System for Next-Gen Wireless Devices

Background
 With the widespread of wireless communication devices, there is an ever-growing demand for portable, low-cost, and easy to use devices that are capable of evaluating the electromagnetics performance of antennas or wireless devices/systems. Conventional measurement systems are very accurate but, in meantime, they are also bulky and expensive. This limits their use in field measurements, in classrooms, as well as in everyday life. 

Deliverables
 1: Design a simple system to test antenna. 2: Ensure the portability. 3: Ensure enough frequency.



Specifications
  Design an antenna characterization system for next-generation wireless devices to visualize the properties of an antenna system in an easy way and provide educational material to explain these properties to non-specialists.  The device should test and show the impedance, total efficiency of antennas real time. At the same time, it should be portable and low-cost. We decide that the impedance and total efficiency to be our major measurement, if got more time, we may measure parameters as well. For the first three months, our major task is to assemble the prototype then test and improve it. 

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Future plan
  In the future we will use the data we have to solve for gain, power and distance.  Then, We will also focus on the further analysis with additional hardware. If possible, we could also get a basic    polar plot of antenna in dB linear scale.  After all of this, we will try this system on a high frequency antenna and cancel the analysis we don not need.

Team Information
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