Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference W-Band MMIC Radar Modules for Remote Detection of Vital Signs S. Diebold # 1 , D. Goetzl # , S. Ayhan # , S. Scherr # , P. Pahl # , H. Massler , A. Tessmann , A. Leuther , O. Ambacher , T. Zwick # , and I. Kallfass # Institute of Technology (KIT) Kaiserstrasse 12, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany 1 Sebastian.Diebold-kit.edu #

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference An Innovative Algorithm for Circumventing Numerical Stiffness in Time-Domain Simulation of Strongly Nonlinear Multirate RF Circuits Jorge F. Oliveira School of Technology and Management Polytechnic Institute of Leiria Leiria, Portugal jorge.oliveira-ipleiria.pt Abstract--This paper proposes an innovative computer-aided desig

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A 24GHz Down-Conversion Mixer with Low Noise and High Gain Yu-Hsin Chang, Chia-Yang Huang, and Yen-Chung Chiang* Department of Electrical Engineering, National Chung Hsing University Taichung, Taiwan *e-mail: ycchiang1970-nchu.edu.tw Abstract--In this paper, a down-converting mixer implemented in the TSMC 0.18-m CMOS process

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Robust Microwave Design Optimization Using Manifold Mapping with Adjoint Sensitivity Slawomir Koziel, Stanislav Ogurtsov Engineering Optimization & Modeling Center, School of Science and Engineering Reykjavik University, Menntavegur 1, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland koziel-ru.is, stanislav-ru.is Abstract--We introduce a robust and r

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Combined Twist-Bend for Very Compact Interconnections in Integrated Waveguide Subsystems Uwe Rosenberg Mician Global Engineering GbR Bremen, Germany uwe.rosenberg-ieee.org Abstract-- A novel twist-bend1 solution is introduced providing a very compact interconnection of two waveguides with 90 degree oriented cross-sections an

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference High Power Solid-State DRO With Power Booster Tiefeng Shi NMSG. Freescale Semiconductor Inc. Tempe, AZ, USA Tiefeng.Shi-freescale.com Abstract--A 2.446GHz high power dielectric resonator oscillator (DRO) is presented, which can generate 330W CW output power at room temperature with -98dBc/Hz at 1kHz offset,112.6dBc/Hz at 10k

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference New Qualified Industrial AlGaN/GaN HEMT Process: Power Performances & Reliability Figures of Merit D. Floriot2, H. Blanck1 , D. Bouw 2, F. Bourgeois1, M. Camiade2, L. Favède2, M. Hosch1, H. Jung1, B. Lambert2, A. Nguyen2, K. Riepe1, J. Splettstöße1, H. Stieglauer1, J. Thorpe1, and U. Meiners1 2 United Monolithic Semiconduct

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference An Accurate Scalable Nonlinear Model for GaAs E-pHEMT and Low Noise Amplifiers Xiangkun Zhang, Barry Lin, Frank Chau, Jingshi Yao, Xiaopeng Sun, Wenlong Ma, and Peter Hu TriQuint Semiconductor, 3099 Orchard Drive, San Jose, CA 95134, USA xiangkun.zhang-tqs.com Abstract ­­ An accurate non-linear large signal model is develope

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference A Sub-harmonic E-band IRM/SSB Realized on a Low Cost PHEMT Process Andy Dearn, Liam Devlin Plextek Ltd London Road, Great Chesterford Essex, CB10 1NY, UK Liam.devlin-plextek.com Abstract-- E-band spectrum at 71-76GHz and 81-86GHz provides the opportunity for the implementation of very high data-rate wireless links. However,

Proceedings of the 7th European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference Comparative Analysis of Electrical Characteristic AlGaN/GaN HEMT on Si(111) and 4H-SiC for XBand High Power Application Sung-Jin Cho, Cong Wang and Nam-Young Kim RFIC Center, Kwangwoon University. 447-1 Wolgye-dong, Nowon-ku, Seoul 139-701, Korea moddysj-kw.ac.kr Abstract -- Two different substrates of AlGaN/GaN HEMT have b