Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Microwave Compact Passive Circuit Model of Isolated Interconnect over a Silicon Substrate with a Through-Silicon Via (TSV) Ground Supply Network Wayne Woods, Guoan Wang, Hanyi Ding IBM Microelectronics Essex Junction, VT whwoods-us.ibm.com gawang-us.ibm.com hding-us.ibm.com Abstract-- As operating frequencies increase in st

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Design Manufacturing and Packaging of a 5-bit K-Band MEMS Phase Shifter S. Bastioli#1, F. Di Maggio§2, P. Farinelli#3, F. Giacomozzi*4, B. Margesin*5, A. Ocera#6, I. Pomona§7, M. Russo§8, R. Sorrentino#9 # University of Perugia, Dept. of Electronic and Information Engineering, Via G. Duranti, 93, 06125, Italy bastioli-diei.

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Balanced Microstrip AlGaN/GaN HEMT Power Amplifier MMIC for X-Band Applications J. K¨ hn, F. van Raay, R. Quay, R. Kiefer, W. Bronner, M. Seelmann-Eggebert, u M. Schlechtweg, M. Mikulla, O. Ambacher, and M. Thumm Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics, Tullastr. 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany phone: ++49-761-515

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Reflection-Type Biphase Modulator with Balanced Loads Walter Ciccognani, Franco Di Paolo, Mauro Ferrari1, Franco Giannini, Ernesto Limiti Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma - ITALY 1 m.ferrari-ing.uniroma2.it Abstract-- In this contribution

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Efficient AlGaN/GaN HEMT Power Amplifiers R. Quay 1 , F. van Raay , J. K¨ hn , R. Kiefer , P. Waltereit , M. Zorcic , M. Musser , W. Bronner , u M. Dammann , M. Seelmann-Eggebert , M. Schlechtweg , M. Mikulla , O. Ambacher , J. Thorpe , K. Riepe , F. van Rijs , M. Saad , L. Harm , and T. R¨ dle o Fraunhofer Institute for

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference GaN Doherty Amplifier With Compact Harmonic Traps Paolo Colantonio, Franco Giannini, Rocco Giofrè, Luca Piazzon Electronic Engineering Department, University of Roma Tor Vergata - Via del Politecnico 1, 00133 Roma, Italy giofr-ing.uniroma2.it Abstract--In this contribution, the design of an uneven AB-C Doherty power amplifie

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Innovative and Complete Dummy Filling Strategy for RF Inductors Integrated in an Advanced Copper BEOL Carine Pastore #*1, Frédéric Gianesello #2, Daniel Gloria #3, Emmanuelle Serret#4, and Philippe Benech*5. # STMicroelectronics, 850 rue Jean-Monnet, 38 926 Crolles Cedex, France. 2 carine.pastore-st.com frederic.gianesello

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Wideband CMOS Receivers exploiting Simultaneous Output Balancing and Noise/Distortion Canceling S.C. Blaakmeer1 , E.A.M. Klumperink1 , D.M.W. Leenaerts2 , B. Nauta1 1 University of Twente, CTIT Institute, IC Design group, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherland s.c.blaakmeer-utwente.nl, e.a.m.klumperink-utwente.nl, b

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Compact 23 GHz Hartley VCO in 0.13m CMOS Technology Mingquan Bao and Yinggang Li Microwave and High Speed Electronics Research Centre, Ericsson Research, Ericsson AB Flöjelbergsgatan 2a, Mölndal, Sweden mingquan.bao-ericsson.com Abstract-- A 23GHz balanced Hartley VCO is designed and manufactured in 0.13µm COMS technology.

Proceedings of the 3rd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 0.13-µm SiGe BiCMOS LNA for 24-GHz Automotive Short-Range Radar E. Ragonese#1, A. Scuderi*2, and G. Palmisano#3 # Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Catania V.le. A. Doria 6, 95125, Catania, Italia 1 3 eragonese-diees.unict.it gpalmisano-diees.unict.it *