ARIA 2024 - Antennas and Rectennas for IoT Applications

Antenna miniaturization and reconfiguration

Objective of the day:
Design of miniature antennas (at 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz) integrated into a compact IoT device.

08:30 - 09:00: Opening and Welcome Notes
09:00 - 10:30: Lecture on antenna miniaturization and integration
10:30 - 11:00: Break
11:00 - 12:00: Lecture on antenna reconfiguration
12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
13:30 - 15:00: CST based lab on integrated antenna design
15:00 - 15:30: Break
15:30 - 18:00: CST based lab on integrated antenna design

Rectennas and RF energy harvesting

Objective of the day:
Design of an RF energy harvesting system to power the whole device

• 09:00 - 10:30: Lecture on RF energy harvesting
• 10:30 - 11:00: Break
• 11:00 - 12:00: Lecture on RF energy harvesting
• 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00: Lab on the design of the RF energy harvesting system using ADS
• 15:00 - 15:30: Break
• 15:30 - 18:00: Lab on the design of the RF energy harvesting system using ADS

Bounds on small antennas

Objective of the day:
Compare the obtained antenna performance with theoretical bounds

• 09:00 - 10:30: Lecture on antenna bounds for small antennas
• 10:30 - 11:00: Break
• 11:00 - 12:00: Lecture on antenna bounds for small antennas
• 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00: Matlab based lab on bandwidth bounds on small antennas
• 15:00 - 15:30: Break
• 15:30 - 18:00: Matlab based lab on bandwidth bounds on small antennas

Measurements of the antenna and the RF energy harvesting system

Objective of the day:
Measurements of the performance of the antennas and the energy harvesting system

• 09:00 - 10:30: Lecture on measurement techniques for small antennas
• 10:30 - 11:00: Break
• 11:00 - 12:00: Tutorial on small antenna's fabrication
• 12:00 - 12:30: Visit to LEAT measurement facility
• 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch
• 14:00 - 17:00: Lab on measurements for reflection coefficient, radiation pattern, antenna and harvester efficiencies

Evaluation and perspectives

Objective of the day:
Be evaluated and get a research perspective

• 09:00 - 10:30: Talk by a guest lecturer
• 10:30 - 11:00: Break
• 11:00 - 12:00: Students and Instructors' evaluations
• 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch
• 13:30 - 14:00: Closing

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• 1100€ for profit institutions

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• Leonardo Lizzi (University of Trento)
• Fabien Ferrero (Université Côte d'Azur)

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