M. Deng, S. Frégonèse, D. Céli, P. Chevalier, M. De matos, T. Zimmer
{"title":"Design of Silicon On-Wafer Sub-THz Calibration Kit","authors":"M. Deng, S. Frégonèse, D. Céli, P. Chevalier, M. De matos, T. Zimmer","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497073","url":null,"abstract":"On-wafer TRL calibration kits were developed in STMicroelectronics BiCMOS55 technology. Standard straight lines and meander lines topologies were investigated and compared together through a SiGe HBT characterization up to 220 GHz.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126898748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bence Cseppentö, T. Berceli, Andrea Nagy, A. Billabert
{"title":"A multiplier-type microwave FET mixer","authors":"Bence Cseppentö, T. Berceli, Andrea Nagy, A. Billabert","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497159","url":null,"abstract":"Generally the nonlinearity of a semiconductor diode or transistor is utilized for mixing operation. In that type of mixer the two input signals are combined to one port while the output can be filtered from the other port. This requires high local oscillator power and higher order sideband signals are also generated. This paper presents a multiplier-type microwave FET mixer which does not exhibit the mentioned problems. In a multiplier-type mixer there are two or three ports and the two input signals are applied to different ports. We designed and realized a mixer with its filters in a microstrip structure and verified its functionality by simulations and measurements. The mixer operates at 2GHz, however, the design methods may be used for higher frequencies as well. The presented work gives way to develop a similar tunable circuit suitable for use in a software-defined radio network such as the 5G system.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125367441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Kanoun, D. Cordeau, Jean-Marie Paillotl, H. Mnif, M. Loulou
{"title":"5.9 GHz High Sensitivity Rectenna for Low Power Wireless Transmission Application","authors":"M. Kanoun, D. Cordeau, Jean-Marie Paillotl, H. Mnif, M. Loulou","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497072","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the analysis and the design of a high sensitivity rectenna operating at 5.9 GHz and -5 dBm for microwave power transfer applications. Closed form equations are given to evaluate the output rectifier characteristics as a function of RF input power. A diode parametric analysis using the theoretical model is proposed to evaluate their impact on the circuit performances. The rectifier circuit has been designed and optimised with KEYSIGHT ADS Software. The proposed rectenna has been realised and experimentally characterised. Measurement results validate the design methodology and show an efficiency of 30 % and an output DC voltage around 1 V for a 10 kΩ DC load.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117252742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design of Continuously Tunable Low Noise Amplifier for Multiband Radio","authors":"A. Aneja, Xue Jun Li, B. Li","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497156","url":null,"abstract":"this paper presents the design of continuously tunable low noise amplifier with frequency tuning range from 2.2 to 2.8 GHz. The amplifier achieves input matching and tunability through a transformer based input matching network. The proposed circuit uses an inductively degenerated common source cascode amplifier to design the amplification stage. The circuit includes a phase shifter circuit to shift the phase of the input signal to achieve tunability through transformer. The LNA achieves a maximum gain of more than 17dB in the entire tuning range. The LNA attains a perfect impedance match across the tuning range and has a stable operation. In addition, it achieves a low noise figure ranging from 1.4dB to 5.2dB.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125477254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Upgrading The Settings of a Microwave Experimental Setup for Better Accuracy in Bistatic Radar Cross Section Measurement","authors":"H. Saleh, J. Geffrin, C. Eyraud, H. Tortel","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497163","url":null,"abstract":"Bistatic Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurement represents a particular challenge, compared to monostatic measurement. First, bistatic RCS measurement requires a background subtraction to compensate the direct incidence from the source to the receiver. Second, the measurement accuracy varies as function of the amplitude of the received signal which, by itself, varies as a function of the receiver’s position with respect to the source. In the forward scattering direction when the receiving and transmitting antennas are facing each other, the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) is usually satisfactory but the signal level must be maintained beyond the non-linear region of the receiving devices. However, in the backward scattering direction the SNR is quite low [1]. When measuring low RCS targets, these issues become very critical because the total field (measured with the presence of the target) and the incident field (background subtraction) become very similar, and the extraction of the RCS quantity from their subtraction becomes very vulnerable to the random noise. This problem has limited in the past the accurate measurement of low RCS targets, with dimensions smaller than the wavelength and/or with low relative permittivity, that may have RCS values down to −60 dBm2. Since the measurement setup of the CCRM was recently renewed, it became possible with the new apparatuses to apply a “smart” selection of the setup settings to enhance the measurement accuracy over all the bistatic range. In this study our goal is to evaluate the impact of the noise control, which can be obtained through the proposed setting adjustment, on the RCS measurement.