Design of Small Ultra-Wideband Antennas
This is a hot topic due to immediate demand from industry. However, the key design issues are often ignored, in particular by the students. In this course, these issues will be highlighted from an application point of view. The theoretical analysis is also given to help students understand the broadband radiation behavior well. The following is the abstract of the course. The research and development of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology has greatly spurred the design of small broadband antennas. The requirements for the UWB antennas include consistent impedance and radiation performance over an ultra-wide bandwidth of 3.1-4.8GHz/6-10.6GHz/3.1-10.6GHz. The miniaturization of the antennas becomes the most critical design challenges in commercial UWB systems such as high-speed wireless USB dongles. This course reviews the development of the small UWB antennas. The key design issues of the UWB antennas such as planar printed UWB antennas are highlighted. The new techniques to reduce the effect of ground plane on the antenna performance, to further miniaturize antenna, and to co-design antenna with RF filters are elaborated. The latest applications of small printed antennas in wireless UWB systems are described in brief.
What you will learn:
- Discuss the development of small UWB antennas
- Examine key design issues
- Consider latest applications
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Who should attend: Electrical engineer, Systems engineer, Hardware engineer, Design engineer, Product engineer, Communication engineer
Instructor
Zhi Ning Chen
Dr. Chen received his BEng, MEng, PhD and DoE degrees all in Electrical Engineering from China and Japan. During 1988-1995, he worked as Lecturer and Associate Professor in Institute of Communications Engineering, China. Later he conducted his research in Southeast University, City University of Hong Kong, and University of Tsukuba, Japan (JSPS). In 2004, he worked at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA. Since 1999, he has worked at Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R). His current appointments are Principal Scientist and Department Head for RF & Optical. He is concurrently holding Adjunct Professorships at Southeast University, Nanjing University, National University of Singapore, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Publication Year: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4244-2990-5