Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Designing On-Wafer Calibration Standards for Advanced High-Speed BiCMOS Technology A. Rumiantsev#1, F. Pourchon*2, N. Derrier*3, P. Sakalas$4, D. Celi*5 Cascade Microtech GmbH Suss-Strasse, 1, Sacka, Germany andrej.rumiantsev-cmicro.com * STMicroelectronics 850 rue Jean Monnet, Crolles, France franck.pourchon-st.com nicolas.

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Deep Level Impurity Engineered Semi-Insulating Cz-Silicon as Microwave Substrates K. Mallik, A. Abuelgasim, P. Ashburn, C.H. de Groot NSI Group, School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom kanad.mallik-soton.ac.uk, chdg-ecs.soton.ac.uk Abstract-- We show that deep

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference The Ka-Band Receiver for the QUIJOTE Experiment Juan L. Cano, Enrique Villa, Beatriz Aja, Luisa de la Fuente, Eduardo Artal Dep. Ingeniería de Comunicaciones Universidad de Cantabria 39005 Santander, Spain juanluis.cano-unican.es Abstract -- The 26-36 GHz receiver for a radio astronomy radiometer, to characterize the polariz

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference >41% Efficient 10W Envelope Modulated LTE Downlink Power Amplifier Gavin Watkins1, Jiafeng Zhou2, and Kevin Morris2 1 2 Toshiba Research Europe Limited, 32 Queen Square, Bristol, BS1 4ND, UK Gavin.watkins-toshiba-trel.com Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Switchable Double-Sensor Integrated Active Probe for Near-Field Scanner Nasir Uddin, Andreas Thiede Dept. of High-Frequency Electronics, University of Paderborn Warburgerstr. 100, D-33098 Paderborn, Germany nuddin-ieee.org Abstract-- A switchable double-sensor input single-output is designed, fabricated and characterized in

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Figures of Merit and Performance Measurements for RF and Microwave Tunable Matching Networks C´ sar S´ nchez-P´ rez, Jes´ s de Mingo, Paloma Garc´a-D´ car, Pedro L. Carro, Antonio Valdovinos e a e u i u Aragon Institute for Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza Maria de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain. Tel:+349767

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference High Performance GaN Front-end MMICs Niklas Billström, Joakim Nilsson, Audun Tengs Electronic Defense Systems Saab AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. Abstract--Key GaN HEMT front-end circuits for next generation AESA radar/EW applications are presented. The circuits are an S-band 20 W MMIC HPA reaching 50 % measured PAE , a twostage S-

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Low Power 9.75/10.6GHz PLL in SiGe:C BiCMOS for Ku-Band Satellite LNBs P. Philippe, S. Bardy, S. Wane, F. Moreau, E. Thomas NXP Semiconductors Caen, France e-mail: pascal.philippe-nxp.com Abstract -- A low cost / low power PLL for Ku-band satellite down-converters has been fabricated in SiGe:C BiCMOS process. The PLL occup

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Methods for Improving the Tuning Efficiency of Liquid Crystal based Tunable Phase Shifters Onur Hamza Karabey1 , Braulio Gomez Saavedra, Carsten Fritzsch, Sebastian Strunck, Alexander Gaebler and Rolf Jakoby Institute of Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt Merckstr. 25, 64283, Darmstadt, Ge

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference High Dynamic Range Bandpass Filters Design Based on Active Inductor Vincenzo Stornelli, Giorgio Leuzzi*, Leonardo Pantoli, Stefano Del Re Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of L'Aquila, Via Gronchi 18 L'Aquila, 67100, Italy. * giorgio.leuzzi-univaq.it Abstract -- In this paper the design of hi