Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Parallel Plate Mode Suppression in LTCC-integrated Stripline Circuits Using Periodic Bandgap Structures Andreas Ziroff, Florian Poprawa, Jörg Hüttner Corporate Technology Siemens AG Munich, Germany Andreas.Ziroff-Siemens.com Abstract--This paper presents a way to enable extended passive structures in stripline technology by means of controlli

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference A 45 dBm balanced Power Amplifier Module based on four fully integrated Doherty PA MMICs A scalable solution for cellular infrastructure active antenna systems Udo Karthaus, Deepti Sukumaran, Lothar Schmidt, Stephan Ahles, Horst Wagner Ubidyne GmbH 89077 Ulm, Germany udo.karthaus-ubidyne.com Abstract--After providing an introduction to activ

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Original tunable RF MEMS passive components integrated into a single chip. THALES Airborne Systems Elancourt 78851 France pierre.nicole-fr.thalesgroup.com Pierre Nicole Julien Pagazani, Lionel Rousseau, Frédéric Marty, Nicolas Pavy, Gaëlle Lissorgues Université Paris-Est, ESYCOM, ESIEE Paris Noisy le Grand 93162 France g.lissorgues-esiee.fr

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Metalo-dielectric metamaterial for millimeter applications Riad Yahiaoui, Patrick Mounaix LOMA, Univ. Bordeaux1, CNRS, UMR 5798, 351 cours de la Liberation F-33400 Talence, France. Valérie Vigneras IMS lab, Univ. Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR 5218, 16 avenue Pey Berland 33607 Pessac Cedex, France. Email address : valerie.vigneras-ims-bordeaux negative

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Enhancement of Output Voltage for Novel Dental Rectennas Yu-Lin Yang, Chi-Lin Tsai, and Chin-Lung Yang Dep. of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan (R.O.C.) {n26990152, n28991316, cyang}-mail.ncku.edu.tw Abstract--A novel rectenna is proposed for the power supply of implantable dental devices in biomedical mon

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Influence of materials in time-coded chipless RFID tags characterized using a low-cost UWB reader A. Ramos, D. Girbau and A. Lazaro Department of Electronic, Electric and Automatic Control Engineering (DEEEA) Universitat Rovira i Virgili Tarragona, Spain angel.ramos-urv.cat, david.girbau-urv.cat, antonioramon.lazaro-urv.cat Abstract--This pape

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Development of an All-Metal Large Contact Force Reliable RF-MEMS Relay for Space Applications P. Blondy, A. Pothier, R. Stefanini, J. Gauvin, D. Passerieux XLIM CNRS Université de Limoges Limoges, France pblondy-xlim.fr Abstract--This paper presents the development of and RFMEMS relay for space applications. The integration of a large force el

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference A Simple Self-Powered AM-Demodulator for Wireless Power/Data Transmission Chung-Tse Michael Wu1, Jim S. Sun2 and Tatsuo Itoh3 Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA 1 ctwu-ee.ucla.edu 2 jimsun-ucla.edu 3 itoh-ee.ucla.edu Abstract--This paper presents a simple d

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference f/nf Harmonic Radar System with Optimal Detection of Vital Signs Lydia Chioukh, Halim Boutayeb, and Ke Wu Poly-GRAMES Research Center, CREER Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Québec, Canada Lydia.chioukh-polymtl.ca Abstract-- In this work, a continuous-wave radar system for vital signs detection is proposed and demonstrated. The radar operates at

Proceedings of the 42nd European Microwave Conference Design and Application of a Liquid Crystal Varactor based Tunable Coupled Line for Polarization Agile Antennas Onur Hamza Karabey , Sara Bausch, Saygin Bildik, Sebastian Strunck, Alexander Gaebler and Rolf Jakoby Institute for Microwave Engineering and Photonics, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Merckstr. 25, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany kara