Practical Antenna Design for Wireless Products – Postponed
Dates: Postponed to the Fall 2020. Exact dates TBD.
Time: TBD
Decision date: TBD
Early Registration Date deadline: TBD
Before Early Registration Date:
Members: $450
Non-members: $485
After Early Registration Date:
Members: $485
Non-members: $525
WHERE: Crowne Plaza Hotel
15 Middlesex Canal Park Drive
Woburn, MA 01801
USA
If you have any questions, please reach out to us via phone or email: Phone 781-245-5405, email ieeebostonsection@gmail.com
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Practical Antenna Design for Wireless Products
Introduction:
To stay competitive in today’s fast evolving business environment, faster time to market is necessary for wireless communication products. Playing a critical role in determining the communication range of products, RF design, particularly the antenna design, becomes crucial to the success of the introduction of new wireless products. Competence in advanced antenna designs can definitely strengthen the competitive edge of RF product design or manufacturing companies.
Objectives:
This 2-day course aims to provide participants with technical insights on the vital aspects of antenna design from a practical and industrial perspective. It covers the fundamental antenna concepts and definitions, specifications and performance of different types of commonly-used and advanced antennas in RF products. Simulation tools will be introduced and discussed. Practical implementation strategies in RF products for optimum antenna performance will also be presented.
A complimentary book – ‘Practical Antenna Design for Wireless Products’, authored by the Speaker, will be distributed to each participant.
Who Should Attend:
Antenna designers, RF designers, wireless product designers, field application engineers, business development engineers and managers, design managers, and related professionals.
Course Content:
DAY 1: (Thursday, March 5th)
Fundamental Concepts
- Antenna Fundamental
Basic types of Antenna
Dipole, Monopole, helical, loop, printed PCB
Radiation Mechanism
Source of radiation
Characteristics of radiation
- Specification and Performance
Radiation pattern
Antenna efficiency, aperture
Impedance and circuit matching
Directivity, gain
Friis Transmission Equation
- Antenna Elements
Dipole antenna
Monopole antenna
Multi-band antenna
Miniature chip type antenna
Loop antenna
DAY 2 (Friday, March 6)
Advanced Antenna Elements
- Miniature antenna for portable electronics
Patch, inverted-L, inverted-F
Meandered line, multi-band
- CAD Design and Simulation
CAD tools
Design strategies
Limitations
Case studies
Practical implementation strategies
- How to design good antennas
Understand the requirements
Selection of antenna type, size and geometry
Location and placement
- Team work with product designers, electronic engineers and mechanical engineers
Why it matters
Case studies on designing good antennas
Expertise:
Henry Lau received his M.Sc. and MBA degrees from UK and USA respectively. He has more than 27 years of experience in designing RF systems, products and RFICs in both Hong Kong and US. He worked for Motorola and Conexant in US as Principal Engineer on developing RFICs for cellular phone and silicon tuner applications. Mr Lau holds five patents all in RF designs. He is currently running Lexiwave Technology, a IoT and wireless solutions company in Hong Kong and US designing and selling RFICs, RF modules, Radar and IoT solutions. He has also been teaching numerous RF-related courses internationally.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us via phone or email: Phone 781-245-5405, email ieeebostonsection@gmail.com
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will be refunded (less a $50 processing fee) up to the early registration cut-off date. Please refer to each course for cutoff dates. After that date, only substitutions are allowed.