Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference KTN ferroelectric thin-films: Application to the realization of tunable microwave devices Vincent Laur1, Arnaud Moussavou2, Anthony Rousseau2, Gérard Tanné1, Paul Laurent1, 2 2 1 Valérie Bouquet , Maryline Guilloux-Viry , Fabrice Huret LEST ­ UMR CNRS 6165, 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, 29238 BREST Cedex 3, France Tel. +33(0)298 01 69 38, e-mail: vincen

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Wide-Band Characterization of Ferroelectric Thin-Films: Applications to KTN-based Microwave Agile Devices Vincent LAUR1, Anthony ROUSSEAU2, Gérard TANNÉ1, Paul LAURENT1, Stéphanie DEPUTIER2, Maryline GUILLOUX-VIRY2, André PERRIN2, Fabrice HURET1 LEST ­ UBO/ENSTBr, UMR CNRS 6165, 6 Av. Le Gorgeu, CS. 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex3, France Tel. +33(0

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Optical Suppressed-Carrier Single Side-Band Modulator/Optical Frequency Shifter Utilizing Three-Branch Waveguide Interferometer and Polarization-Reversed Structure Hiroshi Murata, Makoto Anjiki, and Yasuyuki Okamura Osaka University, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531 Japan. Phone:+81-6-6850-6306, F

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Comparative Assessment of LTCC Band-pass Filters for MillimeterWave Applications Vasily Kondratyev, Markku Lahti, and Kari Kautio VTT Electronics, Electronics Systems, Oulu, P.O. Box 1100, FIN-90571 Oulu, Finland Abstract -- In order to find the planar filter configuration that is the less sensitive to low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) t

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Noncontacting R26-Waveguide Sliding Short for Industrial Applications Vladimir Bilik and Jan Bezek Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ilkovicova 3, 81219 Bratislava, Slovakia. Phone +421-2-60291455, e-mail vladimir.bilik-stuba.sk. Abstract -- Noncontacting waveguide shorts of practica

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Analysis and Measurement of the RFID System Adapted for Identification of Moving Objects Milan Polivka, Milan Svanda, Premysl Hudec Czech Technical University in Prague, Electrotechnical Faculty, Department of Electromagnetic Field, Technicka 2, Prague 6, 166 27, Czech Republic Abstract -- A system study of ability of using a commercially avai

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Fast Modeling and Optimization of Active Millimeter Wave Imaging Systems I. Ocket*, B. Nauwelaers*, G. Koers#, J. Stiens# * K.U.Leuven, Division ESAT/Telemic, Heverlee, 3001 Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Division ETRO, Elsene, 1050 Belgium will summarize and give some perspectives on the use and extension of this method in the future.

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference The Effect of Quadrature Modulator Nonlinearity on a Digital Baseband Predistortion System Ilari Teikari and Kari Halonen Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology P.O.Box 3000, FIN-02015, TKK, Finland, iteikari-ecdl.hut.fi Abstract-- Digital baseband predistortion system uses a quadrature modulator (QM) to trans

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A High Linearity, Low Phase Noise and High Operating Temperature Ku-band MMIC VCO-Prescaler, suitable for Complex Modulations ACC radar source C. Gourdon, R. Sevin, D. Domnesque, M. Camiade United Monolithic Semiconductors, route départementale 128 ­ BP46, 91401 Orsay Cedex, France email: cyril.gourdon-ums-gaas.com ­ Ph. (33) 1 69 33 00 73 ­ F

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Reconfigurable DCS1800/W-CDMA LNA: Design and Implementation Issues C. P. Moreira1, E. Kerherve1, P. Jarry1, D. Belot2 1 IXL Microelectronics Laboratory ­ Talence ­ France, 2 STMicroelectronics ­ Crolles ­ France. optimization techniques enabled us achieving a good compromise between gain, noise figure and input matching. II. DUAL-STANDARD