Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Efficiency Enhancement of an Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier Combining Supply Shaping and Dynamic Biasing F. F. Tafuri, D. Sira, O. K. Jensen, T. Larsen Department of Electronic Systems, TPS Aalborg University Niels Jernes Vej 12, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark {fft, ds, okj, tl}-es.aau.dk Abstract-- This paper presents a new method to improve the p

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Next-Generation CMOS-on-Insulator Multi-element Network For Broadband Antenna Tuning Tero Ranta, Richard Whatley, Chih-Chieh Cheng and Marc Facchini Mobile Wireless Solutions Business Unit Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation San Diego, CA 92121, United States Abstract-- Increased spectrum coverage and data rates required by 3G/4G/LTE mobile w

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Design of a 24 GHz Analog Frontend for an Optically Powered RFID Transponder for the Integration into Metallic Components Johannes Meyer, Quang Huy Dao and Bernd Geck Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Funksysteme Leibniz Universität Hannover Hannover, Germany meyer-hft.uni-hannover.de Abstract-- The fundamental construction of a 24 GHz opt

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Load-Modulated GaN Power Amplifier Implementing Tunable Thick Film BST Components Mhd. Tareq Arnous1, Alex Wiens2, Sebastian Preis1, Holger Maune2, Khaled Bathich1, Mohmmad Nikfalazar2, Rolf Jakoby2 and Georg Boeck1, 3 2 Microwave Engineering Laboratory, Berlin Institute of Technology Berlin, Germany Institute for Microwave Engineering and Ph

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar: open issues and new research opportunities in Europe Lara Pajewski and Andrea Benedetto "Roma Tre" University, Department of Engineering Via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy lara.pajewski-uniroma3.it Abstract-- In this paper, open issues in Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) field are identified and desirable

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Broadband Interconnect Design for Silicon-Based System-in-Package Applications up to 170 GHz Eray Topak , Joo-Young Choi , Thomas Merkle , Stefan Koch , Shin Saito , Christof Landesberger Robert Faul and Karlheinz Bock Sony Deutschland GmbH, Sensing Systems Laboratory Hedelfingerstr. 61, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany Avago Technologies GmbH Charle

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Design of Novel Multi-Band Printed Dipole Antennas Fed by a Modified Microstrip Ring Hybrid Li-Yuan Cheng and Fu-Chiarng Chen Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University 1001 Tahsueh Rd., Hsinchu 300 Taiwan E-mail: fchen-faculty.nctu.edu.tw Abstract--In this paper, novel printed dipole antennas fed from end to end are

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference Differentially Fed Multilayer Antennas with Harmonic Filtering for Push-pull Class B Power Amplifier Integration Farid Zubir School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom B15 2TT fbz154-bham.ac.uk Peter Gardner School of Electronic, Electrical and Computer Engineering University

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference In-Situ Measurement of Dielectric Material Properties: Perspectives for Integrated Digitally Calibrated Built-In-Self-Sensor Solutions L. Leyssenne#, S. Wane#, R. Coq Germanicus#, D. Pasquet#, P. Descamps#, I. Lahbib#, D. Lesénéchal#, P. Leclère* LaMIPS Laboratory / NXP Semiconductors, Esplanade Anton Philips 2, Campus Effiscience, 14905 Colom

Proceedings of the 43rd European Microwave Conference A Novel Self Collapsed Corrugated MEMS Phase Shifter Maher Bakri-Kassem Department of Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE mbakrikassem-aus.edu Abstract-- A novel CPW based phase shifter that relies on automatic collapse of capacitive switches is designed, fabricated and tested. The novel design of the phase shi