Low Cost RF MEMS Switches Using LCP Substrate Guoan Wang, Dane Thompson, Emmanouil M. Tentzeris and John Papapolymerou School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 85 5th street NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 USA ABSTRACT -- In this paper, we present an RF MEMS switch developed on a low cost, flexible liquid crystal polymer (LCP) substrate. LCP's very low water absorption

A COMPACT TRIPLE-MODE PLATED CERAMIC BLOCK BASED HYBRID FILTER FOR BASE-STATION APPLICATIONS Mohammed M Rahman, Weili Wang, and William D Wilber Radio Frequency Systems Inc., 29 Research Parkway, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492, USA Abstract -- A triple-mode plated ceramic block based hybrid filter is designed for UMTS base station applications, fabricated and tested. It is designed using 3-D fini

A Neural Network method for the Multilayered Shielded Green's Function calculation ´ ´ Juan Pascual Garcia, D. Ca~ ete Rebenaque, F. Quesada Pereira, J.L. Gomez Tornero and A. Alvarez Melc´ n n o Technical University Cartagena Campus Muralla del Mar s/n. Cartagena, ES-30202. Spain. Phone: +34-968-32 5315. Fax: +34-968-32 5338. Abstract-- Multilayered boxed Green's Functions are needed in Integral

Magnetically Tunable Dielectric Resonators and Filters Krzysztof Derzakowski1, Jerzy Krupka2 and Adam Abramowicz3 Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Radioelectronics, Nowowiejska 15/19, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland, +48 22 6607933 2 Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Koszykowa 75, 00-665 Warsaw, Poland, +48 22 6607693 3 Warsaw University of Tech

A Simple RF Power Amplifier Characterization Using AM-AM, AM-PM measurements based on CDMA Signal Statistics P. Arnò1, F. Launay2, J.M. Fournier2 and J.C. Grasset1 1 STMicroelectronics - 12 rue Jules Horowitz - BP 217 - 38019 Grenoble Cedex 1, France Email: {patrik.arno,jean-charles.grasset}-st.com 2 IMEP ­ ENSERG - 23 rue des Martyrs - BP 257 - 38016 Grenoble Cedex 1, France Email: {launay,fourn

On-wafer High Frequency Noise Power Measurements under Cryogenic conditions: A New De-embedding Approach Sébastien Delcourt1, Gilles Dambrine1, Nour Eddine Bourzgui1, Sylvie Lepilliet1, Christophe Laporte2, Jean-Philippe Fraysse3, Michel Maignan 3 IEMN, UMR CNRS 8520, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59652, France; 2 CNES, Toulouse centre, Toulouse, 31401, France; 3 Alcatel Space, Research and technology Depart

New Envelope Currents Method to Evaluate Distortion of Communication Signals in Mixers Carlos Crespo-Cadenas, Javier Reina-Tosina and Mar´a J. Madero i Dept. Ingenier´a Electr´ nica. Area de Teor´a de la Se~ al y Comunicaciones i o i n Escuela Superior de Ingenieros. University of Seville Camino de los Descubrimientos, s/n, 41092 -- Seville (Spain) Telephone: (34) 954487336. Fax: (34) 954487373. E

A Technique to Linearize LDMOS Power Amplifiers based on Derivative Superposition and Out-of-Band Impedance Optimization W.C.E. Neo1, M.P. van der Heijden1, L.C.N. de Vreede1, M. Spirito1 V. Cuoco1 and F. van Rijs2 1 Delft University of Technology, HiTeC, Feldmannweg 17, 2628CT Delft, The Netherlands, Phone: +31-15-2786447, Email: w.c.e.neo-ewi.tudelft.nl 2 Philips Semiconductors, BL-RF modules,

Advanced 3-D LTCC System-on-Package (SOP) Architectures for Highly Integrated Millimeter-Wave Wireless Systems J.-H.Lee, G.DeJean, S. Sarkar, S. Pinel, K. Lim, J. Papapolymerou, J. Laskar and M.M.Tentzeris Georgia Electronic Design Center, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0269, U.S.A. FAX: 404-894-0222 e-mail: jonglee-ece.gatech.edu A

Enhancement of Circular Polarization Output in Square Patch Microstrip Antennas E. Semouchkina1, G. Semouchkin1, M. Lanagan1, I. Ivanchenko2, A. Korolev3, and N. Popenko2 1 Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA Phone: (814) 863-9884, Fax: (814) 865-2326, E-mail: eas203-psu.edu 2 Institute for Radiophysics and Electronics of the N