Objectives: Active components technology and properties.

Challenges and adaptable parameters versus gain, power and noise defined specifications.

 ECTS: 1

 Objectives: High frequencies transistor designs (pHEMT and heterojunction).

New transistor architectures design (GaAn). MMIC chip design. 12h project on active devices design (LNA, MLA, PA) on OMMIC support.

ECTS: 1.25

 Objectives: Printed antenna design versus defined specifications. Infinite and finite array design. Feeding network specification versus array design.

12h project on printed antenna and antenna arrays design.

ECTS: 1

 Objectives: Theory and design of antenna arrays networks. Filter function integration in the antenna design and antenna used as resonator in filter design.

6h project on the antenna array network design.

ECTS: 1

 Objectives: From synthesis to passive filter design.

The different step in classical filter design and their development for planar or guided prototypes.

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives:MEMS role in nowadays devices. Technological MEMS development. Mechanical MEMS properties to improve their performances (voltage, losses, switching time).

6h project on (cantilever or beam) MEMS design and its integration in a reconfigurable circuit. 

ECTS: 1

 Objectives: Microwave/Optic interfaces, RF signal generation with lasers…

 Objectives: Circuits and antenna noise. S/N ratio and assessment of connection.

ECTS: 0.75

 Objectives: Active/passive equipment design for embedded system in satellite payload.

Architectures of receiver, frequency converters, IMUX/OMUX, amplification chain, power amplification chain (Solid State & TWTA), radiating elements.

ECTS: 0.75

 Objectives:Modulation and demodulation. Impact on data flow. MIMO system and communicating objects. Error bit rate. 

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives:Basis function of RF chain (homodyne, heterodyne, satellite payload). Payload specifications, improvement of S/N ratio, noise factor, merit factor, gain… Study for optimal specification definition for each equipment seen from global requirements of the payload.

Quantification of each equipment dispersion and its impact and correction on the global behaviour of the payload. 10h project for payload dimensioning and sensitivity tests on each element on the global performances. 

ECTS: 1.5

 Objectives: Radar applications, running principle of different kinds of radar (Doppler, impulse radar,...), description of the final system.

ECTS: 0.75

 Objectives: EMC inside components, basis concept and measurement method. Design rules.

Issue and  future challenges. Practical applications on IC-EMC.

 Objectives: Measurement principles active/passive and  antenna radiation pattern,   measurement bench.
Calibration (TRL, LRL, LRM, SOLT), kit calibration development, connectors. Frequency limit.

 Objectives: Measurement principles, practical applications.

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives: Modeling of the electromagnetic wave propagation in heterogeneous mediums, on several tens or hundreds of kilometers (terrestrial or space link), i.e for distances which impose the taking into account of the atmosphere and of the surface conditions (diffusion by rough surfaces, diffraction on the reliefs).

The formalism is then extended to the remote detection of the atmosphere, allowing the derivation of various hydrometeorological or geophysical characteristics. 

ECTS: 1

 Objectives: The objective is to lead the students by a progressive approach to understand the propagation of any electromagnetic wave in a simple homogeneous medium.

Then, to treat its interaction with less conventional media like the plasmas, Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) structures and metamaterials.

ECTS: 1.5

 Objectives: Stake of the very high frequencies, technological developments and consequence on the circuits and systems compared to the millimetric wave. 

Adapted design techniques to the field. Project on ADS about implementation of design techniques.

ECTS: 0.75

 Objectives: Offset Films achievement. Engraving techniques. Epitaxy. Materials compatibility. Mesh adjustment and forbidden bandwidth.

Clean room technology. New materials, new compoenent and new technology.

ECTS: 1

 Objectives:Introduction to cold plasma except balance. Technique of plasma generation. Plasma characteristics and their interaction with electromagnetic waves. Plasma engine and plasma use in technological process. 

 ECTS: 1

 Objectives: The objective is first to introduce electro active materials (AMF, magneto electro rheologic, magnetostrictive…) and correlated applications, then to focus on piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials.

Piezoelectric materials are conventionally approached through their electro mechanic model (illustrated with accelerometer, BAW or SAW filters, motorisation, transformers…).

ECTS: 1

 Objectives: The objective is to show how materials properties depend on their composition and microscopic fitting and comprehend nowadays and future potential applications. The first part is dedicated to basis of physics (crystallography).

Next part will focus on the link between microscopic and macroscopic behaviour of materials (electric conduction, polarization…).

ECTS: 1

 Objectives: Artificial materials properties (metamaterials, EBG…) Brillouin characterization. Dispersion and anisotropy.

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives: Basis notion on HFSS: parametric design, sources, symmetries, results plot; import and export of files.

ECTS: 0.25

 Objectives:Basis of programming with matlab 

ECTS: 0.25

 Objectives: Finite Element Method (FEM) theory and application on several examples.

Development of FEM codes with Matlab. Observation and adjustment of Finite Element Method parameters on HFSS software.

ECTS: 2.25

 Objectives: Integral Method theory and application on several examples. Development of Integral Method codes with Matlab.

Observation and adjustment on Integral Method parameters on Momentum software.

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives:

Finite Difference Time Domain Method (FDTD) theory and application on several examples.

Development of FDTD codes with Matlab. Observation and adjustment of FDTD parameters on an open source software.

ECTS: 0.75

 Objectives: Linear system of important size solution methodology, introduction to parallel calculus

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives:Main concepts for hybridizing numerical methods. Concept application on hybridization between Integral and Finite Element methods 

ECTS: 0.5

 Objectives: Research or applied subjects are proposed by teachers of the master or laboratory involved in the master (LAPLACE, LAAS…).

The number of students is indicated by project and they will be accommodated in laboratory. The aim of this project is to improve personal work and student’s implication in nowadays research or applied topics.

ECTS: 4