{"title":"Shrinking VCO enables configurable synthesizers","authors":"A. Poddar, U. Rohde","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296444","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296444","url":null,"abstract":"A low cost configurable frequency synthesizer using miniaturized multi-band voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) is presented. The reported approach allows flexibility to cover several wireless standards, exploiting the capabilities of concurrent multi-mode resonance features in compact size with reduced cost. The typical measured phase noise at 100 kHz offset for typical frequency band 4 to 8 GHz synthesizer is −80 dBc/Hz with settling time less than 5 mS.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124367584","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}
D. J. Chung, S. Bhattacharya, G. Ponchak, J. Papapolymerou
{"title":"A ‘stitched’ flexible light weight multilayer 16×16 antenna array on LCP","authors":"D. J. Chung, S. Bhattacharya, G. Ponchak, J. Papapolymerou","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5295944","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5295944","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a light weight multilayer 14 GHz antenna array on an organic LCP (Liquid Crystal Polymer) substrate. The antenna structure includes a two layer corporate feed network, which is partially embedded, connected with vias, otherwise known as ‘stitched’. First, using 4×4 microstrip patch arrays as the unit array, a 6.5° beam steer is observed when a 90° phase difference is applied to a 4×8 antenna array. The stitched 4×8 antenna array has a 3 dB beamwidth of 12° and a maximum gain of 15.4 dB with no phase shift, and the gain drops to 13 dB with a phase shift. Next, a 16×16 antenna has been constructed applying the stitching concept. The results show a 3 dB beamwidth of 6° and a 16.8 dB of gain.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127674064","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":"Realization of an effective free-space perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) boundary by a grounded ferrite slab using Faraday rotation","authors":"A. Shahvarpour, T. Kodera, A. Parsa, C. Caloz","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296200","url":null,"abstract":"The perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) is a novel concept with interesting properties and many potential applications. In this paper, a practical solution for the realization of an effective free-space PEMC boundary is introduced. The operation of this PEMC is based on 45° Faraday rotation and ground reflection of a normally plane wave incident to a grounded ferrite slab. In the resulting free-space PEMC boundary, the reflected and incident fields are mutually orthogonal, which may lead to sensor and radar applications.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126306536","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}
C. Croenne, F. Garet, J. Carbonell, É. Lheurette, K. Blary, J. Coutaz, D. Lippens
{"title":"Subwavelength hole arrayed stack: Towards terahertz high resolution imaging systems","authors":"C. Croenne, F. Garet, J. Carbonell, É. Lheurette, K. Blary, J. Coutaz, D. Lippens","doi":"10.1109/EUMC.2009.5296156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EUMC.2009.5296156","url":null,"abstract":"We report on the electromagnetic response of a stack of sub-wavelength hole metal arrays. The samples were designed for exhibiting left-handed dispersion branches under normal incidence and their transmissivity were optimized via the fabrication of elliptic-shaped holes. An experimental evidence of ground left handed dispersion branches was found around 0.45 THz by time-domain terahertz spectroscopy, supported by full wave simulations. The insertion losses are 3dB for a five-layer structure, this good level being explained by successful impedance matching. This result paves the way of high transmissivity high resolution focusing devices.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131284273","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. Thiel, M. Hein, U. Schwarz, J. Sachs, T. Lindel, F. Seifert
{"title":"Exploring the benefits of ultra-wideband radar for high- and ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging","authors":"F. Thiel, M. Hein, U. Schwarz, J. Sachs, T. Lindel, F. Seifert","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296013","url":null,"abstract":"The specific advantages of ultra-wideband radar make it a technique especially attractive for biomedical applications. We partly review our activities in utilizing this novell technique for the benefit of high and ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging. Topics like motion tracking, MR safety, and navigation for cardiac MRI are addressed.