Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Behavioral Modeling of MIMO Transmitters Exhibiting Nonlinear Distortion and Hardware Impairements D. Saffar1, N. Boulejfen2, F. Ghannouchi3 , M. Helaoui3 and A. Gharssalah1 1 Electronics Laboratory, Physics Department, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, El-Manar 2092, Tunisia dsaffar-ucalgary.ca 2 Electrical Engineering Depar

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 24.8 dBm Power Handling 60 GHz Transmit/Receive Switch Using Series and Shunt FETs in 90 nm Si-CMOS Process Shoichi Tanifuji, Noriharu Suematsu, Suguru Kameda, Tadashi Takagi and Kazuo Tsubouchi Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University Katahira 2­1­1, Aoba­ku, Sendai, 980­8577 Japan E-mail : tanifuji

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Wide Band High-Efficiency Power Amplifier Design Abdullah AlMuhaisen, J. Lees, Steve C. Cripps, P. J. Tasker and J. Benedikt Centre for High Frequency Engineering, Cardiff University Cardiff, United Kingdom a.almuhaisen-ieee.org Abstract--This paper presents a hybrid (passive & active) power amplifier concept for a wideband

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 10 GHz Integrated Single Sideband Upconverter in 0.25 µm BiCMOS Technology Lex de Boer, Marien Rodenburg, Raymond van Dijk, Frank E. van Vliet Dept. Transceivers TNO The Hague, The Netherlands lex.deboer-tno.nl Marcel Geurts NXP Semiconductors Nijmegen, 6534 AE, the Netherlands Marcel.Geurts-nxp.com Abstract-- An 8 - 10

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference S-Functions Mixer Modeling for Linearization Purposes Gian Piero Gibiino, Alberto Santarelli Dept. of Electronics, Computer Sciences and Systems University of Bologna 40136 Bologna, Italy gianpiero.gibiino-gmail.com Saeed Farsi, Maciej Myslinski, Gustavo Avolio, Dominique Schreurs ESAT-TELEMIC, dept. Electrical Engineering

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Design and Verification of Built-in-Self-Test (BIST) for RF, and Microwave Applications Bilal Elkassir, and Sidina Wane NXP-Semiconductors, Esplanade Anton Philips 14906, Colombelles Caen ­ France email: bilal.elkassir-nxp.com Abstract -- This paper presents RF and Microwave BIST system for reconfigurability of on-chip funct

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Effects of Inter-Chip and Intra-Chip Electromagnetic Interferences on PLL Frequency Pulling and Spurs Manohiaina Ranaivoniarivo, and Sidina Wane NXP Semiconductors - Caen, France Abstract -- System-level inter-Chip and intra-Chip interferences analysis and characterization is proposed. Inter-Chip noise interferences as funct

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Novel Low Cost High Performance Synthesizer Ajay K. Poddar Synergy Microwave Corporation 201 McLean Blvd., Paterson, NJ 07504, USA Abstract-- A novel adaptive slow-wave mode-coupling technique is incorporated in synthesizer with the intent of lowering size, cost, power-consumption, phase noise, and vibration sensitivity fo

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Electrical Characterization of Millimeter-Wave Interconnects on Low-k and Low-loss Oxides for Advanced 3D Silicon Interposers B. Reig#1, P. Renaux#, H. Sibuet#, D. Mercier#, C. Mounet#, C. Ferrandon#, S. Joblot*, P. Bar*, P. Coudrain*, J.F. Carpentier*, T. Lacrevaz§, B. Flechet§ # CEA, LETI,MINATEC Campus, F-38054 Grenoble,

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Complex Loads for Millimeter-Wave Digital Phase Shifter Design Alexander Stark and Arne F. Jacob Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg 21073 Hamburg, Germany alexander.stark-tuhh.de Abstract--The design of a reflection-type digital phase shifter comprising complex loads at the coupler's 3