Ph.D. in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 32nd cycle (2016-2019)
Ph.D. obtained in 2020
Dissertation:
Reconfigurable Antennas and Systems (Abstract)
Tutors:
Francesca Vipiana
Research presentation:
PosterProfile
Research topic
Reconfigurable antennas and systems
Research interests
Biography
Since 2014, I am part of the Antenna and EM Modelling Group at IMST GmbH, where I am working on many projects for very different applications, from medical to military. Due to the heterogeneous nature of projects, I gather experience in different frequency bands (13 MHz to 24 GHz) and with different technologies. Thanks to my technical background, I was involved in antenna designs, for projects requiring either integrated antenna solution or antenna arrays, as well as projects requiring RF circuit designs (LNAs, microstrip filters, microwave devices, etc.). My tasks include all phase of design, from concept definition to simulation with dedicated software, PCB layout (integrating RF/microwave structures with circuits and components) and finally measurements on prototypes.
My strong willingness to improve my technical knowledge and my research skills lead to start the PHD program at Politecnico di Torino, under the supervision of Prof. Francesca Vipiana. The research activity is carried concurrently with my daily work as collaboration between Politecnico di Torino and IMST GmbH, with the goal of investigating innovative methods for applying reconfigurabilty to antennas and feeding networks. The two main topics of my research involved the design of a frequency and polarization agile RFID antenna, and the development of a reconfigurable feeding for extending the scan range of an array for automotive radar application.
Research
Supervised PhD students
- Kaan Aktas. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (cycle 39, 2024-in progress)
Research subject: Glide-symmetric radiating meta-surfaces for radar antenna front-end operating at W and G band
Antennas, electromagnetic devices, propagation and radars Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) and EM simulation Radio frequency and microwave electronics Antennas, electromagnetic devices, propagation and radars Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) and EM simulation Radio frequency and microwave electronics Antennas, electromagnetic devices, propagation and radars Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) and EM simulation Radio frequency and microwave electronics
Publications
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Tolin, Enrico (2020)
Reconfigurable Antennas and Systems. relatore: VIPIANA, FRANCESCA; , 32. XXXII Ciclo, P.: 256
Doctoral Thesis - Tolin, E.; Bahr, A.; Vipiana, F. (2020)
Miniaturized and Reconfigurable Rat-Race Coupler Based on Artificial Transmission Lines. In: IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS, vol. 30, pp. 375-378. ISSN 1531-1309
Contributo su Rivista - Tolin, Enrico; Vipiana, Francesca; Bahr, Achim; Bruni, Simona; Simon, Winfried (2019)
Frequency and Polarization Agile RFID Patch Antenna with Reduced Dimensions. In: 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 7-12 July 2019
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Tolin, Enrico; Litschke, Oliver; Vipiana, Francesca (2018)
Phase management for extended scan range antenna arrays based on Rotman lens. In: 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2018, London, UK, 9-13 April 2018
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Tolin, Enrico; Litschke, Oliver; Bruni, Simona; Vipiana, Francesca (2018)
Phase Shifters Design for Scan Range Extension of Rotman Lens Beamforming Based Antenna Arrays. In: 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 8-13 July 2018
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Tolin, Enrico; Bahr, Achim; Geissler, Matthias; Vipiana, Francesca (2017)
Flexible and cost effective reconfigurable UHF RFID antenna system. In: 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2017, Parigi (Francia), 2017, pp. 2037-2040. ISBN: 9788890701870
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Tolin, Enrico; Litschke, O.; Bruni, S.; Vipiana, F. (2017)
Innovative Rotman lens setup for extended scan range array antennas. In: 2017 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), Verona, Italy, 11-15 Sept. 2017, pp. 252-255. ISBN: 978-1-5090-4454-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)