Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Overview of RF high-permeability ferromagnetic thin films and its application to a new ferromagnetic/conductive multilayer to suppress skin effect in RF on-chip conductors Masahiro Yamaguchi, Yasushi Endo, Noiyuki Sato Dept. of Electrical and Communication Engineering Tohoku University Sendai, Japan yamaguti-ecei.tohoku.ac.j

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Layout Efficient and High Performance Circular Spiral Inductors for Multilayer Multichip Modules K. K. Samanta and I. D. Robertson Institute of Microwaves and Photonics School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. kksamanta-ieee.org eenidr-leeds.ac.uk Abstract-- A simplified techni

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Noise Shaped Pulse Position Modulation for RF Switch-mode Power Amplifiers Thomas Johnson #1 , Kelly Mekechuk 2 , David Kelly 3 # School of Engineering, The University of British Columbia 3333 University Way, Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7 1 thomas.johnson-ubc.ca PWRF Inc. 9211 Waterford Centre Blvd., Suite 260, Austin, TX U

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Capacitive Monitoring of Electrostatic MEMS Tunable Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonators Xiaoguang Liu , Adam Fruehling , Linda P. B. Katehi , William J. Chappell and Dimitrios Peroulis Birck Nanotechnology Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA. University of California

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Millimeter-Wave Wireless Signal Discrimination Device Using Electro-Optic Modulator with AntennaCoupled Electrodes and Polarization-Reversed Structures of Ferroelectric Optical Crystal Hiroshi Murata, Ryota Miyanaka, Yasuyuki Okamura Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University 1-3 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Effect of the Class of Switching-Mode Power Amplifiers on the Efficiency of Band-Pass Delta-Sigma Architectures Pouya Aflaki, Mohamed Helaoui iRadio Lab, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department University of Calgary Calgary, Canada mpaflaki-ucalgary.ca Abstract--This paper studies the impact of using a non-50-% duty c

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Systematic Pruning of Volterra Series using Wiener G-Functionals for Power Amplifier and Predistorter Modeling Farouk Mkadem and Slim Boumaiza dept. of electrical and Computer Engineering University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada f2mkadem-engmail.uwaterloo.ca Joseph Staudinger and

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A New Design of a Tunable WLAN-Band Pass Filter Using a Combination of Varactor Device, RF-Choke and Hairpin-Defected Ground Structure A. Boutejdar1, A. Omar1, M. Senst1 1 E. P. Burte2, A. Batmanov2, R. Mikuta2 2 University of Magdeburg Chair of Microwave and Communication Engineering Magdeburg, Germany E-mail: Ahmed.Boute

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Analysis of Injection-Locked Pulsed Waveform Oscillators Mabel Ponton, Elena Fernández, Almudena Suárez, Franco Ramírez Dpto. de Ingeniería de Comunicaciones Universidad de Cantabria Santander, Spain Abstract-- The injection-locked behaviour of a high efficiency pulsed waveform oscillator is analyzed in detail. The design is

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Nanoscale characterization of different stiction mechanisms in electrostatic RF-MEMS switches U. Zaghloul1,2,3, B. Bhushan3, P. Pons 1,2 ,G. Papaioannou 1,2, 4, F. Coccetti 1,2,5, and R. Plana 1,2 1 2 CNRS; LAAS; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulouse, France, ppons-laas.fr Université de Toulouse; UPS, INSA, INP, ISAE