Date:
May 31 – June 4, 2010
Place:
IETR, University of Rennes 1
Building 11D, Beaulieu Campus, Rennes, France
www.ietr.org
Organizer:
Prof. Kourosh Mahdjoubi
Audience:
PhD students, researchers and industry engineers
Fees:
PhD students / university employees: 400 €
Industry employees: 1000 €
(the fees include copies of the presentations, lunches, refreshments)
Grants:
4 scholarships can be granted to PhD students to cover the course fees of 400€.
Information:
mahdjoubi@univ-rennes1.fr
Short description:
The course provides the attendees with a large overview on planar antenna applications, physical principles and technology. Non planar structures are also addressed for mm-wave antennas. Emphasis is put on technological aspects (microstrip, microtechnologies, MEMS, metrology…) and specific field of applications (satellite antennas, mobile phones, base stations, car ACC radar…). The structures and parametric studies presented in the course are validated by CAD softwares (HFSS, Ansoft Designer, etc.).
The first part of the course provides the required details to design microstrip antenna and highlights the most pressing issues in telecommunication area, including broadbanding, circular polarization, and active microstrip antennas in particular. Special design challenges, ranging from dual polarization, high bandwidth, and surface wave mitigation, to choosing the proper substrate, and shaping an antenna to achieve desired results are covered. Experimental works allow measuring the radiation pattern and the input impedance an array of microstrip antennas.
The second part is dedicated to millimeter wave antennas and describes the main features and specificities of millimeter wave frequency range such as: technological and realization difficulties, antenna measurements, need to characterize the dielectric materials, etc. The students will also see other types of mm-wave antennas and arrays than the printed antennas, including lenses, reflectors, leaky-waves, dielectric resonators, dielectric rods, Gaussian Beam Antennas, EBG antennas, etc. Finally, major civil, military, automotive and medical applications of mm-wave antennas are presented. The course is accompanied with pattern measurements in mm-wave anechoic chamber and impedance measurements on VNA (Vector Network Analyzers).
For the experimental works (lab) and simulation parts, the attendees are divided in groups of small number. For this part the students’ number is limited to 10.
Course summary :
1st part(13h) :
o Analysis of the Rectangular Patch Antenna
o Microstrip Antenna Feeds
o Circularly Polarized Antennas
o Multiband and Wideband Antennas
o Microstrip Arrays
o Non Resonant and UWB Microstrip Antennas
o Small Antennas for Mobile Systems
o Reconfigurable antennas
o Lab (4h) : Radiation pattern measurement in long base microwave anechoic chamber, impedance measurement on microwave VNA (R&S or Anritsu)
2nd part (16h):
o Characterization and effect of transmission media
o Specific realization technology for mm wave antennas
o Millimeter Wave antennas: Metrology
o Millimeter Wave Antennas: Main applications
o Millimeter Wave antennas: Examples
- Slotted waveguide array, Reflect-array, Phased array
- Leaky-wave antenna, Tapered dielectric rod antenna,
- Dielectric resonator antenna, Lens antenna
- Reflector antenna, Integrated antenna
o Lab (7h) : HFSS Simulations, Radiation pattern measurement in mm-wave anechoic chamber, impedance measurement on mm-wave VNA (Agilent)
Contact & Registration:
For registration please fill the application form below (see Payment form) and send it to the following email address or fax number:
mahdjoubi@univ-rennes1.fr
Fax : +33 223 23 69 63
Grants:
4 scholarships can be offered to PhD students. The grant covers course fees of 400€. In order to apply for it, please fill the provided application form and attach a recommendation letter from your supervising professor and a one page summary of your PhD topic explaining the relevance of this course for your work. Please email your application and (scanned) letter to (mahdjoubi@univ-rennes1.fr) or fax them to (+33 223 23 69 63) and send the originals to :
K. Mahdjoubi
IETR, University of Rennes 1
Bat. 11D
263, Av. General Leclerc
CS 74205
35042 Rennes France
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