Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference 4th Generation Multiresonator-Based Chipless RFID Tag Utilizing Spiral EBGs Stevan Preradovic#1 and Nemai Karmakar#2 # Department of Electrical & Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University Bldg 72, Clayton Campus, 3800 VIC, Australia 2 Stevan.Preradovic-ieee.org Nemai.Karmakar-eng.monash.edu.au 1 Abstract-- 4th generation chipless tag

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference A Broadband, Efficient, Overdriven Class-J RF Power Amplifier for Burst Mode Operation Dristy Rahul Parveg #+ , Peter Singerl # , Andreas Wiesbauer # , Hossein Mashad Nemati , Christian Fager + Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Siemensstr. 2, 9500 Villach, Austria Vienna University of Technology, EMCE Institute, Gusshausstr. 25/354, 1040 Vi

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference A Micromachined WR-3 Waveguide with Embedded Bends for Direct Flange Connections Talal Skaik*1, Yi Wang*2, Maolong Ke*3, Shilong Qian*4, Michael Lancaster*5 * School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, U.K talal_skaik-hotmail.com 2 aeony_wang-hotmail.com 3 m.l.ke-bham.ac.uk 4 qianshilong-hotm

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference On wafer multi-port linear characterization of passive structures using a standard 2-port VNA J.A. Lonac#1, I. Melczarsky.*2, R.P. Paganelli^3 # MEC srl - Viale Pepoli 3/2 40123 Bologna BO Italy. 1 julio.lonac-mec-mmic.com * DEIS, University of Bologna ^IEIIT CNR­ Viale Risorgimento, 2 40136 Bologna BO Italy 3 ilan.melczarsky-unibo.it rpa

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Closed-Form Analysis of Dispersive Properties for Multilayered Waveguiding Structures Guido Valerio #1 , David R. Jackson 2 , Alessandro Galli #3 # Department of Electronic Engineering, "Sapienza" University of Rome Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy 1 valerio-die.uniroma1.it 3 galli-die.uniroma1.it Department of Electrical and Compute

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference A Testbed for Precision Impedance Measurements of Planar Symmetrical RFID Antennas J. Meyer #1 , R. Herschmann #2 , B. Geck #3 # Institut f¨ r Hochfrequenztechnik und Funksysteme, Leibniz Universit¨ t Hannover u a Appelstraße 9A, 30167 Hannover, Germany 2 meyer-hft.uni-hannover.de herschmann-hft.uni-hannover.de 3 geck-hft.uni-hannover.de 1

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Dielectric Characterisation of PCB Materials Using Substrate Integrated Waveguide Resonators Dmitry Zelenchuk and Vincent Fusco The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), Queen's University Belfast, UK d.zelenchuk-qub.ac.uk v.fusco-qub.ac.uk Abstract--This paper gives the first study of the application of

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference An Efficient Envelope Transient Simulation of SParameters Circuits in System Simulator H. Mehdi, A. Bennadji, S. Mons, E. Ngoya, R. Quere XLIM UMR CNRS N° 6172, University of Limoges 123, Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 LIMOGES - FRANCE hassan.mehdi-xlim.fr Abstract-- we present here a novel approach on behavioral modeling of passive RF blocks fro

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference A Fast-Switching Diversity- and Beam-Forming-Circuit for S-Band Satellite Reception in Fading Scenarios Simon Senega, Dominik J. M¨ ller, Leopold M. Reiter, Stefan M. Lindenmeier 1 u Institute of High Frequency Technology and Mobile Communication, Universit¨ t der Bundeswehr M¨ nchen, 85577 Neubiberg, Germany a u 1 stefan.lindenmeier-unibw.de

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Design of a Multi-Functional Metamaterial Inspired Dipole Antenna S. Tricarico, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni Applied Electronics Department, University Roma Tre Via della Vasca avale 84, 00146, Rome, Italy stricarico-uniroma3.it Abstract-- In this contribution, we present the theoretical analysis and the design of a multi-functional dipole antenna