Carla Sofia dos Reis Medeiros

Carla Medeiros

Former IT academic position:	Researcher
Joining/Leaving IT dates:	09-01-2006 / 02-05-2010
Roles held in IT:	Researcher
Former IT scientific area:	Wireless Communications
Group:	Antennas and Propagation – Lx

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2007
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2006

Expertise Topics

Reconfigurable Antennas
RFID
UWB antennas

Publications

11Papers in Journals

C. C. Serra, C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Mirror-integrated Transparent Antenna for RFID Application, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 10, No. -, pp. 776 - 779, September, 2011,
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M. G. Silveirinha, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Resolving subwavelength objects with a crossed wire mesh superlens operated in backscattering mode, New Journal of Physics, Vol. 13, No. 053004, pp. 1 - 14, May, 2011,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, RFID Reader Antennas For Tag Detection in Self-Confined Volumes at UHF, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 39 - 50, April, 2011,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of a New Wideband Slot Array for MIMO Performance Enhancement in Indoor WLANs, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 1200 - 1206, April, 2011,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Passive UHF RFID Tag for Airport Suitcase Tracking and Identification, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 10, No. s/n, pp. 123 - 126, March, 2011,
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C. R. Medeiros, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Wideband Slot Antenna for WLAN Access Points, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 9, No. s/n, pp. 79 - 82, March, 2010,
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M. G. Silveirinha, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Experimental verification of broadband superlensing using a metamaterial with an extreme index of refraction, Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 81, No. 033101, pp. 1 - 4, January, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Compact Tapered Slot UWB Antenna with WLAN Band Rejection, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 8, No. -, pp. 661 - 664, July, 2009,
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J.R. Costa, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, Performance of a Crossed Exponentially Tapered Slot Antenna for UWB Systems, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 1345 - 1352, May, 2009,
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M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, C. R. Medeiros, Experimental Demonstration of a Structured Material with Extreme Effective Parameters at Microwaves, Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 93, No. 174103, pp. 1 - 3, October, 2008,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, RFID Smart Shelf with Confined Detection Volume at UHF, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 7, No. --, pp. 773 - 776, October, 2008,
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22Papers in Conferences

J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, Impact of a New Wideband Slot Array on MIMO Indoor System Performance, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Spokane, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 2208 - 2211, July, 2011,
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C. C. Serra, C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Study of Transparent Antennas for RFID, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Spokane, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2011,
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C. R. Medeiros, C. C. Serra, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, UHF RFID Cabinet, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Spokane, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1429 - 1432, July, 2011,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, 2×2 Dual Linear Polarization Wideband Slot Array, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. -, pp. 355 - 358, April, 2011,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Passive UHF RFID Smart Polling Device, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Toronto, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2010,
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M. G. Silveirinha, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Experimental Verification of Broadband Superlensing using a Metamaterial, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Toronto, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2010 | BibTex
J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, T. Radil, RCM Martins, P.M. Ramos, C. A. Fernandes, Development of an Indoor Wireless Personal Area Network Based on Mechanically Steered Millimeter-Wave Lens Antenna, IEEE International Instrumentation and Technology Conf. - I2MTC, Austin, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1202 - 1206, May, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of a Wideband Crossed Exponentially Tapered Slot Printed Antenna with Cavity Back for Wireless Access Points, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, UHF Tag for Suitcase RFID Application in Airports, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Investigation of a Crossed Exponentially Tapered Slot Printed Antenna for UWB Ranging, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2010,
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M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, C. R. Medeiros, Broadband Superlensing using a Metamaterial with an Extreme Index of Refraction: Salient Features, Physical Principles and Analytical Modeling, International Workshop on Antenna Technology - IWAT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. SS7.5 - SS7.5, March, 2010 | BibTex
C. A. Fernandes, RCM Martins, T. Radil, P.M. Ramos, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, Low-cost mechanically steered millimeter-wave lens antenna system for indoor LANs, International Workshop on Antenna Technology - IWAT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, March, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, UHF RFID Smart Conveyor Belt with Confined Detection Range, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Charleston, SC, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2009 | BibTex
C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, UWB Crossed Exponentially Tapered Slot Antenna with WLAN Band Rejection, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Charleston, SC, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2009,
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M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, C. R. Medeiros, Experimental Demonstration of a Metamaterial with Extreme Index of Refraction at Microwaves, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Charlestown, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2009,
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J.R. Costa, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, Compact Printed Tapered Slot Antenna for UWB, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Berlin, Germany, Vol., pp. -, March, 2009,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, RFID Smart Bookshelf with Confined Detection Range at UHF, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Berlin, Germany, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, March, 2009 | BibTex
C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, MEMS Reconfigurable Stacked Antenna for WLAN Applications, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., San Diego, United States, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, July, 2008,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Kolundzija, Simulation of Frequency Agile RF MEMS Antennas using WIPL-D, Annual Review of Progress in Appl. Computational - ACES, Niagara Falls, Canada, Vol. --, pp. -- - --, March, 2008,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Kolundzija, MEMS Reconfigurable Antenna Patch Antenna Analysis Using WIPL-D, International Symp. on RF MEMS and RF Microsystems, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. 1, pp. 67 - 70, June, 2007,
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C. R. Medeiros, A. Castela, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of Modelling Accuracy of Reconfigurable Patch Antennas, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Peniche, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. 13 - 16, May, 2007,
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Kolundzija, Modelling of a MEMS Reconfigurable Antenna Using WIPL-D, ESA Antenna Workshop on Multiple Beam and Reconfigurable Antennas, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Vol. 1, pp. 369 - 372, April, 2007,
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Patents

