Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference A DC Offset-Free Ultra-Wideband Direct Conversion Receiver based on Photonics D. Onori, F. Laghezza, F. Scotti, A. Bogoni, P. Ghelfi CNIT, National Laboratory of Photonic Networks Pisa, Italy daniel.onori-cnit.it Abstract-- A demonstrator of DC offset-free direct conversion receiver is presented. The innovative architecture exploits optical do

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference Collision Frequency Determination of Low-Pressure Plasmas based on RF-Reflectometry Christian Schulz and Ilona Rolfes Institute of Microwave Systems Ruhr-University Bochum 44801 Bochum, Germany Email: christian.schulz-hfs-rub.de Moritz Oberberg and Peter Awakowicz Institute for Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology Ruhr-University Boch

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference Microwave Near-Field Sensor for the Contactless Detection of Material Fluctuations Birk Hattenhorst, Christoph Baer, and Thomas Musch Institute of Electronic Circuits Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum 44801, Germany Email: birk.hattenhorst-est.rub.de Christian Schulz and Ilona Rolfes Institute of Microwave Systems Ruhr-University Bochum Bochum 44

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference Wideband Probe-Type Waveguide-to-Microstrip Transition for V-band Applications Oleg Soykin, Alexey Artemenko, Vladimir Ssorin, Andrey Mozharovskiy, Roman Maslennikov Radio Gigabit LLC Nizhny Novgorod, Russia oleg.soykin-radiogigabit.com Abstract--A novel broadband probe-type waveguide-tomicrostrip transition adapted for operation in V band is

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference New 3D Printed Microwave Metamaterial Absorbers with Conductive Printing Materials Rainer Kronberger, Patrick Soboll Institute of Communications, High Frequency Laboratory TH Cologne University of Technology, Arts and Sciences Koeln (Cologne), Germany rainer.kronberger-th-koeln.de Abstract -- In this paper a FSS is presented, which is fully f

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference A CMOS full-wave rectifer with threshold compensation based on inherent body-voltage control Leandro Grasso and Giuseppe Palmisano DIEEI University of Catania Catania, Italy {leandro.grasso, giuseppe.palmisano}-dieei.unict.it Abstract--An RF rectifier operating at 868 MHz is presented, which uses a threshold-voltage compensation based on an in

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference Microwave Spectroscopy: Novel Cost-Effective Approach to Measure Drip Loss in Pork Loin Alex Mason, Badr Abdullah, Magomed Muradov, Olga Korostynska, Ahmed Al-Shamma'a Faculty of Engineering and Technology Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool, United Kingdom a.mason1-ljmu.ac.uk Abstract--Each stage of meat cutting and processing, from th

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference Wearable Device for Microwave Head Imaging Mohd. Saiful Riza Bashri, Tughrul Arslan Advanced Smart Antenna Technologies Research Group University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom M.S.R.Bashri-sms.ed.ac.uk, T.Arslan-ed.ac.uk Abstract--A wearable microwave head imaging is proposed for medical applications, namely stroke and cancer detectio

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference SIW Based Modified Slotted Array Antenna with Circular Polarization for X, Ku and K Band Communications Chandu DS, Soumyakanta Pradhan, and S.S.Karthikeyan Dept. of Electronics Engineering Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITD&M) Chennai-600127, India. edm14d002-iiitdm.ac.in Abstract--This paper presents a

Proceedings of the 46th European Microwave Conference A Packaged Hybrid Doherty PA for Microwave Links D. Gustafsson , K. Andersson Ericsson Research Ericsson AB, SE-417 56, Gothenburg, Sweden Email: david.a.gustafsson-ericsson.com A. Leidenhed, M. Malmstrom, A. Rhodin, T. Wegeland Ericsson Microwave Networks Ericsson AB, SE-417 56, Gothenburg, Sweden Abstract--The performance of a 6.5 GHz hyb