Innovative Antenna Systems: Challenges, Developments, and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue (SI) is intended to present scholarly papers that address critical questions arising from antenna structures and electromagnetic systems. The antenna system used for any radio communication platform is one of the critical and least understood parts of the wireless communication system. The antenna system is the interface between the radio system and the external environment. Wireless communication systems require antennas at the transmitter and receiver to operate properly. The design and deployment of antennas can make or break a wireless system, and many poorly performing systems can be traced to improperly installed or placed antennas. There are many types of antennas available, all of which perform specific functions depending on the application at hand. In this SI we define and discuss the different types of antennas in both single and array configurations for various applications at microwave, millimeter-waves, and terahertz spectrums. Therefore, the main aim of this SI is to seek high-quality submissions that highlight emerging applications and address recent breakthroughs in antenna system designs.

The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

• antennas and wave propagations
• array antennas
• multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems
• synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
• electromagnetics systems
• matching networks
• high frequency circuits (HFCs)
• metamaterials (MTMs) and metasurfaces (MTSs)
• substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW)
• radio frequency identification (RFID)
• millimeter-waves (mm-Waves) and terahertz (THz) spectrums

Therefore, we sincerely invite contribution from experimental researchers and theorists to submit high-quality manuscripts for publication in this SI.

Dr. Mohammad Alibakhshikenari
Prof. Dr. Ernesto Limiti
Guest Editors

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