Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Characterisation of TFMS and CPW Lines and Interconnections up to 100 GHz in Multilayer Photoimageable Thick Film Technology K. K. Samanta & I. D. Robertson Institute of Microwave and Photonics, School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Abstract -- This paper describes the characterisation of a

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Performance Capability Modeling And Optimization Of RF/Millimeter Wave Integrated Functions And Modules Using A Hybrid Statistical/Electromagnetic Technique That Includes Process Variations Daniela Staiculescu1, Lara Martin2, Jong-Hoon Lee1, Manos Tentzeris1 2 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, U.S.A. Motorola, 8000 W. Sunri

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference New Method for Transformation of Microstrip Lowpass Filter to Compact Bandpass Filter Using Defected Ground Structure(DGS) Coupled Resonators A. Boutejdar, A. Elsherbiny* and A. S. Omar Chair of Microwave and Communication Engineering University of Magdeburg, Germany E-mail: Ahmed.Boutejdar-E-Technik.Uni-Magdeburg.DE, Phone: +493916720093, Fax

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Compact Quasi-Elliptic Dual-Mode Cavity Filter Using LTCC Technology for V-band WLAN Gigabit Wireless Systems J.-H.Lee(1), N. Kidera(2), S. Pinel(1), J. Laskar(1) and M.M.Tentzeris(1) (2) School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-250, U.S.A. Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. 1150 Hazawa-cho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 221-8

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Symbolic/Numerical Nonlinear Circuit Analysis Using Volterra Series Georgios Rozakis, and Apostolos Samelis Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Greece e-mail: samelis-electronics.tuc.gr Abstract -- In this paper, a symbolic/numerical Volterra Series based nonlinear circuit simulator i

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Novel Substrate Integrated Coaxial Line (SICL) for Wide-Band Applications Fabrizio Gatti1 , Maurizio Bozzi1 , Luca Perregrini1 , Ke Wu2 , and Renato G. Bosisio2 of Electronics, University of Pavia, Italy Email: fabergatti-hotmail.com, maurizio.bozzi-unipv.it, luca.perregrini-unipv.it 2 Department 1 Department ´ of Electrical Engineering, Ec

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Improved Accuracies for Rectangular Waveguide Data Murray Niman BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre West Hanningfield Road, Great Baddow Chelmsford, Essex CM2 8HN, UK. Tel.: +44(0)1245 242617, Fax: +44(0)1245 242804, e-mail: murray.niman-baesystems.com Abstract -- A survey of published tables has shown that numerical inaccuracies exist in w

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Iterative Solution of Composite Problems with the Combined-Field Integral Equation ¨ u u Ozg¨ r Erg¨ l1 and Levent G¨ rel1,2 u 2 Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Computational Electromagnetics Research Center (BiLCEM) Bilkent University, TR-06800, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey E-mail: ergul-ee.bilkent.edu.tr, lgurel-bilkent.edu.

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Simplified Model for Chireix Outphasing Combiner Efficiency M. El-Asmar, A. Birafane, and A. Kouki École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, Québec, H3C 1K3, Canada Abstract -- In this paper, a simplified model for the instantaneous efficiency of the Chireix combiner is proposed. This model is given in the form of a very simple and intuitiv

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Fully Functional "Real Time" Non-Linear Device Characterization System Incorporating Active Load Control Tudor Williams, Johannes Benedikt and Paul J. Tasker School of Engineering, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 3TF Tel: +44 2920 876347, e-mail: williamst5-cf.ac.uk Abstract -- This paper demonstrates, for the first time, a fully functional "