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International Journals
1. A. Buffi, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “Design Criteria for Near-Field Focused Planar Arrays”, to appear on IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, February 2012. 2. R. Caso, A. Serra, A. Buffi, M. R. Pino, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “A
Dual-Polarized Slot-Coupled Patch Antenna Excited by a Square Ring Slot”, IET
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 605-610, April 2011.
3. A. Buffi, A. A. Serra, P. Nepa, H.-T. Chou, and G. Manara, “A Focused Planar Microstrip Array for 2.4 GHz RFID Readers”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas
and Propagation, Vol. 58, No. 5, pp. 1536-1544, May 2010.
4. R. Caso, A. Buffi, M. Rodriguez-Pino, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “A Novel dual-feed slot-coupling dual-feeding technique for circularly polarized patch arrays”, IEEE
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 9, pp.183-186, March 2010.
5. A. Buffi, R. Caso, M. Rodriguez-Pino, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “Single-Feed Circularly Polarized Aperture-Coupled Square Ring Slot Microstrip Antenna”,
Electronics Letters, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 268-269, February 2010.
National Journals
6. A. Buffi, R. Caso, G. Manara, P. Nepa, and A. Serra, “Ring-slot coupled microstrip patch antennas”, Atti della Fondazione Giorgio Ronchi Anno LXV, No. 3, May-June 2010.
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International Conferences
7. P. Nepa, F. Lombardini, and A. Buffi, “Location and Tracking of Items Moving on a Conveyor Belt and Equipped with UHF-RFID Tags”, IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI 2012), Chicago, IL,
USA, July 8-14, 2012.
8. A. A. Serra, R. Caso, A. Buffi, A. Guraliuc, A. D’Alessandro, A. Michel, and P. Nepa, “Research Activities on Antenna Design for Wireless Communication Networks at the University of Pisa”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
International Symposium (APSURSI 2012), Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012.
9. A. Buffi, A. A. Serra, P. Nepa, G. Manara, and H.-T. Chou, “Near-Field Focused Planar Microstrip Arrays“, Proceedings of International Conference on
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 2011), pp. 761-764, Torino,
Italy, September 12-16, 2011.
10. A. Buffi, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “Analysis of Near-Field Coupling in UHF-RFID Systems”, Proceedings of 2011 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas
and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC 2011), pp. 931-934, Torino,
Italy, September 12-16, 2011.
11. P. Nepa, F. Lombardini, and A. Buffi, “Location and Tracking of UHF-RFID Tags”, Proceedings of 2011 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and
Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC 2011), pp.1062-1065, Torino,
Italy, September 12-16, 2011.
12. A. Buffi, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “Performance Analysis of Near-Field Focused Planar Arrays”, Proceedings of 2010 URSI International Symposium on
Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2010), pp. 340-343, Berlin, Germany, August
16-19, 2010.
13. A. Buffi, R. Caso, M. R. Pino, and P. Nepa, “AR Bandwidth Enhancement for Single-Feed Circularly Polarized Square Ring Slot Patch Antenna”, Proceedings
of 2010 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2010),
pp. 930-933, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010.
14. A. Buffi, R. Caso, M. R. Pino, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “Circularly-Polarized Square Ring Slot Patch Antennas”, 2010 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
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15. R. Caso, A. Buffi, M. R. Pino, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “An annular-slot coupling feeding technique for dual-feed circularly polarized patch arrays”, 2010 IEEE
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Toronto, ON,
Canada, July 11-17, 2010.
16. A. Buffi, R. Caso, M. Rodriguez-Pino, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “A Novel slot-coupling feeding technique for circularly polarized patch antennas”, 2010
International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2010), Lisbon, Portugal,
March 1-3, 2010.
17. A. Buffi, A. Serra, P. Nepa, G. Manara, and H.-T. Chou, “A Circularly-Polarized Near-Field Focused Planar Array for 2.4 GHz RFID Reader Antennas”, 4th
International Conference on Electromagnetic Near-Field Characterization and Imaging, Taipei, Taiwan, June 24-26, 2009.
18. A. Buffi, A. Serra, P. Nepa, G. Manara, and M. Luise, “Near Field Focused Microstrip Arrays for Gate Access Control Systems”, IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI 2009), Charleston, SC,
USA, June 1-5, 2009.
19. F. Potortì, A. Corucci, P. Nepa, F. Furfari, P. Barsocchi, and A. Buffi, “Accuracy limits of in-room localisation using RSSI”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Society International Symposium (APSURSI 2009), Charleston, SC, USA, June
1-5, 2009.
20. A. A. Serra, A. Buffi, S. Mugnaini, P. Nepa, and G. Manara, “A near-field focused microstrip planar array for a GSM-1800 micro base station”, International
Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Taipei, Taiwan, October 27-30, 2008.
National Conferences
21. A. Buffi, A. A. Serra, P. Nepa, G. Manara, and H.-T. Chou, “Near-Field Focused Microstrip Arrays: Theory and Design”, XVIII RiNEm - 1st National URSI
Meeting, Benevento, Italy, September 6-10, 2010.
22. R. Caso, A. Buffi, and A. A. Serra, “Ring Slot Coupled Microstrip Patch Antennas”, XVIII RiNEm - 1st National URSI Meeting, Benevento, Italy, September 6-10, 2010.
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Other works
23. A. Buffi, R. Caso, G. Manara, P. Nepa, and A. A. Serra , “Dual-polarization slot-coupled patch antennas: state of the art and Novel configuration”, Workshop on
Antennas Characterization, Salerno, Italy, October 23, 2009.
Patents
24. P. Nepa, F. Lombardini, and A. Buffi, Metodo di localizzazione di un elemento emettitore di un segnale elettromagnetico, n. MI2011A001017, registration date: June 7th, 2011 (patent pending).
