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Advances in High Frequency Electronics and Antennas for Connected and Autonomous Systems

A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 8644

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Umair Naeem

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Centre for Wireless Innovation, ECIT Institute, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland Science Park, Queens Road, Queen's Island, Belfast BT3 9DT, UK
Interests: microwaves; millimeter-waves; RF electronics; microwave and millimeter-wave filters; active and passive antennas; antenna arrays; microwave/millimeter wave imaging
Prof. Dr. Kamel Frigui

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Computer science Engineering School, Multidisciplinary Research Institute (XLIM), UMR CNRS 7252, Limoges, France
Interests: RF/HF devices; design; modeling; RF filters; multiplexer; microwave breakdown; multiphysics modeling; electromagnetism; thermal; plasma; scientific computing; packaging; optoelectronic; RF gas sensors; carbon nanotubes; nanotechnology; inkjet; artificial intelligence
Prof. Dr. Farhan Abdul Ghaffar

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Department of Electrical Engineering, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada
Interests: RF circuits and antennas; ferrite-based components; tunable and reconfigurable devices; phased arrays; flexible and wearable components
Dr. Dushmantha Thalakotuna

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School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
Interests: electronically steerable Satcom antennas; nearfield meta steering; monolithic microwave- and millimeter-wave-integrated circuits (MMIC); base station and phased array antennas; reconfigurable filters; periodic structures; antennas and RF frontends for small satellites

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We will soon witness a complete transformation of the world by connected autonomous and intelligent systems. These systems require an array of diverse technologies, some of which are still in the research phase. Innovations in high-frequency electronics and antennas are the bedrock of research in this area.

The purpose of this issue is to report on the state-of-the art research on high-frequency systems that will enable the much sought after fully autonomous, connected, and intelligent systems. The major drivers of the research are the ever-increasing performance expectations from future generation communication and sensing systems. Systems such as beyond 5G and 6G cellular systems, autonomous vehicles, IoT, satellite-based global wireless systems, etc., are expected to employ novel approaches, such as 3D printing, all metal antennas, flexible electronics, conformal antennas, engineered and intelligent metasurfaces, multifunctional systems, millimeter wave and terahertz front ends.

This Special Issue invites the latest research on the following non-exhaustive list of areas, which includes front-end electronics, antennas, and antenna arrays for the following systems and technologies:

  • Beyond 5G and 6G systems;
  • Wireless power transfer;
  • Smart antennas;
  • Beamforming and MIMO systems;
  • CubeSats;
  • Satellite ground stations;
  • Tracking systems;
  • Automotive radars and sensors;
  • Reconfigurable systems;
  • Imaging systems;
  • Multi-standard and multifunctional systems;
  • Planar and non-planar passive components and circuits;
  • Artificial intelligence technologies for microwaves;
  • Multiphysics for microwave.

Dr. Umair Naeem
Prof. Dr. Kamel Frigui
Prof. Dr. Farhan Abdul Ghaffar
Dr. Dushmantha Thalakotuna
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Electronics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • 5G
  • Reconfigurable antennas
  • Smart RF components
  • MIMO systems
  • Wireless power transfer
  • Radars
  • Antennas
  • Beamforming
  • Millimeter waves
  • Metamaterials

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Uniform Linear Antenna Array Beamsteering Based on Phase-Locked Loops
by Anil Chepala, Vincent Fusco, Umair Naeem and Adrian McKernan
Electronics 2023, 12(4), 780; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12040780 - 4 Feb 2023
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Phased arrays are extensively used in many modern beam-scanning applications such as radar and satellite communications. Electronic beam scanning makes phased arrays an important aspect of modern antenna array systems. This Tutorial aims to promote the basic understanding of the principle and operation [...] Read more.
Phased arrays are extensively used in many modern beam-scanning applications such as radar and satellite communications. Electronic beam scanning makes phased arrays an important aspect of modern antenna array systems. This Tutorial aims to promote the basic understanding of the principle and operation of a phased array to general undergraduate students. This paper starts with a discussion on the theory of operation and some basic definitions of antenna parameters followed by derivations of two-element and N-element array patterns and, finally, a five-element array design. The essential hardware based on Phase-Locked Loops (PLLs) as phase controllable RF sources required to build an array and the basic tools required for software and measurement set-up to demonstrate the beam-scanning phased array operation are presented. This enables students to quickly understand and set-up an experiment to verify the phased array operation with commercial off-the-shelf components. In addition, the hardware and software necessary for autonomous control are discussed. By combining basic concepts of phase arrays with a series of simple coding and intuitive laboratory experiments, students can easily understand the Uniform Linear Array (ULA) scanning operation. Full article
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Design of Triple-Band (DSRC, 5G, 6G) Antenna for Autonomous Vehicle Telematics
by Briana Bryant, Hoyun Won, Yang-Ki Hong, Woncheol Lee and Minyeong Choi
Electronics 2022, 11(16), 2523; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11162523 - 12 Aug 2022
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A triple-band stacked-patch antenna covering dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave, and sixth-generation (6G) millimeter-wave frequency bands is reported for autonomous vehicles telematics applications. To show the effectiveness of the developed antenna, the antenna performances, such as the S-parameter, realized gain at [...] Read more.
A triple-band stacked-patch antenna covering dedicated short-range communication (DSRC), fifth-generation (5G) millimeter-wave, and sixth-generation (6G) millimeter-wave frequency bands is reported for autonomous vehicles telematics applications. To show the effectiveness of the developed antenna, the antenna performances, such as the S-parameter, realized gain at boresight, and radiation patterns were simulated and measured for DSRC and 5G, and only simulated for 6G. The simulated results show good agreement with the measured results. The results show that the developed triple-band antenna can cover all three bands with high peak realized gains of 6.87 dBi, 12.3 dBi, and 19.8 dBi at DSRC, 5G, and 6G frequency bands, respectively, as well as high isolation between ports of >20 dB. The results also show a straightforward structure and higher antenna gain than the previously reported triple-band antennas in the simulation level. Full article
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Deep Learning Assisted Automatic Methodology for Implanted MIMO Antenna Designs on Large Ground Plane
by Lida Kouhalvandi, Ladislau Matekovits and Ildiko Peter
Electronics 2022, 11(1), 47; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11010047 - 24 Dec 2021
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This paper provides a novel methodology for designing implanted multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas in the automatic fashion. The proposed optimization consists of two sequential phases for firstly configuring the geometry of an implanted MIMO antenna and then sizing the design parameters through [...] Read more.
This paper provides a novel methodology for designing implanted multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antennas in the automatic fashion. The proposed optimization consists of two sequential phases for firstly configuring the geometry of an implanted MIMO antenna and then sizing the design parameters through the hierarchy top-down optimization (TDO) and regression deep neural network (DNN), respectively. It tackles the difficulty in constructing the structure of antennas and also provides optimal values for the determined variables, sufficiently. This methodology results in valid electromagnetic (EM)-verified post-layout generation that is ready-to-fabricate. The effectiveness of the proposed optimization-oriented method is verified by designing and optimizing the implanted MIMO antenna in the frequency band of 4.34–4.61 GHz and 5.86–6.64 GHz suitable for medical applications at the emerging wireless band. For our design, we employ the actual biological tissues as bone, liquid (%1 sodium chloride, %40 sugar in distilled water), and plexiglass surroundings with a bio-compatible substrate, as aluminium oxide on a large ground plane, that is suitable to be used in a particular biomedical applications involving smart implants. Full article
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