Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference Dielectric Waveguide Transition Design Using Non-Parametric Shape Optimization Archibald W. Rohde1 , Theunis S. Beukman2 , Tinus Stander1 1 Dept. EEC Engineering, University of Pretoria, South Africa 2 Dassault Systèmes South Africa (Pty) Ltd, South Africa {archie.rohde, tinus.stander}-up.ac.za, theunis.beukman-3ds.com Abstract ? Transitions

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference A Fully SDR-based Interferometric Harmonic Radar for Locating Passive Harmonic Transponders Moritz Schabinger* , Thomas Schaechtle* , Fabian Höflinger*+ , Stefan J. Rupitsch* * Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, Germany Fraunhofer Institute for Highspeed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI), Germany moritz

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference Practical Application of Randomized Space Mapping # # $ $ Joaquin F. Valencia Sullca , Belen Perello Garcia , Francisco Pastor Naranjo , José Vicente Morro , # $ Marco Guglielmi , Vicente E. Boria # Instituto de Telecomunicaciones y Aplicaciones Multimedia, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain $ Departamento de Comunicaciones, Unive

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference Additively-Manufactured Coaxial Transmission Lines Konstantinos Kermanidis#*, Ghassen Brinis$, Dimitra Psychogiou#* # Advanced RF Technologies (ART) Group, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland * School of Engineering, University College Cork, Ireland $ Stryker, Ireland kostas.kermanidis-tyndall.ie, ghassen.brinis-gmail.com, DPsychogiou-ucc.ie

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference Estimating Mutual Coupling in Linear Patch Antenna Arrays Using an EEP-Based Method # $ Ramonika Sengupta , Jacki Gilmore , Annie Cuyt # #* Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands $ Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, South Africa * Computing Scienc

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference A D-Band CMOS-Based TRX 4-Way Beamformer Module for Digitally Modulated Radar and Communication M. Li*, Y. Zhang*, K.Y. Kapusuz*#, S. Lemey*#, M. Glassee*, M. Bauduin*, C. Desset*, G. Gramegna*, P. Wambacq*$ * imec, Belgium Dept. of Information Technology, IDLab/EM Group, Gent University, Belgium $ Dept. of Electronics and Information Process

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference The Design of a 2x2 MIMO Transparent Antenna Array Aline C. de Souza#, Johan Skatt#, Robert F. Praino Jr $ # Cambridge Consultants Ltd, UK CHASM Advanced Materials, Inc, USA {aline.de.souza, johan.skatt}-cambridgeconsultants.com $ Abstract ? This paper presents two transparent antenna designs for 5G n78 applications. A dual?polarized transpa

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference Joint Blind Phase Calibration and Direction of Arrival Estimation Using Convex Optimization # # $ $ $ Shipeng Liu , Geert Leus , Arie G.C. Koppelaar , Juan Osorio , Kostas Doris # Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands $ NXP Semiconductors, The Netherlands {S.Liu-9, G.J.T.Leus}-tudelft.nl, {arie.koppelaar, j.osorio, kostas.doris

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference Reconfigurability of SIW Bandpass Filters Using Switchable Liquid-Metal-Based Iris Windows 1 1 2 3 3 4 R. García , A. Coves , M.A. Sánchez-Soriano , A.L. Borja , D. Herraiz , V.E. Boria 1 Departamento de Ingeniería de Comuicaciones-I3E, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain 2 Department of Physics, Systems Engineering and Signal

Proceedings of the 56th European Microwave Conference LTCC Ridge Waveguide Filters Design Method Based on Coarse Modelling and ASM Rousslan Goulouev ?CeramIQ, Mini-Circuits, USA rousslan.goulouev-minicircuits.com Abstract ? A compact Ku-band ridge-waveguide bandpass filter for LTCC implementation is presented. A modified topology employing evanescent-mode coupling and embedded reactive elements e