Academic Staff

Antennas designs, mobile communications, MIMO systems, Space-Time coding and modulation  

Dr Cheung received the BSc degree with First Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Middlesex University, U.K. in 1982 and the PhD degree from Loughborough University of Technology, U.K. in 1986.

From 1982 to 1986, he was a research assistant in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Loughborough University of Technology, where he collaborated with Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and many UK universities to work a project for new generations of satellite systems. During the period from 1986 and 1988, he was a post-doctorate research assistant with the Communications Research Group of King's College, London University, working on research for future generations of satellite systems. In 1988, he joined the Radio and Satellite Communications Division in British Telecom Research Laboratories (now British Telecom Laboratories), as an assistant executive engineer.

Dr Cheung is an Associate Professor at the University of Hong Kong. His current research interests include 2G, 3G and 4G mobile communications systems, antenna designs, MIMO systems and satellite communications systems, predistortion of high power amplifiers and e-learning. He has published over 140 international journal and conference papers in these areas.

Dr Cheung is in charge of the Radio frequency Laboratory and Microwave and RF Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. These two laboratories house the most advance antenna measurement equipment, Stargate and StarLab, for TIS and TRP of mobile handsets measurements, BTS antenna measurements for different mobile systems, other antennas measurements and also EMC measurements. Dr Cheung is recruiting new postgraduate students working in the areas of antennas designs for different communications.

He also has served as reviewer for different international journals and conferences in the areas of antennas and propagation, and mobile communications. He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer, Member of the HKIE and IET, and senior member of the IEEE. He is an active member of the IEEE. He was the Chairman of the IEEE Hong Kong Joint Chapter on Circuits and Systems and Communications (CAS/COM) for 2 years in 2009 and 2011. Currently, he is the Treasurer of the IEEE Hong Kong Section.

• J Zhang, SW Cheung and TI Yuk, “Design of n-bit phase shifters with high power handling capability inspired by composite right/left-handed transmission line unit cells” IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Aug 2010

• J Zhang, SW Cheung and TI Yuk, “A 3-bit Phase Shifter with High-Power Capacity Based on Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Aug. 2010

• WJ Lu , YF Weng, SW Cheung and HB Zhu, "Compact Top-Loaded Ultra-wideband Biconical Antenna for Indoor Base-Station Applications" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Aug 2010

• T Peter, R. Nilavalan, HF AbuTarboush, SW Cheung, "A Novel Technique and Soldering Method to Improve Performance of Transparent Polymer Antennas" IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vo. 9, 2010.

• XL Sun, SW Cheung and TI Yuk “Predistortion of a 100-W Base Station High-Power Amplifiers” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 53, April 2010

• YF Weng, SW Cheung and TI Yuk, “Compact UWB Antennas with Single Band-Notched Characteristic using Simple Ground Stubs" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 53, Issue 3, 19 Jan 2011.

• HF Abu Tarboush, R Nilavalan, T Peter, SW Cheung, “Multiband Inverted-F Antenna with Independent Bands for Small and Slim Cellular Mobile Handsets” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 59 No. 7,  2011

• Z. Y. Shao, S. W. Cheung and T. I. Yuk, "Geometrical Detection Algorithm for MIMO Systems" in "MIMO Systems Theory and Applications", Intech, pp 57-68, 2011, ISBN 978-953-307-245-6

• R  Azim, MT Islam, N Misran, SW Cheung and Y Yamada, "Planar UWB antenna with Multi-slotted Ground Plane", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 53, No. 5 May 2011

• XL Sun, SW Cheung and TI Yuk “Design of 5th-order Analog Predistorter for Base-station HPA of Cellular Mobile Systems” Microwave Journal,  Aug 2011

• J Zhang, SW Cheung and TI Yuk, “UWB True-time-delay Lines Inspired by CRLH TL Unit Cells" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters ,Volume 53, Issue 9, pages 1955–1961, September 2011

• SW Cheung, L Liu, R Azim and MT Islam, “A Compact Circular-Ring Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Volume 53, Issue 10, pages 2283–2288, October 2011

• H. F. AbuTarboush, R. Nilavalan, S. W. Cheung, K. M. Nasr, T. Peter and D. Budimir, “A Reconfigurable Wideband and Multiband Antenna Using Dual-Patch Elements for Compact Wireless Devices” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, September 2011

• M Spasos, K Tsiakmakis, N Charalampidis, R Nilavalan and SW Cheung, "Optimization of a 12.5GHz microstrip antenna array using Taguchi’s method" International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on Mutual Coupling in Antenna Arrays, 2011

• H F AbuTarboush, R Nilavalan, KM Nasr, SW Cheung, T Peter and D Budimir, "Reconfigurable Tri-Band H-Shaped Antenna with Frequency Selectivity Feature for Compact Wireless Communication Systems", IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation (Accepted)

• H Abutarboush, R Nilavalan, SW Cheung, T Peter and D Budimir , “Reconfigurable Penta-Band PIFA for Small and Slim Mobile Handsets” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (accepted)

• J Zhang, SW Cheung and TI Yuk, " Design of Phase Shifters and Time- Delay Lines based on CRLH TL Unit Cells" in " Metamaterial", Intech, 2012, ISBN 979-953-307-563-0