Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 25 % Bandwidth 8 W X-Band HPA for Radar Applications C. Costrini, M. Calori, A. Cetronio, C.Lanzieri, C. Proietti SELEX Sistemi Integrati S.p.A. Engineering Division Via Tiburtina, Km 12.400, 00131 Rome Italy Corresponding author: ccostrini-selex-si.com Abstract-- The development of a MMIC HPA designed for Xband radar appl

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference RF MEMS Roadmap Jérémie Bouchaud#1, Bernardo Knoblich#2, Harrie Tilmans*3, Fabio Coccetti&4, Ayman El Fatatry^5 # WTC, Wicht Technologie Consulting Munich, Germany 1 2 jeremie.bouchaud-wtc-consult.de bernardo.knoblich-wtc-consult.de IMEC Leuven, Belgium 3 * harrie.tilmans-imec.be CNRS-LAAS Toulouse, France 4 & cocce

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Microwave Laminate Material Considerations For Multilayer Applications Russell R. Hornung, John C. Frankosky Arlon, Inc. 1100 Governor Lea Road, Bear, DE 19701, USA rhornung-arlon-med.com jfrankosky-arlon-med.com Abstract-- RF and microwave systems have become increasingly sensitive to phase and dielectric constant variation

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low Complexity RF-MEMS Switch Optimized for Operation up to 120°C A. Stehle#1, C. Siegel#, V. Ziegler#, B. Schönlinner#, U. Prechtel#, S. Thilmont*, H. Seidel*, U. Schmid* # EADS Deutschland GmbH, Innovation Works, SI MW, 81663 Munich, Germany 1 armin.stehle-eads.net * Saarland University, Chair of Micromechanics, Microf

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Benchmarking of low band gap III-V based-HEMTs and sub-100nm CMOS under low drain voltage regime Sylvain Bollaert#1, Ludovic Desplanque#1, Xavier Wallart#1, Yannick Roelens#1, Mikael Malmkvist, Malin Borg, Eric Lefebvre, Jan Grahn#2, Derek Smith#3, Gilles Dambrine#1 #1 Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotech

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Design of GaN-based Balanced Cascode Cells for Wide-band Distributed Power Amplifier A. Martin#1, T. Reveyrand#, M. Campovecchio#, R. Aubry*, S. Piotrowicz*, D. Floriot*2, R. Quéré#3 XLIM-MITIC, CNRS UMR 6172, 123 Avenue A. Thomas, 87100 LIMOGES, France 1 3 # audrey.martin-xlim.fr raymond.quere-xlim.fr Alcatel-Thales III-

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Effects of Atmosphere on the Reliability of RF-MEMS Capacitive Switches Pierre Blondy, Aurelian Crunteanu, Arnaud Pothier, Pascal Tristant, Alain Catherinot, Corinne Champeaux XLIM, UMR 6172 CNRS-Université de Limoges, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges pblondy-xlim.fr Abstract-- The i

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference GaN Power Amplifier Design Based on Artificial Neural Network Modelling D. Xiao#1, D. Schreurs*2, W. De Raedt#3, J. Derluyn#4, K. Balachander#5, J. Viaene#6, M. Germain#7, B. Nauwelaers*8, and G. Borghs#9 # IMEC, MCP/ART, Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium 1 3 Dongping.Xiao-imec.be Walter.DeRaedt-imec.be * ESAT-TELEMI

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Novel Approach for Microwave Signal Generation Utilizing DFB-Laser Wavelength Chirp Gábor Kovács#1, Tibor Berceli#2 #Department of Broadband Infocommunications and Electromagnetic Theory Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HUNGARY 1 2 gabor.kovacs-hvt.bme.hu tibor.berceli-hvt.bme.hu Abstract-- Optical genera

Proceedings of the 2nd European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Current Gain Collapse in HBTs Analysed by Transient Interferometric Mapping Method Sergey Bychikhin#1, Viktor Dubec#1, Jan Kuzmik #1, Joachim Würfl*2, Paul Kurpas*2, Jean-Pierre Teyssier +3 , Dionyz Pogany #1 # 1 Institute for Solid State Electronics, Vienna University of Technology, Floragasse 7, A-1040 Vienna, Austria *