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Sano Lab
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The lab researches antennas and microwave circuits that freely manipulate electromagnetic waves.
AboutAbout the lab
A lab for antennas that freely control electromagnetic waves
The Sano Lab studies antennas and microwave circuits for use in a variety of wireless systems.
It works on improving the performance and adding functions to planar antennas.
It also focuses on metasurface technology, which freely controls the reflection, transmission, and polarization of electromagnetic waves.
It is a new lab that was established in April 2025.
Key terms
- Reflectarray antenna
- A thin, lightweight, low-cost antenna that serves as an alternative to conventional parabolic antennas. Its elements change the phase of electromagnetic waves.
- Metasurface
- Technology that freely controls the reflection, transmission, polarization, and other properties of electromagnetic waves.
- Phased array antenna
- An antenna made up of many circuit elements. It is contrasted with the low-cost configuration of the reflectarray antenna.
NewsLab news
Paper published in IEICE Communications Express
Paper published in IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Associate Professor Sano received the Best Paper Award at ISAP2025
Paper published in IEICE Communications Express
Sano Lab established
ResearchResearch themes
The Sano Lab studies antennas and microwave circuits for use in a variety of wireless systems. It focuses on improving the performance and adding functions to planar antennas, on metasurface technology that freely manipulates electromagnetic waves, and on microwave circuits that bring out the best performance of antennas.
*Illustrative imageHigher-Performance Reflectarray Antennas
This research aims to improve the performance of reflectarray antennas that can be manufactured on printed circuit boards. Elements printed on the board change the phase of electromagnetic waves, strengthening radiation in the target direction while preventing radiation in unwanted directions.
*Illustrative imageAntennas That Change Beam Direction
The lab studies reflectarray antennas whose beam direction can be changed freely. Simple mechanical scanning can point the beam in any direction, and this can be realized with a lower-cost configuration than phased array antennas, which require many circuit elements.
MembersFaculty
The Sano Lab consists of faculty members and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorMakoto Sano
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Horn Antennas Atop a Microwave Relay Tower” Kkiefuik This photo was taken with Canon EOS 90D / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Higher-Performance Reflectarray Antennas: “Specialized antenna array used to monitor the ATS-1 satellite (2268-210)” NOAA / Public domain (cropped)
- Antennas That Change Beam Direction: “West arm of UTR-2 radio telescope phased array antenna” Serge Yerin (YeS) / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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