{"title":"Solution to Last Month’s Quiz [Enigmas, etc.]","authors":"Takashi Ohira","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3403315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3403315","url":null,"abstract":"The poles in question from last month’s puzzle are shown in <xref ref-type=\"fig\" r xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">Figure 1</xref>\u0000. The slope angle is now denoted as <inline-formula xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\"><tex-math notation=\"LaTeX\">$mathit{theta}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to seek a more general solution than just specified to 30°.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141610512","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The MTT-S Technical Areas: Striving for Scientific Excellence [President’s Column]","authors":"Maurizio Bozzi","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3403045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3403045","url":null,"abstract":"The field of interest of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) encompasses components and systems operating in the frequency range from megahertz to terahertz. Specifically, MTT-S interests include the theory and applications of radio waves and guided-wave and wireless technologies (comprising nanostructures, devices, integrated circuits, multicircuit assemblies, components, packages, transmission lines, and subsystems) as well as systems involving the generation, amplification, processing, modulation, control, transmission, reception, detection, demodulation, and effects of electromagnetic energy transport. Additionally, they include the interaction and interface of microwave signals with digital and optical circuitry and interconnecting transmission media.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"98 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141610505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nabil El-Hinnawy, Gregory Slovin, Kurt Moen, Chris Masse, David Howard
{"title":"A Tale of Two Phases: An Overview of Phase-Change Material RF Switch Technology: Sub-20-fs RON*COFF RF Switch Technology for the Mm-Wave and 5G/6G Revolutions","authors":"Nabil El-Hinnawy, Gregory Slovin, Kurt Moen, Chris Masse, David Howard","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3403288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3403288","url":null,"abstract":"It was the lowest of R\u0000<sub xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">ON</sub>\u0000*C\u0000<sub xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">OFF</sub>\u0000, the highest of F\u0000<sub xmlns:mml=\"http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML\" xmlns:xlink=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink\">CO</sub>\u0000, it was a time of unbridled optimism, it was a time of insurmountable challenge, there was knowledge of the crystalline, and ignorance of the amorphous, elegance in operation, and ugliness in reliability, there was hope with integration, yet despair with power handling, it was going to revolutionize the industry, only to disappear before it had a chance…","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141610508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Igniting the Waves: MTT-S Expands Its Horizon in Kolkata, the City of Joy [MGA News]","authors":"Chinmoy Saha, Goutam Chattopadhyay","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3402570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3402570","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141610509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 2023 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference in Leuven [Women in Microwaves]","authors":"Marie Mertens","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3387176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3387176","url":null,"abstract":"The IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC) took place in Leuven, Belgium, in September 2023. The event brought together academics and professionals in the field of microwaves for biomedical diagnostics, therapy, and other applications to connect and exchange information on the latest progress in the field. The event hosted 110 participants from 23 countries, of which approximately 40% were female. The (almost) complete gender equality in terms of the number of researchers and professionals at the conference, both in the organizing committee and among the attendees, was refreshing.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141523852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"No Silos [MicroBusiness]","authors":"Fred Schindler","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3387034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3387034","url":null,"abstract":"I joined what was then called the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society shortly after beginning my working career. Having been assigned a few RF and microwave development projects, MTT-S seemed to be the logical society for me to join. A few years before, as a student, I became an IEEE member. When I completed a master’s degree with a concentration in microwave engineering, it confirmed my decision to join MTT-S.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141548094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Fundamentals of RF and Microwave Techniques and Technologies [Book/Software Reviews]","authors":"James Chu","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3387038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3387038","url":null,"abstract":"This book collects the best and brightest authors in this technology space; they produced fourteen outstanding chapters, which include everything you need to know about RF/microwave engineering, from design to research. Some chapters dive very deep into theory, and other chapters focus on the practical design and implementation of RF/microwave circuits, subsystems, and systems. For an RF engineer, designer, and researcher, this book is a must-have on your bookshelf. This book would also be a useful electrical engineering college seniorlevel or advanced degree textbook for a two-semester course sequence in microwave engineering. The contributors to this book include Holger Arthaber, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; Jan Hesselbarth, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Vadim Issakov, TU Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany; Holger Maune, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany; Renato Negra, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; Nils Pohl, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Rüdiger Quay, Fraunhofer- Institute for Applied Solid State Physics IAF, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany; Ulrich L. Rohde, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany; Dietmar Rudolph, Berlin, Germany; Matthias Rudolph, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, Germany; and Hans Zahnd, Emmenmatt, Switzerland.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141548113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Changzhi Li, Holger Maune, Václav Valenta, Roberto Gomez-Garcia
{"title":"IEEE Radio and Wireless Week 2024 [Conference Report]","authors":"Changzhi Li, Holger Maune, Václav Valenta, Roberto Gomez-Garcia","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3387177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3387177","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141523777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The MTT-S Portfolio of Scientific Publications [President’s Column]","authors":"Maurizio Bozzi","doi":"10.1109/mmm.2024.3387032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mmm.2024.3387032","url":null,"abstract":"The IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S) has a broad portfolio of scientific publications, which serves as a valuable repository of peer-reviewed papers describing the major technical advances within the microwave community.","PeriodicalId":55023,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Microwave Magazine","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141548093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}