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131947527","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":"40 years of EuMC and beyond","authors":"R. Sorrentino, T. Brazil","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296192","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a short review of the 40 year history of the European Microwave Conference (EuMC). After reviewing the origins and evolution of the conference and the technical landscape in microwaves at the beginning of the conference in 1969, the changes in the technical programme over the lifetime of the conference to date are briefly reviewed. Some topics have proved of durable importance, others have faded in significance over the years while new topics continually emerge. The authors are confident that the EuMC is in good health at this significant milestone in its development and that it can look forward to many more years as a successful scientific and industrial event of global significance in the field of microwaves.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130290963","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":"Single and dual band-notched UWB antennas with U-shaped structures","authors":"A. Arriola, E. Soliman, S. Brebels, W. De Raedt","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296388","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296388","url":null,"abstract":"Single and dual band-notched antennas are designed applying U-shaped resonators to circular-slot UWB antennas, in order to attenuate interfering signals between 5 and 6 GHz. Simulations and measurements are carried out, which confirm the band-notch behaviour. In the case of the single notch, up to 10 dB gain reduction is achieved, with no significant impact on the antenna properties outside the notched band. For the dual band-notch antennas, results show the suitability of this topology for tunable designs.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131020009","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}
Ching‐Wen Tang, Wei-Ting Liu, Mingguang Chen, Yuan-Chih Lin
{"title":"Design of dual-band bandpass filters with short-end coupled lines","authors":"Ching‐Wen Tang, Wei-Ting Liu, Mingguang Chen, Yuan-Chih Lin","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296220","url":null,"abstract":"Novel dual-band bandpass filters are proposed in this paper. With the assistance of symmetrical feeding, the short-end coupled lines are adopted for the main structure of the proposed filter. Moreover, the dual-passband responses are accomplished by integrating two passband filters with the same structure. The theorem for analysis is presented in this paper as well. Finally, measured and simulated results of the fabricated examples match well so that the feasibility of filter configuration has been validated.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130726221","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}
W. Gautier, A. Stehle, B. Schoenlinner, V. Ziegler, U. Prechtel, W. Menzel
{"title":"Low-loss micro-machined four-pole linear phase filter in silicon technology","authors":"W. Gautier, A. Stehle, B. Schoenlinner, V. Ziegler, U. Prechtel, W. Menzel","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296250","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a micro-machined linear phase filter for K-band satellite communication is presented. The filter is a four-pole cavity resonator band-pass filter. It is fabricated in silicon using the KOH-wet etching technique, and the filter is assembled by bonding two silicon wafers. The proposed configuration enables the realisation of low-loss and low-cost filters, which are easily integrable, monolithically or in a hybrid fashion, in microwave front-ends. Further, as it is described in the paper, the arrangement proposed for the cavity resonators allows for the realisation of cross-couplings between the cavity resonators, and it makes possible the design of compact linear phase filters. This paper presents the design and the measurement of a single micro-machined cavity resonator, and it describes the design procedure of the four-pole filter. This design of the complete four-pole micro-machined linear phase filter is finally assessed by full-wave simulation.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130977432","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":"A compact bandpass filter using lumped coupling elements between input port and output port","authors":"Q. Chu, L. Fan, Huan Wang","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2009.5296503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2009.5296503","url":null,"abstract":"A compact T resonator filter with the lumped coupling elements between two ports is presented to have not only two transmission zeros near its passband, but also a controllable transmission zero in the upper stopband. The lumped coupling elements between two ports make it possible for the filter to generate three transmission Zps, and the position of the zero in the upper stopband is controllable by adjusting the capacitance value and the position of interdigital capacitor. At the same time, the centre frequency and bandwidth are both not changed. Then, the bandwidth of filter can be just adjusted by the different length of short-circuited branch. A compact filter operating at 3 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 26% and minimal insertion loss of 0.7 dB and three Zps has been designed and fabricated. Good skirt selectivity and controllable stopband characteristics can be achieved simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":232128,"journal":{"name":"2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC)","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133492803","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}