Metamaterials With Multiband AMC And EBG Properties N.Christopoulos, G.Goussetis, A.P.Feresidis and J.C.Vardaxoglou Loughborough University, Wireless Communications Research Group, Electronic and Electrical Engineering Dept., Loughborough, LE11 3TU, +44 (0)1509 227082 Abstract -- Complex surfaces that perform as Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) and as Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) structures

Complementary Metallo-Dielectric Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures George Apostolopoulos, Alexandros P. Feresidis, George Goussetis, John C. Vardaxoglou Loughborough University, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Wireless Communication Research Group, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK The concept of Complementary Abstract-- Electromagnetic Band-Gap Structures employing dipole element

Miniature Filter with Double-Coupled Horse-Shoe Microstrip Resonators Capacitively Loaded by Using High-Permittivity Material Elena Semouchkina1, Alexander Hennings2, Amanda Baker1, and George Semouchkin1 1 The Pennsylvania State University, Materials Research Institute, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA, Phone: 814-865-7824, 2 Institute of Materials in Electrical Engineering and Informati

A Novel Wideband MMIC Voltage Controlled Attenuator with a Bandpass Filter Topology Scarlet M. Daoud1, Member, IEEE, and Prasad N. Shastry (S. N. Prasad)2, Senior Member, IEEE US Monolithics, 325 E. Elliot Rd. Suite 30, Chandler, AZ 85225, USA, Tel: +1(480)539-2540 ext.146, Fax: +1(480)539-2547, sdaoud-usmonolithics.com 2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bradley University, 1501

Design Guidelines for a Novel Bandpass Distributed Amplifier Neeta P. Mehta1, Student Member, IEEE, and Prasad. N. Shastry (S. N. Prasad)2, Senior Member, IEEE Electronic Test Engineer, SonTek/YSI, 6837 Nancy Ridge Dr., Suite A, San Diego, CA, 92121, U.S.A. Tel: +1(309)453-5087, Email: nits_mehta-yahoo.com 2 Professor, Bradley University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1501, W.

Compact Bandpass Filter Structure Using an Open Stub Quarter-Wavelength Microstrip Line Corrections Ahmed Boutejdar, Galal Nadim*, A. S. Omar Chair of Microwave and Communication Engineering University of Magdeburg, Germany *Faculty of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department, Cairo University, Fayoum Branch, Fayoum, Egypt Abstract -- In this paper, bandpass filter development with the assis

A 0.18-µm 2.4~6GHz CMOS Broadband Differential LNA For WLAN and UWB Receiver C.-P. Chang, C.-C. Yen, and H.-R. Chuang Institute of Computer and Communication, Department of Electrical Engineering National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C Tel: +886 6 2757575~62374 Fax: +886 6 2748690, E-mail: chuang_hr-ee.ncku.edu.tw, http://empc1.ee.ncku.edu.tw/ ISM U-NII UWB Abstract -- A 2.4-6 GHz

A New Structure for Reflection-type Phase Shifter with 360o Phase Control Range Senad Bulja and Dariush Mirshekar-Syahkal University of Essex, Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK, +44-1206872463 (Phone) combline filter and linear phase variation has been achieved, but at the expense of big circuit size. In this work, we propose a new approach for the RTPS load des

Enhancement of Inductance Q-factor for LTCC Filter Design A. Simine1, D. Kholodnyak1, P. Turalchuk1, V. Piatnitsa2, H. Jantunen2, and I. Vendik1 1 St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Department of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering 5, Prof. Popov st., 197376, St.-Petersburg, Russia, Phone: +7 (812) 346-08-67 2 University of Oulu, Department of Electrical Engineering, FIN-90014, Oulu, F

Implementation of a Miniaturized Lumped-Distributed Balun in Balanced Filtering for Wireless Applications Roman Kravchenko, Konstyantin Markov, Denys Orlenko, Georgiy Sevskiy, Patric Heide EPCOS AG, Product Development, Anzinger Str. 13, D-81617 Munich, Germany e-mail: roman.kravchenko-epcos.com fax + 49 89 636-27994, phone + 49 89 636-43650 Abstract -- This paper reports on miniaturized lumpeddi