Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference SiGe BiCMOS as Enabling Technology for Next Generation RF & THz Systems Gerhard Kahmen IHP GmbH, Germany Abstract?While CMOS performance is still constantly progressing SiGe based BiCMOS technologies take a key role when pushing next generation RF systems into the Sub-THz and THz domain. The strength of SiGe BiCMOS technolo

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Selfmixing Effect of a Planar Gunn Diode Oscillator Ming Yan Zhong1, David R. S. Cumming2, and Chong Li3 1 James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK m.zhong.1-research.gla.ac.uk, {2davd.cumming.2, 3chong.li}-glasgow.ac.uk In this paper, we?ll investigate the se

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Towards an Excitable Microwave Spike Generator for Future Neuromorphic Computing Qusay Al-Taai1, Razvan Morariu1, Jue Wang1, Abdullah Al-Khalidi1, Ali Al-Moathin1, Bruno Romeira2, José Figueiredo3, Edward Wasige1 1 High Frequency Electronics Group, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK 2 International

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference On-chip Power Combining with 3-Stage 75?110 GHz GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers Shane Verploegh, Timothy Sonnenberg, Mauricio Pinto, Akim Babenko, Zoya Popovic´ University of Colorado Boulder, USA {shane.verploegh, timothy.sonnenberg, zoya.popovic}-colorado.edu Abstract ? This paper presents reactive and balanced on-chip power c

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference An E-band Bidirectional PALNA in 0.13 µm SiGe BiCMOS Technology R. Ahamed#, M. Varonen*, D. Parveg*, M. Najmussadat#, M. Kantanen*, Y. Tawfik#, K.A.I. Halonen# # Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Finland * VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Finland raju.ahamed-aalto.fi, mikko.varon

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 7-30 GHz, 80-dB? Noise-Optimized, Bandpass-Like TIA in 130 nm SiGe BiCMOS Technology for Quasi-Coherent Optical Receivers Tom K. Johansen#, Guillermo Silva Valdecasa#*, Monika Kupska*, Jose A. Altabas*, Omar Gallardo*, Michele Squartecchia*, Jesper B. Jensen* # Department of Electrical Engineering, Technical University o

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Design of Terahertz InP pHEMT Using Machine Learning Assisted Global Optimization Techniques Jing Wang, Li-Yuan Xue, Bo Liu, Chong Li James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK {j.wang.6, l.xue.1}-research.gla.ac.uk, {bo.liu, chong.li}-glasgow.ac.uk simulation models have become available. However, the draw

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Transient Field-Plate Thermometry Demonstrated on a 20-W X-Band GaN Power Amplifier Simon J. Mahon, Melissa C. Gorman, Michael C. Heimlich Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia simon.mahon-mq.edu.au resistance change is compared to a prior calibration to determine the transistor?s rise in temperature. GRT offers the ad

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A TCAD simulation study on gated-anode diodes for microwave applications Arijit Bose# , Debaleen Biswas# , Qiang Ma# , Yoichi Tsuchiya# , Hidemasa Takahashi* , Yuji Ando* , Akio Wakejima# # Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan * Department of Electronics, Nagoya University, Japan ari

Proceedings of the 16th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Analysis of RF Stress Influence on Large-Signal Performance of 22nm FDSOI CMOS Transistors utilizing Waveform Measurement Dang Khoa Huynh?* , Quang Huy Le?* , Steffen Lehmann# , Zhixing Zhao# , Germain Bossu# , Wafa Arfaoui# , Defu Wang? , Thomas K¨ampfe? , Matthias Rudolph* ? Center * Ulrich-L.-Rohde Nanoelectronic Techn