4–6 October 2016

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 Session Index
EuMC01: Waveguide and SIW Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EuMC02: Antenna Substrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
EuMC03: IoT, UWB and Wireless Sensor Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
EuMC04: Systems and Applications 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
EuMC05: Millimetre-Wave Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
EuMC06: Metamaterial Circuits and Modelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
EuMC07: Lossy and Multi-Band Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
EuMC08: Advanced 5G Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
EuMC09: Novel Electromagnetic Techniques for Microwave Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
EuMC10: Digital Predistortion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
EuMC11: Passive Couplers and Dividers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
EuMC12: Recent Advances in the Field of Multipactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
EuMC13: Advanced Technological Realisation of Microwave Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EuMC14: Bio-Sensors, Gas Detection and Microfluidics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
EuMC15: Control Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
EuMC16: Frequency Selective Surfaces and Metasurfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
EuMC17: Antenna Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EuMC18: Diode and Transistor Technology for THz Signal Generation and Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
EuMC19: Additive Manufacturing and Technological Approaches for Passive Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
EuMC20: Measurement and Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
EuMC21: High Power Amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
EuMC22: Advanced Antenna Technologies and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
EuMC23: Reconfigurable Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
EuMC24: Advances in Planar Filter Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
EuMC25: Advances in Antenna and Radiation Electromagnetic Modelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
EuMC26: High Frequency Oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
EuMC27: Systems and Applications 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
EuMC28: Diplexers and Reconfigurable Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
EuMC29: Measurement Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
EuMC30: High Frequency and Wideband Amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
EuMC31: Metamaterial Absorbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
EuMC32: Advances in RFID Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
EuMC33: Passive Components for High Power Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
EuMC34: Tuneable and Reconfigurable Circuits and Structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
EuMC35: Biomedical Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
EuMC36: High Performance Transceivers and Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
EuMC37: Stochastic Methods for Complex EMC Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
EuMC38: Antenna Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
EuMC39: Wireless Power Transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
EuMC40: Compact Implementation of Filters and Diplexers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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EuMC41: Techniques and Microwave Devices for Controlling Surface Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
EuMC42: Sensing and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
EuMC43: Power Amplifier Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
EuMC44: Microwaves in the Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
EuMC45: Directive and Satellite Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
EuMC46: New Technologies for Filter Realization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
EuMC47: Applicators and Sensors for Medical Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
EuMC48: Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
EuMC49: Photonic Technologies for Terahertz Systems Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
EuMC50: APMC Selected Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

EuMCPoster01: EuMC Poster Session 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

EuMCPoster02: EuMC Poster Session 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

EuMIC/EuMC01: ARMMS RF and Microwave Society Selected Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

EuMIC/EuMC02: RF MEMS Components and Packaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
EuMIC/EuMC03: THz Photonics Electronic Components and Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
EuMIC/EuMC04: Components for Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
EuMIC/EuMC05: Multi-Functional Tuneable Filters for Wireless Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
EuMIC/EuMC06: Packaged and Integrated High-Power Amplifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
EuMIC/EuMC07: Packaging and Multichip Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

EuRAD/EuMC01: Novel Radar Front-End Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

