Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Compact 60GHz Power Amplifier using SlowWave Transmission Lines in 65nm CMOS Aurélien Larie 1,2, Eric Kerhervé 1, Baudouin Martineau 2, Didier Belot 2 1 University of Bordeaux, IMS Laboratory, CNRS UMR 5218, IPB, 351 crs de Libération, 33405 Talence, France 2 STMicroelectronics, 850 rue Jean Monnet, 38926 Crolles Cedex A

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference UWB Down-conversion Mixer in CMOS 130 nm technology for Wireless Sensor Network Applied to Aerospace Application A. Kara-Omar1, D. Dragomirescu2, 3, A. Coustou2, 3, R. Plana4 1 Centre de Développement des Satellites ; POS 50 ilot T12 Bir El Djir, 31130 Oran, Algérie 2 CNRS ; LAAS ; 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31077 Toulous

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 0.75-2.67 GHz 5-bit Vector-Sum Phase Shifter Tzu-Chao Yan, Wei-Zhen Lin, and Chien-Nan Kuo Department of Electronics Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Abstract--A 5-bit active vector-sum phase shifter operated in 0.75-2.67 GHz is implemented in 0.18-m CMOS technology. A tunable RC quadrature all-

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Concurrent Dual-Band High Efficiency Class-E Power Amplifier Fatemeh Norouzian, Peter Gardner School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Birmingham Birmingham, UK FXN837-bham.ac.uk gardnerp-adf.bham.ac.uk Abstract-- In this paper, a concurrent dual-band class-E power amplifier is proposed. A dis

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Design Methodology for Distributed Power Amplifier in Software-Defined Radio Applications Diego Palombini, Andrea Bentini, Mirko Palomba, Sergio Dibello, Ernesto Limiti Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata" Rome, Italy diego.palombini-uniroma2.it Abstract-- In this contribution

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Loss Balance in Tunable Ferroelectric FBARs Spartak Gevorgian, Andrei Vorobiev Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience Chalmers University of Technology 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden spartak.gevorgian-chalmers.se andrei.vorobiev-chalmers.se Abstract--Distinguishing between different loss mechanisms and their distribution

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference On high resolution, pulse-profiled mm-wave intermodulation measurements J. Martens Anritsu Company Morgan Hill, CA 95037 US jmartens-anritsu.com Abstract--Distortion measurements in mm-wave systems are becoming increasingly important including in situations with pulsed or related signals. Of particular interest are edge-rel

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Robust Ku-Band Low Noise Amplifier using an Industrial 0.25-µm AlGaN/GaN on SiC Process Davide Resca#1, Francesco Scappaviva#2, Corrado Florian*3, Stéphane Rochette+4, Jean-Luc Muraro+5, Valeria di Giacomo Brunel§6, Christophe Chang§7, Didier Baglieri§8 # Microwave Electronics for Communications, MEC srl Bologna, Italy 2

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Simplified Procedure for the Design of Continuous Class-F Power Amplifiers B. Merrick, J. King, and T. Brazil RF & Microwave Research Group, University College Dublin, Ireland Email: brian.merrick-ucdconnect.ie Abstract--In this work, a simplified methodology for the design of continuous Class-F power amplifiers (PAs) is

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Variable Gain Amplifier Architecture with Constant Matching and Insertion Phase Mirko Palomba, Andrea Bentini, Riccardo Cleriti, Ernesto Limiti Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata Rome, Italy Abstract--In this contribution, a Variable Gain Amplifier architecture with a reduced ph