Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference CNT Array Capacitive MEM Switches for Reconfigurable Interconnects Donatello Acquaviva, Dimitrios Tsamados, Adrian M. Ionescu Nanolab, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland {donato.acquaviva, adrian.ionescu}-epfl.ch Abstract-- This paper reports, for the first time, the wafer-level technology and characteristic

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Chip and Antenna Impedance Measurement for the Design of Passive UHF RFID Tag A. Ghiotto#*1, T. P. Vuong*2, K. Wu#3 # Poly-Grames Research Center, Center for Radiofrequency Electronics Research (CREER) of Quebec, Ecole Polytechnique, Montréal, Canada 1 anthony.ghiotto-polymtl.ca 3 ke.wu-polymtl.ca * IMEP-LAHC, Grenoble Institute of Technol

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Gain enhancement of a circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna surrounded by a circular mushroom-like substrate Halim Boutayeb, Tarek Djerafi and Ke Wu Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal 2500, Ch. de Polyetechnique H3T 1J4, Montreal, Qc,Canada h.boutayeb-polymtl.ca Abstract-- The performance of a circularly polarized microstrip patch antenna

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Paperweight Microwave Antenna Element and Arraying Concept Pawel Kabacik#1, Michal Preisner#2 # Institute of Telecommunications, Teleinformatics and Acoustics, Wroclaw University of Technology Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland 2 pawel.kabacik-pwr.wroc.pl michal.preisner-pwr.wroc.pl 1 Abstract-- Advancements in dielectric an

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference The Galileo Project and Scientific Applications Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg 1, Guenter Hein 2 2 Directorate of Technical and Quality Management Directorate of the Galileo Programme and Navigation related Activities ESA-ESTEC NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands 1 1 bertram.arbesser-rastburg-esa.int 2 guenter.hein-esa.int Abstract-- A short

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Heterodyne Array Receiver for Radio Astronomy in the 2mm Band Anne-Laure Fontana #1, Bernard Lazareff *, Alessandro Navarrini ^ &Yves Bortolotti # Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM) 300, rue de la piscine 38400 St Martin d'Hères France 1 # fontana-iram.fr Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de l'Observatoire de Grenoble (LAOG) 414, ru

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Monolithic Integrated Antennas and Nanoantennas for Wireless Sensors and for Wireless Intrachip and Interchip Communication Peter Russer1, Nikolaus Fichtner1, Paolo Lugli1 , Wolfgang Porod2 and Hristomir Yordanov1 1 Institute for Nanoelectronics, Technische Universit¨ t M¨ nchen a u Arcisstrasse 21, 80333 Munich, Germany russer-tum.de 2 Cen

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Microwave characterization of PZT/ZrO2 thin films Deokki Min#1, Nils Hoivik#2, Geir Uri Jensen*1, Ulrik Hanke#3 # Institute of Micro- and Nanosystems Technology, Vestfold University College 3103 Tønsberg, Norway deokki.min-hive.no nils.hoivik-hive.no 4 ulrik.hanke-hive.no 2 1 SINTEF ICT PO Box 124 Blindern, 0314 Oslo, Norway 3 * geir.u.jen

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference 79GHz BiCMOS Single-Ended and Differential Power Amplifiers Nejdat Demirel1,2, Eric Kerhervé2, Robert Plana3 and Denis Pache1 2 STMicroelectronics, R&D, 38920 Crolles, France IMS, University of Bordeaux, 33405 Talence, France 3 LAAS, University of Toulouse, 31077 Toulouse nejdat.demirel-ims-bordeaux.fr 1 Abstract -- This paper presents the

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Analysis of the Impact of Statistical Variations on Transmission-Line Based Metamaterial Structures Juan S. Ochoa #1 , Andreas C. Cangellaris #2 # Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 61801, USA 1 2 jsochoa2-illinois.edu cangella-illinois.edu Abstract--Localization theory i