EuRAD/EuMC02: Terahertz Radar, Sensing and Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
EuRAD/EuMC03: Antennas and Front Ends I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
EuRAD/EuMC04: Millimetre-Wave and THz Radar Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
EuRAD/EuMC05: Millimetre-Wave Antenna Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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EuMC 2016
Abstracts
EuMC01 : Waveguide and SIW Components
Room 4, 09:00–10:40, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Shokrollah Karimian, CERN
Co-Chair: Luca Perregrini, University of Pavia
Wideband Probe-Type Waveguide-to-Microstrip
Transition for V-Band Applications
Oleg Soykin, Alexey Artemenko, Vladimir Ssorin,
Andrey Mozharovskiy, Roman Maslennikov; Radio
Gigabit, Russia
EuMC01-1, Time: 09:00
A novel broadband probe-type waveguide-to-microstrip transition
adapted for operation in V band is presented. The transition is
realized on a standard high frequency printed circuit board (PCB)
fixed between a standard WR-15 waveguide and a simple backshort.
The microstrip-fed probe is placed at the same side of the PCB
with the backshort and acts as an impedance matching element.
The proposed transition additionally includes two through holes
implemented on the PCB in the center of the transition area.
Thus, significant part of the lossy PCB dielectric is removed from
that area providing wideband and low-loss performance of the
transition. Measurements show that the designed transition has
the bandwidth of 50 – 70 GHz for the -10 dB level of the reflection
coefficient with the loss level of only 0.75 dB within the transition
bandwidth.
Rectangular Waveguide-to-Coplanar Waveguide
Transitions at U-Band Using E-Plane Probe and Wire
Bonding
Yunfeng Dong, Tom K. Johansen, Vitaliy Zhurbenko,
Peter Jesper Hanberg; Technical University of
Denmark, Denmark
EuMC01-2, Time: 09:20
This paper presents rectangular waveguide-to-coplanar waveguide
(CPW) transitions at U-band (40 – 60 GHz) using E-plane probe and
wire bonding. The designs of CPWs based on quartz substrate
with and without aluminum cover are explained. The single and
double layer rectangular waveguide-to-CPW transitions using
E-plane probe and wire bonding are designed. The proposed
rectangular waveguide-to-CPW transition using wire bonding can
provide 10 GHz bandwidth at Uband and does not require extra
CPWs or connections between CPWs and chips. A single layer
rectangular waveguide-to-CPW transition using E-plane probe with
aluminum package has been fabricated and measured to validate
the proposed transitions. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is
the first time that a wire bonding is used as a probe for rectangular
waveguide-to-CPW transition at U-band.
Design of Substrate Integrated Waveguides
Structures Based on Stop-Band Response FSSs
(SBFSS-SIW)
Nuria Esparza, Pablo Alcón, Luis Fernando Herrán,
Fernando Las-Heras; Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
EuMC01-3, Time: 09:40
A novel combination of Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) and
Frequency Selective Surface (FSS) is proposed. The FSS operates in
its Stop-Band and acts as metal conductor plates of the SIW. The
Substrate Integrated Waveguide using Frequency Selective Surfaces
in Stop-Band (SBFSS-SIW) preserve the propagation properties and
the dimensions of the conventional SIW, and have periodic isolated
pads that could allow the direct integration of biased active and
passive devices on the SIW surface. A set of SBFSS-SIWs for X-band
have been designed, simulated and experimentally measured to
demonstrate that SBFSS-SIWs can behave similar to conventional
SIW structures.
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4–6 October 2016 London, UK
A Study on the Broadband Transitions Between
Microstrip Line and Post-Wall Waveguide in E-Band
Yusuke Uemichi, Osamu Nukaga, Kei Nakamura, Xu
Han, Ryouhei Hosono, Ning Guan; Fujikura, Japan
EuMC01-4, Time: 10:00
This paper proposes design considerations for broadband input
and output (I/O) transition between microstrip line (MSL) and post-
wall waveguide (PWW) for E-band applications. To truly realize
broadband operation, design of an anti-pad has to be taken into
consideration together with the length and position of a blind-via
(feeding-pin). The anti-pad is a ring-shaped space formed into the
top broad wall of the waveguide at around the blind-via. We show
the effect of the anti-pad on the impedance bandwidth of the I/O
transition through simulation and experiment. As a result, we
realized the transition with 32.4% impedance bandwidth centered
at 77.5 GHz in a silica-based PWW.
Passive Monolithic Microwave Multisensor Based on
N Coupled Substrate Integrated Resonators for
Environmental Detection
M. Ndoye 1 , A.H. Rasolomboahanginjatovo 1 , N.Y.
Sama 1 , F. Domingue 1 , D. Deslandes 2 ; 1 Université du
Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada; 2 École de
Technologie Supérieure, Canada
EuMC01-5, Time: 10:20
This work presents a novel fully passive monolithic microwave
multisensor on Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) technology
for simultaneous detection of humidity and temperature. The
proposed structure is simple and combines several resonators
