Weihao Tang;Jiahao Zhang;Yongtao Jia;Zhong-Xun Liu;Yu Yun;Yi Chen Zhong;Ying Liu;Shuxi Gong
{"title":"Wideband 1-Bit Reconfigurable Metasurface Based on Active Polarization Rotation Reflective Surface","authors":"Weihao Tang;Jiahao Zhang;Yongtao Jia;Zhong-Xun Liu;Yu Yun;Yi Chen Zhong;Ying Liu;Shuxi Gong","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556429","url":null,"abstract":"A broadband active polarization rotation reflective surface (PRRS) featuring 1-bit reconfiguration capability is proposed in this letter. The unit cell can realize 1-bit reconfiguration within the frequency range of 6.15 GHz to 23 GHz, achieving polarization rotation while maintaining cross-polarized coefficients above −1 dB. The electromagnetic waves can be rotated by 90° and reflected with a 180° relative phase difference by the active PRRS in both states. The active polarization rotation performance is initially realized through the use of metal strips integrated with p-i-n diodes. The vertical interconnect access is reused to realize dc bias and enhance the unit's RF performance, introducing an additional resonance. The active PRRS is applied to radar cross section (RCS) reduction to validate its performance. Simulation results demonstrate that the directions of the RCS peaks can be dynamically controlled. A monostatic RCS reduction exceeding 10 dB is achieved across the frequency range of 6.1 GHz to 23 GHz, compared to an equal-sized metal plate. A prototype comprising a 12 × 12 array of elements has been fabricated for experimental verification.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 7","pages":"2114-2118"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Houyuan Cheng;Shangru Li;Yang Fu;Helin Yang;Jiong Wu;Xiangli Zhou;Xintong Shi
{"title":"Integration of SSPP Antenna and Vivaldi Arrays for 5G Sub-6 GHz and Millimeter-Wave Applications","authors":"Houyuan Cheng;Shangru Li;Yang Fu;Helin Yang;Jiong Wu;Xiangli Zhou;Xintong Shi","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556108","url":null,"abstract":"An integrated antenna system covering 5G Sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave bands is proposed, combining a spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) antenna and two Vivaldi arrays. The integrated design comprises three radiators: an SSPP array, a linear tapered slot (LTS), and Vivaldi arrays. The SSPP antenna (excited by port 1) operates in the Sub-6 GHz band (SUB: 4 GHz to 4.9 GHz and 5.3 GHz to 6 GHz) through its SSPP array, while the LTS covers millimeter-wave band 1 (MMW-1: 23 GHz to 25.8 GHz). Dual Vivaldi arrays, symmetrically distributed on both sides of the antenna and excited by ports 2 and 3, operate in millimeter-wave band 2 (MMW-2: 18 GHz to 25.8 GHz). Measured results demonstrate average realized gains of 11 dBi (SUB), 13 dBi (MMW-1), and 14 dBi (MMW-2). This design shows potential for 5G communication and radar systems.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 7","pages":"2099-2103"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiong Bin Wu;Hai Fan Li;Hong Yu Zhang;Jia Chen Li;Wei Xiong;Yong Jin Zhou;Xiao Yang Zhou
{"title":"Hyperuniform Radiation-Scattering Meta-Device for Scattering Suppression at Grazing Incidence","authors":"Xiong Bin Wu;Hai Fan Li;Hong Yu Zhang;Jia Chen Li;Wei Xiong;Yong Jin Zhou;Xiao Yang Zhou","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3555995","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3555995","url":null,"abstract":"Low-scattering periodic antenna arrays have been fully investigated in terms of their scattering properties under normal incidence. However, strong scattering can also occur due to diffraction peaks generated by periodic structures under grazing incidence. In this letter, we present a hyperuniform radiation-scattering meta-device (HRSMD) that effectively maintains in-band radiation while reducing out-of-band scattering at grazing incidence. The proposed unit consists of a U-shaped antenna and a 5 × 5 meta-atom array loaded with 100 Ω resistors. A hyperuniform distribution is introduced to arrange all units, effectively suppressing diffraction peaks caused by a periodic array under grazing incidence. The proposed HRSMD behaves like a periodic array while resembling a random array with a disordered spatial configuration. The fabricated sample shows a maximum measured gain of 16 dBi at 3 GHz, maintaining comparable radiation performance to a periodic array with the same aperture size. Additionally, we have fabricated a low-scattering carrier to investigate the scattering performance of the HRSMD at grazing incidence. Compared to the periodic array, the HRSMD effectively reduces the radar cross section (RCS) by an average of 6 dB (horizontal polarization) and 8 dB (vertical polarization) under grazing incidence from 8 GHz to 12 GHz. At specific frequencies, the maximum RCS reduction reaches 26 dB and 31 dB for horizontal and vertical polarizations, respectively. The proposed HRSMD has significant potential for stealth applications involving periodic/nonperiodic arrays at grazing incidence.