Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Reconfigurable Digital Cartesian Feedback For Transmitters D. Ndong1, S. Reed1, J.F. Diouris2, B. Feuvrie2 1 2 Telerad, 2 avenue de la butte-aux-cailles, Anglet, 64603, France LUNAM, IETR, Rue Christian Pauc, La Chantrerie, 44306, Nantes, France d.ndong-telerad.fr, s.reed-telerad.fr, jean-francois.diouris-univ-nantes.fr,

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Wideband High-Gain Multi-Layer Patch Antenna-Coupler with Metamaterial Superstrate for X-Band Applications Raid J. Hadi, Carl Sandhagen and Axel Bangert Microwave Electronics Lab, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany micel-uni-kassel.de Abstract--A wide bandwidth, high-gain and high directivity multi-layer patch antenna int

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Mixer-like modeling with dynamic baseband characterization for supply-modulated PAs Gian Piero Gibiino1,2, Gustavo Avolio2, Dominique Schreurs2, Alberto Santarelli1, Fabio Filicori1 1 DEI "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy 2 Div. ESAT-TELEMIC, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenbe

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference An All-Pass Topology to Design a 0-360° Continuous Phase Shifter with Low Insertion Loss and Constant Differential Phase Shift Khaled Khoder, Marc Le Roy, André Pérennec Lab-STICC (UMR CNRS 6285), Université Européenne de Bretagne (UEB), Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO) 6 avenue Le Gorgeu, CS93837, 29238 Brest cedex

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference GaN HEMT Model Extraction Based on Dynamic-Bias Measurements Valeria Vadalà, Antonio Raffo, Giorgio Vannini Department of Engineering University of Ferrara Ferrara, Italy Gustavo Avolio, Dominique M. M.-P. Schreurs Div. ESAT-TELEMIC University of Leuven B-3001 Leuven, Belgium Abstract--In this paper a recently proposed ide

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Soft Compression and the Origins of Nonlinear Behavior of GaN HEMTs José C. Pedro, Luís C. Nunes and Pedro M. Cabral DETI, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal Abstract-- This work responds to the commonly formulated question in PA design of "Why

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A low noise fully differential 60 GHz CMOS active down converter with resonating current bleeding Andrea Malignaggi1, Amin Hamidian1, Georg Boeck1,2 2 Microwave Engineering Lab, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut fuer Hoechstfrequenztechnik (FBH), Berlin, Germany andre

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Thermal Characterisation of AlGaN/GaN HEMT on Silicon Carbide Substrate for High Frequency Application Mohammad A Alim1, Ali A Rezazadeh1, Mayahsa M Ali1, Emerson P Sinulingga1, Peter B Kyabaggu1, Yongjian Zhang1 and Christopher Gaquiere2 Microwave and Communication System Group, School of Electrical and Electronics Engineer

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Impact of dispersion caused by bandwidth limitation on the linearity of multilevel LINC transmitters Junqing Guan, Xuan Anh Nghiem, Ahmed Farouk Aref and Renato Negra Chair of High Frequency Electronics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Email: guan-umic.rwth-aachen.de, nghiem-umic.rwth-aachen.de, aref-umic.rwth-aachen.de, neg

Proceedings of the 9th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Reconfigurable WLAN Notch for UWB Filters W. Ahmad and D. Budimir Wireless Communications Research Group University of Westminster London, United Kingdom d.budimir-westminster.ac.uk Abstract--This paper presents the design and results of an ultra-wideband (3.1­10.6 GHz) filter with a reconfigurable WLAN notch at 5.8 GHz. Re