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Wideband Differentially Fed Dual-Polarized
Planar Antenna and Its Array with High
Common-Mode Suppression
Zhaoyang Tang, Student Member, IEEE, Jinhai Liu, Student Member, IEEE, Ruina Lian, Student
Member, IEEE, Yapeng Li, Student Member, IEEE, and Yingzeng Yin
 antenna with novel feeding structure is proposed in [11]. By
Abstract—A differentially fed dual-polarized planar antenna
with a wide bandwidth and high common-mode suppression is
presented in this paper. The antenna is composed of four folded
dipoles that are connected to each other via the coplanar striplines.
Two integrated baluns are utilized to excite the folded dipoles
simultaneously to realize ±45°linear polarizations. Owing to the
loaded shorting stubs, the impedance matching is improved and
the operational bandwidth is broadened. Under differential-mode
(DM) excitation, the antenna has a superior unidirectional
radiation over a wide bandwidth. Under common-mode (CM)
excitation, the antenna achieves a high level of CM suppression
performance due to the proposed feeding structure. Measured
results exhibit that the antenna gains a wide -15-dB differential
impedance bandwidth of 51.1% (1.66-2.80 GHz) and a high port
isolation of 38 dB between the differential ports. Moreover, the
CM reflection coefficient is larger than -1.32 dB within the DM
passband, which indicates that the high CM suppression is
attained. To further validate the design concept, a 1×4 antenna
array is fabricated and measured to demonstrate the superior
performances of wide bandwidth, high port isolation, high CM
rejection, and good unidirectional radiation.
Index Terms—Antenna array, common-mode suppression,
differentially fed antenna, dual-polarized antenna, shorting stub,
wideband.
I. INTRODUCTION
B ECAUSE of the attractive features like combating the
multipath fading effect and increasing the channel capacity
[1], the dual-polarized antenna has been widely used in the
modern wireless communication systems, including 2G
(1.71-1.92 GHz), 3G (1.88-2.17 GHz), and LTE (2.3-2.4 GHz
and 2.5-2.69 GHz). In addition, designing an antenna with a
wide bandwidth can decline the antenna number and save the
installation space. Hence, the dual-polarized antenna with its
operating band of 1710-2690 MHz is important for the wireless
communication systems.
In recent years, a number of antennas with dual polarizations
have been presented in [2-10]. A broadband dual-polarized
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adopting Y-shaped feeding lines, the impedance bandwidth of
the antenna element is significantly enhanced. Combining a
magnetic dipole and an electric dipole, the proposed
magneto-electric (ME) dipole antenna has a wide impedance
bandwidth, a stable gain, a stable radiation pattern, and a low
cross-polarization level [12].
Currently, the differential microwave circuit has been widely
applied in the radio frequency (RF) front-end products because
of its excellent properties of harmonic suppression, noise
immunity, and mode current elimination. However, the
single-ended antennas in [2-12] cannot be directly connected to
the differential circuit. Adopting a balun or a 180° hybrid
coupler can make the single-ended antenna easily integrate
with the differential circuit. It should be pointed out that a balun
or a 180° hybrid coupler would cause additional losses,
complex structure, and high cost for the RF front-end products.
Thus, the differentially fed antenna is more suitable for the
differential circuit without adding additional devices.
Nowadays, some differentially fed antennas have been reported
[13-18]. Nevertheless, the reported antennas in [13-16] have
only one polarization, and those in [17-18] suffer from narrow
impedance bandwidths. Broadband differentially fed antennas
with dual polarizations are developed in [19-23]. Owing to the
loaded parasitic elements, the impedance matching is improved
and the operational bandwidth is widened [19-21]. In [22], the
proposed ME dipole antenna has a -10-dB differential
impedance bandwidth of 68% (0.95-1.92 GHz) and a high port
isolation of 36 dB. However, the antenna gain has a large
fluctuation over the operating band. In [23], the antenna
features wide bandwidth, high port isolation, stable gain, and
stable radiation pattern by loading long and short dipoles.
However, high profile is the major drawback for the antenna.
As it is well known, the CM suppression is an important
indicator for the differential circuit. The reason for it is that the
CM signals would reduce the signal-to-noise ratio in the
differential circuit [24]. However, none of the above-mentioned
antennas is concerned with the CM rejection characteristic
[13-23]. A filtering antenna array with excellent CM rejection
is presented in [25]. It is obviously seen that the antenna array
has one polarization and a narrow impedance bandwidth.
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TABLE I
Key Parameters of The Proposed Antenna

