Assistant Professor
Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications

College of Engineering
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822


Contact information

E-mail: limsungk@hawaii.edu, sungkyun.lim@gmail.com

Office: (808)956-0760

Education


PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2007
MS, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 2004
BS, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 1999

 

Research Interest

Analysis and design of antennas for wireless communications, Electrically small antennas, Optimization methods, RFID, Wireless sensor networks, Meta-materials, Mobile phones, Propagation modeling, Computational electromagnetics, Renewable energy.

 

Publications

Journal articles

[1] H. Ryu, G. Jung, D. Ju, S. Lim, and J. Woo, “An electrically small spherical UHF RFID tag antenna with quasi-isotropic patterns for wireless sensor networks,” accepted for publication in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2010.

[2] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Comparing Electrically Small Folded Conical and Spherical Helix Antennas Based on a Genetic Algorithm Optimization,” Journal of ElectroMagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 23, pp. 1585-1593, 2009.

[3] H, Lee, H. Ryu, S. Lim, and J. Woo, “A miniaturized, dual-Band, circularly-polarized, microstrip antenna for installation into satellite mobile phones,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 823-825, 2009.

[4] S. Lim, “Design of a multi-directional, high gain, compact Yagi antenna,”IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 418-420, 2009.

[5] S. Lim and M. F. Iskander, “Design of a dual-band, compact Yagi antenna over an EBG ground plane,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 88-91, 2009.

[6] H. Ryu, S. Lim, and J. Woo, “Design of an electrically small, folded monopole antenna using C-Shaped meander for active 433.92MHz RFID tag in metallic container application,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no.25, pp. 1445-1447, Dec. 2008.

[7] Z. Yun, S. Lim, and M. F. Iskander, “An integrated method of ray-tracing and genetic algorithm for optimizing coverage in indoor wireless networks,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 7, pp. 145-148, 2008.

[8] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of an electrically small, pattern reconfigurable Yagi antenna,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 43, no. 24, pp. 1326-1327, Nov. 2007.

[9] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Printable Yagi antenna with closely spaced elements,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 2106-2109, Sept. 2007.

[10] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of electrically small Yagi antenna,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 43, no.5, pp. 3-4, Mar. 2007.

[11] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of a closely spaced, folded Yagi antenna,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 5, pp. 302-305, 2006.

[12] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of thin, efficient, electrically small antenna using multiple foldings,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 42, no. 16, pp. 895-896, Aug. 2006.

[13] S. Lim, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “A tunable electrically small antenna for ground wave transmission,” IEEE Transaction on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, no.2, pp. 417-421, Feb. 2006.

[14] S. Lim, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “Design of electrically small ground planes for HF ground wave transmission,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 41, no.18, pp. 993-994, Sept. 2005.

[15] S. Lim, H. Choo, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “Electrically small antenna for maximizing transmission into HF ground waves,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 40, no.22, pp. 1388-1389, Oct. 2004.

[16] C. Ozdemir, S. Lim, and H. Ling, “A synthetic-aperture algorithm for ground-penetrating radar imaging,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 412-414, Sep. 5, 2004.

Conference papers and presentations.

[1] J. Yu and S. Lim, “A multi-band, closely spaced Yagi antenna with helical-shaped directors,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, June 2009, Charleston, SC.

[2] G. Jung, H. Ryu, S. Lim, and J. Woo, “Design of a spherical-shaped, UHF RFID tag antenna with 3-axes polarizations,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, June 2009, Charleston, SC.

[3] H. Ryu, J. Woo and S. Lim, “Miniaturization of a folded, inverted-F antenna for container RFID Tag Applications,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, June 2009, Charleston, SC.

[4] H. Ryu, J. Lee, Y. Ho and S. Lim, “Electrical size reduction of an EBG unit cell using T-shaped slits and parasitic elements,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, June 2009, Charleston, SC.

[5] J. Kim, S. Lim, M. F. Iskander, and J. M. Bell, “A low profile, multi-band Yagi antenna with high gain characteristic over an EBG ground plane,” URSI General Assembly, August 2008, Chicago, IL.

[6] S. Lim and M. F. Iskander, “A multi-directional, closely spaced Yagi antenna,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, July 2008, San Diego, CA.

[7] S. Lim and H. Ling, “A pattern reconfigurable, electrically small Yagi antenna,” invited presentation in 'Small Antennas' session at URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 2007, Ottawa, Canada.

[8] S. Moon, S. Lim, H. Ham, J. Woo, and H. Ling, “A printable, reduced-height monopole Yagi antenna using spiral top loading,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 2007,Ottawa, Canada.

[9] S. Lim and H. Ling, “A two-element, electrically small Yagi antenna,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 5997-6000, June 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

[10] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of a planar, closely spaced Yagi antenna,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 2455-2458, June 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

[11] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design and evaluation of a closely spaced Yagi antenna over ground,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 2021-2024, July 2006.

[12] S. Lim and H. Ling, “Optimization of the folded conical helix small antenna using a genetic algorithm,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, pp. 427, July 2006.

[13] S. Lim, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “Design of an electrically small planar antenna using multiple foldings,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, pp. 411, July 2006.

[14] S. Lim, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “Frequency tuning of an electrically small antenna for HF ground wave transmission,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, vol 1B, pp. 406-409, June 2005.

[15] S. Lim, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “Ground plane size reduction in monopole antennas for ground wave transmission,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, vol 1B, pp. 33-36, June 2005.

[16] S. Lim, H. Choo, R. L. Rogers, and H. Ling, “A top-loaded, inductively-coupled small antenna for HF ground wave transmission,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, vol.3, pp. 3187-3190, June 2004.

[17] R. L. Rogers, W. Vogel, S. Lacker, S. Lim and H. Ling, “Ground wave propagation measurement in the HF to VHF frequency ranges over non-line-of-sight terrains,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, pp. 156, June 2004.

Courses