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Millimeter-Wave Dual-Polarized Filtering Antenna

for 5G Application
Sheng Jie Yang, Yong Mei Pan, Senior Member, IEEE, Li-Yun Shi, and Xiu Yin Zhang, Senior Member, IEEE1

Abstract—This paper presents a novel dual-polarized millimeter- filter and the chip is required, which will also cause high
wave (mm-Wave) patch antenna with bandpass filtering response. insertion loss in the mm-Wave band. In order to solve this
The proposed antenna consists of a differential-fed cross-shaped problem, an effective solution is to integrate filtering response
driven patch and four stacked parasitic patches. The combination into the antenna to realize the so-called filtering antenna, and
of the stacked patches and the driven patch can be equivalent to a
thus to simplify the design of filters in the mm-Wave RF
bandstop filtering circuit for generating a radiation null at the
upper band-edge. Besides, four additional shorted patches are frontends to a certain extent.
added beside the cross-shaped driven patch to introduce another A typical method of designing a filtering antenna is to
radiation null at the lower band-edge. Moreover, by embedding a incorporate filtering circuits into feeding networks [7]−[14].
cross-shaped strip between these four stacked patches, the third This method is straightforward. But, still, the insertion loss of
radiation null is generated to further suppress the upper stopband. the additional filtering circuits is unavoidable. As an alternative,
As a result, a quasi-elliptic bandpass response is realized without specific parasitic elements, such as parasitic patch [15]−[17],
requiring extra filtering circuit. For demonstration, a prototype
was fabricated with standard PCB process and measured. The slot [18]−[20], shorting pins [21], microstrip stub [22], and
prototype operates in the 5G band (24.25−29.5 GHz) and it has an metallic loop [23] were used in antennas, to generate radiation
impedance bandwidth of 20%. The out-of-band gain drops over nulls beside the operating passband so as to realize the filtering
15 dB at 23 GHz and 32.5 GHz respectively, which exhibits function. In this way, no extra filtering circuit is required,
high-selectivity. These merits make the proposed antenna a good leading to lower insertion loss and more compact size.
element candidate for the 5G mm-Wave massive MIMO A number of filtering antennas have been developed in the
applications to reduce the requirements of the filters in the
mm-Wave RF frontends. last decade by the above two methods [7]−[24]. However, thus
far, most of them operate at microwave frequency band. In
Index Terms—Filtering antenna, millimeter-wave antenna, addition, due to the limitation of mm-Wave processing
dual-polarized antenna. technology, not all of them are suitable to be designed at
mm-Wave frequency (e.g. the dipole antenna in [23] is difficult
I. INTRODUCTION to be assembled at the high frequency). Recently, a few
mm-Wave filtering antennas were realized based on substrate
W ITH the advantages such as wide bandwidth, high data
rate, and low latency, the millimeter-wave (mm-Wave)
communication has attracted extensive attention in 5G
integrated waveguide (SIW) filters [11]−[14]. These antennas
exhibit high-Q filtering response and good frequency
applications [1]. In 5G mm-Wave front-ends, filters are usually selectivity. But, unfortunately, they generally suffer from
needed to suppress the unwanted image frequency spectrum, narrow bandwidth (less than 5%), which is not sufficient for
LO leakage and harmonics. However, compact on-chip filters specific wideband applications. Besides, due to the integration
[2]−[4] feature the low-quality (Q)-factor, resulting in a high of SIW filter, some of them feature bulky size. For example, the
insertion loss which is generally over 2.5 dB. Besides, the Ka-band single-polarized SIW filtering antenna in [12]
high-Q filters [5]−[6] are not easy to be integrated in 5G occupies a large size of 0.92 × 1 λc2 (λc denotes the wavelength
mm-Wave system due to the large size. Moreover, if the high-Q at the central frequency of the passband), and the
filter is packaged separately, the interconnection between the dual-polarized design in [14] takes up a larger size of 1.73 ×
1.73 λc2. Therefore, they are not suitable to be used as an
antenna element in the 5G mm-Wave massive MIMO arrays, in
which the element spacing is usually less than 0.5 λc for
Manuscript received November 7, 2019. wide-angle scanning.
This work was supported in part by National Key Research and Development
Program of China under Grant 2018YFB1801601 and in part by National In this paper, an mm-Wave wideband dual-polarized
Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants 61725102 and in part by filtering microstrip antenna is proposed. It mainly consists of a
Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou Development District, China, differential-fed cross-shaped driven patch and four stacked
under Grant 2018GH10. (Corresponding author: Xiu Yin Zhang)
S.-J. Yang, Y.-M. Pan and X.-Y. Zhang are with the School of Electronic and parasitic patches. In addition, four shorted patches are added at
Information Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, the corners of the cross-shaped driven patch to generate a
510641, China (e-mail: [email protected]). radiation null at the lower stopband, whereas a cross-shaped
L.-Y. Shi is with the School of Electronic Information and Electrical
Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. strip is introduced between the four stacked parasitic patches to
realize an extra radiation null at the higher stopband. As a result,
a bandpass filtering response with sharp roll-off rate is achieved.