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 7","pages":"2094-2098"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Truncated 2-D Luneburg Lens Antenna with Planar Feeding Surface Using PCB Technology for Stable Wide-Angle Beam-Steering Applications","authors":"Ying Liu;Yun Tao Ye;Yong Mei Pan;Shao Yong Zheng","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556437","url":null,"abstract":"A new approach for implementing a truncated Luneburg lens (LL) antenna (LLA) with a planar feeding surface is proposed, aimed at achieving stable wide-angle beam steering in millimeter-wave band. This technique entails the attachment of just two thin, high-permittivity dielectric slabs to the sides of the truncated LL, maintaining the original permittivity distribution of the lens, which ranges from 1 to 2. These high-permittivity dielectric slabs cause an upward shift of the focal points, leading to a focal plane near the truncated surface, with an increased curvature radius. As a result, the phase centers of the feed elements remain closely aligned with the lens's focal points, which is crucial for sustaining high gain and minimizing gain variation. To validate the concept, a nine-element patch antenna array was integrated with the lens to enable beam scanning, and the entire assembly was processed using low-loss printed circuit board technology. Measurement results demonstrated a peak realized gain of 14.09 dBi, with a gain fluctuation of only 0.6 dB across a broad beam-scanning range of ±67° at 30 GHz.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 7","pages":"2119-2123"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dual-Band Low-Profile Antenna Design Using HMSIW Based on Through-Glass Vias (TGVs)","authors":"Shuqi Li;Hongwei Chen;Zhen Fang;Jinxu Liu;Libin Gao;Xiaoshen Han;Shan Li;Jihua Zhang","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556293","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3556293","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents two dual-band (DB) low-profile antenna designs for Ka-band applications, integrating a hybrid structure of a DB-patch and a DB-half-mode substrate integrated waveguide resonator fabricated using through-glass vias (TGVs) technology. The proposed designs achieve DB operation with enhanced bandwidth and gain, all within a single-layer substrate to maintain a compact profile. Ant.1 employs a dual-cavity configuration, while Ant. 2 utilizes a single cavity supporting <inline-formula><tex-math>$text{TE}_{101}$</tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><tex-math>$text{TE}_{301}$</tex-math></inline-formula> mode. A prototype of Ant. 1 was fabricated and tested to validate the design. Measurements demonstrate a −10 dB impedance bandwidth of 25.58 GHz to 28.26 GHz (10%) for the lower band and 36.83 GHz to 38.94 GHz (5.5%) for the higher band, with peak gains of 6.1 dBi and 5.6 dBi, respectively. Compared to existing designs, Ant. 1 achieves a lower profile (0.04 <inline-formula><tex-math>$lambda _{0}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) in the Ka band while maintaining competitive performance. This work offers a promising solution for compact and efficient DB antennas in Ka-band communication systems.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 7","pages":"2109-2113"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144589388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrawideband Conformal MIMO Antenna With Ferrite-Based Modified Inverted-F Structure for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Applications","authors":"Yongwei Li;Quanyuan Feng","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575376","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575376","url":null,"abstract":"This letter presents an ultrawideband (UWB) conformal multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) antenna for wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) and deep tissue monitoring. The design innovatively integrates a toroidal ferrite substrate with a modified inverted-F structure to achieve a bandwidth of 120.5% (0.31 GHz to 1.25 GHz) by exciting and manipulating multiple modes, covering Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) bands (433/915 MHz). The antenna, with an unfolded size of 28.27 mm × 5 mm × 1.5 mm, is designed to facilitate integration with capsule components such as batteries and camera. Experimentally verified, the design achieves measured gains of −14.1 dBi and −13 dBi at 433 MHz 915 MHz, respectively, in minced pork and an isolation level greater than 33 dB between elements. Specific absorption rate (SAR) values comply with biocompatibility standards, while MIMO performance metrics [envelope correlation coefficient (ECC) < 0.001, diversity gain (DG) > 9.99 dB] meet communication requirements. This work provides a high-performance solution for sub-GHz in-body high-definition medical imaging transmission.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 9","pages":"2854-2858"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144998119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jingwen Zheng;Ziye Wang;Yuhang Wang;Xiangwei Zhu;Du Li
{"title":"Temperature Dependence of Magnetoelectric Coupling Effect in Magnetoelectric Antenna","authors":"Jingwen Zheng;Ziye Wang;Yuhang Wang;Xiangwei Zhu;Du Li","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575278","url":null,"abstract":"The magnetoelectric (ME) antenna operating in very low frequency (VLF) and low frequency (LF) has become a new scheme for solving remote communication problems in special environments such as underwater and underground, owing to its small size. In actual tests, the operating temperature is a significant factor affecting the performance. In this work, we built a nonlinear magneto-thermal coupling model for the near-field radiation of the ME antenna. The model relates temperature to the magnetization, strain, stress, as well as the electric and magnetic fields in space. The radiation performance under different temperatures was discussed. The result shows that by setting an appropriate temperature, the radiation ability can be significantly improved. The radiation intensity reaches 16.7 nT at 15 Vrms at 1 m increased by 48.7% via increasing the operating temperature from 0 °C to 60 °C. At the same time, the maximum radiation distance reaches 5.49 m increased by 17.5%. In addition, the hysteretic phenomena are weak at low-temperature environments, and the ME antenna can maintain a linear resonance under a driving voltage ranging from 5 Vrms to 25 Vrms.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 9","pages":"2844-2848"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144998312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Geethanjali Govindarajan;Gulam Nabi Alsath Mohammed;Abhishek Premanand;Malathi Kanagasabai;Partibane Bactavatchalame
