AT&T Developer Program Reference Design Series: Antenna Fundamentals

Who Should Attend:
Engineers, developers and IT managers responsible for developing and deploying mobile devices who want a better understanding of how to successfully design antennas as well as navigational guidance for regulatory and carrier certification approval. This material is particularly aimed at the OEM and ODM executing their first device design using RF technology.

When:
Tuesday, January 27, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada).

Access instructions will be sent to registered attendees prior to the start of the Webcast event.

Join us and discover:

• The criticality of antenna impedance and bandwidth
• Component selection impact on RF design
• Performance characterizations
• Common implementation mistakes
• Resources for design and execution assistance
• Successful navigation tactics for device certification
  

What you will learn:

• Antenna types and configurations
• Efficiency for internal vs. external antennas
• RF engineering to minimize spurious emissions
• Successful antenna integration methodologies
• The value of certified modules and pre-testing
• Testing recommendations from PTCRB test labs
• AT&T device certification requirements

Presenters:
Scott Prather, Principal Technical Architect, AT&T Subscriber Product Engineering.
Scott has worked in the wireless communications industry since 1979. His experience encompasses 14 years in the US paging industry, three years in the fixed wireless industry, and the remainder in the mobile wireless industry. Since 1999, Scott has been with the Subscriber Product Engineering (SPE) group of AT&T in Redmond, WA. His accomplishments include the development of radio propagation models for stress testing of fixed-wireless radio links, the development of multi-carrier amplifier test techniques, and the development of specialized electromagnetic compatibility measurements for notebook computers with integrated W-CDMA and GSM transceivers. Scott serves as the subject matter expert for antennas at AT&T.
         He currently serves as chairman of the CTIA Reverberation Chamber Subgroup, chairman of the PTCRB Notebook Workgroup, and secretary of the CTIA ERP Workgroup. Through his involvement with these industry groups, Scott is actively involved in assisting the wireless communications industry in the development harmonized specifications for current and future mobile communications devices. He currently holds one US patent and has three pending patent applications pertaining to electromagnetic compatibility or test methodologies unique to wireless communications devices.

Larry Zibrik, Director, Product Management, Sierra Wireless.
Larry has grown Sierra Wireless' 3G module business to a market leading position exceeding $100 million in revenue in 2008. Prior to joining Sierra Wireless, Larry managed the embedded module portfolio for Motorola's Wireless Data Group. Larry started his career in engineering engaged in RF and antenna designs and is the primary inventor of US Patent # 5,138,328 an integral diversity antenna for laptop computers.

Linda Gould, Senior Market Development Manager, AT&T Emerging Devices Organization
Linda manages AT&T's Specialty Vertical Device portfolio as well as the business development aspects of device certification. Prior to joining AT&T, Linda worked in marketing roles at Microsoft and Motient/ARDIS focusing on mobile and embedded devices as well as enterprise communication and line of business solutions.

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