Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Subharmonic 245 GHz SiGe Receiver with Antenna Klaus Schmalz, Johannes Borngräber, Ruoyu Wang, Yanfei Mao, Chafik Meliani IHP D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany schmalz-ihp-microelectronics.com Wojciech Debski, Wolfgang Winkler Silicon Radar GmbH D-15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany winkler-siliconradar.com Abstract--A subharm

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference High-Efficiency Low-Voltage 24GHz VCO in 130nm CMOS for FMCW Radar Applications Maruf Hossain1, Udo Pursche1, Chafik Meliani2 and Wolfgang Heinrich1 2 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH), Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik. 12489 Berlin; Germany. Now with: Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Leibniz-

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Viterbi Equalizer Chip for 40 Gb/s Optical Communication Links Thomas Veigel, Thomas Alpert, Felix Lang, Markus Grözing, Manfred Berroth Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Abstract--A Viterbi Equalizer Chip (VEC) which can be applied in 40 Gb/s optica

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Wideband High Efficiency High Power GaN Amplifiers Using MIC and Quasi-MMIC Technologies C. Berrached1, 2, D. Bouw1, M. Camiade1, D. Barataud2 1 United Monolithic Semiconductors SAS, 10 avenue du Québec, 91140 Villebon-sur-Yvette, France. chamssedine.berrached-ums -gaas.com 2 XLIM ­ UMR 6172, Université de Limoges/CNRS, 1

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Integral Transform and State Modeling of 0.1 µm AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for Pulsed-RF and CW Operation Friedbert van Raay, Rüdiger Quay, Matthias Seelmann-Eggebert, Dirk Schwantuschke, Thomas Maier, Michael Schlechtweg, and Oliver Ambacher Fraunhofer Inst. of Applied Solid-State Physics (IAF) Tullastr. 72, D-79108 Freiburg, Germany

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Reconfigurable multimodal bandpass filter based on RF-MEMS switchable CPW air-bridges Adrián Contreras*, Jasmina Casals-Terré #, Lluís Pradell* * Flavio Giacomozzi, Jacopo Iannacci MEMS Research Unit Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) Trento, Italy Signal Theory and Communications Department # Mechanical Engineering Department

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Microwave Characterization of Ferroelectric Thin Films for Novel Compact Tunable BST Filters Rosa De Paolis, Fabio Coccetti CNRS, LAAS, 7 avenue du colonel Roche, F-31400 Toulouse, France Univ de Toulouse, LAAS, F-31400 Toulouse, France rdepaoli-laas.fr, coccetti-laas.fr Sandrine Payan, Anthony Rousseau, Mario Maglione CNRS

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Compact Sub-harmonic Pumped Integrated 18 to 30GHz Balanced Image Reject Down Converter based on E/D mode PHEMT Henrik Morkner Santa Clara Design Center M/A-COM Technology Solutions 100 Chelmsford St, Lowell, MA 01851 USA Abstract-- As consumer applications expand from RF to microwave frequencies, there is an increasing ne

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Liquid Crystal and Infrared Thermography on Coated SAW Devices C. Huck1,2, H. P. Zidek2 , T. Ebner2 , K. C. Wagner2, and A. Wixforth1 1 Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86159 Augsburg, Germany 2 TDK Corporation, 81671 Munich, Germany Email: christian.huck-physik.uni-augsburg.de Abstract--Reliability of micro-e

Proceedings of the 8th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Nonlinear Charge Trapping Effects on Pulsed I/V Characteristics of GaN FETs Alberto Santarelli1, Rafael Cignani1, Gian Piero Gibiino1,2, Daniel Niessen1, Pier Andrea Traverso1, Corrado Florian1, Claudio Lanzieri3, Antonio Nanni3, Dominique Schreurs2, Fabio Filicori1 1 DEI "Guglielmo Marconi", University of Bologna, Viale Ri