Tao Yuan (M’19) received the B.E. degree in electronic engineering and the M.E. degree in signal and information processing at Xidian University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, in 1999 and 2003, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering at National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2009.

He was a Visiting Scholar at University of Houston (2007–2008), USA. He is now a Distinguished Professor (2016–) with the College of Electronics and Information Engineering at Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. He is the Director of the Guangdong Provincial Mobile Terminal Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Antenna Engineering Research Center and the Deputy Director of the Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory for Big Data Imaging and Communication. He is a Visiting Professor (2021–) at Chongqing University, China, and an Adjunct Professor (2021–) at Fudan University, China. He is leading a group of over 70 members perform-ing fundamental and application studies in the areas of RF/microwave/millimeter-wave frontend devices, antennas, ICs, and advanced manufacturing techniques for microwaves and microelectronics. He has PIed/co-PIed over 20 governmental and entrepreneurial research projects on 5G MIMO antennas (arrays), transmission lines, packaged antennas, and RFICs for smart IoT/mobile terminals. His current research interests include design and implementation of novel RF frontend chips/modules and integrated devices/antennas/circuits for 5G/6G applications. He has advised over 40 graduate students and has authored/co-authored over 170 international journal and conference publications. He is holding over 100 licensed CN IPs including patents and IC layout designs. He has contributed to over 10 CN national, industrial, and group standards. He has co-authored 2 books Antenna Design for 5G Mobile Terminals (Posts & Telecom Press, 2021) and Practical Design and Development of FPGA—Based on Xilinx and Verilog HDL (Publishing House of Electronics Industry, 2023).

Dr. Yuan is a Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and the China Communications Standards Association. He is a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics (CIE) and the China Institute of Communications (CIC). He serves as a Reviewer for several international journals and conferences and serves as a Guest Editor for Coatings. He is the organizing committee member of APMC2020, Mar-For (2021–2024) (TPC Member), and CSRSWTC2021 (General Chair). He serves as a consultant for several research institutions and ICT companies in China. He received numerous teaching, entrepreneurial, and talent awards in China. He is the recipient of the Outstanding Individual Award (2018), the Outstanding Graduate Student Advisor (2021), the Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Instructor (2022), the Undergraduate Teaching Outstanding Contribution Award (2022), the Research Outstanding Contribution Award (2024) from Shenzhen University and the co-recipient of the CIC Science and Technology Second Place Award (2020), the Excellent Teaching Management Team of Tencent Team Award (2022), and the CITS Science and Technology First Place Award (2023). His students and group members have received over 250 scholar-ships/awards in China and international conferences, including the CSRSWTC2021 Best Paper Award and the IEEE RWW2022 student paper competition finalist.

[1]2003.09–2009.05, National University of Singapore, Microwave & RF, Ph.D.

[2]2000.08–2003.03, Xidian University, Signal and Information Processing, M.E.

[3]1995.08–1999.07, Xidian University, Electronic Engineering, B.E.

[1]Microwave Theory and Techniques

[2]Circuits and Systems

[1]K.-D. Hong, X. Zhang, H.-Y. Weng, L. Zhu, and T. Yuan, “A 2-D self-decoupling method based on antenna-field redistribution for MIMO patch antenna array,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 940–944, Mar. 2024.

[2]Y. Lu, J. Li, K.-D. Hong, and T. Yuan, “A Ka-band broadband Polyjet 3-D printed quasi-planar end-fire antenna with partially hollowed substrate and gain compensation,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 2377–2381, Oct. 2023.

[3]Z. Chen, H.-Z. Li, H. Wong, W. He, J. Ren, and T. Yuan, “A frequency-reconfigurable dielectric resonator antenna with a water layer,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1456–1460, Jun. 2023.

[4]X.-K. Bi, X. Zhang, S.-W. Wong, S.-H. Guo, and T. Yuan, “Synthesis design of Chebyshev wideband bandpass filters with independently reconfigurable lower passband edge,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 2948–2952, Dec. 2020.