Parameter Value Parameter Value

Lg 140 mm (1.041λc) Ld 70 mm (0.521λc)
Lf1 12.8 mm (0.096λc) Lf2 17 mm (0.127λc)
Lf3 12.1 mm (0.090λc) Wr 8.7 mm (0.065λc)
Wt 0.9 mm (0.007λc) Ws1 2.3 mm (0.017λc)
Ws2 1.5 mm (0.011λc) Ws3 0.5 mm (0.004λc)
Wf1 1.6 mm (0.012λc) Wf2 1.3 mm (0.010λc)
R 24 mm (0.179λc) H 30 mm (0.223λc)
(a)
a1 63 degree a2 40 degree
Note that λc represents the free-space wavelength at center operating frequency.

II. DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNA ELEMENT

(b)
(c)
(d)
Fig. 1. Configuration of the proposed antenna: (a) 3-D view; (b)
side view; (c) perspective view; (d) feeding structure.
A differentially fed dual-polarized antenna with a wide
bandwidth and high CM suppression is presented in this paper.
The proposed antenna features wide impedance bandwidth,
high port isolation, flat gain, stable radiation pattern as well as
high CM rejection within the desired band of 1.71-2.69 GHz
covering the bands of 2G/3G/LTE wireless communication
systems. In addition, a 1×4 antenna array is designed and
fabricated to evidently validate the design principle. The paper
is organized as follows. The proposed antenna element is
presented in Section II. A 1×4 antenna array is described in
Section III. Finally, Section IV deals with some conclusions.
A. Antenna Configuration
The configuration of the proposed antenna is depicted in Fig.
1. Notice that the xoz-plane and yoz-plane are defined as the
horizontal plane (H-plane) and vertical plane (V-plane),
respectively, to fit the position of the base-station antenna in
practical application. As shown in Fig. 1(a), the proposed
antenna is composed of four folded dipoles, two integrated
baluns, and a square ground plane. The adjacent dipoles are
connected to each other via the coplanar striplines working as
λ/4 impedance transformers. All folded dipoles are etched on
the top side of the substrate placed horizontally. The proposed
integrated balun consists of a U-shaped feeding line and two
shorting patches. The feeding line and shorting patches are
printed on two sides of the vertical substrate, respectively. Two
notches are introduced to avoid interference between the
feeding lines, as illustrated in Fig. 1(d). Moreover, cutting four
slots off from the ground plane can make the feeding lines
easily pass through the ground plane. Four 50-Ω coaxial cables
are adopted to excite the proposed antenna. The inner
conductor of each coaxial cable is connected to the U-shaped
feeding line while the outer conductor is soldered on the
shorting patch. For simplicity in test, four SMA connectors are
employed to integrate with the coaxial cables. As plotted in Fig.
1(c), the antenna has +45°polarization when the differential
port 1 composed of port 1+ and port 1- is excited using the DM
signals. Similarly, the antenna has -45°polarization when the
differential port 2 composed of port 2+ and port 2- is excited
using the DM signals. All employed substrates in the design are
FR4 substrates with a dielectric constant of 4.4, a loss tangent
of 0.02, and a thickness of 0.8 mm. The proposed antenna is
fixed above a square ground plane to obtain a unidirectional
radiation. Under the help of Ansys HFSS v. 16, the design
parameters are optimized and listed in Table I.
B. Design Process
Fig. 2 shows the evolution of the proposed dual-polarized
antenna, and the corresponding S-parameters are given in Fig. 3.
In Fig. 2, the antenna (Ant. 1) is composed of four folded
dipoles that are arranged in a circle. Two resonant frequencies
f1 and f2 are generated when the folded dipoles are excited

