A Simple Experimental Set-up for the Determination of the Complex Dielectric Permittivity of Biological Tissues at Microwave Frequencies J. L. Sebastian1, S. Muñoz1, J. M. Miranda1 and B. Ribas2 Departamento de Física Aplicada III, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria 28040 Madrid. Spain. 2 Dpto. de Toxicología. Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Minist

Dual Polarized Microstrip Patch Antenna, Reduced in Size by Use of Peripheral Slits Dimitris T. Notis, Phaedra C. Liakou and Dimitris P. Chrissoulidis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, PO Box 1562, GR-54124, Thessaloniki, Greece;Tel./Fax: 30-2310-996334; dpchriss-auth.gr Abstract A two-port, meandered, square, microstrip patch antenna is inves

A Broadband 75 ­ 100 GHz MMIC Doubler J. Lynch1, E. Entchev1, B. Lyons1, A. Tessmann2, H. Massler2, A. Leuther2, M. Schlechtweg2 Farran Technology Ltd., Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland. Ph: +353214872814, Fax: +353214873892, Email: jl-farran.com 2 1 Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics Fhg-IAF, D-79108, Freiburg, Germany. II. PROCESS DETAILS AND DEVICE MODELLING The MMIC doubler was f

A Novel Circularly Polarized Textile Antenna for Wearable Applications Maciej Klemm, Ivo Locher, Gerhard Tröster Electronics Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich (Switzerland) Phone: +4116325191, Fax: +4116321210 {klemm, ilocher, troester}-ife.ee.ethz.ch ABSTRACT -- A novel circularly polarized (CP) textile patch antenna is presented in this paper. To our knowledge, it is the fir

Antenna Development for UWB Impulse Radio A.G. Yarovoy1, R. Pugliese1,2, J.H. Zijderveld1, L.P. Ligthart1 1 Delft University of Technology, International Research Centre for Telecom and Radar(IRCTR), Mekelweg 4, 2628CD Delft, The Netherlands, e-mail: a.yarovoy-ewi.tudelft.nl 2 University "Roma Tre", Applied Electronics Dept., v. Vasca Navale 84, I-00146 Rome, Italy the generator and the receiver

InP-Based Narrowband Photodetectors Covering the Frequency Range of 38 to 90 GHz for Linear High Power Applications G. G. Mekonnen, H.-G. Bach, A. Beling, D. Schmidt, W. Schlaak, R. Kunkel, A. Seeger, M. Stollberg, R. Steingrüber, W. Ebert, and Th. Eckhardt Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Einsteinufer 37 D-10587 Berlin, Germany, phone: +49 30 31002 285 Abstrac

Applying Harmonic Newton Method for Distortion Analysis of Electronic Circuits M.M. Gourary1, S.G.Rusakov1, S.L.Ulyanov1, M.M.Zharov1, B.J.Mulvaney2 1 IPPM, Russian Academy of Sciences, 8A Mazhorov per., Moscow, Russia 2 Motorola Inc., 7700 W. Parmer Lane, Austin, Texas, USA Abstract - A new approach for distortion analysis that provides the same accuracy order as Volterra series methods but avo

A Medium-Power Low-Noise Amplifier For X-Band Applications F. Giannini1, E. Limiti1, A. Serino1, V. Dainelli2 1 Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, via del Politecnico 1, 00133, Roma, Italy, phone +390672597342, fax +390672597343, e-mail: serino-uniroma2.it 2 Oerlikon Contraves S.p.A., via Affile 102, 00131, Roma, Italy. Abstract -- A monolithic front-end am

Application of a Substrate-Lens Antenna Concept and SiGe Component Development for Cost-Efficient Automotive Radar Denis Chouvaev1, Anders Dalerå1, Ulrich Stein2 2 Acreo AB, Bredgatan 34, SE-602 21 Norrköping, Sweden, tel. +46 (0)11 363600 SP Swedish National Testing and Research Institute, Brinellgatan 4, SE-501 15 Borås, Sweden, tel. +46 (0)33 165000 Planar radiating elements placed on the surf

A Single Balanced Diode Mixer with Defected Ground Structure (DGS) Lowpass Filter (LPF) Ki-Byoung Kim, Tae-Soon Yun, and Jong-Chul Lee RFIC Research and Education Center, Kwangwoon University, 447-1 Wolgye-dong, Nowon-ku, Seoul 139-701, Korea Tel) +82-2-940-5203 Fax) +82-2-918-6381 e-mail : koreakgb-explore.kw.ac.kr; jclee-kw.ac.kr ABSTRACT -- In this paper, a single balanced diode mixer using ha