A 94 GHz RF Electronics Subsystem for the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar Remi LaBelle1, Ralph Girard2, Graham Arbery3 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasadena, CA 91109, USA, (818) 354-1615 2 Canadian Space Agency, Space Technologies, 6767 Route de l'Aéroport, Saint-Hubert, QC, J3Y 8Y9, Canada, (450) 926-4654 3 COM DEV Limited, 155 Sheldon Dr.,

SAW based Delay Locked Loop concept for VCO linearization in FMCW Radar sensors M. Christmann1, M.Vossiek1, M. Smith2, G. Rodet1 1 Siemens AG, Corporate Technology - PS7, 81730 Munich 2 University of Central England in Birmingham For completeness the distance to the scattering object can now be calculated by determining the frequency f B of u B (t ) which is usually done by calculating the Fourie

European Microwave Week (EuMC), Oct. 2003, Munich, Germany (page 1 of 4). Cost-Minimized 24 GHz Pulse Oscillator for Short-Range Automotive Radar Applications Andriy Kryshtopin*, Georgiy Sevskiy*, Konstantin Markov*, Patric Heide* Martin Nalezinski, Richard Roskosch, Martin Vossiek Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81730 Munich, Germany. *EPCOS AG, Product Development Modules,

Compact Receiver Module for X-band radar applications Niklas Billström Ericsson Microwave Systems AB, S-431 84 Mölndal, Sweden Abstract -- This paper presents, the design, realization and measured results of a highly integrated Multi-ChipModule (MCM) developed for X-band radar applications. The MCM is built up in a LTCC substrate. Embedded within the substrate is a bandpass stripline filter. The m

Radioabsorbing Composite Materials Based on Thermoplastics: Production Technology and Structural Optimization Principles Victor Bannyi, Anna Makarevich, Leonid Pinchuk V. A. Belyi Metal-Polymer Research Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus 32 A Kirov St., 246050, Gomel, Belarus; tel: +375 232 720-939 Abstract Novel sheet, profile and fibrous nonwoven radioabsorbing materials (RAM)

Left-Handed Metamaterials based on Split Ring Resonators for Microstrip Applications Martin Schüßler, Andreas Fleckenstein, Jens Freese, Rolf Jakoby Technische Universität Darmstadt, Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik, Merckstrasse 25, D-64283 Darmstadt, Germany, Phone: +49 6151 163752, Email: schuessler-hf.tu-darmstadt.de Abstract -- A possibility is presented to realize left-handed planar substrat

Design of Artificial Dielectrics for Anti-Reflection-Coatings S. Biber, J. Richter, S. Martius, L.-P. Schmidt University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Microwave Technology (LHFT), Cauerstraße 9, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany, ++49 9131 85-27223, stephan.biber-lhft.eei.uni-erlangen.de Abstract-- With the increasing interest in new artificial materials ranging from meta-materials to photonic band

Tuneable Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures Based on Ba0.25Sr0.75Ti03 Parallel-Plate Varactors on Silicon Coplanar Waveguides D. Kuylenstierna1, A. Vorobiev1, G. Subramanyam2, and S. Gevorgian1,3 1 Department of Microelectronics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg Sweden, e-mail: dan-ep.chalmers.se 2 Dept. of ECE, University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, USA Micr

Thin composite radar absorber operational for all incidence angles Sergei Tretyakov, Stanislav Maslovski Helsinki University of Technology, Radio Laboratory/SMARAD P.O. Box 3000, FIN-02015 HUT, Finland E-mails: sergei.tretyakov-hut.fi, stanislav.maslovski-hut.fi Abstract-- It is shown that thin mushroom layers (highimpedance surfaces realized as regular arrays of small patches at a small distance

Direct-Coupled DC-40 GHz Amplifier for High-Speed Data Communication System L. Courcelle, E. Kerhervé and P. Jarry Microelectronics IXL Laboratory - CNRS UMR 5818 - ENSEIRB ­ University of Bordeaux 351, cours de la Libération 33405 Talence cedex - France Tel. (33) 556-842-611 Fax. (33) 556-371-545 Abstract -- The millimeter wave transport over fiber needs more and more bandwidth according to SONET