1. Electronics Antennas and Telecommunications Laboratory
LEAT – UNS CNRS UMR 7248
Joint Research unit supported by University Nice Sophia Antipolis and CNRS
Director: Prof. Jean-Yves DAUVIGNAC

2. I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Location: The SophiaTech Campus
LEAT - UNS - CNRS UMR 7248
Université Nice-Sophia Antipolis - CNRS
Bâtiment Forum
930 Route des Colles
06903 Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE
The LEAT building
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3. Non permanent positions 30
I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Staff on 01/03/2014
TOTAL : 61
Permanent positions
8 Full Professors
2 CNRS Research Directors
14 Associate & Assistant Professors
3 Engineers
1 Technician
3 Administrative Assistants
Non permanent positions
PhD, post-doc, invited professors
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4. Organization I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES Management CREMANT MCSOC Team
J.Y. Dauvignac (Director)
M. Auguin (Associate Director)
R. Staraj (Associate Director)
CREMANT
Co-director : F. Ferrero
Administrative and Technical Staff
administrative and financial management M-H. Prosillico
M-F. Guyon
MCSOC Team
System Modeling and design for Communicating Objects
Leader C. Belleudy
10 Permanents
Computer Resources and NetworksO. Benevello, J.P. Damiano,
L. Kwiatkowski
CMA Team
Electromagnetic Modeling and Antenna Design
Leader R. Staraj
7,5 Permanents
Fabrication and Measurements
L. Brochier, Y. Benoit
Communication
J.P. Damiano
Thème 3 : S2DS2A
Detection and Radar Imaging Systems
Leader C. Migliaccio
6,5 Permanents
Corresponding for Lifelong Learning
M-F. Guyon
Hygiene and security
L. Brochier
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5. From Research contracts
I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Budget (salaries not included)
2013
Budget
from
University
(UNS)
CNRS
From Research contracts
Total K€ 60 41
555
656 %
9,25 %
6,25 %
84,5 %
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6. Equipments Microwave measurement facilities for antenna assessments
I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Equipments
Microwave measurement facilities for antenna assessments
• Technology Unit for the Realization of Printed Antennas
• VNAs for measuring return loss to 110 GHz
• Anechoic Chamber for radiation pattern measurements from 820 MHz to 110 GHz
• Phase Noise Meter 50 kHz-20 GHz
• RF Probe Station 50 MHz-60 GHz
• Near-Field Measurement System 700 MHz-8 GHz
• 3D Near Field/Far Field scanner for active integrated antenna measurements
Computer Resources for Analysis, Simulation and CAD
• (“In House” TLM software; “Commercial” IE3D, Momentum, Ansys HFSS, CST Microwave Studio, ADS,...)
• Connections to large French Academic Computer Centers (CINES, IDRIS, CEA)
• Microelectronics Softwares: Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Coventor, ADS
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7. I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Scientific policy
Develop Innovative Antenna Concepts, Communicating Objects, Antenna Systems (Modelization, Design, Realization, Characterization)
Develop of communicating objects : Design and Validation Methodologies
Develop radar imaging systems
For Applications in
RF microelectronics, Mobile Communications, In-Door Communications, Short Distance communications, Transponders, Tags (RFID), VLF/LF communications, Radar, Non Destructive Evaluation (NDE) in Civil Engineering and Geophysics,…
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8. I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Participation to Organization of National and International conferences
First European Conference on Antennas & Propagation (EuCAP2006), Nice (Local co-organizer with FT R&D).
Sophia Antipolis Microelectronics Forum (SAME) every year since 2002, Sophia Antipolis.
EuRAD Conference, EuMW, Paris, 2010
GDR Ondes (CNRS) 2010-present
IEEE-APS TPC
2014 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (General Conference chair and TPC Chair)
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9. I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Microelectronics Integrated Center of the Provence-Alps-Riviera Region (CIM-PACA)
Participation to the foundation of CIM PACA in 2003 and the new Association ARCSIS in 2005.
Offering access to both Academic & Industrial communities State-of-the-Art tools and techniques to meet the challenges of the design of Integrated Circuits in the field of Secure Communications.
• “R&D Design CIM PACA” Platform founded on 4 August Soc (Systems-On-Chip) Design and Validation Methodologies: New generations in the field of Secure Communications Solutions.
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10. Principal Research Areas
I. LEAT: FACTS AND FIGURES
Principal Research Areas
MCSOC: MODELING, SYSTEM DESIGN OF COMMUNICATING OBJECTS
CMA: ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING and ANTENNA DESIGN
S2DS2A: DETECTION AND RADAR IMAGING SYSTEMS (including Inverse Problems in EM and Antennas for radar systems)
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11. MCSOC Team : Research activities
INSIS
Campus Sophia Antipolis
MCSOC Team : Research activities
System Modeling and design for Communicating Objects
Contact: Cécile Belleudy

