Advance Program
4th Asia-Pacific Engineering Research Forumon Microwaves and Electromagnetic Theory

November 16–17, 2002
Venture Business Laboratory
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Sponsored byFaculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Kyushu University Foundation

Technically Co-Sponsored byIEEE Fukuoka Section

STEERING COMMITTEE
General Chairman:
Kiyotoshi Yasumoto

Kyushu University

Members:
Mitsuo Tateiba
Kuniaki Yoshitomi
Kiyotaka Fujisaki
Hongting Jia
Tsuyoshi Matsuoka

Kyushu University
Kyushu University
Kyushu University
Kyushu University
Kyushu University

Secretary
Hongting Jia

Kyushu University

INVITED SPEAKERS
Chan, Chi Hou
Chen, Kun ShanCho, Young KiFeng, Zhenghe
Fujimoto, Takafumi
Hasanuddin, Zulfajri B.
Hu, Weiwei
Jia, Hongting
John, M. ShellyKim, Dong IIKusunoki, Atsushi
Li, Le-Wei
Luk, Kwai-man
Matsuoka, Tsuyoshi
Miyamoto, Tokuo
Meng, Zhi QiNaka, Yoshihiro
Nishimoto, Masahiko
Park, Dong ChulPark, Wee Sang
Shimoda, Michinari
Uchida, Kazunori
Watanabe, Koki
Yasumoto, Kiyotoshi
Yokota, Mitsuhiro
Zhu, Lei

City University of Hong Kong, China
National Central University, Taiwan
Kyungpook National University, KoreaTsinghua University, China
Nagasaki University, Japan
Kyushu University, Japan
Peking University, China
Kyushu University, Japan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Korea Maritime University, Korea
Oita University, Japan
National University of Singapore, Singapore
City University of Hong Kong, China
Kyushu University, Japan
Fukuoka University, Japan
Fukuoka University, Japan
Kumamoto University, Japan
Kumamoto University, Japan
Chungnam National University, Korea
Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea
Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan
Kyushu University, Japan
Miyazaki University, Japan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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November 16 (Saturday)
9:00–9:10

Opening Remarks

Session 1: Communications and Radars
9:10—9:40
Characteristics of Ku-Band Rain Attenuation along Earth-Satellite Path at Three
1Diﬀerent Locations in Kyushu Island, Japan
Zulfajri Basri Hasanuddin1 , Kiyotaka Fujisaki1, Kenichi Ishida2 , and Mitsuo Tateiba1(1 Kyushu University, Japan, 2 Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan)
9:40—10:10
Radio-on-Fiber Techniques on Source Generation and Photonic Down Conversion for
9Broadband Millimeter-Wave Communications
Weiwei Hu1 and Keizo Inagaki2(1 Peking University, China, 2 ATR Adaptive Communications Research Laboratories,Japan)
10:10–10:40
Target Identiﬁcation from Multi-Aspect High-Range-Resolution Radar Signatures
Using Hidden Markov Model
Masahiko Nishimoto1, Xuejun Liao2 , and Lawrence Carin2(1 Kumamoto University, Japan, 2 Duke University, USA)
10:40–11:00

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Session 2: Time Domain Techniques
11:00–11:30
Shielded Membrane Microstrip Line Analysis Using New FDTD Equations
Yun Kwon Nam and Dong Chul Park
(Chungnam National University, Korea)

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11:30–12:00
Transient Analysis of Electromagnetic Waves by Time-Dependent Resistive Screen in36
Waveguide
Michinari Shimoda1 , Ryuichi Iwaki1 , Masazumi Miyoshi1, and Oleg A. Tretyakov2(1 Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan, 2 Kharkov State University,Ukraine)
12:00–12:30
A New Approach to the Time-Domain Inverse Scattering Problem with Cross-Borehole
Radar Data
Hongting Jia1 , Takashi Takenka2 , and Toshiyuki Tanaka2(1 Kyushu University, Japan, 2 Nagasaki University, Japan)
12:30–13:50

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Session 3: Antennas
13:50–14:20
Development of Dual-Polarized Base Station Antennas
K. M. Luk and K. L. Lau(City University of Hong Kong, China)
14:20–14:50
Design of Microstrip Stacked, Conformal, Patch Array AntennasYoungju Lee, Han Cheol Ryu, Sang Hwa Lee, Sung Jun Lee, Jung Soo Lee,Chang Hee Lee, Sung Hun Jeong, and Wee Sang Park
(Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea)
14:50–15:20
Comparison of Electric Currents on Upper and Lower Surfaces of Patch Conductor ofMicrostrip Antenna
Takafumi Fujimoto, Kazumasa Tanaka, and Mitsuo Taguchi(Nagasaki University, Japan)

