Funding entity and duration: Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, 2017-2019.
Summary of the project The main goal of this project was the design of new types of antennas for the 5G generation of mobile communications. This project has focused on three specific areas in the microwave (below 6 GHz) and mm-wave bands:
- On-body sensing applications: A computational modelling of the human body has been developed in the band from 1 to 6 GHz using an integral equation approach and several multimode antennas for on-body sensing applications have been analyzed and designed.
- Reconfigurable mm-wave antenna design for mobile devices: These antennas have been designed using LTCC (Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) fabrication technology available at GRE premises.
- Reconfigurable multibeam mm-wave 5G indoor base station design: Different metallic planar lens antennas based on non-periodic frequency selective surfaces have been designed for the frequency range of 20-30 GHz, and a prototype has been fabricated and tested at GRE premises. Moreover, a cavity-backed antenna fed at four different points has been proposed for 5G femto-cells. The prototype of this antenna has shown measured results with an excellent performance for indoor environments.