This half-day short course will present the basic principles of antennas as applied to wireless communication systems. The fundamental types of antennas (electrically small, resonant, broadband, and aperture) will be discussed, including examples of popular antennas for base stations and for satellite, vehicular and handheld terminals. Array antenna basics will be introduced. Special considerations for popular systems such as cellular radio and ultra-wideband radio will be presented. The presentation will conclude with a photo presentation of antennas in practice.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Engineers involved in antenna design
  
• Wireless Systems Engineers
  
• Managers of application programs using antennas

WHEN:
October 18, 2010 (1 pm – 5 pm)
Before the 2010 Antenna Systems Conference

WHERE:
Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center • Dallas, TX

REGISTRATION:
$295 – Register on or before September 17th
$495 – Register after September 17th

SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Warren Stutzman • Virginia Tech Antenna Group
Dr. Warren Stutzman has been Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech for 39 years, including positions as department head, and as founding director of the Virginia Tech Antenna Group. He is the author of a leading antenna text book and has published more than 80 journal articles and made more than 200 technical presentations. Dr. Stutzman has twice won the Wheeler best applications paper in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. He has held several IEEE positions, including President of the Antennas and Propagation Society. He is Fellow of the IEEE and an IEEE Third Millennium Medal Winner.

Recent advances in computational electromagnetic tools made antenna design possible along with integration of antennas on various ground, sea and air platforms. Full wave techniques such as Method of Moments (MoM), Multilevel Fast Multipole Method (MLFMM) along with asymptotic techniques such as Physical Optics (PO), Geometrical Optics (GO) and Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) will be reviewed. Application of these and hybrid numerical techniques for antenna designs, antenna-platform interaction studies, EMI/EMC, bioelectromagentics and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system design. For many practical applications, sometimes it is necessary to study the electromagnetic behavior on a specific structure over a broad frequency band, and therefore it is important to have some benchmark data on computational resources needed for some commonly used numerical techniques. During this workshop, various antenna design applications will be examined. Also a full-size air, ground and sea platforms are considered and the frequency limit is pushed at different bands using several numerical techniques. A benchmark study of computational
resources required by available computational tools for electrically large platforms will be presented.

WHAT ATTENDEES WILL LEARN:

The main goal of this workshop is to introduce state-of-the-art computational tools for antenna design. An overview will be given of various numerical techniques available for antenna design in the commercially available EM modelling tool - FEKO. Various antenna design applications using FEKO will be examined.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Antenna Designers
• Antenna System Engineers
• RFID Designers
• Program Managers for Antenna System Development

WHEN:
October 18, 2010 (8 am – 12 pm)
Before the 2010 Antenna Systems Conference

WHERE:
Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center • Dallas, TX

REGISTRATION:
$295 – Register on or before September 17th
$495 – Register after September 17th

SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. CJ Reddy, President • EM Software & Systems
Dr. Reddy is the president of EM Software & Systems (USA), Inc. At EMSS (USA), he is leading the marketing and support of commercial 3D electromagnetic software, FEKO in the US, Canada, Mexico and Central America. Dr. Reddy is also the president and CTO of Applied EM, Inc., a small company specializing in computational electromagnetics, antenna design and development. At Applied EM, Dr. Reddy has successfully led many Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) projects from the US Department of Defense (DoD). In 1991, he was awarded NSERC Visiting Fellowship to conduct research at Communications Research Center, Ottawa, Canada. Later in 1993, he was awarded a National Research Council (USA)'s Research Associateship to conduct research in computational electromagnetics at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia.

MIMO Over-the-Air (OTA) testing is an accurate and cost-effective solution for complex MIMO device testing. This workshop will explain the fundamentals of MIMO OTA testing and present a simple test solution. It will provide an understanding of system performance and present the core elements that facilitate systematic and repeatable performance measurement of MIMO devices. The presentation will highlight not only technical features of the system but also present commercial benefits of this emerging testing technology that is in use today by several major wireless device manufacturers.  Practical topics will be reviewed, such as anechoic chamber versus reverberation chamber test environments, the impact of the EUT on the test antenna type and quantity, the importance of test software to automate the calibration test execution and data collection process, as well as other important considerations for successful MIMO OTA testing.  By the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will have a good understanding of the key technology required to achieve optimal 4G performance of wireless devices and be prepared for the new, exciting 4G launch in 2011.

WHAT: Lunch & Learn Workshop
(Lunch will be provided)

WHEN:
October 18, 2010 (11 am – 1 pm)
Before the 2010 Antenna Systems Conference

WHERE:
Gaylord Texan Hotel & Convention Center • Dallas, TX

REGISTRATION: (includes lunch)
$150 – For Antenna Systems Conference Attendees
$200 – For non-Antenna Systems Conference Attendees

SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY!

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

Bryan Sayler, Senior Vice-President Systems • ETS-Lindgren, Test and Measurement Division
Bryan Sayler has more than 20 years experience developing RF test solutions with ETS-Lindgren. He is an active member of, and contributes technically to, the leading wireless industry organizations, including the WiMAX Forum®, CTIA – The Wireless Association® and the Wi-Fi Alliance®.  Recently he has devoted his considerable expertise to the development of MIMO OTA testing solutions.  He holds a BA degree from Southeastern University and an MBA from Baylor University.