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    EBG-backed ultrawideband circularly polarized Archimedean spiral antenna scheme for IoT applications
    (2025-12-01)
    Luadang, Bancha
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    Ainthachot, Chalanthon
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    Janpangngern, Pisit
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    Pookkapund, Khanet
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
    This research proposes a low-profile ultrawideband circularly polarized Archimedean spiral antenna with an electromagnetic band gap (EBG)-backed structure. The proposed antenna scheme consists of an upper-layer spiral radiator, a microstrip tapered balun, and a lower-layer high-impedance circular EBG reflector of three concentric rings of trapezoid-shaped unit cells. The antenna scheme can achieve a significant profile reduction, with a total height of 0.1 wavelengths at the lowest operational frequency. The integration of the EBG reflector improves the radiation characteristics and antenna gain, achieving a maximum gain of 9.87 dBic at 6.90 GHz. The EBG reflector also improves impedance matching and axial ratio (AR) over the 1.5–8.75 GHz frequency range, achieving a wide AR bandwidth of 141.46%. The novelty of this work lies in the integration of Archimedean spiral antenna with high-impedance EBG reflector of trapezoid-shaped unit cells to enhance the impedance and AR bandwidths without increasing the overall antenna profile. Essentially, the proposed antenna scheme is suitable for broadband communication systems that require ultrawide bandwidth, circular polarization, and a small form factor.
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    Wideband dielectric properties of silicon and glass substrates for terahertz integrated circuits and microsystems
    (2021-05-01)
    Chudpooti, Nonchanutt
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    Duangrit, Nattapong
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    Burnett, Andrew D.
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    Freeman, Joshua R.
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    Gill, Thomas B.
    This paper presents a comprehensive study of the optical and electrical dielectric material properties of six commonly-used silicon and glass substrates at terahertz (THz) frequencies, including refractive index, absorption coefficient, dielectric constant and loss factor. The material characterization techniques used in this paper feature THz time-domain transmission and reflection spectroscopy with the measurement frequencies from 0.5 THz up to a maximum of 6.5 THz. Of the six selected dielectric and semiconductor substrates, two are silicon wafers with resistivities ranging from 0.001 to 0.02 Ω-cm. From the measurement results, loss tangents of the selected silicon wafers range from 0.680 to 5.455 and the dielectric constants are from 1.079 to 17.735. The four other wafers are all glass-based substrates: D263 glass, Borofloat 33 glass, fused silica and Sapphire. From the measurements, it is found that the THz dielectric properties vary considerably between the substrate samples e.g. dielectric constants range from 1.925 to 3.207 while loss tangents are from 0.042 × 10-3 to 0.127. Most of the selected silicon and glass-based substrates are quite useful for many THz applications, e.g., THz integrated circuits (THz ICs), THz microsystem technologies (THz MSTs) and THz system-on-a-chip (THz SoC) and system-on-substrate (SiP).
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    Corner-truncated patch antenna with parasitic elements and circular feed slot for S-band CubeSat applications
    (2025-12-01)
    Hemachai, Thanaphon
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    Dentri, Sitthichai
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    Janpangngern, Pisit
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
    This study presents a corner-truncated patch antenna with symmetrically loaded parasitic elements and a circular feed slot designed for CubeSat S-band communication applications. The antenna design evolves through successive stages, integrating corner truncations, a slit-ring structure, and segment-circular parasitic patches to enhance impedance matching and polarization performance. In its final configuration, a dual-stacked arrangement with inter-substrate spacing and a vertical capacitive feed further improves current distribution symmetry and broadens the operational bandwidth. Parametric analysis validates the effectiveness of each antenna design refinement, demonstrating improvements in impedance bandwidth, axial ratio bandwidth, and gain performance. The fabricated prototype achieves a wide impedance bandwidth from 1.65 GHz to 2.70 GHz, fully encompassing the CubeSat uplink (2.025–2.110 GHz) and downlink (2.200–2.290 GHz) frequency ranges. It maintains an axial ratio below 3 dB across 1.97 GHz to 2.32 GHz, ensuring efficient circular polarization. Additionally, a stable gain of approximately 7.50 dBic at 2.025 GHz supports reliable communication with ground stations. The combination of compact structure, low profile, and wideband circular polarization makes the proposed antenna a promising candidate for CubeSat communication systems. The novelty of this research lies in the integration of a corner-truncated patch, symmetrically loaded segment-circular parasitic elements, and a circular slit-ring capacitive feed within a dual-stacked substrate configuration to achieve wideband circular polarization and stable unidirectional radiation.
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    Study of the limitation of characteristic modes using the far-field based reconstruction technique for complex antenna structures
    (2021-05-19)
    Eardprab, Sanchai
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
    This paper presents the study of the characteristic mode simulation and the limitation of the far-field based reconstruction technique for complex antenna structures. The characteristic modes can also be reconstructed based on the radiated far fields obtained from simulations or measurements. Traditionally, the characteristic modes are usually calculated by using the method of moments (MoM) to determine the impedance matrix and associated eigenvalues and eigenvectors in order to calculate the current distribution on antenna structures and associated radiated far fields. In an inverse approach, the characteristic modes can also be reconstructed based on the radiated far fields obtained from simulations or measurements. The characteristic modes of a relevant simplified antenna structure and the related far fields are used to approximate characteristic modes of more complex antenna structures. It has been shown in the literature that characteristic modes can be reconstructed with good accuracy for simplified antenna structures with small perturbation. However, when the antenna structures are more complex or the structure perturbation is larger over the important part of antenna structures associated with dominant characteristic modes, the far field based reconstruction of these modes may not be sufficiently accurate due to significant mode perturbation. In this paper, the limitation of the far-field based reconstruction technique is investigated. The parametric studies of the structure perturbation are performed in terms of scaling and location on antenna structures to determine the limitation of the method. The proper perturbation remaining dominant modes are discussed as well.
