Seminar: Practical design of antennas for wireless devices using commercial electromagnetic simulation software

Description

The aim of this seminar is to initiate the students into the use of electromagnetic software tools to design antennas for multi-standard wireless terminals, and learn the different techniques used to design this type of antennas.

CST Microwave Studio and FEKO software will be used in the seminar.

At the end of the seminar, students will be able to develop their own compact planar antenna designs for wireless terminals working with GSM, UMTS, LTE, Wifi, Bluetooth, WiMAX and UWB systems. Knowledge of the use of these commercial electromagnetic packages would help the student to face the design of other electromagnetic structures as waveguides and microwave circuits/devices.

Recommended knowledge

Antennas and Microwaves. Attendance to the seminar 'Antennas for Communications' is also recommended.

Evaluation

Practical designs and exercises proposed at the seminar will be used for the evaluation. Moreover, a final design of a multiband antenna for a multi-standard device should be performed by the students for the evaluation.

Learning Units

• 1. Traditional antenna topologies. (0.5h)
• 2. Antenna parameters. (0.5h)
• 3. Antenna feeding techniques. (1h)
• 4. Miniaturization and broadbanding techniques. (1h)
• 5. Electromagnetic simulators: Introduction and characteristics. (0.5h)
• 6. Introduction to electromagnetic software CST Microwave Studio. (0.75h)
  • Practical design 1: Broadband dipole and microstrip patch antenna for WiMAX. Analysis and evaluation of different feeding mechanisms for the antenna. (2.5 h)
• 7. Introduction to electromagnetic software FEKO. (0.75h)
  • Practical design 2: Planar monopole antenna for UWB applications. Analysis and evaluation of different feeding mechanisms for the antenna. (2.5 h)

Professor

Marta Cabedo