Milan Polívka

born 1971 in Prague, Czech republic
married, 2 children

Dept. of Electromagnetic Field, FEE, Czech Technical University in Prague
Address: Technicka 2, 166 27 Praha 6, Room No.: 824/A
Phone: +420 224 352 270, fax: +420 233 339 958, email: polivka@fel.cvut.cz

Assistent Professor
Department Secretary
Chairman of MTT/AP/ED/EMC chapter of the Czechoslovakia section IEEE, 2007-2010
Chairman of the Czechoslovakia section IEEE, since 2010

• Ph.D.: 2003, Ing.: 1996, Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering

• planar antennas
• passive microwave components
• artificial electromagnetic materials
• RFID

• Artificial electromagnetic structures for miniaturiazation of high-frequency and microwave radiation and circuit elements, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, grant no. GA102/08/1282, 2008-2010
• Multiband planar antennas with compact shaped radiators, Grant Agency of the Czech Republic, grant no. GA102/04/1282, 2004-2006

• Alois Holub, Collinear microstrip patch antennas, current student since 2005, defense of his diseration thesis „Colinear Microstrip Patch Antennas: Development and Analysis“ planned for March 2010
• Milan Švanda, Extremely low profile antennas over metalic surfaces, current student since 2007
• David Vrba, Electrically small antennas, current student since 2008

• X17NKA - Antenna Design and Construction
• X37MST - Fundamental Radio Frequency Measurement

• Polívka, M., Holub, A.: Microstrip Patch Antenna and One Point Feeding for the Radiator. Patent Office of Industrial Ownership, 296985. 2006-06-26. (in Czech).
• Čáp, A., Raida, Z., Polívka, M.: Multiband Patch Antenna. Patent Office of Industrial Ownership, 299752. 2008-10-01. (in Czech).

• Holub, A., Polívka, M., Collinear Microstrip Patch Antennas. Chapter in Book: Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technologies. Viena: In-Teh, to be issued in 2010.
• Polívka, M., Švanda, M., Hudec, P., UHF RFID of People. Chapter in Book: Development and Implementation of RFID Technology. Viena: In-Teh, 2009, p. 63-88. ISBN 978-3-902613-54-7.

• Polívka, M., Švanda, M., Hudec, P., Zvánovec, S., UHF Radiofrequency Identification of People in Indoor and Open Areas, Trans. on Microwave Theory and Technique, Special Issue on Hardware and Integration Challenges of RFID’s, 2009, vol. 57, no. 5, p. 1341-1347. ISSN 0018-9480.
• Švanda, M., Polívka, M., Novel Dual-loop antenna Placed over Patch Array Surface for UHF RFID of Dielectric and Metallic Objects. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2009, vol. 51, no. 3, p. 709-713. ISSN 0895-2477.
• Holub, A. - Polívka, M.: Vertically Meander-folded, Shorted-patch Antennas. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2009, vol. 51, no. 12, p. 2938-2942. ISSN 0895-2477.
• Polívka, M. - Holub, A.: Enhanced Gain Microstrip Patches Operating on Higher-Order Modes. International Journal of Microwave Science and Technology. vol. 2007, Article ID 46350, 5 pages, 2007. doi:10.1155/2007/46350, ISSN 1687-5826.
• Švanda, M. - Polívka, M. - Hudec, P.: Application of the UHF RFID System for the Identification of Sportsmen in Mass Races. Proceedings of the European Microwave Association. Pisa: Edizioni Plus - Universita di Pisa, 2007, ISBN 88-8492-324-7, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, ISBN 88-8492-324-7.
• Mazánek, M. - Polívka, M. - Černý, P. - Hazdra, P. - Piksa, P. - et al.: Education in Antennas, Wave Propagation and Microwaves. Automatika. 2006, vol. 47, no. 3-4, p. 133-139. ISSN 0005-1144.
• Polívka, M. - Holub, A. - Mazánek, M.: Collinear Microstrip Patch Antenna. Radioengineering. 2005, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 40-42. ISSN 1210-2512.
• Hazdra, P. - Polívka, M. - Sokol, V.: Microwave Antennas and Circuits Modeling Using Electromagnetic Field Simulator. Radioengineering. 2005, vol. 14, no. 4, p. 2-10. ISSN 1210-2512.
• Hudec, P. - Polívka, M. - Pechač, P.: Microwave System for the Detection and Localization of Mobile Phones in Large Buildings. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 2005, vol. 53, no. 6, p. 2235-2239. ISSN 0018-9480.
• Mazánek, M. - Pechač, P. - Bártík, H. - Polívka, M. - Hoffmann, K. - et al.: General Attitude to the Microwave Measurement. Sdělovací technika. 2005, vol. 2005, no. 3, p. 3-6. ISSN 0036-9942. (in Czech).