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z y Layer 1 z
Sub 1
Cross strip Sub 2
Sub 3 Layer 2 x
x
Parasitic patch
Sub 4
y
Layer 3
Sub 5
Layer 4
(a)

Shorted patch
Substrate

Driven patch y
Ws1 x
Parasitic
z
Port 2
patch Wcross
Via holes Cross strip

Lcross
Differential feeding
network Port 1
Ground
Fig. 1. Geometry stack-up of the proposed dual-polarized filtering antenna.

The proposed filtering antenna has a compact size, which is

W1
suitable for 5G mm-Wave massive MIMO applications. The
working mechanism, design guideline, as well as measured (b)
results of the proposed antenna are presented in the following
sections. Driven y
patch
II. ANTENNA CONFIGURATION AND WORKING MECHANISM Shorted W2 x
patch z
A. Antenna Configuration Ws2
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 illustrate the configuration of the proposed
Lp2
dual-polarized filtering antenna, and the specific dimensions of W3 R1
the antenna are listed in Table I. It is composed of parasitic
Lp1
patches, driven patch, ground plane and differential feeding
networks. In order to reduce the fabrication cost, a standard
PCB process is adopted. As shown in Fig. 2(a), the entire
structure consists of three laminates (Sub 1: Rogers 4003C with Wp2
Wp1
a thickness of 305um; Sub 3: Rogers 4350B with a thickness of
102um; Sub 5: Rogers 4350B with a thickness of 102um), two
bondply layers (Sub 2: Rogers 4450F with a thickness of (c)
102um; Sub 4: Rogers 4450F with a thickness of 305um) and 4
metal layers (a copper thickness of 18um). The four parasitic Wg y
patches together with a cross-shaped strip are printed on metal
Layer 1, and the driven patch together with four additional Wf1 x
shorted patches are printed on metal Layer 2, as shown in Fig. Ground L1 z
2(b) and Fig. 2(c), respectively. The ground plane and feeding Wf2
L2
networks of the antenna are fabricated on metal Layer 3 and L3 L4
Layer 4 separately. With reference to Fig. 2(d), the two-port
Wf3
Differential
differential feeding networks are located under the ground to L5 R 3 feeding network
excite the driven patch through via holes. The main function of Wf4 Ws3 R2
the differential feeding networks in the proposed antenna is to
enhance the isolation between the two ports and the
L7
L6
cross-polarization discrimination (XPD). L8
L9 L10
B. . Antenna Mechanism
To better illustrate the mechanism of the proposed filtering (d)
antenna, three reference designs are investigated, as shown in
Fig. 3. For simplicity, the differential feeding networks are Fig. 2. Configuration of the dual-polarized filtering antenna. (a) The lamination
removed, and a pair of ideal differential ports (Port 1 + and Port stack-up of the antenna package. (b) Top view of the parasitic patches. (c) Top
1−) are used in the reference antennas. The corresponding view of the driven patch. (d) Top view of the differential feeding networks.

