Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Distributed Linearization Technique for Multistage High Power Amplifiers Jordan Sveshtarov Philips Semiconductors, 6534AE Nijmegen, The Netherlands Abstract -- The paper describes a linearization technique applicable to cascaded multi device power amplifiers. It is based on distributed amplification and signal injection and is particularly s

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference High Efficiency LDMOS Current Mode Class-D Power amplifier at 1 GHz Hossein Mashad Nemati, Christian Fager, Herbert Zirath Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics Laboratory, Sweden, Phone:+46-(0)-31-772 5048, E-mail: mashad-chalmers.se Abstract -- A high power, high efficie

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Measurements of thickness of metal films in sandwich structures by the microwave reflection spectrum D.A. Usanov, Al.V. Skripal, A.V. Abramov, A.S. Bogolyubov, N.V. Kalinina Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya, 83, 410012 Saratov, Russia, (+7)8452 514563 Abstract -- The method for measurements of the thickness of nanometer metal films in

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Effective Bandwidth Improvement Technique Based On Mismatch Analysis Beatriz Aja, Eduardo Artal, M. Luisa de la Fuente, Juan P. Pascual Dpt. Ingeniería de Comunicaciones, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, 39005, Spain Abstract -- The mismatch in cascaded two ports is a common cause of ripple increase and bandwidth reduction in broadband sys

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Design of Microwave Components using Topology Gradient Optimization A.Assadihaghi(1), S.Bila(1), C.Durousseau(1), D.Baillargeat(1), M.Aubourg(1), S.Verdeyme(1), M.Rochette(2), J.Puech(3), L.Lapierre(3) (1) : IRCOM ­ UMR 6615, 123 Av. Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges, France (2) : CADOE, 11 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69100 Villeurbanne, France (3) : C

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A source-pull/load-pull measurement system including power amplifier linearization using simple instantaneous memoryless polynomial base-band predistortion G.I. ABIB, S. BENSMIDA, E. BERGEAULT and B. HUYART Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST Paris), Laboratoire Radiofréquences et Micro-ondes, Département COMELEC, 46, rue B

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Tolerance Optimization of an LTCC via transition by a simple method for determining shape sensitivities of slightly shifted metallic surfaces Ivo Knittel**, Andreas Ziroff* *Siemens Corporate Technology, **University of Saarbrücken Abstract -- A perturbation approach is presented to estimate the influence of geometry variation on the performan

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Higher order modes of the Ridged Coaxial Waveguide MªÁngeles Ruiz-Bernal1, María Valverde-Navarro1, George Goussetis2, José-Luis Gómez-Tornero1 and Alexandros P. Feresidis3 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena School of Engineering and Physical Sciences Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS Tel.: +441314513328 Fax: +441314514155 Email: g

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference Development of a Low-Cost Microwave Radiometer for the Early Detection of Fire in Forest Environments F. Alimenti(1), S. Bonafoni(1), S. Leone(1), V. Mattioli(1), V. Palazzari(1) G. Tasselli(2) , M. Strappini(1, 3), P. Basili(1) , L. Roselli(1) (1) Dept. of Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, 0612

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference A Novel K-band Push-Push Oscillator Using Gunn Diodes Takayuki Tanaka, and Masayoshi Aikawa Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Saga University 1 Honjo-machi, Saga-shi, Saga 840-8502, JAPAN Abstract -- In this paper, a novel Gunn diode push-push oscillator is proposed. Two Gunn Diodes and a coplanar wav eguid e re sonat or ar e