{"title":"The Evolution of Printed Lens and Transmitarray Antennas: Navigating representative past, present, and future designs and manufacturing techniques","authors":"Yahya Rahmat-Samii;Junbo Wang;Anastasios Papathanasopoulos","doi":"10.1109/MAP.2024.3398564","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The IEEE Society’s 140th anniversary and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society’s 75th anniversary mark significant milestones in their enduring academic and industrial contributions. Notably, there is a discernible rise in demand for high-performance antennas, continually challenging the boundaries of manufacturing techniques. Innovations in manufacturing act as catalysts, propelling researchers and engineers to explore unconventional design paradigms and push modern antenna performance limits. The evolution of printed lens and transmitarray antenna technologies exemplifies collaborative out-of-the-box developments at the intersection of antenna design and manufacturing methods. In this invited review article, we delineate key advancements in lens and transmitarray antenna manufacturing technologies and their consequential impact on antenna design methodologies. Commencing with foundational techniques, such as milling and injection molding, advancing through printed circuit board (PCB) processes, and culminating in the cutting-edge capabilities of 3D printing, this article reviews the chronological progression that significantly enhances the design possibilities and functionality of lens and transmitarray antennas. Ample representative references are provided to facilitate further exploration of research conducted by other researchers.","PeriodicalId":13090,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine","FirstCategoryId":"94","ListUrlMain":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10539371/","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The IEEE Society’s 140th anniversary and the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society’s 75th anniversary mark significant milestones in their enduring academic and industrial contributions. Notably, there is a discernible rise in demand for high-performance antennas, continually challenging the boundaries of manufacturing techniques. Innovations in manufacturing act as catalysts, propelling researchers and engineers to explore unconventional design paradigms and push modern antenna performance limits. The evolution of printed lens and transmitarray antenna technologies exemplifies collaborative out-of-the-box developments at the intersection of antenna design and manufacturing methods. In this invited review article, we delineate key advancements in lens and transmitarray antenna manufacturing technologies and their consequential impact on antenna design methodologies. Commencing with foundational techniques, such as milling and injection molding, advancing through printed circuit board (PCB) processes, and culminating in the cutting-edge capabilities of 3D printing, this article reviews the chronological progression that significantly enhances the design possibilities and functionality of lens and transmitarray antennas. Ample representative references are provided to facilitate further exploration of research conducted by other researchers.
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IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine actively solicits feature articles that describe engineering activities taking place in industry, government, and universities. All feature articles are subject to peer review. Emphasis is placed on providing the reader with a general understanding of either a particular subject or of the technical challenges being addressed by various organizations, as well as their capabilities to cope with these challenges. Articles presenting new results, review, tutorial, and historical articles are welcome, as are articles describing examples of good engineering. The technical field of interest of the Magazine is the same as the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, and includes the following: antennas, including analysis, design, development, measurement, and testing; radiation, propagation, and the interaction of electromagnetic waves with discrete and continuous media; and applications and systems pertinent to antennas, propagation, and sensing, such as applied optics, millimeter- and sub-millimeter-wave techniques, antenna signal processing and control, radio astronomy, and propagation and radiation aspects of terrestrial and space-based communication, including wireless, mobile, satellite, and telecommunications.