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TABLE I
PARAMETERS OF THE PROPOSED FILTERING ANTENNA z
Length L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 Radiation resistor y
Value
x
1.87 2.07 1.2 0.65 2.27 0.71 1.28
(mm) Parasitic patches
Length L8 L9 L10 Lp1 Lp2 Lcross W1 Zp , θp 2Cs 2Cs Zp , θp
Value Ce
0.87 0.6 1.55 3.5 1.02 1.75 1.8
(mm) Ce E Cp Cp Ce Zp , θp
Length W2 W3 Wp1 Wp2 Wf1 Wf2 Wf3
Value
0.38 0.75 1.6 1.06 0.13 0.45 0.32 Electric Cc
(mm) Driven patch
wall Zn1
Length Wf4 Ws1 Ws2 Ws3 Wcross Wg R1
Port + Port
Value
0.2 0.3 0.1 0.18 0.15 7 0.2
(mm)
Length R2 R3 Fig. 5. The equivalent circuit model for reference Design I.
Value
0.4 0.6
(mm)

Layer 1

y
x
z Port 1+

Layer 2

Port 1
(a) (b) (c) Fig. 6. Simulated realized gains of reference Design I for different Ws1.
Fig. 3. Top views of different reference antennas. (a) Design I. (b) Design II. (c)
Design III. further suppress the upper stopband (see the blue dash line in
Fig. 4). Consequently, a quasi-elliptic bandpass response is
realized with the aid of these three radiation nulls. The
generative mechanisms of Null 1 − Null 3 are analyzed below
in detail.
1) Analysis of radiation Null 1
Firstly, to illustrate the mechanism of radiation null 1 at
around 32 GHz, a simple transmission-line equivalent circuit is
depicted in Fig. 5. The driven patch section is represented as an
open-circuited transmission line. The parasitic patches are
represented as two transmission line (one pair parasitic patches
are represented one transmission line) with a gap between them.
The gap is modelled by a π-network circuit, where Cs and Cp are
the equivalent series gap capacitance and shunt gap capacitance
of the radiating gap. Two fringing capacitances Ce are
Fig. 4. Simulated realized gains of different reference antennas. connected between the ends of the driven patch and the
parasitic patches. In this model, all the radiation resistances of
simulated realized gains of these antennas are depicted in Fig. 4. each section have been sum up to one resistor. Due to the
In reference Design I, a cross-shaped driven patch along with differential fed method, an equivalent electric wall at the
four stacked parasitic patches can introduce a radiation null at central line divides this model into two identical sections.
around 32 GHz (Null 1), enhancing the roll-off rate at the edge Accordingly, a shunt series resonant circuit can be extracted
of the higher stopband (see the black solid line in Fig. 4). By from the parasitic patches which is marked with red-dashed
adding four extra shorted patches around the cross-shaped rectangle circle. The impedance Zn1 of the circuit can be given
driven patch, reference Design II is obtained, and another by (1)
radiation null (Null 2) is generated at the lower band-edge (see 1
+jZ p tan θ
the red dash line in Fig. 4). In reference Design III, a jωCc p 1
Z n1  Z p + (1)
cross-shaped strip is embedded between the four stacked tan θ p jCe
Z p+
patches, which generates a third radiation null (Null 3) to ωCc

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y
x
z
z Radiation resistor y
Jsurf
[A/m]
60 x
54
48 Linear strip
42
36
30
24
Cle
18
Cle Zlc , θlc/2 Zlc , θlc/2 Cle
Zlc , θlc/2
12
6
0

(a) (b) Electric

Driven patch
Fig. 7. The surface current distributions on the driven patch of reference Design wall Zn3
II at (a) the central operating frequency 27 GHz and (b) the frequency 22 GHz
of Null 2. Port + Port
Fig. 9. The equivalent circuit model for reference Design III.

