KCC Glass said on the 20th that it won the top paper award in the industry–academia paper competition at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Antennas and Propagation Society and International Union of Radio Science (IEEE AP-S/URSI) international conference with an in-glass automotive antenna technology co-developed with POSTECH's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering team led by Professor Hong Won-bin.
The awards were presented at the "2026 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) international antennas and propagation symposium and U.S. International Union of Radio Science radio science meeting," held in Detroit, Michigan, from the 12th to the 17th.
The award-winning paper is "Surface-wave interference control technology for in-glass automotive V2X antennas." KCC Glass and POSTECH filed a joint patent for the technology in June.
The research team applied a design that utilizes the current distribution characteristics of a circular patch antenna to reduce surface-wave interference generated by automotive glass and metal components.
The technology uses a single metal layer without a complex multilayer structure or via holes, enabling antenna transparency and miniaturization.
It is also compatible with existing glass production processes, including laminated automotive glass, heated glass, and low-E glass. The research team completed a 360-degree omnidirectional performance evaluation on actual front automotive glass.
A KCC Glass official said, "This is a joint research achievement in the field of in-glass automotive antennas," adding, "We will continue to develop related technologies."