ESoA Course "UWB Antennas, Technologies and Applications"
Date of the event: April 20th to April 24th 2015 in Karlsruhe, Germany
Course Purposes
This course on “Ultra Wideband Antennas, Technologies and Applications“ will present an insight into the design, evaluation and measurement procedures for ultra wideband (UWB) systems and the characteristics of the UWB radio channel. Special care is taken regarding impulse applications, including dispersion, antenna fidelity, shaping filters and UWB-M-Sequence devices. State of the art topics regarding UWB systems in the fields of communications, Radar and sensor networks will be presented. Information for ranging, localization, and UWB-sensing for non-destructive testing and medical applications are included. Further, favorable applications presented are Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and imaging. Wideband material characterization is a prerequisite for this.
The lectures will be complemented with laboratory tutorials including antenna design, UWB measurements, detection of hidden objects and wave propagation simulations.
The course is targeted to PhD students, researchers, scientists, and engineers interested in the following topics:
Topics of the ESoA Course “UWB Antennas, Technologies and Applications”
UWB Antennas: basic principles, practical examples
- Antenna principles
- Antenna characterization in time and frequency domain
- Baluns
- Measurement techniques
- Beamforming
- UWB channel description
- Propagation effects: scattering, reflection, diffraction
- Polarimetry
UWB Applications: channel measurements and interpretation
- UWB radar
- Imaging
- Ranging and Localization
- Ground penetrating radar
- M-sequence devices
- TD- /FD- measurement techniques
- Medical applications
- Non-destructive test
- Monopulse
- System models and system optimization
Exercise and demonstration: ground penetrating radar & medical application
For a more detailed course plan see: Course_Plan
Teachers
Werner Wiesbeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Lluis Jofre, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Jürgen Sachs, TU-Ilmenau, Germany
Schedule:
34 lecture hours (45 min), including:
-3 hours exercise and demonstrations
-2 hours of final exam
Venue & accommodation:
The course will be held at the Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Elektronik (IHE) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The nearby Gastdozentenhaus is suitable in terms of accommodation and is almost in the city center of Karlsruhe, near the castle. Both the IHE and the Gastdozentenhaus can be found building 30.10 and 01.52, see the Campus Map.
Contact of the Gastdozentenhaus:
Link Gastdozentenhaus (www.gdh.kit.edu/english/index.php)
The Gastdozentenhaus offers a limited number of rooms. Karlsruhe offers various hotels, a quick search helps to find a suitable one: hotel search
Course Size:
Max 18 attendees
Course Fee:
The course fee is 440 EUR for non-profit institutions and 880 EUR for companies.
This cost covers registration, course material, coffee breaks, lunches, and a social dinner. Accommodation is not covered!
Registration:
Please fill out the registration form linked at the bottom of this page before 15th April 2015. Information for the course fee payment will be transferred after registration.
Student Grant Information:
COST Action TU1208 “Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar” grants up to 5 participants the course fee of € 650,--;
In addition COST Action TU1208 provides 8 Special Grants € 650,-- each:
- Early Career Investigators (Trainees having PhD, since no more than 8 years)
- Female Trainees
- Trainees coming from less research-intensive Countries
Send an email to Werner Wiesbeck ∂does-not-exist.kit edu, explain why you attend to this course and attach your curriculum vitae as well as a detailed description of your actual work.
Additional Info:
The course gives 2 ECTS credits.
Travel:
Karlsruhe can easily be reached by public transport. The most convenient train connections are available from Frankfurt Airport (1 hour) and Stuttgart Airport (90 minutes). Here you can find a short listing of the approximated travel costs for several common itineraries: Common itineraries.
Walking from the Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof (HBF) to the Gastdozentenhaus take app. 20 min.
!!!Construction works in Karlsruhe!!!
Unfortunately during this year there will be construction works around the main station (Karlsruhe HBF) and in the city. Have a look at the actual tram map. Close stations are: Marktplatz and Durlacher Tor. The single trip costs 1,80 - 2,30€.
Further Information:
To receive further information, please contact the course organizer (see email address below).
Course Organizer:
European School of Antennas (ESoA) within the European Association Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP)
http://www.esoa-web.org
Course Co-Organizer:
- COST Action TU1208 “Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar”
(www.GPRadar.eu) (www.cost.eu)
Organization Team:
Prof. Werner Wiesbeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Contact:
Werner Wiesbeck: werner wiesbeck ∂does-not-exist.kit edu
Tom Schipper: tom.schipper@kit.edu
Jerzy Kowalewski: Jerzy Kowalewski ∂does-not-exist.kit edu