with well controlled coupling. Each resonator of the multisensor
is capable of environmental detection. The detection principle is
based on a frequency shift due to a perturbation of the effective
permittivity, depending on the sensitivity of the dielectric medium
to the surrounding physical variable. The presented multisensor
structure operates in the frequency range from 5–9.5 GHz and
exhibits a frequency shift for relative humidity in the range of
6.5–93%RH and for temperature between 23–60◦ C. Based on SIW
technology, this new monolithic environmental solution presents
the advantage of being easily integrated into planar structure, en-
ergetically efficient and low-cost for mass production application.
EuMC02 : Antenna Substrates
Room 16, 09:00–10:40, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Peter Gardner, University of Birmingham
Co-Chair: Matthias Hein, University of Ilmenau
Design and Experimental Characterization of a
Surface with Low Radar Cross-Section at
Millimeter-Wave Frequencies
Claudia Vasanelli, Frank Boegelsack, Christian
Waldschmidt; Universität Ulm, Germany
EuMC02-1, Time: 09:00
The investigation of low radar cross-section (RCS) structures is of
great practical interest for the car integration of radar systems.
This paper presents for the first time the study of a low-RCS
surface at millimeter wave frequencies. The surface employs a
chessboard-like geometry that uses a periodic displacement of arti-
ficial magnetic conductors (AMCs) and perfect electric conductors
(PECs). The structure is able to redirect the incident wave in non-
specular directions, and it is thus possible to achieve a significant
reduction of the RCS in the boresight direction. The measurement
results confirm the predictions of the full-wave simulations, and
they prove that the proposed surface can effectively achieve more
than 17 dB of RCS reduction in the case of normal incidence at
76.8 GHz.
A High Efficiency Planar W-Band Array Antenna
Zhang-Cheng Hao, Quan Yuan, Zhe Song; Southeast
University, China
EuMC02-2, Time: 09:20
A planar W-band array antenna backed by a substrate integrated
waveguide (SIW) cavity with high radiation efficiency is proposed
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in this paper. In order to avoid large loss caused by the complex
feeding network, a SIW cavity operating at high-order resonating
mode is adopted for the proposed antenna. Multiple radiation
slots are etched on the top surface of a single layer SIW cavity
for implementing an array antenna. Therefore a high radiation
efficiency is obtained without using complex feeding network. As
demonstration, a 5 by 6 slot array antenna is designed with a SIW
backed cavity using TE560 -mode. The prototype is fabricated using
a low cost printed-circuited-board (PCB) process, and excited by
a standard WR-10 waveguide in the experiment. Measurement
results show that this prototype has a gain over 14dBi in the 10 dB
return loss bandwidth, a high radiation efficiency up to 74.2% at
90.2 GHz, and a maximum gain up to 15.7dBi at 90.6GHz.
Low Side Lobe Cylinder Conformal Omnidirectional
Millimeter Wave Microstrip Antenna Design
Jingping Liu 1 , Ning Mu 1 , Fang Lv 1 , Huichang Zhao 1 ,
Qian Wang 1 , Ying Wang 2 ; 1 NUST, China; 2 University
of Ontario, Canada
EuMC02-3, Time: 09:40
A 32GHz cylinder conformal omnidirectional millimeter wave an-
tenna array is designed in this paper. The diameter of the cylinder
is 60 mm. The Taylor distribution method has been applied to
design eight elements subarray to lower the side lobes. The beam
wave angle can be changed by adjusting the distance between
microstrip patches. The antenna array includes 32 subarrays to
obtain smooth radiation pattern. The simulation results show that
the first side lobe level is -17.2dB. The antenna has been fabricated.
The measurement results show that the omnidirectional antenna
gain is 6.2dB, and the relative bandwidth is 23.4%.
Broadband Millimeter Wave Cavity Backed Patch
Antenna Sub-Array Using Advanced Multi-Layer PCB
Technology
M. Mosalanejad 1 , S. Brebels 1 , I. Ocket 1 , C. Soens 1 ,
G.A.E. Vandenbosch 2 ; 1 imec, Belgium; 2 Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
EuMC02-4, Time: 10:00
In this paper, a new cavity backed microstrip patch antenna
sub-array, which is fabricated in an advanced high resolution
multi-layer PCB technology is presented. This sub-array consists
of two corporate fed elements. To reduce backside radiation, a
microstrip to stripline transition is used for connecting the IC’s
on the other side of the board. This antenna is designed for 79
GHz radar applications, and has a wide impedance bandwidth of
17.12%. The gain and efficiency are 7.1 dB and 85% respectively.
Furthermore, measurements have been performed, and show a
good agreement with simulations.
High Gain Antenna for Sub-Millimeter Wave
Communications
A. Martínez 1 , I. Maestrojuan 1 , D. Valcazar 1 , J.
Teniente 2 ; 1 Anteral, Spain; 2 Universidad Pública de
Navarra, Spain
EuMC02-5, Time: 10:20
Nowadays the increase of high data rate communication applica-
tions requires high bandwidth at sub-millimeter wave frequencies
and above, therefore high performance antennas are needed. This
paper presents the design, fabrication and test of a high gain offset