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"53 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114019028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bandpass Filter Based on New Spiral Hexagonal Split Ring Resonator","authors":"Zied Troudi, L. Osman, L. Latrach","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497155","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to analyze and design a Chebyshev type bandpass filter using split ring resonators (SRR) to obtain a miniaturized structure. The modeling of this structure consists mainly in developing new resonators with low permeability, which reduces the use of this element for the design of filters. The obtained result shows a miniaturization rate equal to 32% for the developed SRR compared to the reference SRR. The designed bandpass filter size according to the wavelength is equal to $0.138,,lambda times 0.055,,lambda$. Its bandwidth is approximately 247 MHz at -3 dB, and the transmission coefficient S21 obtained at 1.7 GHz is around -0.58 dB. The miniaturization rate obtained is about 58% with respect to the U-shaped resonator technology. We carried out 3D simulations using CST Microwave Studio software to validate the obtained results. 3D simulations are also implemented for the same geometrical and physical parameters of this filter using HFSS software.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"233 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123264301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time domain analysis of incident field coupling to a microwave circuit: FDTD approach & PSpice validation","authors":"I. Zerrouk, H. Kabbaj, A. Amharech","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497069","url":null,"abstract":"This article is devoted to a transient analysis of field-to-line coupling model. This one is a microstrip multiconductor transmission line (MTL), which can be uniform or not and connected with several loads either linear as a resistance, nonlinear like a diode or complex nonlinear as a Metal Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor (MESFET). The finite difference time-domain technique (FDTD) is used to compute the expression of voltage and current at the line. The primary advantage of this method over many existing methods is that nonlinear terminations may be readily incorporated into the algorithm and the analysis. The numerical predictions are compared those obtained by using PSpice Software. The agreement between the both results are generally good.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127393339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Scattering by Two PEMC Elliptic Cylinders","authors":"A. Hamid","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497165","url":null,"abstract":"Iterative procedure is implemented to derive rigorous solution to the problem of plane electromagnetic wave scattering by couple of perfect electromagnetic conducting (PEMC) elliptic cylinders due co/cross polarized scattered fields among cylinders. The translation theorem for Mathieu functions is enforced to compute the higher order scattered fields by single PEMC elliptic cylinder in terms of the other elliptic cylinder coordination system to impose the boundary conditions. The kth co/cross polarized scattered field coefficient expressions are extracted by iteration procedure without matrix inversion.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"277 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128756319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Haddad, I. Ghorbel, W. Rahajandraibe, A. Slimane, S. Traiche, R. Touhami
{"title":"Sub-1mW RF Voltage Controlled Oscillator Design Optimization for IoT","authors":"F. Haddad, I. Ghorbel, W. Rahajandraibe, A. Slimane, S. Traiche, R. Touhami","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497152","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a sub-1mW radiofrequency voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) design optimization approach. The relation between components and specifications of the LC-VCO is studied, which allows to easily identify its design trade-offs. This approach has been applied to optimize the design of two different topologies of sub-1mW LC-VCOs in 130nm CMOS process suitable for IoT applications. The first VCO is using the current-reused technique and the second one is based on CMOS cross-coupled topology operating in the sub-threshold region. Post-layout simulation results in both circuits show a total power consumption of only $136mu mathrm {W}$ and $267mu mathrm {W}$ with a phase noise of-114dBc/Hz @lMHz at the operation frequency of 2.4GHz.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121104435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IoT Predictive Application for DC Motor Control using Radio Frequency links","authors":"R. Kouki, A. Boé, T. Vantroys, F. Bouani","doi":"10.1109/MMS.2017.8497154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MMS.2017.8497154","url":null,"abstract":"The Internet of things (IoT) becomes a new solution for the future industry. It aims to provide an intelligent environment to control systems in real time. We propose an embedded predictive application in the Wireless Networked Control Systems (W-NCS) to control a DC motor via RF links, under the presence of packet losses and limited size constraint of transmitted packets in the communication channel. To design an IoT predictive application in W-NCS, a Model Predictive Control (MPC) method is proposed. This strategy is developed and implemented in the embedded device by using the RIOT OS which granted maintenance costs of IoT products and offers a real-time support in the control of the systems. The proposed approach is tested in a wireless environment with an intention to be applied to tackle the problem of communication. The practical experiment results obtained demonstrate the effectiveness of the Networked Predictive Control (NPC) approach based on the W-NCS structure for this kind of problems.","PeriodicalId":152707,"journal":{"name":"2017 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS)","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132284120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}