Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference EM-Driven Compact Cell Topology Selection For Explicit Size Reduction of Hybrid Rat-Race Couplers Piotr Kurgan and Slawomir Koziel School of Science and Engineering Reykjavik University Reykjavik, Iceland kurgan-ru.is, koziel-ru.is Abstract--An optimization-based approach to size reduction of hybrid microwave couplers is proposed. Our techniq

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Flexible UHF/VHF Vivaldi Antenna for Broadband and Gas Balloon Applications. Anthony PRESSE, Jean Marie FLOC'H and Anne Claude TARROT IETR, 20 avenue des Buttes de Coësmes, 35708 Rennes, France. jean-marie.floch-insa-rennes.fr Abstract-- A Vivaldi flexible antenna with a -6 dB bandwidth from 150 MHz to 2000 MHz is introduced. The antenna is f

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Mixed-Domain Gating Algorithm for Time-Domain Characterisation of Millimetre-Wave Antennas Lars Ohlsson, Iman Vakili, Daniel Sj¨ berg, and Lars-Erik Wernersson o Department of Electrical and Information Technology (EIT), Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University PO Box 118, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden lars.ohlsson-eit.lth.se 1) Fourier Analysi

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference 3D Metal Printed Monocone Antenna with an Integrated Feed Deepak Shamvedi1, Oliver J. McCarthy1,2, Eoghan O' Donoghue,1,2, Paul O' Leary1, Ramesh Raghavendra1,2 1 Department of Engineering Technology, Waterford Institute of Technology Waterford, Ireland 1 20061369-mail.wit.ie 2 SEAM Research Centre, Waterford Institute of Technology Waterf

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Impact of Parasitic Coupling on Multiline TRL Calibration G. N. Phung#, F. J. Schmückle#, R. Doerner#, T. Fritzsch*, W. Heinrich# # Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH), Berlin, Germany * Fraunhofer Institut für Zuverlässigkeit und Mikrointegration (IZM), Berlin, Germany differences lead to changes in the

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference 76-81 GHz LTCC Antenna for an Automotive Miniature Radar Frontend Frank Sickinger, Ernst Weissbrodt Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany Martin Vossiek Institute of Microwaves and Photonics (LHFT) University of Erlangen, Germany Abstract--An automotive radar sensor for cocoon functions requires very small dimensions

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Full SMT Low Cost X-Band Multichannel T/R-Module Marion Filleböck, Felix Thurow Hensoldt, Ulm, Germany marion.filleboeck-hensoldt.net Abstract-- An X-band 12-channel T/R-module with a highly integrated SiGe core chip and integrated radiating elements is presented to demonstrate the potential of applying standard SMT technology for cost reduct

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Circulator integrated in LTCC with screen printed ferrite for space application Shicheng Yang, Wei Shi, Ting Zhang, Hao Bai Hybrid Microwave Circuit R&D China Academy of Space Technology Xi'an, China yang.shicheng-outlook.com Abstract-- A three-port junction ferrite circulator in LowTemperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC) technology has been des

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Accurate Modelling and Experimental Validation of a Large Antenna Array in Ka-band Benoit Lesur, Christophe Melle, David Chaimbault and Alain Karas RF & Antenna Department Zodiac Data Systems La Teste de Buch, France benoit.lesur-zodiacaerospace.com Marc Thevenot, Eric Arnaud and Thierry Monediere RF Systems XLIM Research Institute, UMR CNRS

Proceedings of the 47th European Microwave Conference Measurement of Complex Transfer Function of Analog Transmit-Receive Frontends for Terahertz Wireless Communications Iulia Dan, Enoc Rosello, Parisa Harati, Seyyid Dilek and Ingmar Kallfass Institute of Robust Power Semiconductor Systems, University of Stuttgart Pfaffenwaldring 47, 70563 Stuttgart, Germany Email: iulia.dan-ilh.uni-stuttgart.de