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Fig. 2. Evolution of the proposed dual-polarized antenna.
Fig. 3. Simulated S-parameters in the evolution of the antenna.
Fig. 4. Simulated input impedance in a Smith chart.
simultaneously, as depicted in Fig. 3. Actually, another
resonant frequency f3 is also induced according to the Smith
chart in Fig. 4. However, it is hard to observe the resonant
frequency f3 because the resonant frequencies f2 and f3 are too
close to each other. In addition, the impedance matching in the
lower frequency band is not good. Then, four shorting stubs are
adopted, as done in Ant. 2, to improve the impedance matching.
As can be seen from Fig. 3, the curve goes down in the lower
and middle frequency bands with the presence of the shorting
stubs, which illustrates that the impedance matching becomes
better. This phenomenon can be explained by the fact that the
introduced shorting stub has a high impedance characteristic
that is regarded as loading the inductance in the lower and
middle frequency bands, cancelling out inherent capacitance of
the antenna. Thus, a good impedance matching is realized. To
further enhance the impedance matching, another four shorting
stubs are utilized in Ant. 3. As expected, the impedance
matching is remarkably ameliorated in the lower frequency
band. It is noted that the resonant frequency f3 is separated from
the resonant frequency f2, and it moves toward the higher
frequency band. Moreover, the impedance locus gradually
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Fig. 5. Current distributions of the antenna under (a) DM
operation and (b) CM operation at 2.2 GHz.
becomes tighter after loading the shorting stubs, as plotted in
Fig. 4, which shows that the shorting stubs are of great help to
improve the impedance matching. Combining three resonant
modes at different frequencies, a wide impedance bandwidth
from 1.68 GHz to 2.81 GHz is implemented for |Sdd11|<-15 dB,
as displayed in Fig. 3. Furthermore, we can see that the CM
reflection coefficients are larger than -1 dB over the DM
passband when three antennas are under CM operation,
exhibiting high CM rejection response. Finally, although the
shorting stubs are introduced into the design of the antenna, the
footprint is not enlarged.
C. Principle of CM Suppression
To better understand the working principle of CM
suppression, current distributions of the antenna under different
operational modes at 2.2 GHz are given in Fig. 5. Under DM
operation, the antenna is excited by the DM signals with equal
amplitudes and opposite phases. As plotted in Fig. 5(a), an
electrical wall is generated at the center of the U-shaped
feeding line, and the strong electric field orthogonal to the slot
of the integrated balun is obtained. Then, the DM signals can be
transferred to the folded dipoles and radiated outside. Under
CM operation, the antenna is fed by the CM signals with equal
amplitudes and equal phases, as shown in Fig. 5(b). It can be
seen that the current intensity on the radiators is much weaker
than that under DM operation. This is because a magnetic wall
is formed at the center of the feeding line, and then the electric
field perpendicular to the slot of the integrated balun cannot be
excited. The CM signals are mostly reflected to the input ports.
Thus, the high CM suppression is gained within the operating
band. Briefly, we can easily understand the working
mechanism of CM suppression via the current distribution.
D. Parameter Analysis
In this subsection, a parametric study on the impedance
bandwidth is carried out to investigate the design guideline of
the antenna, including the inner edge radius R of the cambered
folded dipole, the width Wr of the cambered folded dipole, the
angle a2 of the cambered slot between the shorting stubs, the
gap Ws3 between the adjacent folded dipoles, and the distance
Wt of the cambered slot away from the outer edge of the
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Fig. 6. Simulated differential reflection coefficient versus R.
Fig. 7. Simulated differential reflection coefficient versus W r.
Fig. 8. Simulated differential reflection coefficient versus a2.
cambered folded dipole. As one design parameter is studied at a
time, the others remain the optimized values listed in Table I.
Fig. 6 shows the effect of the parameter R on the differential
reflection coefficient. It can be observed that all resonant
frequencies move toward the lower frequency band as R
increases. The reason for this is that increasing the physical size
of the folded dipole will extend the current path of the resonant
mode. In addition, we also see that the curves go up in the lower
frequency band whereas go down in the higher frequency band.
The reason for it is that the coplanar striplines work as λ/4
impedance transformers, and they will greatly affect the
impedance matching over the entire operating band. Finally,
R=24 mm is chosen to gain a wide impedance bandwidth.
Fig. 7 shows the effect of the parameter Wr on the differential
reflection coefficient. As plotted in Fig. 7, this parameter
affects all resonant frequencies. With the increasing of Wr, all
