Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Thermal Characterisation of LTCC Frontend Modules with Integrated Power Amplifiers for Wireless LAN Application Kostyantyn Markov, Torsten Keiler, Alexander Chernyakov, Ciaran Curtin, Patric Heide EPCOS AG, Product Development Modules, Anzinger Str. 11, D-81617 Munich, Germany. e-mail: kostyantyn.markov-epcos.com fax +49 89

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low-Temperature DC and RF Measurement and Modelling of InGaAs-InAlAs Resonant Tunneling Diodes down to 15 K A. Matiss, W. Brockerhoff, A. Poloczek, W. Prost, F.-J. Tegude University of Duisburg-Essen, Solid State Electronics Department, Lotharstrasse 55 / ZHO, D-47057 Duisburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0)203 379-4605, Email: mat

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Microwave Power FET DC Model Extraction through Isothermal Non-Pulsed Measurements Germán Torregrosa-Penalva*, Alberto Asensio-López, and Álvaro Blanco-del-Campo, Jorge Fernández-González* *Área de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones. Universidad Miguel Hernández. 03202. Elche (Alicante). Spain. E-mail: german.torregrosa-iee

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference In-Plane Electrostatically-Actuated RF MEMS Switch Suspended on a Low-Resistivity Substrate David Girbau1, Lluís Pradell1, Antonio Lázaro2, Àlvar Nebot1 Signal Theory and Communications Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. Phone: +34-93-401.68.34; pradell-tsc.upc.edu 2Electronics, Electri

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Dispersion of Linearity in Broadband FET Circuits Anthony E. Parker1 and James G. Rathmell 2 2 1 Department of Electronics, Macquarie University, Sydney AUSTRALIA 2109, mailto:tonyp-ieee.org School of Electrical Engineering, The University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA 2006, mailto:jimr-ee.usyd.edu.au Abstract-- A novel view of disp

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Contactless Dielectric Charging Mechanisms in RF-MEMS Capacitive Switches G. J. Papaioannou1, G. Wang2, D. Bessas1 and J. Papapolymerou2 1 University of Athens, Physics Dpt., Solid State Physics Section, Panepistimiopolis Zografos, Athens 15784, Greece, tel.+30 2107276817, fax. +30 2107276711 2 School of ECE, Georgia Insti

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 54 dB Image Rejection Fully Integrated Receiver for Multi-standard 5-GHz WLANs D. Zito, B. Neri, R. Massini Radio-Frequency & Microwave Integrated Circuits Laboratory, Dipartimento di Ingnegneria dell'Informazione (DIIEIT), University of Pisa, Pisa, I-56122, Italy Abstract -- A fully integrated heterodyne receiver (1.1 GHz o

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Millimeter-Wave Highly Linear VCO MMIC with Compact Tuning Voltage Converter Hiroyuki Mizutani, Masaomi Tsuru, Takayuki Matsuzuka, Kenichiro Choumei, Kenji Kawakami, and Moriyasu Miyazaki Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, 5-1-1 Ofuna, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8501, Japan Phone: +81-467-41-2685, Fax: +81-467-41-2519, E-Mail: M

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Zero-IF Sub-Harmonic Mixer with High LO-RF Isolation using 0.18 m CMOS Technology Heng-Ming Hsu and Tai-Hsing Lee Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402-27, Taiwan, R.O.C Phone : +886-4-22840688 ext 705, Fax : +886-4-22851410, e-mail : hmhsu-nchu.edu.tw. ABSTRACT -- In this stud

Proceedings of the 1st European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Fully Differential 60 GHz Receiver Front-End with Integrated PLL in SiGe:C BiCMOS Yaoming Sun, Srdjan Glisic, Frank Herzel IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, D-15236, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany sun-ihp-microelectronics.com Abstract -- This paper presents a 60 GHz receiver front-end in SiGe:C BiCMOS technology. The conversion gain