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Date: June 28-July 2, 2010
Place: Middle East Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, Ankara, Turkey
Fees:
PhD
students / university employees: 400 €
Industry
employees: 1000 €
(the
fees include copies of the presentations, lunches, refreshments and a social
dinner)
Short
description:
The objective of this course is to provide a basic overview of antennas
designed and fabricated by RF-MEMS technology. The course will cover
following topics: brief overview of MEMS technology, its advantages, limitations; basic principles and
techniques for the design of RF-MEMS based antennas; MEMS switch as a basic
element for RF-MEMS antennas and arrays; applications such as micromachined
antennas, reconfigurable antennas (frequency tunable, multiband, polarization
and pattern reconfigurable antennas), phased arrays, reflectarrays; biasing
techniques, brief discussion of reliability, power handling and packaging
issues. This course includes modeling, fabrication techniques and measurements
of RF-MEMS antennas. In addition to lectures, design-simulation studies and
some measurements of RF-MEMS antennas can be performed. The important fabrication
steps will be demonstrated. The simulation tools will be supported by
Ansoft. Fabrication demonstrations will be supported by METU-MEMS Center. Detailed course program is given below.
Course schedule: 35
hours (22 hours lectures, 6 hours design/simulation exercises, 3 hours
measurements, 4 hours clean room-fabrication)
Credits: the course gives 3 ECTS
credits
Availability: 25 students
Prerequisites: Electromagnetics and basic
antenna knowledge
Registration: To register, download the Registration and Payment Form below, fill it in and send it
back by email to the following address:
ozlem@metu.edu.tr
Student grant information: NEW ! A few grants from COST IC0603 are available. COST grants can cover registration fee and travel expenses up to 700 Euros. Priority is given to participants from the COST institutes, but any student from COST countries can apply. Deadline for applying a grant is June 15, 2010. The
applicants will be notified of the results no later than Thursday, June 17,
2010. To apply for a grant, download the COST Grant Application Form below, fill
it in and send it back by email to the following address:
ozlem@metu.edu.tr
NEW ! 5 Grants are offered by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) for the participants from Turkey. Grant will cover travel (up to 100 TL), accommodation and daily expenses (80 TL /day for 5 days). To apply for the grant, please send an email to ozlem@metu.edu.tr.
A total of five grants are available for the course. Grants cover only
the course fee (accommodation and travel expenses are not included).
The deadline for applying for a grant is Sunday, May 30, 2010. The
applicants will be notified of the results no later than Monday, June 7,
2010. To apply for a grant, download the Grant Application Form below, fill
it in and send it back by email to the following address:
ozlem@metu.edu.tr
How to reach:
The easiest way to reach Ankara is by plane. Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa
(via Munich) have several regular flights to Ankara. Since the course will be
held in summer time, you may find cheaper charter flights to some famous
tourist destinations in Turkey (Antalya, İzmir, Bodrum, Dalaman...). Then you
can take a bus to Ankara, which may take 7 to 11 hours depending on your
initial location and it may cost at most 30-40 euros.
The airport (Esenboga) is 30 km from the city
centre. You can take a taxi-cab (it may cost around 40-50 euros), or a regular
shuttle bus (Havas, it costs app. 5 Euros, but that would take you to the main
bus station, then you have to take a taxi that it may cost 10 euro), or
city-bus (it costs app. 2.5 Euros, but that would take you to the city
center, then you may take a bus (costs 1.5 euro) or a taxi (costs 10 euro)) or
if you send us your travel information we may arrange private shuttle that
would take you to your final destination (it costs app.20 euro).
Accommodation:
Accommodation is not included in the course fee. The organizers can arrange
rooms in the university dormitories and the university guest house. Single room with a bathroom costs 45 TL/day. Please send your arrival and departure dates to ozlem@metu.edu.tr for the reservation. The
deadline of applying for an accommodation is Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Further Information:
If you want further information, or have any questions or suggestions,
please send an email to ozlem@metu.edu.tr
Responsibles:
Prof. Ozlem Aydın Çivi, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Anja Skriverik, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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