Novel Large Market Applications Of Microwaves

Abstract

Military and professional civil communications and radar systems have driven the state of the art of microwave technology and equipment. New applications, driven by commercial market, impose drastic changes in existing design and manufacturing. Apart well identified market like DBS, mobile radios and fkture applications around 60 GHz, it exists a plenty of microwave applications in niche markets, and not well known or still in development, but able to raise rapidly. This paper reviews technologies and principles able to solve the commercial market constraints such as MMIC, microwave smart cards, as well as new technological approaches and concepts. Some examples of commercial activities in France illustrate this survey.