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Research
The
research in the Department of Microwave and Antenna Engineering (DMAE) concentrates
on the high frequency and microwave techniques in the range from hundreds of
megahertz up to tens of gigahertz. The theoretical research (analysis,
synthesis, computer simulation and modeling) and experimental works cover
elements (antenna, waveguides, signal couplers and splitters), passive circuits
(filters, diplexers, circulators, phase shifters, matched loads, attenuators),
active circuits (amplifiers, mixers, modulators) and subsystems (receivers,
transmitters, transceivers) that are widely used in modern radiocommunications
and radiolocation. Other research activities focus on diffraction of
electromagnetic waves as well as investigation and modeling of new artificial
materials (metamaterials, chiral and pseudochiral materials) along with their
application in microwave and antenna engineering. An important and strongly
represented scientific area in DMAE is computational electromagnetics which
uses electrodynamics and modern numerical methods for developing efficient
analysis and design tools necessary in microwave and antenna engineering.
The applied
research is conducted in wide and rapidly developing area of wireless
technologies covering such systems as passive and active radio identification
(RFID), wireless sensor networks (WSN) for telemetering, environmental
monitoring, industry automatization or building intelligence.
For its
scientific and engineering achievements the Department was awarded a status of Center of Excellence (WiComm Center of Excellence
for Wireless Communication Engineering) from the Ministry of Science in 2004.
Teaching
The teaching
activities of Department of Microwave and Antenna Engineering (DMAE) are emphasized
on the microwave technique which is widely used in modern telecommunication and
new wireless technologies. DMAE disposes modern CAD tools for the elements,
circuit and system simulations (ADS, SONNET, QuickWave), technological
laboratory (HMUS fabrication), the far-field range for antenna measurement (X,
Ku bands) and the modern equipment for measurement of the parameters of the
microwave components and circuits up to 40 GHz. All this equipment is involved
in the educational process so the students have the opportunity to learn all
the aspects of the microwave technique: design with a help of the modern CAD
tools, the fabrication and the measurement of fabricated components. The
important parts of the curriculum are modern wireless systems and components
including photonics.
Research portfolio
The
Department is wide open to cooperation with companies acting on the microwave
and wireless ICT market. The entire process related to design, fabrication and
both time and frequency domain characterization of circuits manufactured in
hybrid microwave integrated circuit technology is available.
Vector
network analyzer measurements up to 40 GHz, scalar network analyzer
measurements up to 50 GHz, spectrum analysis up to 46 GHz, noise figure
measurements up to 26 GHz, phase noise measurements up to 46 GHz, far field
measurement in anechoic chamber in the frequency range 8-18 GHz, time domain
reflectometry (TDR, also differential) and time domain transmission (TDT) measurements
up to 20 GHz including fault location and vector signal analysis up to 6GHz and
selected pre-compliance EMC/EMI tests up to 46 GHz can be accomplished.
We are
ready to undertake and successfully complete challenging projects in the
following areas
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full-wave analyses and designs of
2D and 3D structures
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preparation and parallelization
of numerical algorithms
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design, fabrication and
measurements of high frequency components and devices (couplers, filters,
power divider/combiners, circulators, isolators, mixers, frequency
multipliers, modulators, generators, etc.)
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noise figure measurements
automation in microwave frequency range
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antenna and antennae system
design
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designing of circuits and systems for radio identification (RFID) and wireless sensor networks (WSN)
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