Optical Ports: Next generation of MMIC control devices? J.M. Zamanillo1, J. Portilla2, C. Navarro and C. Pérez-Vega1 University of Cantabria, Communications Engineering Department (DICOM), Av. de los Castros s/n. 39005, Santander, Spain, Phone +34-942-200887 2 University of the Basque Country, Electricity and Electronic Department, PO. Box 644, 48080, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain, Phone +34- 94-6015309

Novel Technique for Performance Improvement in Impedance-Transforming Planar Marchand Baluns R. Phromloungsri, S. Srisathit, M. Chongcheawchamnan and I. D. Robertson* Microwave Research Group (MRG), Department of Telecommunication Engineering Mahanakorn University of Technology (MUT), Nong-Chok District, Bangkok, THAILAND, 10530 Email: mitchai-mut.ac.th, Tel +66 (0)2 9883666 ext 220, FAX +66 (0) 2

Electrically controllable metamaterials based on two-dimensional wire media Nefedov I.S.1 , Tretyakov S.A.2 Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Radio Laboratory / SMARAD Department of Electrical and Communications Engineering, P.O. Box 3000, FI-02015 TKK, Finland 1 Phone +35894512139, E-Mail igor.nefedov-tkk.fi 2 Phone +35894512243, E-Mail sergei.tretyakov-tkk.fi Abstract-- Electromagnetic w

3D Electromagnetic Simulation of BAW PCS Duplexer Md. Sayfullah, N.-H. Huynh, R. Aigner. Inf ineon Technologies AG, Communication, Munich, Germany Contact: Ph +49 (89) 234 26642, Fax +49 (89) 234 955 4862, ngoc-hoa.huynh-infineon.com Abstract -- Time domain and frequency domain simulation results for BAW Duplexer are combined to make the total electromagnetic simulation accurate and faster. Measur

Three dimensional sub-diffraction imaging by a planar metamaterial lens M.J.Freire, R.Marqu´s, J.D.Baena e Microwave Group, Dept. of Electronics and Electromagnetism, University of Seville Avd. Reina Mercedes s/n. 41012 Seville, Spain. Phone: +34 954550960 ; Fax: +34 954239434; e-mail: freire-us.es Abstract--A planar microwave lens for sub-diffraction imaging is presented. The physical mechanism u

Polarimetric SAR with Simultaneous Backscattering Matrix Estimation D. Purik1, L.P.Ligthart2, V.A.Khlusov1 2 TUCSR, Tomsk, Russia, T/F: +7-3822-413-949, E-mail: dmpurik-ms.tusur.ru IRCTR TUDelft, the Netherlands, T: +31 15 278-62-30, F: +31 15 278-40-46, E-mail: L.P.Ligthart-its.tudelft.nl results in unavoidable errors. Application of the method is possible when the target or its elements move wi

A 3 × 3, K-Band CPW-fed, ApertureCoupled Antenna Array for Radiometer Applications Christopher R. Trent (1), Saravana P. Natarajan (2), Thomas M. Weller (2) and Matthew Smith (3) (1) Harris Corp., 2400 Palm Bay Rd, Palm Bay, FL, USA, 32907, Email: ctrent02-harris.com , Ph: 321-727-9100 (2)University of South Florida, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, 4202 E Fowler Ave., Tampa, Florida, USA,33620, E

A Novel Low Loss, Thin Film, WLAN Antenna Switching Module Richard Chen1, Neal Mellen1, Makoto Shibata2, Masahiro Miyazaki2, and Akira Furuya2 1 TDK R & D Corp, 4645 E. Cotton Center Blvd, Suite #199, Phoenix, Arizona 85040, USA 2 TDK Corporation, 543 Otai, Saku-shi, Nagano 385-8555, Japan resulting in varied dimensions of conductor patterns over a relatively small range. Repeatability for capaci

Design of a Microwave Dielectric Surrogate for Soil Using Aqueous Gelatin-Syrup Solutions Mark Buff1 , Michael Steer2 , Gianluca Lazzi 3 North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, N.C. 27609 pmbuff-ncsu.edu 2 mbs-ncsu.edu 3 lazzi-eos.ncsu.edu Abstract-- A microwave dielectric surrogate is designed from gelatin, High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), NaCl and distilled water and can be made to look electricall

A Novel Reconfigurable Coupler for Intelligent SOP RF Front-ends Luca Marcaccioli , Cesar Lugo , Manos M.Tentzeris , John Papapolymerou , Roberto Sorrentino University of Perugia, Dept. of Electronic and Information Engineering, via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy, tel. +39-075-585-3658 2 School of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-250, U.S.A. Abstract ­ A novel class of