FDFD Modeling of Substrate Integrated Waveguide without Phase-Bias Feng Xu, Xiaoma Jiang, Ke Wu Poly-Grames Research Center, Department of Electrical Engineering Ecole Polytechnique, C. P. 6079, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Canada H3C 3A7, 1-514-340-4711 Abstract -- In this paper, a finite difference frequency domain (FDFD) method is used to analyze a new class of substrate integrated waveguides

Damping of Resonances in a Metallic Enclosure through Conductive Polymers Antonio José Lozano-Guerrero1, Alejandro Díaz-Morcillo1, Juan Vicente Balbastre-Tejedor2, Luis Nuño2, Ana Belén Calvo-Ruiz2, Jaime Pitarch-Portero2 1 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, C/ Dr. Fleming s/n, 30202, Spain, +34 968326468 2 Universidad Politéc

A Compact Tune-All Bandpass Filter Based on Coupled Slow-Wave Resonators Emmanuel Pistono1, Philippe Ferrari2, Lionel Duvillaret1, Jean-Marc Duchamp1, and Anne Vilcot2 2 LAHC, Université de Savoie, 73376 Le Bourget-du-lac Cedex, France, +33 (0)4-79-75-87-83, IMEP ­ UMR 5130 CNRS ­ INPG ­ UJF, BP 257, 38016 Grenoble Cedex 1, France, +33 (0)4-76-85-60-18 emmanuel.pistono-univ-savoie.fr, ferrari-ens

Study of On-Chip Integrated Antennas Using Standard Silicon Technology for Short Distance Communications Michel PONS, Fayçal TOUATI, Patrice SENN France Telecom Division R&D, TECH/ONE, 28, Chemin du Vieux Chêne BP 98 38243 MEYLAN Cedex FRANCE, Phone : (33) 4 76764259) Abstract -- A study of on-chip integrated antennas has been carried out in order to test the feasibility of antenna implementation

A fully calibrated four channels time domain RF envelope measurement system for the envelope characterization of non-linear devices in a loadpull environment F. Macraigne, T. Reveyrand, C. Mazière, D. Barataud, J.M. Nébus, R. Quéré, A. Mallet* IRCOM ­ UMR CNRS 6615 ­ 123 Avenue Albert Thomas 87060 LIMOGES Cedex *CNES ­ 18, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31055 TOULOUSE Cedex Abstract -- This paper presents

Universal Precision ESM Receiver based on Software Defined Radio technology R.M.E.M. van Heijster1 1 TNO Defence, Security and Safety, P.O. Box 96864, 2509 JG The Hague, The Netherlands, Phone +31 70 3740385 Abstract -- This paper shows that Software Defined Radio is suitable for a less common but challenging application in a receiver for Electronic Support Measures. The architecture of a receiv

Equivalent Circuit Representation of Left-Handed Media in Coplanar Waveguide Technology L. J. Rogl´ , J. Carbonell, V. E. Boria a Dpt. Comunicaciones, Univ. Polit´ cnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022 Valencia, SPAIN e Tel.: +34 963879718 Fax: +34 963877309 Email: jorcarol-dcom.upv.es, vboria-dcom.upv.es Abstract-- The Left Handed (LH) behavior of different types of artificial periodic

Application of Physical Optics Methods to Model the Diffraction of a Surface Wave at the Corner of a Dielectric Slab Vladimir Volski1, Guy A. E.Vandenbosch1 1 KU Leuven, TELEMIC, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10, 3001, Leuven, Belgium ,+32-(0)16-32-1874 corner. We introduce a Cartesian coordinate system with the center at the corner as shown in Fig. 1. The z direction is normal to the slab. A surface wave

High Resolution Biosensor based on Surface Wave Transmission Lines at THz Frequencies Tahsin Akalin, Anthony Treizebré and Bertrand Bocquet IEMN, Institut d'Electronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie, UMR CNRS 8520, USTL Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, BP 69, 59652 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France Tahsin.Akalin-iemn.univ-lille1.fr Abstract -- We report in this communicat

An integrated spiral antenna system for UWB Magnus Karlsson, and Shaofang Gong University of Linköping, Department of Science and Technology - ITN, LiU Norrköping, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden, Phone +46 11363491 Abstract -- As wireless communication applications require more and more bandwidth, the demand for wideband antennas increases as well. For instance, the ultra wideband radio (UWB) utili