12. Research topics
Wireless sensor network
Autonomous System
Projects : GEODES, GRECO
Heterogeneous System (MPSoC)
Multiprocessors, reconfigurable unit.
Projects : Openpeople, HELP, COMCAS, Respected, HOPE
Video application (H262), software radio, ...
HPRC
ReconfigurableArchitecture
Auto-adaptivity
Data and code distribution
Projects : HARDMAHN
FOSFOR
BENEFIC
Axe 1 : Power/Energy Model and management for communicating object
Axe 2 : Reconfigurable Systems, auto- adaptivity
Axe 3 : Validation of system on Chip by synchronous approach
Axe 4 : Behavior Model and design of front-end RF
Processing Capacity, data rate ...

13. Electromagnetic Modeling and Antenna Design
INSIS
Campus Sophia Antipolis
CMA Team : Research activities
Electromagnetic Modeling and Antenna Design
Contact: Robert Staraj

14. Antenna Conception and Modelisation
III. LEAT: CMA
Objective
Find new antenna solutions that are
As small as possible
As efficient as possible
With appropriated bandwidth (UWB or multi-band)
Challenge : large set of frequencies and applications
Solution : developing appropriate tools and be open-minded!
Efficiency
Miniaturization
Bandwidth
28-janv.-13
Antenna Conception and Modelisation

15. Ultra miniaturized antennas
III. LEAT: CMA
Telecomm.
RFID
Multi- Antenna Systems
Sensor Network
Ultra miniaturized antennas
Active
Materials
Passive
EM-softwares
HFSS-CST-TLM
28-janv.-13
Antenna Conception and Modelisation

16. Research interests and applications
III. LEAT: CMA
Research interests and applications
Miniaturized multi-standard antennas
=> more than 25 years experience!
Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Rectennas
Metamaterials
EM-Modeling: Transmission Line Matrix (TLM)
28-janv.-13
Antenna Conception and Modelisation 1

17. S2DS2A Team : Research activities Detection and Radar Imaging Systems
INSIS
Campus Sophia Antipolis
S2DS2A Team : Research activities
Detection and Radar Imaging Systems
Contact: Claire Migliaccio

18. Detection and Radar Imaging Systems
IV. LEAT: S2DS2A
Objective: systems for Micro and Millimetre Waves imaging
Zone of interest
Axe1: antennas
Radar signal
Radar measurements
Axe 4: inverse problem
Axe 3:
metrology
Identification
EM parameters
=> material, shape
Axe 2:
radar
Detection and Radar Imaging Systems 1

19. CREMANT
Joint Antenna Research Center in PACA (Provence-Alps-French Riviera) Region
1st Joint Research Center between France Telecom Orange Labs and a University – CNRS lab
Single Antenna Research Center in PACA Region
Orange Labs :
Research Unit ANT: Antenna studies (Orange Labs La Turbie)
Research Unit WAVE: Wave-Body Interactions (Orange Labs Paris)
Prospective Topics
Electromagnetic Modeling, Numerical Methods
Antenna Integration
e-Health Engineering
Smart Multi-sensor Systems
New material and artificial material-based antennas

20. Orange Labs La Turbie

21. Thank you for your attention
IV. LEAT: S2DS2A
Thank you for your attention
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