resonant frequencies move toward the lower frequency band. In
addition, the curves shift up at lower frequencies but come
down at higher frequencies, which indicates that the
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Fig. 9. Simulated differential reflection coefficient versus W s3.
Fig. 10. Simulated differential reflection coefficient versus W t.
impedance matching is largely affected by the parameter W r.
To obtain a good impedance matching over a wide bandwidth,
Wr=8.7 mm is chosen at last.
Fig. 8 shows the effect of the parameter a2 on the differential
reflection coefficient. We can see that the resonant frequency in
the higher frequency band moves down to the lower frequency
band while the other resonant frequencies in the lower and
middle frequency bands are influenced slightly as a2 increases.
Thus, we can easily control the higher resonant frequency by
adjusting the parameter a2. Furthermore, the curves in the lower
and higher frequency bands shift up whereas go down in the
middle frequency band, which indicates that a2 affects the
impedance matching. At last, a2=40°is selected to achieve a
wide impedance bandwidth of operation.
Fig. 9 shows the effect of the parameter Ws3 on the
differential reflection coefficient. As described in Fig. 9, this
parameter mainly affects the impedance matching. With the
increasing of Ws3, the curves go down gradually over a wide
frequency band, which illustrates that the impedance matching
becomes good. This is because the capacitance between the
adjacent dipoles decreases when the Ws3 increases. Finally,
Ws3=0.5 mm is chosen to implement a good impedance
matching across a broad operating band.
Fig. 10 shows the effect of the parameter Wt on the
differential reflection coefficient. We can see that the curves
shift down in the lower frequency band whereas rise up in the
higher frequency band as Wt increases, which shows that the
impedance matching becomes better by degrees in the lower
frequency band but worse in the higher frequency band. Finally,
Wt=0.9 mm is selected to yield a wide operating band with
good impedance matching.
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Fig. 11. Prototypes of the antenna and test equipment: (a) top
view; (b) side view; (c) measurement setup; (d) 180°hybrid
coupler; (e) power divider.
Fig. 12. Simulated and measured S-parameters of the antenna.
E. Experimental Results
A prototype of the proposed antenna is fabricated and
measured to validate the design principle, as depicted in Fig.
11(a). Referring to [26], the proposed antenna can be seen as a
single-ended 4-port network and the DM and CM S-parameters
can be derived from the S-parameters of the 4-port network.
Hence, the DM and CM S-parameters are calculated using
equations (1a)-(1d) and (1e)-(1f), respectively. An R&S
ZNB20 Vector Network Analyzer is utilized to measure the
DM and CM S-parameters as shown in Fig. 12. It can be seen
that a common -15-dB differential impedance bandwidth of
51.1% (1.66-2.80 GHz) is implemented at two differential ports.
Moreover, a differential port isolation of higher than 38 dB is
achieved across the band of operation. Meanwhile, the CM
reflection coefficient is larger than -1.32 dB within the DM
passband, which illustrates that the high CM rejection
performance is obtained.
Sdd11  (S11  S11  S11  S11 ) / 2
Sdd 22  (S22  S22  S22  S22 ) / 2
Sdd 21  (S21  S21  S21  S21 ) / 2
Sdd12  (S12  S12  S12  S12 ) / 2
Scc11  (S11  S11  S11  S11 ) / 2
Scc22  (S22  S22  S22  S22 ) / 2
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Fig. 13. Radiation patterns of the antenna element under DM
operation at (a) 1.7 GHz, (b) 2.2 GHz, and (c) 2.7 GHz.
A SATIMO multi-probe spherical near-field system is used
to measure the radiation patterns and gain. In addition, a 180°
hybrid coupler is employed to provide the DM signals for the
measurement, as shown in Fig. 11(d). Details of the hybrid
coupler are presented in [21]. Fig. 13 shows the simulated and
measured radiation patterns of the antenna element under DM
operation. For simplicity, only the radiation patterns of +45°
polarization are displayed due to the symmetric geometry. It
can be seen that the radiation pattern is stable across the
operational band. Fig. 14 shows the simulated and measured
gain radiation patterns of the antenna element under CM
operation. A power divider is utilized to provide the CM signals
for the measurement, as plotted in Fig. 11(e). It is observed that
the measured peak gains of the co-polarization and
(1a) cross-polarization radiations are less than -12 dBi within the
operating band, which means that the CM radiation is well
(1b) rejected. The measured gain and half-power beamwidths
(1c) (HPBWs) are plotted in Fig. 15. The insertion loss of the
employed 180°hybrid coupler is about 0.35 dB across the band
(1d) of operation. Finally, the antenna gain is around 8.2±0.5 dBi
after eliminating the insertion loss of the hybrid coupler.
(1e)
Besides, the measured HPBWs of around 66°±5°are gained.
(1f)
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Fig. 14. Gain radiation patterns of the antenna element under