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    Dual-Band Band-Stop Filter for Chipless RFID Sensor in a Dielectric Constant Determination
    (2022-01-01) ;
    Phaebua, Kittisak
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    Lertwiriyaprapa, Titipong
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
    This paper presents the dual-band band-stop filter to operate with the chipless RFID tag acts as the RFID sensor for a dielectric constant determination and the identification characteristic based on the signature responded signal from the chipless RFID sensor system. The proposed dual-band filter can generate the dual-stop band of the frequency of 2.2 GHz and 2.7 GHz. The 3-bits identification (ID) i.e., ID-01, ID-10, and ID-11 are obtained from the proposed filter. In addition, the chipless RFID sensor with band-stop filter technique can be determined the dielectric constant of RT/Duroid5880, Fr4 (Glass Epoxy), and low-Temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC).
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    Chipless RFID sensing for dielectric property of light weight concrete
    (2021-05-19) ;
    Phaebua, Kittisak
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    Lertwiriyaprapa, Titipong
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    Pathoumvanh, Somsanouk
    This paper presents a passive chipless RFID tag (Electromagnetic sensor) based on the modified printed monopole antenna with a frequency filter technique. The proposed chipless RFID sensor is the wireless sensor technology with the nondestructive technique (NDT) testing. This proposed RFID tag is designed to obtain both determination and identification (ID) properties for a sensor application. To determine the dielectric constant of MUT under test, the circular monopole tag antenna is modified using adding the elliptical shape to achieve the wideband operating frequency. Moreover, this sensor is used the stripline frequency filter technique to obtain the 1-bit ID at the frequency of 2.77 GHz. The CST Microwave Studio simulator program uses to design and optimize the passive chipless RFID parameters. Simulated results show the proposed chipless RFID sensor can identify and determine the dielectric property of the LWC under test.
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    Design of antenna arrays by using modified fruit fly optimization algorithm
    (2021-05-19)
    Kawdungta, Supakit
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
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    Lang, Alongkorn
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    This research paper proposed the modified fruit fly optimization algorithm (MFOA) to design antenna arrays. The MFOA is used to estimate parameters of three configurations of antenna arrays. There are linear, planar and circular uniform antenna arrays. From numerical results, the MFOA is effective in determining antenna array parameters. The proposed algorithm has advantages in easy implementation, global search space and fast convergence rate.
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    Quadri-Cluster Broadband Circularly-Polarized Sequentially-Rotated Metasurface-Based Antenna Array for C-Band Satellite Communications
    (2021-01-01)
    Supreeyatitikul, Nathapat
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
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    This research proposes a compact quadri-cluster broadband circularly polarized (CP) sequentially-rotated metasurface-based (MTS) antenna array for the C-band frequency spectrum. One cluster of the quadri-cluster MTS-based antenna array consisted of 4 times 4 S-shaped periodically-arranged MTS elements. The sequentially-rotated feed network was utilized to realize circular polarization and improve the impedance bandwidth (IBW), 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) and 3-dB boresight gain bandwidth of the quadri-cluster MTS-based antenna array. Simulations were performed and results were compared with experiments. The measured IBW and ARBW were 84.74% (4.0-9.0 GHz) and 57.6% (4.2-7.6 GHz) at the center frequency of 5.9 GHz, rendering the proposed quadri-cluster MTS-based antenna array suitable for satellite communication applications. In addition, the quadri-cluster MTS-based antenna array achieved the measured 3-dB boresight gain bandwidth of 81.3% (3.9-8.7 GHz), the maximum gain of 10.04 dBic at 5.6 GHz, and low radar cross-section. Specifically, the novelty of this research lies in the use of the sequentially-rotated feed network with the S-shaped MTS elements to effectively enhance ARBW of the quadri-cluster MTS-based antenna array for the C-band frequency spectrum.
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    Dual-Band Band-Stop Filter using Multiple Hexagonal Microstrip Line for Chipless RFID Sensor
    (2023-01-01) ;
    Lertsakwimarn, Kittima
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    Lertwiriyaprapa, Titipong
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    Torrungrueng, Danai
    The dual-band band-stop filter using a hexagonal-shape microstrip line is presented in this paper. The chipless RFID with the band-stop filter used to determine the relative permittivity of material under test and identify characteristic based on the unique responded signal from the chipless RFID sensor. This paper proposed the multiple microstrip line structure with a quarter-wavelength transformer to generate an identification (ID) code, i.e., ID-01, ID-10, and ID-11 at the center frequency of 2.2 GHz and 2.7 GHz. From the results, the proposed chipless RFID sensor can be identified and determined the relative permittivity of the LWC.
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    Flexible Chipless RFID Sensor for permittivity sensing of Cylindrical Impedance Surface
    (2023-01-01) ; ;
    Torrungrueng, Danai
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    Lertwiriyaprapa, Titipong
    This paper presents the chipless RFID sensor characteristics when placed on the cylindrical impedance surface. The chipless RFID sensor is designed based on the multiple resonant printed on the flexible substrate of Polyimide (r = 3.5 and tan δ = 0.0027). The humidity of the material under test is identified using the chipless RFID sensor based on the multi-resonators. This chipless sensor can be generated 5 bits of identification (ID). Furthermore, the orientation effect of the plane wave is studied. The results shows that the flexible chipless RFID sensor can be identified the different dielectric constant that related with the water content in the material. Therefore, this sensor can be applied to recognize the humidity state of material under test.