, J. Scott Tyo, Mustafa Dogan, and Larry L. Altgilbers,
A Solid Dielectric Lens Impulse Radiating Antenna with High Dielectric
Constant Surrounded by a Cylindrical Shroud,
Sensor and Simulation Note 498, April 2005
W. Scott Bigelow,
Everett G. Farr, Carl E. Baum, and Dean I Lawry,
A Conical Slot Antenna and Related Antennas Suitable for Use with an Aircraft
with Inflatable Wings, Sensor and Simulation
Note 496, March 2005.
L. M. Atchley, D.
E. Ellibee, and L. L. Altgilbers,
Further Developments in Ultra-Wideband Antennas Built Into Parachutes,
Sensor and Simulation Note 495, December 2004.
L. H. Bowen, E. G. Farr, D. I. Lawry, and
J. S. Tyo
An Ultra-Compact Impulse Radiating Antenna, Sensor and Simulation Note
494, October 2004.
J. S. Tyo, E. G.
Farr, J. S. H. Schoenberg, L. H. Bowen, and L. L. Altgilbers,
Time and frequency domain radiation patterns of reflector impulse radiating
antennas: effect of aperture field distributions,
IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation. Vol. 52,
pp. 1767-1776 2004, July 2004.
W. S. Bigelow, L. H. Bowen,
D. E. Ellibee, and D. I. Lawry,
Design and Characterization of a Lens TEM Horn,
Sensor and Simulation
Note 490, April 2004.
L. M. Atchley, E. G. Farr,
D. E. Ellibee, and D. I. Lawry,
A High-Voltage UWB Coupled-Line Directional Coupler,
Sensor and
Simulation Note 489, April 2004.
E. G. Farr, L. H. Bowen and David R. Keene,
Resistively Loaded Discones for UWB Communications,
Sensor and Simulation
Note 488, April 2004.
E. G. Farr,
L., M. Atchley, D. E. Ellibee, and L. L. Altgilbers,
A Comparison of Two Sensors Used to Measure High-Voltage, Fast-Risetime
Signals in Coaxial Cable, Measurement Note 58,
March 2004.
E. G. Farr,
L. M. Atchley, D. E. Ellibee, and
L. L. Altgilbers,
A Solid Dielectric Lens Impulse Radiating Antenna Surrounded by a Cylindrical
Shroud, Sensor and Simulation Note 487,
March, 2004.
J. S. Tyo,
E. G. Farr, and D. I. Lawry,
Effect of Defocusing on the Prompt Response of an IRA: I. Hyperboloidal
Reflector, Sensor and Simulation Note 486,
November 2003.
C. E. Baum, W. L. Baker, W. D. Prather, W. A. Walton III, R. Hackett, J. M.
Lehr, J. W. Burger, R. J. Torres, J. O'Laughlin, H. A. Dogliani, J. S. Tyo, J.
S. H. Schoenberg, G. J. Rohwein, D. V. Giri, I. D. Smith, R. Altes, G. Harris,
J. Fockler, D. F. Morton, D. McLemore, K. S. H. Lee, T. Smith, H. LaValley, M.
D. Abdulla, M. C. Skipper, F. Gruner, B. Cockreham, and E. G. Farr,
JOLT: A Highly Directive, Very Intensive, Impulse-Like Radiator,
Sensor and Simulation Note 480, November 2003.
L. H. Bowen, E. G. Farr, and D. I. Lawry,
A Dual-Polarity
Impulse Radiating Antenna,
Sensor and
Simulation Note 479, October 2003.
L. M. Atchley, E. G. Farr, and L. L. Altgilbers,
Experimental
Studies of Scale-Model and Full-Scale IRAs Mounted on Parachutes,
Sensor and Simulation Note 478, July 2003.
L. M. Atchley, E. G. Farr, L. H. Bowen, W. S. Bigelow, H. J. Wagnon and D. E.
Ellibee
Characterization of a Time Domain Antenna Range,
Sensor and Simulation Note 475, June 2003.
