Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Linearity Improvement of Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier Using Gain Compensated Predistortion Dongsu Kim1 , Daehyun Kang, Jooseung Kim, Yunsung Cho, and Bumman Kim2 Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, 790-784, Republic of Korea Tel

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Novel Millimeter-Wave Slow-Wave Phase Shifter Using MEMS Technology Maher Bakri-Kassem, Raafat Mansour and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini Intelligent Integrated Radio and PhotonicsGroup and Center for Integrated RF Engineering, University of Waterloo 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L3G1, Canada Abstract -- A novel

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Probe Based Simulation Technique for Modeling Saturated Power Amplifiers Charles F. Campbell TriQuint Semiconductor Defense and Aerospace Division Richardson, TX, United States Abstract--This paper describes a probe based analysis technique for the simulation of saturated power amplifiers. The method is in-situ, compatible w

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Ruggedness and Reliability of GaN HEMT Fumikazu Yamaki1, Kazutaka Inoue1, Masahiro Nishi2, Hitoshi Haematsu2, Norihiko Ui2, Kaname Ebihara2, Atsushi Nitta2 and Seigo Sano1 Transmission Devices R&D Laboratories, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 2 Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations Inc. 1000 Kamisukiawara, Showa-cho, Nakak

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Comparative Study of Space-Mapping-Based Optimization Techniques for Microwave Design Slawomir Koziel#, Qingsha S. Cheng*, and John W. Bandler* # Engineering Optimization & Modeling Center, School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University, Menntavegur 1, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland koziel-ru.is * Department of Electrical

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low Noise Room Temperature LNAs for the SKA E. E. M. Woestenburg, R. H. Witvers, and L. Bakker ASTRON, The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, The Netherlands woestenburg-astron.nl Abstract--This paper discusses low noise room temperature LNAs with application in the SKA-mid frequency range between 400 MHz and 1500

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Balanced Active Frequency Multipliers for W-Band Signal Sources I. Kallfass#1 , A. Tessmann# , H. Massler# , U. Lewark , M. Kuri# , M. Riessle# , M. Zink# and A. Leuther# Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics (IAF), Tullastrasse 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany 1 ingmar.kallfass-iaf.fraunhofer.de Institut für Hochfrequenzt

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 300 GHz Active Frequency-Tripler MMICs U. J. Lewark1 , A. Tessmann , H. Massler , S. Wagner , A. Leuther and I. Kallfass Institut ¨ f ur Hochfrequenztechnik und Elektronik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany 1 Fraunhofer Email: ulrich.lewark-kit.edu Institute for Applie

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Fractional-N PLL spur and phase noise simulator Andreas Lauer, R¨ diger Follmann, Matthias Quibeldey, Dietmar K¨ ther u o IMST GmbH, Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Str. 2, D - 47475 Kamp-Lintfort contact-imst.com 1.05 1.00 0.95 0.90 2000 1500 1000 500 Fig. 1. I. I NTRODUCTION Integrated SiGe BiCMOS fractional-N PLL for various fre

Proceedings of the 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 130W LDMOS for 2.7-3.5 GHz Broadband Radar Applications G. Formicone#1, B. Battaglia#2, J. Burger#3, R. Keshishian#4, J. Titizian#5, W. Veitschegger#6 Integra Technologies, Inc. 321 Coral Circle, El Segundo, CA 90245, USA 2 gformicone-integratech.com brian.battaglia-integratech.com 3 jburger-integratech.com 4 rkeshishian-