In the development of a multifunctional and multi-standard analog frontend module in emerging and future wireless systems,multifunction antenna array is an indispensable component.To this end,the aperture-shared techn...In the development of a multifunctional and multi-standard analog frontend module in emerging and future wireless systems,multifunction antenna array is an indispensable component.To this end,the aperture-shared technique has come of age,and demonstrated significant advantages in the cost-effective design of efficient,compact,multiband,multibeam,and polarization-diversified antenna arrays,particularly with high frequency ratios.In this paper,various antenna topologies and surface architectures based on this technique,which have been proposed and developed thus far for a wide variety of applications,are reviewed,examined,and categorized to highlight the nature of electromagnetic aperture-shared schemes and merits.Finally,we briefly discuss future research directions in this context for multifunction millimeter-wave and terahertz wireless systems development.展开更多
文摘In the development of a multifunctional and multi-standard analog frontend module in emerging and future wireless systems,multifunction antenna array is an indispensable component.To this end,the aperture-shared technique has come of age,and demonstrated significant advantages in the cost-effective design of efficient,compact,multiband,multibeam,and polarization-diversified antenna arrays,particularly with high frequency ratios.In this paper,various antenna topologies and surface architectures based on this technique,which have been proposed and developed thus far for a wide variety of applications,are reviewed,examined,and categorized to highlight the nature of electromagnetic aperture-shared schemes and merits.Finally,we briefly discuss future research directions in this context for multifunction millimeter-wave and terahertz wireless systems development.
