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7 - Millimeter-wave Magnetoelectric Dipoles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2025

Kwai Man Luk
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City University of Hong Kong
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A comprehensive review on using different transmission lines for feeding ME dipole antennas and arrays is presented, including the SIW, ridge gap waveguide, packaged microstrip line, and substrate-integrated coaxial line feeds. In addition, the developments of low profile of ME dipole arrays, filtering ME dipoles, and all-metal ME dipole arrays for high-power applications are summarized. Some other recent applications are briefly reported. Hopefully, our readers can appreciate the attractiveness of the ME dipoles for future wireless applications at millimeter-wave and terahertz frequencies.

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