Recent Advances in Antennas and Propagation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 180
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antennas; lenses; transmitarrays; regression models; artificial neural networks; solar radiation models
Interests: integrated optics; plasmonics; optical antennas; nonlinear optics; microwaves; energy harvesting; photonics; telecommunications
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the interest of antenna researchers has shifted to topics related to 5G and other novel technologies, which are the basis for the Internet of Things. Most of these systems were designed to function in different frequency bands, as well as in polarizations. Therefore, antennas that work in several bands or polarizations are one of the key points in most recent research, as they enable the possibility to combine several systems into smaller ones. In addition, antennas that are capable of adapting to the requirements of any particular system, in terms of radiation pattern or bandwidth, are also of great importance.
Alongside that, cheap-to-manufacture or low-profile antennas pose a good solution to these new technologies. Not only is this important to reduce the overall cost of a system, but it also helps increase its versatility. This is important for this new generation of antennas that are used in the wide range of applications of IoT, varying from wearable devices to the bulkier base stations.
Thus, you are encouraged to participate in this Special Issue sharing research with the scientific community to help us work together to push the boundaries of our knowledge. Original research articles and reviews are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Enrique González Plaza
Prof. Dr. Costantino De Angelis
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dual-band
- dual-polarized
- 5G
- arrays
- multibeam
- beam-forming
- broadband antennas
- printed antennas
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