[5]G.-L. Huang, C.-Z. Han, W. Xu, T. Yuan, and X. Zhang, “A compact 16-way high-power combiner implemented via 3-D metal printing technique for advanced radio-frequency electronics system applications,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 4767–4776, Jun. 2019.

[6]J. Li, S. Li, G.-L. Huang, T. Yuan, and M. M. Attallah, “Monolithic 3D-printed slotted hemisphere resonator bandpass filter with extended spurious-free stopband,” Electronics Letters, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 331–333, Mar. 2019. (Invited Feature Article)

[7]J. Li, K.-D. Hong, and T. Yuan, “Slotted hemispherical resonators for 3-D printed waveguide filters with extended spurious-free stopbands,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 130221–130235, 2019.

[8]G.-L. Huang, S.-G. Zhou, and T. Yuan, “Design of a compact wideband feed cluster with dual-polarized sum- and difference-patterns implemented via 3-D metal printing,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 7353–7362, Sept. 2018.

[9]J. Li, C. Guo, L. Mao, J. Xiang, G.-L. Huang, and T. Yuan, “Monolithically 3-D printed hemispherical resonator waveguide filters with improved out-of-band rejections,” IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 57030–57048, 2018.

[10]G.-L. Huang, S.-G. Zhou, C.-Y.-D. Sim, T.-H. Chio, and T. Yuan, “Lightweight perforated waveguide structure realized by 3-D printing for RF Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 65, no. 8, pp. 3897–3904, Aug. 2017.

[11]J. Qin, J. Li, Y. Lu, S. Chen, K.-D. Hong, and T. Yuan, “A monolithically Polyjet 3-D printed millimeter-wave quasi-planar air-filled cavity-backed patch antenna with enhanced gain,” in Proc. European Microwave Conference, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 2023, pp. 690–693.

[12]J. Li, Z. Li, S. Chen, Z. Xu, and T. Yuan, “A K-band wideband air-filled coaxial transmission line with CNC-machined gap waveguide package,” in Proc. European Microwave Conference, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 2023, pp. 118–121.

[13]Y. Ye, J. Li, S. Chen, and T. Yuan, “A 3-D-printing-compatible 90°-bending and polarization-rotated waveguide filter based on capsule-shape resonators and spherical joints,” in Proc. European Microwave Conference, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 2023, pp. 404–407.

[14]S. Chen, J. Li, and T. Yuan, “A fully 3-D-printing-compatible E-plane elliptical waveguide junction for power dividing/combining applications,” in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, San Diego, CA, Jun. 2023, pp. 736–739.

[15]Z. Xu, J. Li, S. Chen, and T. Yuan, “In-line wideband waveguide bandpass filters using hybrid irises and non-uniform resonators with over-octave spurious suppression,” in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, San Diego, CA, Jun. 2023, pp. 541–544.

[16]Y. Ye, J. Li, S. Chen, Z. Xu, and T. Yuan, “A monolithically 3-D printed waveguide filter based on elliptic cylindrical resonators with enhanced polarization rotation flexibility,” in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, San Diego, CA, Jun. 2023, pp. 752–755.

[17]S. Chen, J. Li, Z. Xu, and T. Yuan, “A Ka-band wideband monolithically metallic 3-D printed turnstile junction orthomode transducer with shaped internal profile,” in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Denver, CO, USA, Jun. 2022, pp. 676–679.

[18]Z.-P. Zhong, J. Li, Z. Xu, S. Deng, and T. Yuan, “A 97-GHz-band high-gain 8 × 8 waveguide slot array antenna,” in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium Digest, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 2022, pp. 98–101.

[19]S. Deng, J. Li, and T. Yuan, “A Ka-band iris-loaded waveguide slot antenna with enhanced out-of-band suppression,” in IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium Digest, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Jan. 2022, pp. 5–8. (Best Student Paper Competition Finalist)

[20]J. Li and T. Yuan, “A geometrically shaped hemispherical cavity resonator with extended spurious-free region,” in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, Los Angeles, CA, Jun. 2020, pp. 731–734.

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