• Holub, A. - Polívka, M.: Application of MNM on Collinear Microstrip Patch Antenna. In Proceeding - 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium [CD-ROM]. Piscataway: IEEE, 2007, p. 61-64.
• Polívka, M.: Design of Dualband Quarter-Wavelength Patch Antenna by Tuning Its Natural Resonances. In Proceeding - 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium [CD-ROM]. Piscataway: IEEE, 2007, p. 996-999.
• Holub, A. - Polívka, M.: Multiport Network Modeling of a Complex Canonicaly Shaped Patch Antenna. In Proceeding of the 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation [CD-ROM]. Stevenage, Herts: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2007, ISBN 978-0-86341-842-6.
• Polívka, M. - Ambemou, E.: Electrically Shortened Wire RFID Antennas Closely Spaced TO a PEC. In Proceeding of the 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation [CD-ROM]. Stevenage, Herts: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2007, ISBN 978-0-86341-842-6.
• Polívka, M. - Holub, A.: Collinear and Coparallel Principles in Antenna Design. In PIERS 2007 Prague - Proceeding od Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium [CD-ROM]. Cambridge, MA: The Electromagnetics Academy, 2007, p. 284-288. ISSN 1559-9450.
• Polívka, M. - Švanda, M. - Hudec, P.: The Optimization of the RFID System for the Identification of Sportsmen in Mass Races. In Conference Proceedings - European Microwave Week 2007 (37th EuMC, EuRAD, EuMIC, EuWT) [CD-ROM]. London: Horizon House Publications, 2007, p. 732-735. ISBN 978-2-87487-000-2.
• Švanda, M. - Polívka, M.: Dualband Wearable UHF RFID Antenna. In Proceeding of the 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation [CD-ROM]. Stevenage, Herts: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2007, ISBN 978-0-86341-842-6.
• Polívka, M. - Hazdra, P. - Holub, A. - Mazánek, M.: Microstrip Patch Antennas with Specific Properties: Multi-band, Miniaturized, and Gain Enhanced. In Proceedings Book - Mediterranean Microwave Symposium 2007. Budapest: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, 2007, p. 53-56. ISBN 978-963-87244-4-1. (invited)
• Polívka, M. - Čevela, M. - Mazánek, M.: Spiral Notch Perturbation Element Concept for the Design of Multiband Quarterwavelength Patch Antennas. In 2006 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology: Small Antennas Novel Metamaterials - IWAT 2006 [CD-ROM]. Piscataway: IEEE, 2006, ISBN 0-7803-9444-5.
• Polívka, M. - Drahovzal , M. - Rohan, J. - Hazdra, P.: Multiband Patch Antenna with Perturbation Elements Generated by Genetic Algorithm. In Proceedings of The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation: EuCAP 2006 [CD-ROM]. Noordwijk: ESA Publications Division, 2006, ISBN 92-9092-937-5.
• Polívka, M. - Švanda, M. - Hudec, P.: Analysis and Measurement of the RFID System Adapted for Identification of Moving Objects. In Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference [CD-ROM]. Piscataway: IEEE, 2006, ISBN 2-9600551-6-0.
• Polívka, M. - Holub, A.: Planar Version of Collinear Microstrip Patch Antenna. In Conference Proceedings - MIKON 2006. Warsaw: Telecommunication Research Institute, 2006, vol. 2, p. 959-962. ISBN 83-906662-7-8.

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