Development of UWB Antennas and Microwave Components
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: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 4126
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surrogate-assisted design; circuit miniaturization; compact antennas; multi-objective optimization, computer-aided design; surrogate modeling; automated design of RF circuits and antenna structures; UWB antennas and components
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ultra-wideband (UWB) radio—most notably known for its adaptation in surveillance and diagnostic systems—is perceived as an important technology for emerging Internet of Things (IoT) services with high quality of service. The potential of pulse-based UWB in the design of low-cost and low-power communication devices, but also in the development of precise location and identification services, which is of paramount importance for increasing the security and reliability of IoT-based solutions in industry, logistics, or healthcare. Performance of these systems is highly determined by the radio-connectivity layer, which includes complex antenna structures and passive circuits, or active components, all of which exceed capabilities offered by conventional designs. Application of UWB systems in sensor and IoT networks impose stringent requirements on topology, efficiency, and manufacturing cost of components. From this perspective, development of novel microwave and antenna structures for modern UWB devices oriented towards ensuring seamless and uninterrupted communication in diverse environments remains an open problem.
Development of antennas and microwave components for UWB applications include design of passive structures and active circuits, but also their constraint-aware modeling and optimization with respect to real-world requirements. Advanced topologies for identification, imaging, or ultra-low-power IoT devices/sensors are also of high interest. Furthermore, interference-resistant solutions and topology-based approaches for integration of co-existing radio-communication systems are considered indispensable. Availability of interference-immune geometries is especially important for UWB-driven massive resource-tracking systems and/or secure-access mechanisms.
The objective of this Special Issue is to report novel topologies, design methods, as well as validation schemes of UWB antenna structures and microwave circuits that reach beyond the frontiers of the current state of the art. The topics of interest cover synthesis, design and modeling methods, integration techniques, and optimization algorithms, including but not limited to:
- Antenna arrays
- Automated design methods
- Bandwidth-enhancing methods
- Co-design of UWB components and neighboring systems
- Compact antennas
- Computer-aided design
- MIMO antennas
- Miniaturization of antennas and passive components
- Modeling methods for UWB antennas and microwave components
- Multi-objective optimization
- Reduction of interferences
- Robust design and statistical analysis
- Surrogate-assisted methods
- Topology evolution
- Ultra-wideband amplifiers
- UWB for IoT and sensor networks
- UWB antennas for imaging
- UWB antennas for medical applications
Dr. Adrian Bekasiewicz
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- active components
- antennas
- automated design methods
- computer-aided design
- interferences
- microwave components
- modeling and optimization
- surrogate-assisted design
- topology development
- ultra-wideband technology