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15:20–15:50
The Radiation of Waveguide Slots Antenna
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Jian-Ying Li and Le-Wei Li(1 High Performance Computation for Engineered Systems Programme, Singapore,
2National University of Singapore, Singapore)
15:50–16:10

Coﬀee break

Session 4: Scattering and Diﬀraction
16:10–16:40
Approximation for Multi-Wedges Diﬀraction
Kazunori Uchida and Chang-Kwon Lee(Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)
16:40–17:10
A Study on a Shape of Ferrite Electromagnetic Wave Absorber for an Anechoic
Chamber
Dong II Kim(Korea Maritime University, Korea)
17:10–17:40
Desigh Procedure for a Polarization-Transformation Filter with a Multilayered Chiral
SlabAtsushi Kusunoki and Mitsuru Tanaka(Oita University, Japan)

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November 17 (Sunday)
Session 5: Photonics
9:00–9:30
Lightwave Propagation in Optical Waveguide by Multigrid Method
M. Yokota(Miyazaki University, Japan)
9:30–10:00
Fiber Optic Sensors: Applications in Chemical Sensing
M. Shelly John
(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
10:00–10:30
Numerical Analysis for 3-Dimensional Optical Periodic Waveguides with Rectangular
Cross-Section
Tokuo Miyamoto1, Michiko Momoda1 , and Kiyotoshi Yasumoto2(1 Fukuoka University, Japan, 2 Kyushu University, Japan)
10:30–10:50

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Session 6: Radom Media and Rough Surfaces
10:50–11:20
Numerical Analysis of Bistatic Cross-Section of a Concave-Convex Conducting
Cylinder in a Continuous Random Medium
Mitsuo Tateiba1 , Zhi Qi Meng2 , and Masao Nakashima3(1 Kyushu University, Japan, 2 Fukuoka University, Japan, 3 Mitsubishi ElectricCorporation, Japan)
11:20–11:50
Microwave Emission of Rough Surfaces: Modeling and Numerical Simulations
K. S. Chen1 , T. D. Wu2 , L. Tsang3 , Qin Li4 , and J. C. Shi5
(1 National Central University, Taiwan, 2 National Science Council, Taiwan,
3 City University of Hong Kong 4 University of Washington, USA, and5
University of California, USA)11:50–12:20
Numerical Analysis of Wave Scattering from Three Layers of Random Medium for theEstimation of Moisture in Soil by Microwaves
Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, and Mitsuo Tateiba(Kyushu University)
12:20-13:40

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Session 7: Microwave Integrated Circuits
13:40–14:10
A Generalized Short-Open Calibration Technique for Accurate De-Embedding
Microstrip Integrated Circuits from Fullwave MoM Simulation
Lei Zhu(Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
14:10–14:40
Studies of Compact Microstrip Resonant Cells with Applications in Active Circuits
Q. Xue, Y. F. Liu, K. M. Shum, and C. H. Chan
(City University of Hong Kong, China)
14:40–15:10
Novel Techniques Based on PEEC Method and Their Applications in Modeling ofRF-MEMS Spiral Inductors
Long Haibo, Feng Zhenghe, and Zhang Yaojiang(Tsinghua University, China)
15:10–15:40
Electromagnetic Coupling Mechanism to a Nearby Conducting Strip through Narrow
and Wide Slits in a Parallel-Plate WaveguideYoung Ki Cho(Kyungpook National University, Korea)
15:40–16:00

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Session 8: Periodic Structures
16:00–16:30
Analysis of Characteristics of Optical Waveguide Devices Constructed byTwo-Dimensional Air-Hole Type Photonic Crystal
Yoshihiro Naka and Hiroyoshi Ikuno(Kumamoto University, Japan)
16:30–17:00
Numerical Techniques of the Diﬀerential Method for Surface-Relief Gratings Made ofAnisotropic and Conducting Materials
Koki Watanabe(Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan)
17:00–17:30
Formulation of Electromagnetic Scattering from Multilayered Crossed Periodic Arraysof Circular Cylinders
Kiyotoshi Yasumoto and Hongting Jia(Kyushu University, Japan)
17:30–17:40

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Closing Remarks

BANQUETAll of the guests are invited to participate in a banquet to be held at the Faculty Restaurantin the evening of November 16. The banquet will start at 18:00 and end at 20:00.

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