The VINNOVA international evaluation of Chase in August 2008 confirmed that quote "the Chase centre has a sound and well-focused vision on timely research topics. Topics are related to future wireless communication system and standards, very important medical applications, satellite communications and antenna design, antenna measurement systems and techniques. The research groups provide world-class scientific contributions, both in terms of quantity and quality of the research. It is likely that this work will lead to inventions that provide a competitive edge to Swedish industry in these research areas. For example, the effort taken in MIMO systems is crucial for wireless device manufacturers to be competitive in global markets in the future" end of quote.

The strengths of Chase are the antenna system approach and the world class competence in areas with great industrial opportunities. The common denominator for the selected projects is to increase the antenna system competence covering theories and tools for analysis, synthesis, design and measurement, and apply this knowledge to meet industrial needs within:

• Antenna systems in small and complex environments that require co-design of components
• Antenna systems radiating in complex electromagnetic environments (near field applications. scattering, fading, etc, such as inside the body, process industry, terminals ...)
• Antenna systems for MIMO
• Wide band antenna design

In a 5 year perspective (2014), it is expected that an extensive amount of applications can be found based on the research and development work perfomed in Chase. In the telecom domain, mobile broadband MIMO systems have been deployed and MIMO antennas are used in mobile terminals and devices to increase performance and robustness for end users. In the medical area, microwave antenna systems can be used to monitor implants and control medications. The forest industry and process industry start to use compact antenna systems for monitoring quality and controlling processes in complex environments and simultaneously take advantage of machine to machine communications over mobile broadband systems. The automotive industry will continously add radios and fill the cars with antenna systems for a large variety of applications, such as control, surveillance, positioning and communication.