Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Decade-Bandwidth Planar Balun Using CPW-toSlotline Transition for UHF Applications Young-Pyo Hong#*1, Donald F. Kimball#2, Jong-Gwan Yook*3, and Lawrence E. Larson#4 # University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA92093, USA 2 yohong-ucsd.edu dfkimball-soe.ucsd.edu 4 larson-ece.ucsd.edu 3 1 * Yonsei University, Seoul

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Phase-locked Broadband GaAs HBT VCO Module for Millimeter-wave Astronomical Local Oscillators Yue-Fang Kuo# *1, Yuh-Jing Hwang #2, Chau-Ching Chiong#, Ro-Min Weng*, Ming-Tang Chen# Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics P.O. Box 23-141, Taipei 11691 Taiwan, R.O.C. * Department of Electrical Engineering, National Dong-Hwa Unive

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference A 5GHz WLAN Amplifier with Novel On­Chip Positive Voltage Switchable Bias Implemented in a D­pHEMT Process Luciano Boglione#1, Jerry Paradis*2 # Engineering Technology, University of Massachusetts Lowell One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA 1 luciano_boglione-uml.edu * RF Micro Devices, Inc., 296 Concord Rd, Billerica, MA 01821, USA

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Time Domain Analysis for UWB Antenna Synthesis Leonardo Lizzi, Luca Manica, and Andrea Massa ELEDIA Group - Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, I-38050 Trento, Italy andrea.massa-ing.unitn.it Abstract--In this paper, a time domain analysis for the synthesis of antennas suitable fo

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Real-time Tracking of Transceiver-free Objects for Homeland Security F. Viani, G. Oliveri, and A. Massa Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, University of Trento Via Sommarive 14, I-38050 Trento, Italy andrea.massa-ing.unitn.it Abstract-- The increasing demand in homeland security speeds up the development of innovative

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference An Efficient Beam-Propagation Method for Pulse Propagation Modelling of Photonic Crystal MMI Devices Yoshinori TAKAKURA#1, Hiroshige NIHEI#2, Chun-Ping CHEN#3, Tetsuo ANADA#4 and Zhewang Ma*5 # Department of Electronics and Informatics Engineering, Kanagawa University 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, 221-8686, JAPAN 1 2 r20097

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference An UHF RFID Tag with Long Read Range Jae-Young Jung#1, Hyunseok Kim#2, Heyung-Sub Lee#3, Kyung-Whan Yeom* # RFID Basic Technology Research Team, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) 138 Gajeongno Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-700, Korea 2 jjy72-etri.re.kr hyunseok-etri.re.kr 1 *Department of Radio Science & Engineering,

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference A Direct CPW-to-Rectangular Waveguide Transition Using a Dipole Slot Antenna Ruei-Ying Fang#1, Cheng-Tze Wang#2, Chun-Long Wang#3 Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology No.43, Sec. 4, Keelung Rd., Da-an District, Taipei City, 10607, Taiwan 1 2 D9602203-mail.ntust.edu.tw M9502255-mail.ntust.e

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Design of a 60-GHz Down-Converting Dual-Gate Mixer in 130-nm CMOS Technology Hsin-Chih Kuo, Chu-Yun Yang, Jin-Fu Yeh, Huey-Ru Chuang and Tzuen-Hsi Huang Institute of Computer and Communication Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C q3697454-mail.ncku.edu.tw chuang_hr-ee.ncku.edu

Proceedings of the 39th European Microwave Conference Vector Corrected Noise Figure and Noise Parameter Measurements of Differential Amplifiers Joel Dunsmore and Susan Wood Agilent Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA, USA joel_dunsmore-agilent.com, sue_wood-agilent.com Abstract-- Differential Amplifiers are increasingly being used in RF and Microwave applications, where noise performance is important. U