5Patents

C. C. Serra, C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Dispositivo com antena transparente integrada em espelho para sistema de identificação por rádio-frequência, PT 105477, January, 2011, (status granted),
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Dispositivo e sistema de votação passivo sem fios, PT104873, December, 2009, (status granted),
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Wireless Passive Voting Device and System, PCT/PT2009/000071, December, 2009, (status granted),
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Device for reading radio frequency identifiers for volumetric confining of the detection region, WO2009/157791, June, 2008, (status granted),
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C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Dispositivo para Leitura de Identificadores de Radiofrequência garantindo confinamento volumétrico da região de detecção, PT 104121, June, 2008, (status granted),
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Projects

Closed Projects7

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
LENTILLES	Benchmarking of Integrated Lens Antenna Design and Manufacturig	FCT/PESSOA	01-01-2006	01-12-2009
Metex	Metamaterial with extreme permittivity	IT/LA	01-12-2008	01-05-2010
Nonlocal	Non-local Metamaterials and Applications	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2010	01-12-2012
RFID-Local	Advanced Antennas for Radio Frequency Identification and Localization	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2010	01-12-2012
RFID-Shelf	RFID Smart Surfaces	IT/LA, CreativeSystems, Vicaima	01-12-2006	01-03-2011
R-META	Reconfigurable Low-profile Antennas Using Metamaterials	FCT/POSC	01-10-2005	30-09-2008
Wi-mm	Millimetre-wave wireless indoor link with automatic tracking antenna	IT/LA	01-10-2008	01-10-2010

Other Scientific Achievements

2Awards

C. R. Medeiros, Prémio de Investigação URSI Portugal 2010, ''UHF RFID Reader Antennas for Self-confined Tag Detection'', 01-09-2010
C. R. Medeiros, Menção Honrosa Jovens Investigadores UTL/CGD 2010, 01-06-2010

1Miscellaneous

J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, A. Zaric, Catarina C. Cruz, Indoor identification and localization via radio frequency, Invited Talks, 9th edition of ConfTele Conference on Telecommunicationson via radio frequency, 01-05-2013

Other Contributions

1Refereeing Journals

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
2010, 3 review(s); 2009, 1 review(s); 2008, 1 review(s);

IT Alumni Profile

Carla Medeiros

Scientific Achievements

Closed Projects7