Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference A Three-Step High-Q Variable MEMS Capacitor with Low Actuation Voltage 1 1 Nino Zahirovic, 1 Raafat R. Mansour and 2 Ming Yu University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada 2 COM DEV Ltd., Cambridge, Ontario, N1R 7H6, Canada nzahirov-uwaterloo.ca rmansour-maxwell.uwaterloo.ca Ming.Yu-comdev.ca Abstract-- A tunable RF MEMS varacto

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Quasi-Optical Spectral System for Submm-Wave Radiometry of Turbulent Plasma S.A. Kuznetsov#, ##1, A.V. Arzhannikov#, ##, Yu.G. Goncharov*, Yu.V. Marunenko, F.B. Bereziuk, A.V. Zorenko,A.V. Gelfand+ , N. I. Fedorinina+ Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS Lavrentiev Ave. 11, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russian Federation ## Novosibirsk State Univ

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Analysis of failure impact on microwave power combining Nicolas Picard, Jean-Michel Denoual, Daniel Bourreau, Alain Peden Institut Telecom, Telecom Bretagne; UMR CNRS 3192 Lab-STICC ; Université Européenne de Bretagne Technopôle Brest Iroise CS 83818, 29238 Brest Cedex3, France nicolas.picard-telecom-bretagne.eu Abstract--The design of power c

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Power Amplifier Behavioural Model Mismatch Sensitivity and the Impact on Digital Predistortion Performance Per Landin#1, Olof Bengtsson*2, Magnus Isaksson#3 # Center for RF Measurement Technology, University of Gävle Nobelvägen 1, 80276 Gävle, Sweden 1 perlan-hig.se 3 min-hig.se * Now with Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Single Part Microwave Filters Made From Selective Laser Melting Jose Antonio Lorente #1 , Monica Martinez Mendoza #2 , Axel Zafra Petersson # , Laurent Pambaguian # , Alejandro Alvarez Melcon 3 , Christoph Ernst #4 TEC-ETM ESA/ESTEC Kepleerlan 1 - 2202 AZ Noordwijk ZH - The Netherlands 2 1 josea.lorente-gmail.com monica.martinez.mendoza-esa.in

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Broadband Equivalent Circuit Extraction Methodology with De-embedding of Floating Ground References Sidina Wane 1 and Damienne Bajon 2 1 NXP-Semiconductors, Esplanade Anton Philips 14906, Colombelles Caen ­ France sidina.wane-ieee.org 2 ISAE-Université de Toulouse, 10 avenues Edouard Belin Toulouse-France damienne.bajon-isae.fr Abstract-- T

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Design of a High Selectivity Dual-band Bandpass Filter with Stepped Impedance Resonator Chang-Sin Ye#1, Yan-Kuin Su#1,2, Min-Hang Weng*3, Ru-Yuan Yang#4 #1 National Cheng Kung University, Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Center, Institute of Microelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering No. 1 University Road Tainan City 701, Taiwan

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Optimization of BandPass Delta Sigma Modulators using Parameters Identification David Gautier #1 , Smail Bachir 2 and Claude Duvanaud 3 ACCO SEMICONDUCTOR SA 21 bis rue d'hennemont, 78100 Saint Germain en Laye, France 1 # david.gautier-acco-semi.com University of Poitiers, LAII 42 av. du Recteur Pineau, 86022 Poitiers, France 3 smail.bach

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference High Q Tunable Cavity using Dielectric Less RF-MEMS Varactors Romain Stefanini1, Matthieu Chatras2, Arnaud Pothier3, Jean-Christophe Orlianges4, Pierre Blondy5 XLIM -UMR n°6172- Université de Limoges/CNRS, 123, rue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex ­FRANCEromain.stefanini-xlim.fr matthieu.chatras-xlim.fr 3 arnaud.pothier-xlim.fr 4 jean-christ

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Reconfigurable Unit Cell for Reflectarray Antenna Based on Barium-Strontium-Titanate Thick-Film Ceramic Mohsen Sazegar, Andre Giere, Yuliang Zheng, Holger Maune, Alexander Moessinger and Rolf Jakoby Microwave Engineering, TU Darmstadt Merckstr. 25, Darmstadt, 64283 Germany sazegar-mwt.tu-darmstadt.de Abstract-- Reconfigurable unit cells based