L. H. Bowen, L. M.
Atchley, E. G. Farr, D. E. Ellibee, W. J. Carey, J. R. Mayes, and L. L.
Altgilbers,
A Prototype High-Voltage UWB Transmitter,
Sensor and Simulation Note
473, March 2003.
J. S. Tyo, E. G.
Farr, L. H. Bowen, and L. L. Altgilbers,
IRA Variations
Useful for Flexible Feed Arms,
Sensor and Simulation Note 472,
March 2003.
L. M. Atchley, E.
G. Farr, J. S. Tyo, and L. L. Altgilbers,
Development and
Testing of a Parachute Deployable Impulse Radiating Antenna,
Sensor and Simulation Note 465, March 2002.
L. H. Bowen, E. G.
Farr, J. P. Paxton, A. J. Witzig, C. E. Baum, D. I. Lawry, and W. D. Prather,
Fabrication and
Testing of a Membrane IRA, Sensor and Simulation Note 464, January 2002.
L. H. Bowen, E. G.
Farr, C. E. Baum, T. C. Tran, and W. D. Prather,
Results of
Optimization Experiments on a Solid Reflector IRA,
Sensor and Simulation Note 463, January 2002.
W. S. Bigelow, E.
G. Farr, L. H. Bowen, T. C. Tran, C. E. Baum, and W. D. Prather,
Automated Time
Domain Antenna Range Initial Implementation, Sensor and Simulation Note 456, May 2001.
L. H. Bowen, E. G.
Farr, C. E. Baum, and W. D. Prather
Experimental
Results of Optimizing the Location of Feed Arms in a Collapsible IRA and a Solid
IRA, Sensor and
Simulation Note 450, November 2000.
E. G. Farr,
“Ultra-Wideband
Antennas,” Presented at the Plenary Session of the Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse
Conference, Edinburgh, June 2000.
W. S. Bigelow, E. G. Farr, W. D. Prather, and C. E.
Baum,
"Dispersion Reduction in a Coaxial Transmission
Line Bend by a Layered Approximation of a Graded Dielectric Lens," pp. 697-706 in Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 5,
(P. D. Smith ed.),
Kluwer Academic, New York, 2002. Also presented at the
Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics Conference, Edinburgh, June 2000.
L. H. Bowen, E. G.
Farr, and W. D. Prather,
“A Collapsible
Impulse Radiating Antenna,” pp.
299-309 in Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse
Electromagnetics 5, (P. D. Smith ed.), Kluwer Academic, New York, 2002. Also
presented at the Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics Conference,
Edinburgh, June 2000.
W. S. Bigelow, E.
G. Farr, and W. D. Prather,
Compensation of an
Electrically Large Coaxial Transmission Line Bend by a Layered Dielectric Lens,
Sensor and Simulation Note 445, July 2000.
L. H. Bowen, E. G.
Farr, and W. D. Prather,
An Improved
Collapsible Impulse Radiating Antenna, Sensor and Simulation Note 444, April 2000.
E. G. Farr, L. H. Bowen, G. R. Salo, J. S. Gwynne,
C. E. Baum, W. D. Prather, and T. C. Tran,
Studies of an Impulse Radiating Antenna and a Pulse Radiating Antenna Element
for SAR and Target Identification Applications, Sensor and
Simulation Note 442, (16MB) March 2000.
E. G. Farr, D. E. Ellibee, J. M. Elizondo, C. E.
Baum, and J. M. Lehr,
A Test Chamber for a Gas Switch Using a Hyperboloidal Lens,
Switching Note 30,
March 2000
E. G. Farr, C. E. Baum, W. D Prather, and T. Tran,
A Two-Channel Balanced-Dipole Antenna (BDA) With Reversible Antenna Pattern
Operating at 50 Ohms, Sensor
and Simulation Note 441, December 1999.
L. H. Bowen, E. G. Farr, and W. D. Prather
Fabrication and Testing of Two Collapsible Impulse Radiating Antennas,
Sensor and Simulation Note 440, December
1999.
