Special Session

Antenna Technology: Learning from the Past, Innovating for the Future

6 August 2025 (Wednesday) 09:00-10:40

Organizers: Prof. Qiang Chen, Tohoku University, Japan and Prof. Zhi Ning Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore

09:00 Opening: Notes on Yagi-Uda Antennas Zhi Ning Chen (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Tracing the Invention of the Yagi-Uda Antenna Qiang Chen (Tohoku University, Japan)

09:20 A Simple Measurement Method for Estimation of Active Reflection Coefficient for Large Planar Array Antennas Jian Yang (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)

09:40 Formulation of the Maximum Power Transfer Efficiency of SISO-WPT System Using E-MIMO Qiaowei Yuan (Tohoku Institute of Technology, Japan)

10:00 Practical RIS Design: Towards Dual-Polarization, Multi-Bits, Full-Space Manipulations Yijun Feng, Qi Hu, Kui Tang, Kun Duan, Ke Chen and Junming Zhao (Nanjing University, China)

10:20 Antenna Efficiency and TRP Measurement Using a TEM Cell Yi Huang and Kai Jiang (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (Great Britain))