UM scholars receive Best Paper Award at 2017 National Conference on Antennas
澳大學者獲全國天線論文優秀獎

Dr Liu Nengwu, Distinguished Professor Zhu Lei, and Associate Professor Choi Wai Wa from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau (UM), recently received one of the five Best Student Paper Awards at the 2017 National Conference on Antennas (NCANT), for their paper titled ‘Low-Profile Wideband Differential-Fed Microstrip Antenna under Operation of TM10 and TM12 Modes’.

A total of 474 technical papers were presented at this year’s conference, held in Xi’an, Shaanxi province. Among these papers, 207 were selected for the Best Student Paper Contest. Based on the evaluation results and recommendations from various experts, 30 papers were shortlisted for the final round and only five papers received the Best Student Paper Award. The winning papers are from Xidian University, UM, Tsinghua University, South China University of Technology, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, respectively.

The paper written by UM scholars proposes a novel design concept to enhance the impedance bandwidth of a differential-fed antenna under radiation of TM10 and TM12 modes. This design requires the antenna to meet certain key performance indicators, such as low profile, high gain, wide bandwidth, low sidelobe level, and stable normal radiation pattern. This paper was highly praised by participating scholars and industry experts.

The NCANT was founded in 1978. Starting in 2007, the conference has been held biennially in different cities in China and has attracted the attention of prominent scholars in China and abroad. This year’s conference was held together with the Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation 2017 and Electromagnetic Compatibility 2017. Together, the three events were known as the Asia-Pacific Electromagnetic Week 2017. The conference was focused on the theory, technology, and applications of antenna, electromagnetic computing, electromagnetic scattering, and measurement.

澳門大學科技學院電機及電腦工程系博士劉能武、特聘教授祝雷和副教授蔡偉華發表論文“基於TM10模和TM12模輻射的寬頻差分微帶天線”，於“2017全國天線年會＂中脫穎而出，獲評為最優秀的五篇論文之一。

今屆年會在陝西西安舉行，發表共474篇學術論文，其中207篇參選優秀論文競賽。經過一輪專家評審和推薦，選取其中30篇入圍優秀論文名單，最終僅有五篇論文獲“2017全國天線年會優秀學生論文獎”，獲獎論文分別來自西安電子科技大學、澳門大學、清華大學、華南理工大學和上海交通大學。

該澳大學者論文首次提出“展寬差分天線工作頻寬＂的嶄新設計方法，通過利用天線震子的TM10模和TM12模論，實現了差分微帶天線的低剖面、高增益、寬頻帶、低副瓣、穩定的法向輻射等具挑戰性的指標。該論文受到來自學術和相關行業的與會專家學者廣泛關注。

全國天線年會創始於1978年，至今已有39年歷史。自2007年起，每兩年在全國不同的城市舉辦一屆，受到海內外知名學者的高度重視。該會與“亞太天線與傳播國際會議＂和“亞太電磁相容國際會議＂兩國際會議同時同地召開，三個會議合稱“2017亞太電磁周”，是首次國內會議與國際會議並行召開。與會者就天線、電磁散射、電磁計算、測量等相關理論、技術與應用進行深入探討和交流。