W. S. Bigelow and E. G. Farr,
Impulse Propagation Measurements of the Dielectric Properties of Several
Polymer Resins, Measurement Note 55, November 1999.
L. H. Bowen, E. G. Farr, J. M. Elizondo, and J.
Lehr,
The Ferratron: A High-Voltage, High Rep-Rate, Low Jitter, UWB Switch with
A Ferroelectric Trigger, Switching Note 29, March 1999;
also appears in the IEEE Pulsed Power Conference Proceedings,
Monterrey, 1999.
C. E. Baum, E. G. Farr, and D. V. Giri,
Review of Impulse-Radiating Antennas, Chapter 12 in Review of Radio Science 1996-1999 (W. S. Stone, ed.), Oxford
University Press, 1999. Also presented at the 1999 URSI General Assembly,
Toronto, Canada, August 1999.
L. H. Bowen and E. G. Farr,
Recent Enhancements to the Multifunction IRA and TEM Sensors,
Sensor and Simulation Note 434, February 1999.
E. G. Farr, L. H. Bowen, C. E. Baum, and W. D.
Prather,
Multi-Channel Impulse Radiating Antennas with Polarization Diversity,
Sensor and Simulation Note 430, December 1998.
W. S. Bigelow and E. G. Farr,
Impedance of an Azimuthal TEM Waveguide Bend in a Graded Dielectric Medium,
Sensor and Simulation Note 428, November 1998.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Time Domain Characterization of Antennas with TEM Feeds,
Sensor and Simulation Note 426, October 1998.
W. S. Bigelow, E. G. Farr, G. D. Sower, and D. E.
Ellibee,
Design and Test of a Half Reflector IRA with Feed-Point Lens,
Sensor and Simulation Note 423,
July 1998.
E. G. Farr, C. E.
Baum, W. D. Prather, and L. H. Bowen,
“Multifunction Impulse Radiating Antennas,” pp. 131-144 in Ultra-Wideband
Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 4,” (E. Heyman et al ed.), Kluwer
Academic, New York, 1999. Also presented at the Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse
Electromagnetics Conference, Tel Aviv, June 1998.
W. S. Bigelow and
E. G. Farr,
“Minimizing
Dispersion in a TEM Waveguide Bend by a Layered Approximation of a Graded
Dielectric Lens,” pp.
213-210 in Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 4,” (E. Heyman
et al ed.), Kluwer Academic, New York, 1999. Also presented at the
Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics Conference, Tel Aviv, June 1998.
L. H. Bowen and E. G. Farr,
E-Field Measurements for a 1 Meter Diameter Half IRA,
Sensor and Simulation Note 419, April 1998.
G. D. Sower, L. M. Atchley, D. E. Ellibee, W. S.
Bigelow, and E. G. Farr
Design for Half Impulse Radiating Antennas: Lens Material Selection and
Scale-Model Testing, Measurement Note 54, February 1998.
W. S. Bigelow and E. G. Farr,
Minimizing Dispersion in a TEM waveguide Bend by a Layered Approximation
of a Graded Dielectric Material, Sensor and Simulation
Note 416, January 1998
E. G. Farr, G. D. Sower, L. M. Atchley, and D. E.
Ellibee,
Design and Fabrication of an Ultra-Wideband High-Power Zipper Balun and
Antenna, Measurement
Note 53, January 1998.
E. G. Farr and C. A. Frost,
Impulse Propagation Measurements of the Dielectric Properties of Water,
Dry Sand, Moist Sand, and Concrete, Measurement Note 52, November 1997.
E. G. Farr, C. E. Baum, and W. D. Prather,
Multifunction Impulse Radiating Antennas: Theory and Experiment,
Sensor and Simulation Note 413, November 1997.
C. E. Baum, E. G. Farr, and C. A. Frost,
Transient Gain of Antennas Related to the Traditional Continuous-Wave Definition
of Gain, Sensor and Simulation Note 412,
July 1997.
