Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the students the knowledge required to understand the operating principles, design skillset, and installation aspects of antennas and RADAR/LIDAR systems for automotive applications such as radiolocation, millimeter-wave, inter- and intra-vehicle communications, and anticollision systems for safety and autonomous driving. The course will also provide knowledge about the operation and relevant parameters of optical elements, LEDs, and lasers used in headlights and rear lights, and the ability to manage issues related to the design and integration constraints of the systems described above in the lighting equipment.
Prerequisites
- The concept of wave: co-propagating, counter-propagating and standing wave; phase velocity; properties of physical media; transmission lines.
- Free-space propagation: Poynting vector in time domain and frequency domain; one-dimensional plane waves; reflection at a discontinuity.
- Antennas: short or hertzian dipole; near-field and far-field of an antenna; characteristic parameters of antennas.
Course unit content
Course introduction
Electromagnetic review
Automotive antennas
• Introduction to antennas
• Patch antennas
• Active antenna systems
• Adaptive arrays/beamforming
• 5G/MIMO antennas
• mmWave antennas
• Antenna-vehicle integration
• Antenna-headlight integration
• Antenna modelling
Automotive ranging
• Ranging sensors
• Radar
• Lidar
Automotive lighting
• Headlights
• Interior lighting
Automotive vision
• Cameras
• Night vision systems
Automotive display
• Automotive head-up displays
• Holographic projection optical systems
• Augmented reality optical systems
• Info and entertainment displays
Automotive connectivity
• V2X
• V2V
• V2I
• V2P
Full programme
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Bibliography
F. T. Ulaby, U. Ravaioli, “Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics,” Pearson, 2015 (7th ed.), 2022 (8th ed.)
C. A. Balanis, “Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design,” John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1982 (1st ed.), 1997 (2nd ed.)
Teaching methods
Lectures and laboratory sessions. The laboratory activity is carried out in presence, however attendance at the laboratory is not compulsory.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examinations and lab reports
Other information
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