Fig. 8. Simulated realized gains of reference Design II for different Wp1.

where ω is the angular frequency, Zp is the characteristic

Fig. 10. Simulated realized gains of reference Design III for different Lcross.
impedance of one pair parasitic patches, θp = βWp denotes the
electric length of one pair parasitic patches and the capacitor Cc
= 2Cs + Cp. Obviously, a series resonance can be obtained with perpendicular sides of each shorted patch exhibits a
the condition Zn1 = 0 which can be approximately written as (2) half-wavelength resonance, thus generating the radiation null.
if Zpω >> 1. Fig. 8 shows the tuning of Null 2. It can be observed that the
(C  C ) Z 
frequency of Null 2 shifts from 23.75 to 20.5 GHz while Wp1
C C
θ p  arctan 2c 2 e p  arctan c e (2) increases from 1.5 to 1.7 mm. This is reasonable because the
Z p  Cc Ce  1 Z pCc Ce current length along the edges of each shorted patch is
increased. Therefore, by tuning the sizes of the shorted patches,
On this condition, the parasitic patches can be equivalent to be a
Null 2 can be individually controlled, and the frequency can be
bandstop circuit and thus generate radiation Null 1. The
estimated by (4).
frequency of Null 1 is given as
 1 1 
c
1 f Null 2  (4)
f Null1   +  (3) 4Wp1  eff
2 Z p tan  p  Cc Ce 
According to (3), Null 1 can be independently tuned by the where c is the speed of light in vacuum, εeff represents the
slot width Ws (which controls the central capacitor Cs). As effective dielectric constant of the substrate.
observed in Fig. 6, Null 1 shifts clearly from 30.5 to 32.5 GHz 3) Analysis of radiation Null 3
while Ws is increased from 0.1 to 0.3 mm. This is reasonable Then, to demonstrate the mechanism of radiation Null 3 in
because the central capacitor Cs is decreased. reference Design III, a transmission-line equivalent circuit can
2) Analysis of radiation Null 2 be given in Fig. 9. The cross strip is represented as an
Next, to investigate the generative mechanism of Null 2, the open-circuited transmission line (the influence of parasitic
current distribution on the driven patch of reference Design II is patches is eliminated for brevity). Two fringing capacitances
illustrated in Fig 7. As a contrast, the current distribution at the Cle are connected between the ends of the driven patch and the
central operating frequency 27 GHz is first depicted in Fig. 7(a). cross strip. Accordingly, a shunt series resonant circuit can be
It can be seen that the current mainly concentrates on the center approximately extracted from the linear strip marked with
of the cross-shaped patch, leading to efficient radiation at 27 red-dashed rectangle circle. The impedance Zn3 can be given by
GHz. While at the frequency 22 GHz of Null 2, as shown in Fig. (5)
7(b), less current distributes on the center of the cross-shaped θ 1
driven patch and most of the current is confined around the Z n3  jZ lc tan lc + (5)
2 j Cle
shorted patches. In addition, the current path along the two

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Top Bottom
view view
7 mm

Fig. 13. Prototype of the proposed dual-polarized filtering antenna.

(a) (b)

Fig. 11. (a) Simulated realized gains of the proposed antenna. (b) Simulated
patterns of the proposed antenna at 20 GHz.

y
x
z
Jsurf
[A/m]
60 RX horn
56
52 Rotating arm
48 Z
44
AUT sample holder
40
36
32
28
24 O Y
20 X RF probe

(a) (b)

Fig. 12. The current distribution on the driven patch of the proposed antenna at
the weak resonant frequency 20 GHz. (a) Without the central via. (b) With the
central via.
Fig. 14. The antenna measurement setup.

