Broadband Sensors for Automotive, Industrial and Security ...

Broadband Sensors for Automotive, Industrial and Security Applications
IEEE Technical Seminar Jointly Organised by IME and IEEE Singapore EMC
Abstract
GUEST SPEAKER
Prof. Wolfgang Menzel
University of Ulm, Germany
When: 15 th December 2009, 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
Where: Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore
11 Science Park Road, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117685
An increased implementation of automotive radars has stimulated the development and availability of integrated
components (MMICs) and sensors in the millimetre-wave range. Besides the automotive application, also industrial
and security applications can benefit from these components. In this presentation two basic sensors designs at 24
GHz and 79 GHz will be described together with novel applications. The 24 GHz sensor was successfully tested in
brown coal surface mining areas, both to protect the surrounding of bucket excavators but also to monitor the
cross-section of a wagon during the loading process. Using the broadband 79 GHz sensor, a feasibility study for
airport runway surveillance was conducted. It could be shown that sensitivity and resolution are sufficient to detect
even very small objects on the runway surface. In a further development, first results for high-resolution imaging in
the 79 GHz frequency range have been achieved.
Speaker Biography
Prof. Wolfgang Menzel (M’89–SM’90–F’01) received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering
from the Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany, in 1974, and the Dr.-Ing. degree from
the University of Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany, in 1977. From 1979 to 1989, he was with the
Millimetre-Wave Department, AEG [now the European Aerospace, Defense, and Space Systems
(EADS)], Ulm, Germany. From 1980 to 1985, he was Head of the Laboratory for Integrated
Millimetre-Wave Circuits. From 1985 to 1989, he was Head of the entire Millimetre-Wave
Department. During that time, his areas of interest included planar integrated circuits (mainly on
the basis of fin-line techniques), planar antennas, and systems in the MMW frequency range. In
1989, he became a Full Professor with the Institute of Microwave Techniques, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. His
current areas of interest are multilayer planar circuits, waveguide filters and components, antennas, MMW and
microwave interconnects and packaging, and MMW application and system aspects. Prof. Menzel was an associate
editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES (2003–2005). From 1997 to
1999, he was a Distinguished Microwave Lecturer for Microwave/Millimeter Wave Packaging. From 1997 to 2001,
he chaired the German IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT)/Antennas and Propagation (AP) Chapter. He
was the recipient of the 2002 European Microwave Prize.

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Closing Date: Monday, 14 th December 2009
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