CM operation at (a) 1.7 GHz, (b) 2.2 GHz, and (c) 2.7 GHz.

Fig. 16. A 1×4 dual-polarized antenna array: (a) schematic

diagram; (b) top view; (c) side view.

Fig. 15. Simulated and measured gains and HPBWs of the

antenna under DM operation.

III. DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNA ARRAY

A. Array Geometry
A 1×4 differentially fed dual-polarized antenna array is
designed for base-station applications. The schematic diagram
of the antenna array is displayed in Fig. 16(a). The antenna
element spacing is 115 mm, which is about 1λ (where λ is the
free-space wavelength at 2.7 GHz). Four 4-way power dividers
are utilized to excite the antenna array via 16 24-cm-long Fig. 17. Measured S-parameters of the antenna array.
coaxial cables with 50-Ω characteristics. Note that each sign
(A1, A2, …) represents one port of the antenna element

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Fig. 18. Radiation patterns of the antenna array under DM Fig. 19. Gain radiation patterns of the antenna array under CM
operation at (a) 1.7 GHz, (b) 2.2 GHz, and (c) 2.7 GHz. operation at (a) 1.7 GHz, (b) 2.2 GHz, and (c) 2.7 GHz.

and each dashed line represents one coaxial cable, as illustrated

in Fig. 16(a). Hence, the antenna array has +45°polarization
when the DM signals are transmitted to the port 1+ and port 1-.
Similarly, the antenna array has -45°polarization when the port
2+ and port 2- are excited using the DM signals. A prototype of
the antenna array is fabricated to verify the design concept, as
plotted in Fig. 16(b).
B. Experimental Results
Fig. 17 shows the measured S-parameters of the antenna
array. A common impedance bandwidth attained is of 49.0%
(1.65-2.72 GHz) for |Sdd11|<-15 dB between two differential Fig. 20. Simulated and measured gains and HPBWs of the
ports. The measured CM reflection coefficient is larger than antenna array under DM operation.
-3.13 dB across the DM passband, which indicates that a high
level of CM rejection response is gained for the antenna array. operating band, which shows that a high level of CM
What’s more, the differential port isolation of the antenna array suppression response is obtained for the antenna array. Fig. 20
is higher than 30 dB. shows the measured antenna gain and HPBWs of the antenna
Fig. 18 shows the radiation patterns of the antenna array array. The measured gain is around 13±0.8 dBi, which is lower
under DM operation. Also, only the radiation patterns of +45° than the simulated result. This is because the losses from the
polarization are presented because of the geometric symmetry. feeding network and coaxial cables are not taken into account
It is observed that the measured radiation pattern remains stable under simulation. The HPBWs of the antenna array in the
within the desired band. Fig. 19 shows the gain radiation H-plane vary from 57°to 73°for both dual polarizations.
patterns of the antenna array under CM operation. We can see A comparison between the proposed and reported antennas is
that the measured maximum gains of the co-polarization and listed in Table II. We can get conclusions that our work has a
cross-polarization radiations are less than -10 dBi over the more compact volume than that in [19-23] and a better port
isolation than that in [18] and [20-22]. Although the port

