Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference High Power Handling Low-Voltage RF MEMS Switched Capacitors Romain Stefanini1 1 AirMeMs Limoges, FRANCE Cyril Guines2, Fabien Barrière2, Emilien Lemoine2 Pierre Blondy1,2 XLIM -UMR n°6172 University of Limoges/CNRS Limoges, FRANCE actuated. 0.2 m thick dimples have been patterned at specific location along the beam to keep

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Micromechanical Silicon RF Switch with Electroplated Solid Contacts for High Reliability Andreas Menz, Ralf Höper Protron Mikrotechnik GmbH Bremen, Germany menz-protron.de, hoeper-protron.de Abstract-- A new micromechanical switch for high-frequency applications is presented. The switch is fabricated by silicon deep reactiv

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Harmonically-Tuned Octave Bandwidth 200 W GaN Power Amplifier MHD. Tareq Arnous1, Khaled Bathich1, Sebastian Preis1, Georg Boeck1,2 2 Microwave Engineering Laboratory, Berlin Institute of Technology Ferdinand-Braun-Institut (FBH), Leibnitz Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Berlin, Germany Einsteinufer 25, 10587 Berlin, Ge

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Dielectric Less and Dimple Less MEMS Capacitive Switches: The Actuation Mechanism L. Michalas, M. Koutsoureli, G.J. Papaioannou Solid State Section, Physics Department University of Athens Athens, Greece lmichal-phys.uoa.gr Abstract--The present paper investigates for the first time the electrical properties of dielectric le

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Network Analysis of the Influence of Hardware Imperfections on DoA Estimation Markus Stefer, Sven Kablitz, Martin Schneider RF & Microwave Engineering Laboratory University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany Email:{markus.stefer, sven.kablitz, martin.schneider}-hf.uni-bremen.de Abstract--In this paper, a framework is establis

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Bandwidth Control of Reconfigurable Bandpass Filter by Automatic Coupling Adjustment Techniques Takayuki ARAI#1, Yasushi YAMAO#2 Advanced Wireless Communication Research Center, the University of Electro-Communications 1-5-1 Chofuga-oka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan E-mail: 1aria-awcc.uec.ac.jp, 2yamao-ieee.org Abstract

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Controlling the Energy Band Gap of Aligned Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for THz Modulator Asmaa Elkadi*, Emmanuel Decrossas, Shui-Qing Yu, Hameed A. Naseem, and Samir M. El-Ghazaly Electrical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR72701, USA *aelkadi-uark.edu Abstract-- In this paper, a THz tu

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Circuit Model for Metallic Gratings With Tapered and Stepped Slits F. Medina 1 , R. Rodr´guez-Berral 2 , F. Mesa i 1 2 Dept. of Electronics and Electromagnetism, University of Seville, Av. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012 Sevilla, Spain. 2 Dept. of Applied Physics I, University of Seville, Av. Reina Mercedes s/n, 41012 Sevilla, S

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Low-Power Oscillator with Memory Reduction Tail Transistors for 2.4 GHz ISM Band Applications Chieh-Lun Chiang, Chin-Lung Yang, and Shao-Ping Yu Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan (R.O.C.) E-mail: {n26990071, cyang, n26000339}-mail.ncku.edu.tw Abstract--This paper pres

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 140-GHz Single-Chip Transceiver in a SiGe Technology Christian M. Jahn , K. Aufinger , and A. Stelzer,§ Doppler Laboratory for Integrated Radar Sensors, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Email: m.jahn-nthfs.jku.at Infineon Technologies, Am Campeon 1­12, 85579 Neubiberg, Germany § Johannes Kepler University, Alten