where ω is the angular frequency, Zlc is the characteristic current distributions on the driven patch are shown in Fig. 12. It
impedance of the linear strip, θlc = βLcross denotes the electric can be seen that without the central via, the current distribution
length of the linear strip. Also, if the fringing capacitance Cle is is asymmetry because the phase difference of the differential
negligible or ωCle << 1, the condition Zn3 = 0 can be simplified feeding network is no longer 180 degrees but only about 100
as degrees. When adding the central via, a relatively symmetrical
Lcross current distribution is obtained, as shown in Fig. 12(b). In this
θlc =2  eff  (6) case, more current is confined to the four slots between the
Null3 cross-shaped patch and the shorted patches. Consequently, a
Then the resonance frequency can be given by better suppression is achieved at 20 GHz.
c
f Null 3  (7)
2 Lcross  eff III. ANTENNA IMPLEMENTATION
At the resonant frequency, the cross strip is equivalent to a A. Design Guideline
bandstop circuit thus suppressing the radiation of the driven Base on the above discussions, a design guideline for the
patch. According to (7), radiation Null 3 can be controlled by dual-polarized filtering patch antenna is summarized as
the length of the linear strip Lcross. As observed in Fig. 10, Null follows.
3 shifts clearly from 38 to 34 GHz while Lcross is increased from 1) Firstly, use four square planar parasitic patches and a
1.5 to 2.3 mm. cross-shaped driven patch to design a differential-fed
dual-polarized stacked patch antenna. Set the initial
C. The effect of the central shorting via
dimension of the driven patch as 0.5 × 0.5 λ02 (λ0 denotes the
Finally, the differential networks are added to reference guided wavelength in the substrate at the central frequency
Design III, and the proposed antenna is obtained. However, it is of the passband). In addition, set the initial side-length of
found that the rejection level of the lower stopband deteriorates each parasitic patch as 0.25λ0.
at around 20 GHz because of a weak resonance, as shown in Fig. 2) Secondly, tune the width (Ws1) of the slot between the four
11 (see the black solid line). To solve this problem, a shorting parasitic patches to adjust the first desired upper-stopband
via is loaded at the central point of the driven patch. With radiation null.
reference to the red dash line in Fig. 11(a), the weak resonance 3) Thirdly, add four shorted patches into the inner corners of
is suppressed and the rejection level at 20 GHz is improved. the cross-shaped driven patch. Set the initial side-length of
Also, the radiation pattern shrinks overall at 20 GHz with the each shorted patch as 0.25λNull2 (λNull2 denotes the guided
central via loaded. In order to illustrate this phenomenon, the wavelength in the substrate at the frequency of the desired

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(a)

(a)

(b)

Simulated co-pol Simulated x-pol

Measured co-pol Measured x-pol

Fig. 16. Simulated and measured patterns of the prototype. (a) Port 1. (b) Port 2.

sample holder. Therefore, the measured radiation patterns in

(b)
this plane is not complete and the results in the range of 230 −
Fig. 15. (a) Simulated and measured S-parameters of the prototype. (b) 360 degrees are not obtainable.
Simulated and measured realized gains of the prototype. The simulated and measured S-parameters of the two ports
are illustrated in Fig. 15(a), showing good agreement. As
observed, the center operating frequency of this antenna is 27
lower stopband radiation null), and tune it to obtain the GHz and the impedance bandwidths (|S11| < −10 dB) measured
desired lower stopband radiation null. at both ports are 20% (24.25−29.5 GHz). In addition, the
4) Fourthly, introduce a cross-shaped strip between the four simulated |S21| is lower than −35 dB across the entire passband.
parasitic patches. Set the initial length of the cross-shaped The simulated and measured boresight gains are shown in
strip as 0.5λNull3 (λNull3 denotes the guided wavelength in the Fig. 15(b). With reference to the figure, the average measured
substrate at the frequency of the second desired in-band gain is 5.2 dBi, while the average simulated in-band
upper-stopband radiation null), and tune it to obtain the gain is 6.6 dBi. The gain reduction between the simulated and
desired second desired upper-stopband radiation null. measured results are mainly due to the following factors: 1) the
5) Finally, refine each parameter to optimize the design for insertion loss of the RF probe; 2) the uncertainty of the material
obtaining good impedance matching and required property at 27 GHz; 3) the resistive losses of the metallic vias; 4)
bandwidth. the fabrication and measurement errors. The gain drops quickly
B. Experiment to below −10 dB at 23 GHz and 33 GHz respectively, which
For verification, the proposed multilayer dual-polarized exhibits sharp roll-off rates at the upper and lower band-edges.
filtering patch antenna is designed and fabricated with the In the stopband, the radiation suppression level is 16 dB in
standard PCB process. The fabricated prototype photograph is simulation and 13 dB in measurement. Owing to the symmetry
demonstrated in Fig. 13. It should be mentioned that in this of the structure, the realized gains of the two ports are nearly
design, the coplanar waveguide (CPW) feeding structure is the same with each other, which is to be expected.
employed to adapt to the prospective RFIC connection. Fig. 14 Fig. 16 shows the measured and simulated radiation patterns
shows the antenna measurement setup. The Cascade Microtech of the dual-polarized prototype at the central frequency 27 GHz.
ground-signal-ground (GSG) RF probe with 450 um pitch is Similar broadside radiation patterns are obtained at both ports,
used to contact the CPW line feeding port, and only one port as expected. At the boresight direction, the co-polarized fields
can be tested at a time, which means the measurement of |S21| is are stronger than the cross-polarized counterparts by more than
not realizable. A rotating arm with RX horn antenna is used to 30 dB in simulation and 20 dB in measurement. Besides, the
measure the radiation patterns of the prototype. However, the simulated and measured 3-dB HPBWs are 75°and 76°in the
testing angle in the YoZ plane is limited to the range of 0 − 230 E-plane, while given by 78° and 82° in the H-plane. The
degrees because that the rotating arm is blocked by the AUT patterns at other frequencies have also been studied, and they

