Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference On the Ignition Voltage Behavior of Microwave Microplasmas Silvio Kühn, Cristina Andrei, and Roland Gesche Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH) Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany {Silvio.Kuehn, Cristina.Andrei, Roland.Gesche}-fbh-berlin.de Abstract--Small-sized plasmas excited at microwave frequencies offer i

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference Functional Requirements of Future Automotive Radar Systems Ralph H. Rasshofer BMW Group Research and Technology Hanauer Str. 46, 80992 Munich, Germany ralph.rasshofer-bmw.de Abstract-- Automotive radar systems are starting to divide into two groups: Highly specialized stand alone low-cost sensors targeting high volume markets and high-performa

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference Wideband Photonic Millimeter-Wave Synthesizer Using a High-Power pin Waveguide Photodiode Andreas Stöhr1, Mario Weiß1, Andrei Malcoci1, Andreas Gerhard Steffan2, Dirk Trommer2, Andreas Umbach2, and Dieter Jäger1 Universität Duisburg-Essen Optoelektronik, Lotharstr. 55, 47057 Duisburg, Germany andreas.stoehr-uni-due.de 1 u2t Photonics AG, Reuc

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference gm-Boosted VCO with Low Power Consumption and Large Tuning Range Thomas Ußm¨ ller, Kay Seemann and Robert Weigel u Institute for Electronics Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Cauerstr. 9, 91058 Erlangen, Germany Abstract-- A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) in a rather new topology is presented. The architec

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference Short Range Radar ­ Status of UWB Sensors and their Applications Hans Dominik Tyco Electronics, Karl-Götz-Str.8, 97424 Schweinfurt, Germany hdominik-tycoelectronics.com Abstract-- 24 GHz ultra-wide band short-range radar sensors are designed to improve safety and comfort functions in automotive applications. For cost-effective production thes

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference RF-Powder : Fabrication of 0.15-mm Si-powder Resonating at Microwave Frequencies Naomi Mura*, Yuji Furumura*, Katsuhiro Fujino*, Shinji Nishihara*, Susumu Kamihashi** and Katsuhiko Mishima*** *Philtech Inc. Tokyo, 102-0083, Japan; ** Proceed Technology co. Yokohama, 223-0066, Japan; *** TechnoLiaison, Inc. Tokyo 105-0014, Japan ABSTRACT--Reson

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference The impact of SARA for further advances in Automotive Microwave Sensing Gerhard Rollmann1 , Hans-Ludwig Bloecher2 2 GR-Consulting, Ellwangerstr. 20, D- 71732 Tamm, Germany DaimlerChrysler AG, Group Research & Advanced Engineering, D-89013 Ulm, Germany gerhard.rollmann-gr-consulting.eu hans-ludwig.bloecher-daimlerchrysler.com 1 Abstract-- Du

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference KOKON ­ Automotive High Frequency Technology at 77/79 GHz Robert Schneider, Hans-Ludwig Blöcher, Karl M. Strohm DaimlerChrysler Group Research & Advanced Engineering GR/EAP Wilhelm-Runge-Str. 11, D-89081 Ulm, Germany robert.r.schneider-daimlerchrysler.com hans-ludwig.bloecher-daimlerchrysler.com karl.strohm-daimlerchrysler.com Abstract--In fu

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference Feeding Structures for Packaged Multifinger Power Transistors B. Breitkreutz, F. J. Schmückle, and W. Heinrich Ferdinand-Braun-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH), Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str.4, D-12489 Berlin, Germany Abstract-- Power transistors consist of a large number of cells, which are fed by a long row of parallel bonding wires. All cel

Proceedings of the 37th European Microwave Conference Wireless Sensor Network System by Separating Control and Data Path (SCDP) for Bio-medical Applications Shih-Lun Chen#1, Ho-Yin Lee#2, Chiung-An Chen#3, Hong-Yi Huang*4 and Ching-Hsing Luo#5 # Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University No.1, University Road, Tainan, 701, Taiwan {n2895144, n2892160, n2895159} -ccmail.n