2008 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology
Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials
March 4-6, 2008, Chiba, Japan
2008 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT2008) will be held at Chiba University, Chiba, Japan. This workshop is an annual IEEE forum for the exchange of information on the progress of research and development in innovative antenna technology, and will especially focus on the small antennas, and applications of advanced and artificial materials to antenna design. iWAT2008 is a continuation of a series of annual international antenna workshops held in Singapore (2005); White Plaines, USA (2006); and Cambridge, UK (2007).
The workshop is sponsored and organized by the IEEE AP-S Japan Chapter and Chiba University, Japan, and is held in cooperation with IEEE AP-S, IEEE AP-S Nagoya Chapter, IEEE AP-S Kansai Chapter, IEEE AP-S Fukuoka Chapter, Communications Society of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), IEICE Technical Committee on Antennas and Propagation and the Antennas and Propagation Professional Network of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Time Table
| Deadline of paper submission | October 15, 2007 |
| Notification of Acceptance | November 30, 2007 |
Scope
The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
Small Antennas
- Adaptive (smart) arrays for mobile terminals
- Antennas on/in IC packages
- Co-design of antennas with RF front-end
- Miniaturization of antennas
- Embedded antennas
- Conformal antennas and arrays
- Compact arrays
- Broadband antennas and arrays
- Measurement for antennas with small system ground planes
- Measurement for ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas
- Measurement for SAR of handheld devices
- Fast time-domain computation for UWB antenna systems
- Reconfigurable antennas
- Printed antennas
- MEMS/Nano technology for antennas
Innovative Periodic Structures and Materials
- Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG)
- Photonic bandgap (PBG)
- Left-handed materials (LHM)
- Electromagnetic anisotropy
- Frequency selective surfaces (FSS)
- Artificial magnetic conductors (AMC)
- Fractal structures
- Bi-anisotropic materials
- Novel features of EM materials
- Smart materials
- Analysis and design of EM materials
Applications
- Medical applications
- UWB communications
- UWB radar systems
- MIMO transmission systems
- 3G and beyond mobile wireless systems
- Wireless communication systems (handheld devices, base stations)
- Bluetooth/W-LAN (PDAs, laptops)
- RFID/Sensors
- Body-Centric Wireless Communications
- Radar systems/Automotives
- GPS systems
- Millimeter systems
Paper Submission Guidelines
Authors MUST submit camera-ready papers up to 4 A4 pages including figures by October 15, 2007 via the workshop website. The paper format and submission guideline will be found at the workshop web page.
