Fast and Accurate CAD Tool of Passive Rectangular Waveguide Devices including Cylindrical Conducting Posts F. Mira , A.A. San Blas , V.E. Boria , B. Gimeno , M. Bressan§ and G. Conciauro§ Dpto. Comunicaciones, Universidad Polit´ cnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n, e E-46022 Valencia, SPAIN, Tel +34 963879718, Fax +34 963877309, Email: vboria-dcom.upv.es Dpto. F´sica y Arquitectura de Computado

A Miniaturization Method of Parallel CoupledLine Filters Using Lumped Capacitors and Grounding Seong-Sik Myoung, Jong-Gwan Yook Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng. Yonsei Univ., Seoul 120-749, Korea, 82-2-2123-3565 Abstract -- This paper proposes a new miniaturization method of the parallel coupled-line filter by using lumped capacitors and grounding. The proposed method can dramatically reduc

A Simple LTCC Balun for WLAN Applications Using Left-Handed (LH) Transmission Lines (TL) Kostyantyn Markov, Sergiy Royak, Georgiy Sevskiy, Patric Heide EPCOS AG, Product Development Modules, Anzinger Str. 11, D-81617 Munich, Germany. e-mail: kostyantyn.markov-epcos.com fax +49 89 636-27994, phone +49 89 636-43650. Abstract -- This paper reports on the design of a novel LC balun based on a replace

Ultra Wideband Reconfigurable Beamforming and Beamshaping for Radar and Electronic Warfare Applications Terje Holmgren1, Aziz Ouacha1 and Carl Samuelsson1 1 Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI), P.O. Box 1165, SE-581 11 Linköping, Sweden Phone: +46 13 378411, Fax: +46 13 378170, E-mail: aziz-foi.se the same time it is possible that we are wasting power in the desired direction at frequencies tha

Monolithic Integration of an Antenna with a 24 GHz Image-Rejection Receiver in SiGe HBT Technology ¨ Erik Ojefors1 , Ertugrul S¨ nmez2, S´ bastien Chartier2 , Peter Lindberg1 , Anders Rydberg1 and o e Hermann Schumacher2 1 Signals and Systems Group, Uppsala University, Sweden 2 Dept. of Electronic Devices and Circuits, University of Ulm, Germany Email: erik.ojefors-signal.uu.se Phone: +46 18 47110

Synthesis without Optimization of Cascaded Inline Prototype Filters with Arbitrary Transmission Zeros Giuseppe Macchiarella1, Stefano Tamiazzo2 Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 ­ 20133 Milano ­ ITALY (macchiar-elet.polimi.it) 2 1 Forem (An Andrew Company), Via Archimede, Agrate Brianza (Mi) ­ ITALY (stefano.tamiazzo-andrew.com) Abstr

Tunable Multi-Band Frequency Selective Structure Christos Mias University of Warwick, School of Engineering, Library Road, CV4 7AL Coventry, United Kingdom, Phone: 00-44-247652234, Fax 00-44-2476418922, Email: christos.mias-warwick.ac.uk Abstract -- For the first time, a tunable multi-band frequency selective structure is presented. The structure, which consists of two varactor-diode-based, convo

Quadrature/Correlating Sampler and Pulse Generator for mmWave UWB QAM Modulation and Wide-Band Signaling Steven H. Pepper, Sr. Eng. Picosecond Pulse Labs 9795 SW Gemini Dr. Beaverton, OR USA 97008 Ph: (503) 643-5704 Fax: (503) 643-5964 spepper-picosecond.com Abstract A unique reciprocal, balanced, interferrometric, four diode sampling architecture is described, in which two correlated samples are

Planar 9-Element Quasi-Yagi Antenna Array for X-Band Application Frank Weinmann1 1 FGAN Research Establishment for Applied Science, Research Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, Neuenahrer Str. 20, D-53343 Wachtberg, Germany, Phone: +49-228-9435-223, Fax: +49-228-9435-521, Email: Weinmann-fgan.de approach requires a completely new design of the feeding network because conven

A RECONFIGURABLE LEAKY-WAVE MICROSTRIP ANTENNA Y. Yashchyshyn1, J. Modelski 1 Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland, switches are utilized to switch between the different aperture configurations. By comparison with an adaptive antenna, a reconfigurable antenna array consists of antenna elements, each of which has some intelligence