Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Compact Antenna for WLAN on body applications B. Sanz-Izquierdo, F. Huang, J.C. Batchelor, and M. Sobhy Department of Electronics, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NT United Kingdom Tel: +44 1227 827004, Fax: +44 1227 456084 Email: b.sanz-kent.ac.uk, J.C.Batchelor-kent.ac.uk, fh31-kent.ac.uk, M.I.Sobhy-kent.ac.uk Abstract -- A novel

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A new microwave amplifier nonlinearity measurement method T. Berceli and T. Marozsák Budapest University of Technology and Economics 1111 Budapest, Goldmann György tér 3, Hungary e-mail: berceli-hvt.bme.hu Abstract-The measurement of the nonlinearity parameters is usually cumbersome and not accurate enough. In this paper a new method is presen

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Microwave Frequency Set-on Oscillators Steve Middleditch, Ian C. Hunter, and Roger D. Pollard Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Leeds, Leeds. LS2 9JT, U.K. Email: s.middleditch99-leeds.ac.uk Abstract-- This paper describes the development of a frequency set-on oscillator

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Fan Beam-Type CP-MCT with Microstrip Dipole Array Receiving Antenna Michio Miyakawa1, 2 Toshiyuki Takahashi1, Naoyuki Iwata1, Nozomu Ishii1 and Mario Bertero3 1 2 Center for Transdisciplinary Research, Niigata University, Niigata, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, Niigata, 950-2181, Japan

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Higher-order eigenmode analysis by imaginary-distance propagation method Hiroaki Yasuda1, Iwao Hosako1, Norihiko Sekine1, Yasuharu Kohyama2, Masatomo Nakazato2, and Shingo Ohtsuka2 1 National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), 4-2-1, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo 184-0015, Japan 2 Mizuho Information & Research I

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Novel Compact Reconfigurable Quad-band Power Amplifier Employing RF-MEMS Switches Atsushi Fukuda, Hiroshi Okazaki, and Shoichi Narahashi NTT DoCoMo, Inc. Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239-8536, Japan Phone: +81-46-840-3500, E-mail: fukudaats-nttdocomo.com Abstract -- A new reconfigurable multi-band power amplifier (PA) is presented. The newly proposed

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A CMOS Receiver Front-End for 3.1-10.6 GHz Ultra-Wideband Radio Bo Shi and Michael Yan Wah Chia Institute for Infocomm Research 20 Science Park Road, #02-21/25, TeleTech Park Singapore Science Park II Singapore 117674 Abstract -- The design of a CMOS ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver front-end for high data rate, short-range wireless communication

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference On the design of MMIC multi-harmonic load terminations for class-F amplifiers Renato Negra Fadhel M. Ghannouchi and Werner B¨ chtold a Laboratory for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Electronics ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland iRadio Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta,

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Measurement of Broadband Dielectric Constant Using Substrate Integrated Waveguide Chao-Hsiung Tseng and Tah-Hsiung Chu Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. E-mail: chtseng-ntu.edu.tw; thc-ew.ee.ntu.edu.tw Abstract -- In this paper, a novel method to measure broadband dielectric constant using s

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Electrical Characterization of LTCC Coplanar Lines up to 110 GHz M. Henry1, C. E. Free1, Q. Reynolds2, S. Malkmus2, and J. Wood3 1 Advanced Technology Institute, University of surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK 2 Heraeus Circuit Materials Division, Heraeus Strasse 12-14, 63450 Hanau, Germany 3 Heraeus Circuit Materials Division, 24 Uni