Multifunction GaAs MMIC Transmitter/Receiver for Onboard Satellite Equipment Sonia Sotero1, César Barquinero1, Mª Luisa de la Fuente1, Amparo Herrera1, José Luis Garcia1, Javier Cabo2 1 University of Cantabria, Dpto. Ing. De Comunicaciones, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005 Santander, Spain, +34942200918 2 Alcatel Espacio, C/Einstein 7, 28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain grown by Hetero-Epitaxy and pHEM

Antenna Testing at 322 GHz in a Hologram CATR Anne Lönnqvist1, Juha Ala-Laurinaho1, Janne Häkli1, Tomi Koskinen1, Juha Mallat1, Antti V. Räisänen1, Jussi Säily1, Jussi Tuovinen2 1 MilliLab, Radio Laboratory/SMARAD, Helsinki University of Technology P.O. Box 3000, FI-02015 HUT, Finland 2 MilliLab, VTT Information Technology, P.O. Box 1202, FI-02044 VTT, Finland and a compact structure of a hologra

General-Purpose Fifth-Harmonic Waveguide Mixer for 500-700 GHz Ville S. Möttönen, Antti V. Räisänen MilliLab, Radio Laboratory/SMARAD, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 3000, FI-02015 HUT, Finland, Phone: +358-9-4512256, E-mail: Ville.Mottonen-hut.fi Abstract -- This paper presents the design of a wideband fifth-harmonic waveguide mixer. The mixer uses two single planar Schottky diode ch

Power Series Analysis of the Class E Power Amplifier D. P. Kimber1, P. Gardner2 University of Birmingham, Electronic Electrical and Computer Engineering, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK, 1 Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4341 2 Tel: +44 (0)121 414 4343 Abstract -- A new analysis of the Class E power amplifier gives a steady-state solution as a power series in Q-1, together with carrier frequency response in

Characterisation of European Millimetre-Wave Planar Diodes Ville S. Möttönen, Juha Mallat, Antti V. Räisänen MilliLab, Radio Laboratory/SMARAD, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 3000, FI-02015 HUT, Finland, Phone: +358-9-4512256, E-mail: Ville.Mottonen-hut.fi Abstract -- This paper describes a process for characterisation of millimetre-wave planar diode chips. It comprises dc-characteris

Ferroelectrically Tuneable Delay Lines Dan Kuylenstierna1, Andrei Vorobiev1, Peter Linnér1, and Spartak Gevorgian1, 2 1 2 Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden Microwave and High speed Electronics Research Centre, Ericsson AB, Mölndal, Sweden reduce the losses in the bottom electrode, and the additional Pt is necessary for the lattice match to BST film, grown by laser a

Miniaturized Lowpass Filters with Out-of-Band Improvement by Using Defected Ground Plane Structure as Shunt Series Stubs. C. Quendo, E. Rius, C. Person. LEST­UMR CNRS n°6165, CS 93837, 29238 Brest Cedex 3, France E-mail : cedric.quendo-univ-brest.fr ; Phone : +33.(0)2.98.01.62.82 ; Fax : +33.(0)2.98.01.63.95 Abstract -- This paper presents the design of miniaturizedand low-spurious-response lowpa

Compact Folded Waveguides N. Grigoropoulos and P. R. Young Department of Electronics, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT1 7NT, UK Tel.: +44 1227 823290, Fax +44 1227 456084 Email: ng8-kent.ac.uk, p.r.young-kent.ac.uk Abstract ­ A folded waveguide structure is presented formed from microwave laminates as a space saving alternative of the rectangular waveguide. It is shown that the folded waveguide

RF detection of DNA based on CMOS inductive and capacitive sensors N. Denef a, L. Moreno-Hagelsieb a, G. Laurent a, R. Pampina, B. Foultier b, J. Remacle b, D. Flandre a, J-P. Raskin a* a. Laboratoires de Microélectronique et d'Hyperfréquences, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium b. Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Biologie Cellulaire, Facultés universitaires Notre-Dame de la

Characterization of a New, Low Cost Composite Substrate Material Xiangyi Fang1, David Linton1, Chris Walker2, Brian Collins3, Mark Lee4 and Ivana Partridge5 1 High Frequency Electronics Group, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5AH, United Kingdom 2 European Antennas, Lambda House, Cheveley, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 9RG 3 CSA Ltd, Kn