Antenna Fundamentals and Advancements in Telecommunications

SUMMARY

This three-day course is designed for wireless and telecommunications professionals, designers, planners, and managers.

In this course we will cover fundamental antenna concepts, design techniques and tools, solutions and innovations. We will also discuss the antenna evaluation criteria for different applications. We will focus on the process of selecting the right antenna technology for each application.

We will study novel omnidirectional technologies for all terminals, handsets, satellite phones, vehicles, etc.  We will also study multibeam antennas with simple beam steering techniques.

We will present new antenna configurations for all LEO satellites, ground stations and rural areas.

On the other hand, we will present some new antenna concepts for different biomedical applications such as brain cancer treatment, using non-invasive radiofrequency hyperthermia techniques.

Moreover, we will study new antenna technologies for far field wireless battery charging, especially in biomedical applications.

This 3-Day Course is offered on the following dates to pick from

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COURSE OUTLINES

1. Fundamental Parameters of Antennas: Radiation patterns, Gain, Beamwidth, Bandwidth, Polarization, Input Impedance, Power Density, Radiation Intensity, Antenna Efficiency, Antenna Vector Effective Length, and Effective Area
2. Omnidirectional Antennas: Small Antennas: Dipole antennas, Helical antennas, loop antennas, microstrip antennas.
3. Directive Antennas: Reflectors and Lens Antennas and their feeds: Corner reflectors, parabolic reflectors, Offset reflectors, Cassegrain and Gregorian dual reflector antennas, Single and dual cylindrical parabolic reflectors, Lens antennas.
4. Phased Arrays: Linear Arrays: Planar arrays, Circular arrays – Microstrip Arrays and Feed Networks.
5. Topics associated with antennas: Transmission lines and waveguides, Radomes, Horn antennas, Corrugated horns, Double ridged horns
6. Frequency Independent Antennas: Different techniques for increasing the frequency bandwidth – Resonant and travelling wave antennas – Parasitic elements, Yagi antennas, Vivaldi antennas, Spiral antennas – Log-Periodic Antennas – Biconical Antenna – Cylindrical Dipoles – Folded Dipoles
7. Smart Antenna Systems and Switched Beam Antennas:
   • Smart-Antenna System
   • Antenna Beamforming
   • Smart Antennas’ Benefits and Drawbacks
   • Switched Beam Antennas
   • A comparison between Smart Antenna Systems and Switched Beam Antennas.
8. Antenna Design and analysis techniques and Tools: Geometrical Theory of Diffraction.
9. Antenna Measurement Techniques:
   • Antenna Labs (Anechoic Chambers)
   • Gain Measurements
   • Impedance Measurements
   • Polarization Measurements
   • Antenna Compact Ranges
10. Applications of Omnidirectional Antennas:
    • Characterization of omnidirectional antennas
    • Nonconventional omnidirectional antennas
    • Single-port dual (orthogonally) polarized antennas
    • Wide-band and multi-band antennas
    • Wireless energy harvesting
    • Wireless power transfer
    • Omnidirectional antennas in portable communication equipment
    • Omnidirectional antennas on Vehicles
    • MIMO techniques in wireless communications
    • Interaction between antennas and the surrounding environment
    • Antenna shielding techniques.
11. Applications of Directive Antennas:
    • The Choice process of the right directive antenna for any application
    • Beam forming – Beam shaping and beam tracking – Multibeam antennas
    • Covering arbitrary areas having arbitrary sizes and arbitrary shapes
    • Far-field wireless power transfer (e.g., electric cars)
    • Ground Penetrating Radar
    • Covering rural areas
    • Antennas for LEO satellites and LEO terminals (ground stations)
    • Ground station antennas simultaneously communicating with LEO, MEO and GEO satellites
    • Passive antenna repeaters
12. Antenna Biomedical Applications: Implantable antennas for biomedical applications:
    • RF cancer detection and non-invasive cancer treatment (brain cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, liver cancer, etc.)
    • Covering the exact 3D region of cancer cells without affecting the surrounding healthy cells
    • Wireless battery charging for biomedical Applications
    • Wearable antennas in wearable sensor networks
    • Treatment of prostate enlargement
    • Treatment of rheumatic inflammations and rheumatic pain in bones and muscles.

COURSE TUITION