Capacitively-Tuned Split Microstrip Resonators for RFID Barcodes I. Jalaly1 and I. D. Robertson2 1 School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. Email: I.Jalaly-surrey.ac.uk 2 Institute of Microwaves and Photonics, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. Email: I.D.Robertson-leeds.ac.uk As an alternative, the electromagnetic field supplied by the reader can be rectifi

Analytical Modeling of Defects in 3D-PBG L. Oyhenart, V. Vignéras, J. P. Parneix Laboratoire de Physique des Interactions Ondes-Matière (PIOM), UMR CNRS 5501 16 Avenue Pey-Berland 33607 Pessac, FRANCE oyhenart-enscpb.fr II. MODELING BY MULTIPLE-SCATTERING The multiple-scattering method is separated in two parts. Fig. 1 describes this method. The first part allows the calculation of the scattered w

Application of Sandwich Multilayer Technology to MICs Design P. Kapitanova, A. Simine, D. Kholodnyak, and I. Vendik St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Department of Microelectronics & Radio Engineering 5, Prof. Popov st., 197376, St. Petersburg, Russia, Phone: +7 (812) 346-08-67 Abstract -- The sandwich multilayer technology as applied to design of microwave integrated circuits (MICs) is

Suspended Substrate Stripline Cross-Coupled Trisection Filters with Asymmetrical Frequency Characteristics E.Hanna, P.Jarry, E.Kerhervé, J.M.Pham IXL Microelectronics Laboratory ­ UMR 5818 CNRS ­ Université Bordeaux I, 351, Cours de la Libération ­ 33405 Talence Cedex ­ France Phone : +33 (0) 556 842 806 / Fax : +33(0) 556 371 545 / Email: hanna-ixl.fr Abstract -- Novel compact suspended substrat

Impact Common mode currents on miniaturized UWB antenna performance A. V. Vorobyov, J. H. Zijderfeld, A. G. Yarovoy, L. P. Ligthart International Research Centre for Telecom and Radar, Delft University of Technology, CD 2628 Delft, Netherlands Abstract -- The main goals of this article are investigation of impact of parasitic (common mode) currents on UWB antenna performance and study on possible

Analysis and Modeling of Thick-Metal Spiral Inductors on Silicon Angelo Scuderi1, Tonio Biondi2, Egidio Ragonese1, and Giuseppe Palmisano1 1 Università di Catania, Facoltà di Ingegneria, DIEES, Viale Andrea Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italia 2 STMicroelectronics, Stradale Primosole 50, 95121 Catania, Italia expression for low-frequency inductance calculation of thick-metal spiral inductors is also pr

A 2 GHz CMOS dB-Linear Programmable-Gain Amplifier with 51 dB Dynamic Range L. Wu1), U. Basaran1), R. Tao1), M. Berroth1), Z. Boos2) 1) Institute of Electrical and Optical Communication Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Germany Pfaffenwaldring 47, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany Tel: 49 711 685-7899 Fax: 49 711 6857900 Email: wu-int.uni-stuttgart.de Web: http://www.uni-stuttgart.de.int 2) Infineon

Novel Compact Resonators with Multiple 2-D Hilbert Fractal Curves V. Crnojevic-Bengin, and D. Budimir Department of Electronic Systems, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6UW, UK Abstract -- A novel capacitively coupled microstrip resonators with multiple 2-D Hilbert curves embedded in and under the microstrip are presented in this paper. The proposed resonators achiev

Reconfigurable CMOS LNA for Software Defined Radio Using Variable Inductor Hirotaka Sugawara, Yoshiaki Yoshihara, Kenichi Okada, and Kazuya Masu Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-R2-17 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. Tel. & Fax. : +81-45-924-5056 E-mail : sugawara-lsi.pi.titech.ac.jp Abstract-- This paper proposes a novel wide-tunable CMOS l

Power Amplifier Characterization: An Active LoadPull system based on Six-port Reflectometer using Complex Modulated Carrier S. BENSMIDA, E. BERGEAULT, G.I. ABIB and B. HUYART Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST Paris), Laboratoire Radiofréquences et Micro-ondes, Département COMELEC, 46 Rue Barrault, 75013 Paris, France, tel : 0033145817701. Abstract -- An original measurement s