W. S. Bigelow and E. G. Farr, Design of a Feed-Point Lens with offset Inner Conductor for a Half Reflector IRA with F/D Greater then 0.25, Sensor and Simulation Note 410, September 1997.
E. G. Farr and C. A. Frost,
Impulse Propagation Measurements of the Dielectric Properties of Water,
Dry Sand, Moist Sand, and Concrete, Measurement Note 52, November 1997.
E. G. Farr, G. D. Sower, L. M. Atchley, and D. E.
Ellibee,
Low-Voltage Prototype Development of an Ultra-Wideband High-Voltage Unzipper
Balun, Measurement Note
50, December 1996.
E. G. Farr and C. A. Frost,
Time Domain Measurement of the Dielectric Properties of Water in a Coaxial
Test Fixture, Measurement Note 49, October 1996.
E. G. Farr and C. A. Frost,
Development of a Reflector IRA and a Solid Dielectric Lens IRA, Part II:
Antenna Measurements and Signal Processing, Sensor and
Simulation Note 401, October 1996.
E. G. Farr, W. S. Bigelow and G. D. Sower, Design Optimization of Feed-Point Lenses for Half Reflector IRAs, Sensor and Simulation Note 400, August 1996.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Impulse Radiating Antennas, Part III, pp.
43-56 in C.
E. Baum, L. Carin and A. P. Stone (eds.) Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse
Electromagnetics 3, New York, Plenum, 1997. Also presented at the
Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics Conference, Albuquerque, June 1996.
E. G. Farr and C. A. Frost,
Development of a Reflector IRA and a Solid Dielectric Lens IRA, Part I:
Design, Predictions and Construction, Sensor and Simulation
Note 396, April 1996.
E. G. Farr and G. D. Sower,
Design Principles of Half Impulse Radiating Antennas,
Sensor and Simulation Note 390, December 1995.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Feed-Point Lenses for Half Reflector IRAs, Sensor and
Simulation Note 385, November 1995.
E. G. Farr,
Optimization of the Feed Impedance of Impulse Radiating Antennas, Part
II: TEM Horns and Lens IRAs, Sensor and Simulation Note 384, November 1995.
E. G. Farr and C. A. Frost,
Compact Ultra Short Pulse Fuzing Antenna Design and Measurements,
Sensor and Simulation Note 380, June 1995.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Impulse Radiating Antennas With Two Refracting or Reflecting Surfaces,
Sensor and Simulation Note 379, May 1995.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Considerations for Loading a Balun using Ferrites or a Ferrite/Dielectric
Sandwich, Measurement Note 46, November 1994.
E. G. Farr, G. D. Sower and C. J. Buchenauer,
Design Consideration for Ultra-Wideband, High-Voltage Baluns,
Sensor and Simulation Note 371, October 1994.
E. G. Farr,
Off-Boresight Field of a Lens IRA, Sensor and Simulation Note 370, October
1994.
C. E. Baum and E. G. Farr,
Impulse Radiating Antennas, presented at the 1994 EUROEM
Conference, Bordeaux France, June 1994.
E. G. Farr, C. E. Baum and C. J. Buchenauer,
Impulse Radiating Antennas, Part II, pp. 159-170 in L. Carin and L. B. Felsen (eds.) Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse
Electromagnetics, New York, Plenum Press, 1995.
E. G. Farr and C. J. Buchenauer,
Experimental Validation of IRA Models, Sensor and
Simulation Note 364, January 1994.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
The Radiation Pattern of Reflector Impulse Radiating Antennas: Early-Time
Response, Sensor and Simulation Note 358, June, 1993.
Also presented at the 1993 Allerton Antenna Applications Symposium, September
1993, Champaign, IL.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Radiation from Self-Reciprocal Apertures, Sensor and Simulation
Note 357 April 1993. Also presented at the 1994 USNC/URSI Symposium in
Boulder, Colorado, January 1994. Also published as Chapter 6 in
C. E. Baum and H. N. Kritikos, Symmetry in Electromagnetics, Taylor
and Francis, 1995.
