Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Constant-Current-Controlled Class-C VCO using a Self-Adjusting Replica Biasing Scheme Teerachot Siriburanon, Wei Deng, Kenichi Okada, Akira Matsuzawa Department of Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2-12-1-S3-27, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8552, Japan Tel & Fax: +81-3-5734-3764 Email: tee-ssc.pe.titec

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference An Efficient SiGe Double-Balanced Mixer with a Differential Rat-Race Coupler Herman Jalli Ng 1 , Martin Jahn 2 , Reinhard Feger 1 , Christoph Wagner 3 , Andreas Stelzer 1,2 Christian Doppler Laboratory for Integrated Radar Sensors, Johannes Kepler University, Altenberger Str. 69, A-4040 Linz, Austria h.ng-nthfs.jku.at 2 Inst

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Reliability of Nanocrystalline Diamond MEMS Capacitive Switches L. Michalas1,a, S.Saada2,b, M. Koutsoureli1, C. Mer2, A. Leuliet3,c, P. Martins3, S. Bansropun3, G. Papaioannou1, P. Bergonzo2, A. Ziaei3 1 Solid State Section, Physics Department University of Athens, Athens, Greece a lmichal-phys.uoa.gr 2 Diamond Sensors Lab

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low Cost AM/AM and AM/PM Characterization Setup Based on Scalar Measurements Riccardo Danieli, Luca Piazzon, Rocco Giofrè, Paolo Colantonio, Franco Giannini Electronic Engineering Department University of Roma Tor Vergata Rome, Italy rik.danieli-gmail.com Abstract--This paper presents a fast and low cost AM/AM and AM/PM char

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Towards a Large-Signal Noise Model for GaN HEMT Devices Matthias Rudolph1,2 and Ralf Doerner2 Brandenburg University of Technology Ulrich L. Rohde Chair of RF and Microwave Techniques, Siemens-Halske-Ring 14, D-03046 Cottbus, Germany 2 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut f¨ r H¨ chstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-S

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference 180 GHz Frequency Doubler in Transferred-Substrate InP HBT Technology with 4 dBm Output Power T. Jensen, T. Kraemer, V. Krozer, W. Heinrich Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH), Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik Berlin, Germany Email: thomas.jensen-fbh-berlin.de Abstract--A single-ended frequency doubler in transferredsu

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Highly Linear Transimpedance Amplifier in InP Technology for Application in 100 Gbit/s Fiber Optical Data Communication Damir Ferenci , Markus Gr¨ zing , Manfred Berroth , o Robert Makon , Rachid Driad , Josef Rosenzweig , Michael Schlechtweg Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications Engineering University of St

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Low Phase Noise Quadrature Ring Oscillator Using 0.5m GaN-on-Si HEMT Fan-Hsiu Huang, Guan-Ting Lee, Hsien-Chin Chiu Department of Electronics Engineering Chang Gung University Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan R.O.C. fshuang-mail.cgu.edu.tw Abstract--A quadrature ring oscillator designed for wireless communications has been and i

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Wideband Ka-band Receiver Front-End in 90-nm CMOS Technology Zhiqun Li, Jia Cao, Qin Li, Zhigong Wang Institute of RF & OE ICs, Southeast University Engineering Research Center of RF-ICs & RF-Systems, Ministry of Education Nanjing 210096, China zhiqunli-seu.edu.cn Abstract--This paper presents a Ka-band receiver front-end

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low Noise Amplifier Modules from 220-270 GHz Andy Fung, Theodore Reck, Mikko Varonen, Choonsup Lee, Mary Soria, Goutam Chattopadhyay, Pekka Kangaslahti, Lorene Samoska Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA USA Email: Andy.Fung-Jpl.Nasa.Gov Abstract--We present the design and performance o