{"title":"Design of Miniaturized Conformal Rasorber Using Machine Learning for Precision Intrusion Mitigation","authors":"Geethanjali Govindarajan;Gulam Nabi Alsath Mohammed;Abhishek Premanand;Malathi Kanagasabai;Partibane Bactavatchalame","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575344","url":null,"abstract":"This letter introduces a miniaturized conformal single-layer frequency selective rasorber (FSR) optimized for A-A-T-A-A mode operation for precision intrusion mitigation. The designed FSR has a back-to-back arrangement to achieve absorption and transmission properties. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are used to optimize FSR designs and reduce computational time. The preliminary geometrical parameters from proposed FSR obtained from full-wave electromagnetic solver are used to train the ML model. The K-nearest neighbor (KNN), and multiple linear regression (MLR) algorithm utilized in this research works efficiently with a small mean square error (MSE) varying between 0.01 and 0.09. Furthermore, the MLR offers the highest correlation (<inline-formula><tex-math>${{R}^2})$</tex-math></inline-formula> value of 0.99. The FSR optimized using the ML technique has a miniaturized size of 0.17λ<sub>o</sub> and offers quadruple absorption band viz 6.9 GHz (<italic>f</i><sub>1</sub>), 10.9 GHz (<italic>f</i><sub>2</sub>), 18.3 GHz (<italic>f</i><sub>3</sub>), and 20.8 GHz (<italic>f</i><sub>4</sub>) for precision intrusion mitigation. The FSR provides transmission characteristics at 14.6 GHz to 15.7 GHz (as per FCC standards). Due to its conformal design, the proposed A-A-T-A-A FSR serves as an ideal solution for RADAR systems in defense environment.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 9","pages":"2849-2853"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144998315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Ultrawideband Implantable Antenna With Hybrid Polarization for Human Health Monitoring","authors":"Jiajie Chu;Shuhui Yang;Yinchao Chen;Fanglu Tong;Changyin Liu;Zihao Fu;Jingjing Liang;Li Zhang;Bin Li;Yahui Hou","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575448","url":null,"abstract":"A miniaturized ultrawideband implantable antenna with hybrid polarization is proposed in this letter. The antenna has a surface size of 10 mm × 9.8 mm, which consists of a tree-shaped radiation patch and a horseshoe-shaped defected ground structure. Because of the specially designed radiation patch and defective ground plane, the implantable antenna has realized ultrawideband characteristics. By adding a superstrate to the antenna system, the circular polarization has been introduced to the antenna. A prototype of the antenna was fabricated and measured when it was buried inside a ground pork environment. The simulated and measured results show a fairly good agreement. A measured impedance bandwidth from 2.33 GHz to 11.36 GHz (131%), and three wide axial ratio (AR) bandwidths of 4.4 GHz to 5.2 GHz (16.67%), 6.6 GHz to 8 GHz (19.18%), and 10.4 GHz to 10.8 GHz (3.77%) were obtained. Furthermore, the link budget analysis and specific absorption rate were further analyzed. It seems that the proposed antenna has a wide bandwidth, which covers the bands of the ISM, 5G, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, and satellite communication.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 9","pages":"2859-2863"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144998316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiang-Long Li;Si-Si Hao;Hong-Fang Wang;Jian-Ying Li
{"title":"Imaging for Early Microwave Breast Cancer Quantitative Diagnosis","authors":"Xiang-Long Li;Si-Si Hao;Hong-Fang Wang;Jian-Ying Li","doi":"10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2025.3575063","url":null,"abstract":"This letter proposes a near-field confocal microwave imaging (CMI) approach to improve the accuracy of breast cancer identification. An iterative process integrates the results of the time-delay and point spread function methods as mutual prior information, which enables precise phase and amplitude compensation in the spherical wave model. Frequency-domain zero-padding and inverse discrete Fourier transform methods are applied to optimize imaging accuracy while maintaining efficiency. The proposed method is validated in a breast cancer detection scenario, where the structural similarity index metric is employed to evaluate reconstructed energy distribution. Results indicate a 52.59% improvement in distribution accuracy compared to traditional CMI.","PeriodicalId":51059,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters","volume":"24 9","pages":"2829-2833"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144997972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}