Planar Inverted F Antennas (PIFA)

Yi Huang
The University of Liverpool, UK

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 10:30am
Engr IV Maxwell Room 57-124

Abstract
Antennas are devices for the conversion of electromagnetic waves to electrical currents/voltages, vice versa. They come with a wide variety of sizes and types, and make it possible for us to receive radio broadcasting signals, watch television and talk to others on a mobile phone.

Planar Inverted F Antennas (PIFA) are widely used in mobile applications. This seminar is going to re-examine this popular antenna and reveal some of the latest developments in making it an ultra wide band (UWB) and diversity/MIMO antenna.

In addition, this seminar will also address some of the latest developments and challenges in antennas (such as THz, optical and nano-antennas).

Biography
Prof Yi Huang received BSc in Physics (Wuhan), MSc in Microwave Engineering (Nanjing), and DPhil from the University of Oxford. He has been conducting research in the areas of applied electromagnetics, ground penetrating radar, radio communications and positioning, electromagnetic compatibility and measurements, and antennas over the past 24 years. His experience includes 3 years spent with NRIET (Nanjing, China) as a Radar Engineer and various periods with the Universities of Birmingham, Oxford, and Essex as a member of research staff. He worked as a Research Fellow at British Telecom Labs. He jointed the University of Liverpool as an academic member of staff in 1995 where he is now the Head of the High Frequency Engineering Research Group. He is also the MSc Programme Director.

Dr Huang has published over 200 refereed international journals and conference papers, and is the principal author of Antennas: from Theory to Practice (by John Wiley). He has received many research grants from research councils, government agencies, charity, EU, and industry, acted as a consultant to various companies, and served on a number of national and international technical committees. He has been an invited speaker at many conferences/workshops, an editorial board member, guest editor and reviewer for three professional journals. He is a Fellow of IEE (now IET), Senior Member of IEEE, and the Leader of Focus Area D (broadband antennas) of European COST-IC0603.