2008 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium

April 28 - 30, 2008, Nassau Inn in Princeton, NJ, USA

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2007 Sarnoff Symposium

Tutorials

The Art and Science of UWB Antennnas

Hans Schantz

Chief Scientist
Q-Track Corporation
515 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35816
h.schantz@q-track.com

Duration: 2 hours.

Summary

This tutorial will begin with a history of UWB antennas from Hertz to the present day. Then, this tutorial will review basic antenna physics as applied to UWB antennas. Finally this tutorial will present a survey of UWB antennas. Based on the presenter's 2005 book, The Art and Science of UWB Antennas, this tutorial will present a brief but far-reaching overview of UWB antenna technology.

Short Bio:
Dr. Hans Schantz is Co-Founder and Chief Scientist of . Dr. Schantz co-invented NFER® technology. His work experience includes stints with IBM, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the ElectroScience Lab of the Ohio State University, and as an instructor at the University of Alabama, Huntsville. Since 1999, Hans has been an antenna engineer responsible for the development of a variety of innovative ultra-wideband (UWB) antennas at the Time Domain Corporation and as a consultant for Next-RF, Inc. An internationally recognized expert on electromagnetics and UWB antennas, Hans is the author of The Art and Science of UWB Antennas. Hans has published work in the American Journal of Physics, IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, and IEEE Antenna and Propagation Magazine. He has a couple dozen conference papers, twenty US patents, and over a dozen pending patent applications to his credit. Hans earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin and holds degrees in physics and industrial engineering from Purdue University.