E. G. Farr,
Optimizing the Feed Impedance of Impulse Radiating Antennas, Part I, Reflector
IRAs, Sensor and Simulation Note 354, January 1993. Also presented at the
1993 APS/URSI meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June 27-July 2, 1993.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Extending the Definitions of Antenna Gain and Radiation Pattern Into the
Time Domain, Sensor and Simulation Note 350, November
1992. Also presented at the 1993 PIERS (Progress in Electromagnetic Research)
meeting, Pasadena, July 10-14, 1993.
C. E. Baum and E. G. Farr,
Impulse Radiating Antennas, in H. L. Bertoni (eds.),
pp.
139-147 in Ultra-Wideband,
Short-Pulse Electromagnetics, New York, Plenum, 1993.
E. G. Farr,
Simple Models of Antennas Useful in Ultra-Wideband Applications, presented
at the Sixth National Conference on High Power Microwaves, San Antonio,
August 1992. Also published as Transient Radiating Antenna Memo 2.
C. E. Baum and E. G. Farr,
Hyperboloidal Scatterer for Spherical TEM Waves, Sensor
and Simulation Note 343, July 1, 1992.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
A Canonical Scatterer for Transient Scattering Range Calibration, Sensor and Simulation Note 342, June 1992. Also presented at
the 1993 URSI Symposium, Boulder, January 1993.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
A Simple Model of Small-Angle TEM Horns, Sensor and Simulation
Note 340, May 1992.
E. G. Farr and C. E. Baum,
Prepulse Associated with the TEM Feed of an Impulse Radiating Antenna,
Sensor and Simulation Note 337, March 1992.
E. G. Farr,
Analysis of the Impulse Radiating Antenna, Sensor and Simulation Note 329,
July 24, 1991. Also presented at the IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propagation,
July 1992.
E. G. Farr and D. E. Merewether,
Electromagnetic Coupling to Conductors in the Presence of Real Earth,
EMA Technical Report EMA-90-R-18, July 1990.
E. G. Farr and J. Hofstra,
An Incident Field Sensor for EMP Measurements, IEEE
Trans. Electromag. Compatibility, May 1991, pp. 105-113. Also published
as Sensor and Simulation Note 319, July 1989, and presented at the 1990
Nuclear Electromagnetics Conference.
E. G. Farr,
Extrapolation of Ground-Alert Mode Data at Hybrid EMP Simulators, Weapons
Laboratory, Sensor and Simulator Note 311, July 1988.
E. G. Farr and R. Rogers,
Near-Field Bistatic RCS Measurements at BDM, presented
at the Antenna Measurement Technique Association Symposium, Seattle, Sept
28 - Oct 2, 1987.
E. G. Farr, C. H. Chan, and R. Mittra,
"A Frequency-Dependent Coupled-Mode Analysis of Multiconductor Microstrip
Lines with Application to VLSI Interconnectivity Problems," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.,
Vol. MTT-34, pp. 307-310, February l986.
E. G. Farr,
An Investigation of Modal Characteristics and Discontinuities in Printed
Circuit Transmission Lines, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 1985.
K. Webb, E. G. Farr and R. Mittra,
"Studies in Fin-Line Antenna Design for Imaging Array Applications," Archiv fur Electronik und Ubertragungstechnik,
Vol. 39 pp. 87-89, March-April l985.
E. G. Farr, J. Smetana, and R. Mittra,
"Characterization of MMIC Devices for Active Array Antennas," presented at the Antenna Applications Symposium, Allerton
Park, University of Illinois, September 19-21, 1984.
Y. Hayashi, E. G. Farr, S. Wilson, and R. Mittra,
"Analysis of Dominant and Higher-Order Modes in Unilateral Fin-Line," Archiv fur Electronik und Ubertragungstechnik,
Vol. 37, pp. 117-122, March-April l983.
E. G. Farr,
The Dielectric Sandwich Image Guide Filter, Master's Thesis, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1982.