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TABLE II
Comparison of The Proposed and Reported Antennas

Ref. Polarization Dimension(λc3) Bandwidth Isolation CM suppression Gain HPBW

(dB) (dB) (dBi) (deg.)
[18] dual 1.96×1.96×0.024 7.9% >22.6 NG ~7 NG
(|Sdd11|<-10 dB)
[19] dual 1.19×1.19×0.30 47.2% >45 NG ~9 65±8
(|Sdd11|<-15 dB)
[20] dual 1.08×1.08×0.27 52.2% >26.3 NG ~8.5 65±5
|Sdd11|<-14 dB
[21] dual 1.03×1.03×0.27 49.4% >37 NG ~8.7 61±5
|Sdd11|<-15 dB
[22] dual 1.25×1.25×0.23 67.6% >36 NG 8.1±1.5 NG
|Sdd11|<-10 dB
[23] dual 0.96×0.96×0.43 45.5% >39 NG 8±0.7 65±4
|Sdd11|<-14 dB
[25] single NG 3.5% / ~0 NG NG
|Sdd11|<-11.75 dB
Pro. antenna dual 1.05×1.05×0.23 51.1% >38 <1.32 8.2±0.5 66±5
|Sdd11|<-15 dB
Ant. array dual 3.54×1.02×0.23 49.0% >30 <3.13
13±0.8 65±8
|Sdd11|<-15 dB

isolations obtained in [19] and [23] are higher than that in our
design, the proposed antenna has a wider impedance
bandwidth. Notably, the reference differentially fed
dual-polarized antennas [18-23] are not concerned with the
CM suppression response, which is important for the
differential circuit. In [25], the antenna array has a better CM
rejection performance than that in this design. However, the
antenna array has a single polarization and a narrow operating
bandwidth. Moreover, the proposed antenna has a stable gain
and a stable radiation pattern over the entire operating band.
Also, measured results show that the proposed antenna array
features wide bandwidth, high CM suppression, and superior
radiation performance.
IV. CONCLUSION
This paper has proposed a differentially fed dual-polarized
antenna with a wide bandwidth and high CM suppression.
Owing to the adopted shorting stubs, the impedance matching
is improved and the impedance bandwidth is broadened.
Besides, the proposed integrated baluns are employed to
implement the high CM rejection performance. Measured
results show that the proposed antenna yields a wide
impedance bandwidth of 51.1% (1.66-2.80 GHz) for
|Sdd11|<-15 dB and a differential port isolation of better than 38
dB. Meanwhile, the measured CM reflection coefficient is
larger than -1.32 dB over the entire DM passband, which
means that the high CM rejection is achieved. What’s more, a
1×4 antenna array is developed and fabricated to validate the
design principle. The antenna array also features wide
impedance bandwidth, high CM rejection, and good radiation
performance. Finally, both the antenna element and its array
are suitable for base-station systems with the differential
circuit.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to thank Prof. N. -W. Liu at Xidian
University for his valuable discussions. They would also like
to thank the anonymous editors and reviewers for their
constructive comments and suggestions that significantly
benefited improving the quality of this paper.
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Zhaoyang Tang (S’17) received the B.S. Professor with the Department of Electromagnetic
and M.S. degrees from Xidian University, Engineering from 1992 to 1996, and has been a Professor since
Xi’an, China, in 2013 and 2016, respectively. 2004. His current research interests include the design of
He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in microstrip antennas, feeds for parabolic reflectors, artificial
electromagnetic field and microwave magnetic conductors, phased array antennas, base-station
technology from the National Key antennas, and computer aided design for antennas.
Laboratory of Antennas and Microwave
Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an,
China.
His research interests include multiband antennas,
ultra-wideband antennas, and antennas for base stations.

Jinhai Liu (S’17) received the M.S. degree

from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in
2010. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D.
degree in electromagnetic field and
microwave technology from the National
Key Laboratory of Antennas and
Microwave Technology, Xidian University,
Xi’an, China.

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