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TABLE II
COMPARISON WITH THE PREVIOUS MILLIMETER-WAVE FILTERING ANTENNAS
Ave. Extra Controllable Overall size (λc3)/
Antenna Imp. BW Process
Ref. Polarization gain filtering radiation Radiator size of
type (|S11|< −10dB) technology
(dBi) circuit null each element (λc2)
Single 1.56% 0.92×1×0.092/
[12] SIW Single 6.7 Yes 2 Standard PCB
element (31.25−31.75GHz) 0.56×0.61
1×4 1.2% 2.1×1.67×0.085/
[13] SIW Single 8.1 Yes 0 Standard PCB
subarray (28.9−29.6GHz) 0.44×0.92
1×4 5% 3.1×2.5×0.12/
[11] Patch Single 11.1 Yes 0 Standard PCB
subarray (27.15−28.55GHz) 0.26×0.2
2×2 2.94% 1.46×1.46×1.5/
[24] Aperture Single 12.5 Yes 0 3-D printing
subarray (33.5−34.5GHz) 0.57×0.4
2×2 1.6% 1.73×1.73×0.24/
[14] SIW Dual 10.8 Yes 0 LTCC
subarray (36.7−37.3GHz) 0.58×0.58
Single 20% 0.63×0.63×0.09/
This work Dual 5.2 No 3 Standard PCB
element (24.25−29.5GHz) 0.4×0.4

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broadband dual-polarized filtering dipole antenna with high selectivity more than 80 IEEE Transactions) and around 80 conference papers. His
for base station applications,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 66, no. research interests include antennas and arrays, MMIC, microwave/terahertz
11, pp. 5747-5756, Nov. 2018. circuits and sub-systems, and wireless communications.
[24] X. He, Y. Zhang, M. Du and J. Xu, “Lightweight and compact high-gain Dr. Zhang is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. He
filtering aperture antenna fabricated by three-dimensional printing has served as General chair/Technical Program Committee (TPC) chair/
technology,” IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., vol. 17, no.7, pp. member and Session Organizer/Chair for a number of conferences. He was a
1141–1144, July. 2018 recipient of the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars
of China, the Leading Talent of Technological Innovation of Ten-Thousands
Talents Program, the Young Scholar of the Changjiang Scholars Program of
Chinese Ministry of Education. He was a recipient of the Scientific and
Technological Award (First Honor) of Guangdong Province. He was the
supervisor of several conference best paper award winners.
Sheng Jie Yang was born in Hunan, China. He is now
pursuing the PhD degree at School of Electronic and
Information Engineering, South China University of
Technology, Guangzhou, China.
His current research interests focus on filtering
antennas, millimeter-wave antennas, and base station
antennas.

Yong Mei Pan (M’11SM’17) was born in Huangshan,

Anhui Province, China. She received the B.Sc. and
Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei,
China, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. From 2009 to
2012, she was a Research Fellow with the Department
of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong
Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. In 2013, she joined
the School of Electronic and Information Engineering,
South China University of Technology (SCUT),
Guangzhou, China, as an Associate Professor. Currently,
she is a Professor with SCUT. Her research interests include dielectric
resonator antennas, leaky wave antennas, metasurface antennas, and filtering
antennas.
Prof. Pan is now an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas
and Propagation.

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