This project, funded by the Ministerio de Ciencia (Spanish ministry of science, Ref. RTI2018-095825-B-I00), aims to generate several novel solutions in the mm-wave band for different related applications including applications for professional and non-professional users. These applications will be available by means of wearable and handset devices.
The starting point for this project is the sound background from the TSC-UNIOVI research group in order to reach the following goals in the timeframe 2019-2020:
- Implementation of antennas on metasurfaces by using flexible substrates, paying special attention to eco-friendly materials to ease the integration into wearable and handheld devices.
- Exploitation of the previous antennas in the framework of compact radars. Furthermore, it will be evaluated the capacity to detect obstacles, when integrated into, to aid visually impaired people or workers under low-visibility conditions.
- Compact radars are also being studied as handheld devices with high resolution. Among other applications, these techniques are useful for nondestructive evaluation applications in different industries such as food (detection of strange bodies), security (detection of concealed weapons) or petrochemistry (internal corrosion of pipes).
- Finally, handheld capabilities of mm-wave devices are also being studied to assess the capabilities of new generation of antennas such as the massive MIMO. The project aims to generate an easy to use tool for an in-depth analysis of in-situ antennas.
