Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Tunable Acoustic RF-Filters: Discussion of Requirements and Potential Physical Embodiments Robert Aigner TriQuint Semiconductor Apopka, Florida,USA robert.aigner-tqs.com Abstract-- Multi-band / multi-system mobile phones require a complex RF-frontend architecture. Part count has increased to a point where adding switches and whole signal branc

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Conquering Extended Frequency Realms by Periodic Coaxial Structures Christoph Neumaier*#1, Natalie Spaeth*2, Martin Lorenz*3, Kai H. E. Numssen*4, Erwin M. Biebl#5 Spinner GmbH Aiblinger Str. 30, 83620 Westerham, Germany christoph.neumaier-spinner-group.com 2 n.spaeth-spinner-group.com 3 m.lorenz-spinner-group.com 4 k.numssen-spinner-group.com

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Highly-Miniaturized Packaged UWB 7th-Order Bandpass Filter Stéphane Cadiou1-2, Benjamin Potelon1-2, Cédric Quendo1-2, Eric Rius1-2, Jean-François Favennec1-2, Rémi Segalen3, Françoise Mahé3 2 Université Européenne de Bretagne, France Université de Brest ; CNRS, UMR 3192 Lab-STICC, ISSTB, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, CS 93837, 29238 Brest cedex 3 3 Tha

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Synthesis of Arbitrary-shaped Lens Antennas for Beam-switching Applications A.V. Boriskin 1,2 and R. Sauleau 3 1 Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics NASU, Kharkov, Ukraine 2 Université Européenne de Bretagne, Rennes, France a_boriskin-yahoo.com 3 Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, 35042

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Generic Pre-distortion of a Class-J Power Amplifier S. Bensmida 1, K. Morris , M. Akmal , J. Lees , P. Wright , J. Benedikt , P. Tasker , J. McGeehan # # * * * * * # and M. Beach# # Centre for Communications Research, University of Bristol, MVB Woodland Road, BS8 1UB, United Kingdom 1 s.bensmida-bristol.ac.uk * Cardiff School of Engineeri

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Free-Space Determination of Permittivity, Size and Orientation of Rectangular Shaped Objects Using Multivariate Analysis H. Mextorf, F. Daschner, M. Kent, and R. Knoechel Institute of Electrical and Information Engineering, Microwave Laboratory University of Kiel, Kaiserstrasse 2, 24143 Kiel, Germany Therefore diffraction occurs. The objects u

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Effect of Nonlinear Port Impedances on Distributed Passive Intermodulation in Printed Lines Alexey Shitvov, Dmitry Zelenchuk, Alexander Schuchinsky The Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT), Queen's University Belfast ECIT, Northern Ireland Science Park, Queen's Road, Queen's Island, Belfast, BT3 9DT, U.K.

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference EH-Impedance Tuner with Dielectric-Based Backshorts for Millimetre Wave Diode Testing Tero Kiuru#1, Krista Dahlberg#1, Juha Mallat#1, Antti Räisänen#1, and Tapani Närhi*2 Aalto University School of Science and Technology MilliLab, SMARAD, Department of Radio Science and Engineering P.O. Box 13000, FI-00076 AALTO, Finland telephone:+358-9- 470-

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference Wideband ENG Zeroth-Order Resonant Antenna Having Mushroom Shape with Multiple Vias Gunyoung Kim#1, Bomson Lee#2 # Department of Electronics and Radio Engineering, Kyung Hee University 1 Seocheon-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 1 2 gyoung-khu.ac.kr bomson-khu.ac.kr Abstract-- This paper presents a one-unit-cell wideband ENG

Proceedings of the 40th European Microwave Conference SiGe BiCMOS Wideband Low Noise Amplifiers for Application in Digital Beam-Forming Receivers S´ bastien Chartier #1 , Peter Lohmiller , Jochen Dederer # , Hermann Schumacher , Martin Oppermann # e EADS Defence & Security T/R Modules and MMICs W¨ rthstrasse 85, 89077 Ulm, Germany o 1 # sebastien.chartier-eads.com Institute of Electron Devic