Imec, 16 October 2014
Antennas for low-power electronic (sensor) systems
This workshop will give you insight in the importance of properly designed and integrated antennas for low-power wireless (sensor) systems.
Join us and receive practical tips and tricks to optimise the communication range of your wireless product!
The workshop includes both oral presentations and demos, including:
- a general introduction to antenna selection and integration, illustrated with several examples
- RF power transfer over distances up to 10 meters and more
- integration of wireless sensors in textile
- design of a tunable antenna for mobile devices
- antenna arrays for beam steering
Location
Imec – Kapeldreef 75, Leuven
Preliminary programme
| 13:00 | Registrations Welcome/coffee |
| 13:30 |
Introduction, and presentation by our new members AboveRF, Quicksand and snapTonic Kris Hermus, Coordinator Wireless Community, imec |
| 13:55 | Introduction to antenna design and integration for low power wireless systems Steven Brebels, imec |
| 14:30 | A distributed body-worn textile-antenna wireless sensor network Hendrik Rogier and Patrick Van Torre, UGent |
| 15:00 | Electronic beam steering arrays: a reality at ESAT-TELEMIC Hantao Xu (presenter) and Guy Vandenbosch, KU Leuven – ESAT |
| 15:30 | Coffee Break Demos |
| 16:00 | ChipDesign’s tunable antenna for mobile devices Laurena Lau, Transceive, NL (presenter), Sander Bronckers, TU/e, NL (presenter) and Koen Van Caekenberghe, ChipDesign, BE |
| 16:25 | Practical use of RF power transfer over larger distances Huib Visser, Holst Centre and imec |
| 16:55 | Design of wireless power applications with moving receivers Nobby Stevens and Bart Thoen, KU Leuven – KaHo Sint-Lieven |
| 17:10 | Conclusions + Demos |
| 17:25 | Reception with sandwiches |
Registration