parabolic reflector antenna at sub-millimeter wave frequencies
using typical machining techniques. The high gain antenna is
focused on a 330 GHz communication link test with up to 70 GHz
bandwidth with the goal to set up a 50 Gbit/s data rate link, over
100 m distance.
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4–6 October 2016 London, UK
EuMC03 : IoT, UWB and Wireless Sensor
Networks
Room 7, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Manos Tentzeris, Georgia Institute of Technology
Co-Chair: Daniela Dragomirescu, LAAS-CNRS, Université de
Toulouse
LF RFID Chequered Loop Antenna for Pebbles on the
Beach Detection
A. Diet 1 , Y. Le Bihan 1 , C. Conessa 1 , F. Alves 1 , M.
Grzeskowiak 2 , M. Benamara 2 , G. Lissorgues 2 , M.
Biancheri-Astier 3 , A. Pozzebon 4 ; 1 GeePs, France;
2
ESYCOM, France; 3 GEOPS, France; 4 Università di
Siena, Italy
EuMC03-1, Time: 14:20
This paper focus on low frequency (125 kHz) RFID by magnetic
coupling, more precisely using glasstag type of tags in the context
of pebble detection on the beach. The challenge is to detect over
a wide area very small size tags which are highly sensitive to
the orientation of the magnetic field. To improve the detection
ability of the reader loop antenna, the paper proposes to exploit
the principle of complementary loops. Theoretical simulations
with MATLAB show the potential increase by means of mutual
inductance value along a displacement of the tag. A prototype
of a chequered loop structure is presented and tested with a
classical low power RFID reader to demonstrate the improvement
without increasing the current in LF reader loops. The detection
performances reach 12,8% for a 900 cm2 surface of a prototype
reader loop, whatever the orientation of the glasstag.
Chipless Substrate Integrated Waveguide Tag Using
Time-Domain Reflectometry Technique for
Millimeter-Wave Identification (MMID)
Jiming Li, Tarek Djerafi, Fengchao Ren, Ke Wu; École
Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
EuMC03-2, Time: 14:40
In this paper, an equalization method is proposed in order to
maximize the number of encoded bits in Time-domain reflectom-
etry (TDR) tags. In connection of used transmission line type
and anticipated range of the TDR system, the dimensioning of
a tag (maximum number of bits, time delay, etc) can be defined.
Based on the power budget of a whole working system, Minimum
Detectable Power (MDP) is set up. Substrate integrated waveguide
(SIW) technology is used to build a class of chipless millimeter-wave
identification (MMID) tag working at 35 GHz. The proposed MMID
tag is studied theoretically and experimentally in this work. The
designed SIW tag comprises of 4 symmetrical iris in H-plane with
integrated slot-antenna. The 4-bits-tag is tested to demonstrate
the proposed concept.
Wireless Passive Sensors Interrogation Technique
Based on a Three-Dimensional Analysis
D. Henry, H. Aubert, P. Pons; LAAS, France
EuMC03-3, Time: 15:00
This paper describes a novel wireless passive sensors interroga-
tion technique based on a three-dimensional analysis. Variable
impedances acting as passive sensors are remotely read by a 24
GHz bistatic FMCW radar at distances of 2.0 meters and 5.5 meters.
The radar performs a mechanical beam scanning to receive the
electromagnetic echo level response in a volume. Several estima-
tors are compared to calibrate and quantify the passive sensor
input impedance. From this impedance the physical quantity of
interest (temperature, pressure, strain . . .) can be derived.
EuMC 2016
Measurement and Analysis of Radiated Emissions
from Coupled UAV and Smart RFIC Objects
Sidina Wane 1 , Damienne Bajon 2 , Johannes A. Russer 3 ,
Peter Russer 3 , Jean Baptiste Gros 2 , Jean-Marc
Moschetta 2 , D.W.P. Thomas 4 , Yury Kuznetsov 5 ; 1 NXP
Semiconductors, France; 2 ISAE, France; 3 Technische
Universität München, Germany; 4 University of
Nottingham, UK; 5 Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia
EuMC03-4, Time: 15:20
In this paper, we present experimental characterization and analy-
sis of radiated emissions from coupled UAV and smart RFIC Objects
(smartphones) in presence of noisy interferers. Spectral and spatial
Near-Field responses of radiated emissions from coupled Motor
(UAV) and Circuit (smartphones) are extracted. Analysis of radiated
emissions based on Energy density and Entropy considerations are
proposed. Wavelet Multi-Resolution approach is introduced for
the simultaneous Time-Frequency identification and localization
of stochastic noisy sources.
A 3D-Modulated Delay-Line Based Chipless TDR
UWB RFID System with High Suppression of
Multiple Reflections
Maximilian Pöpperl 1 , Tobias Frank 1 , Christian
Mandel 2 , Rolf Jakoby 2 , Martin Vossiek 1 ; 1 FAU
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 2 Technische Universität
Darmstadt, Germany
EuMC03-5, Time: 15:40
Multiple reflections that are created in the communication channel
as well as on the tag itself have a high impact on the performance
of time domain reflectometry (TDR) radio frequency identification
(RFID) systems. In this paper we present a complete chipless
delay-line based TDR ultra-wideband (UWB) system with low mul-
tiple reflections and a 3D modulation scheme. We use a minimum
tag delay to reduce tag size as well as insertion loss on the tag,
which decreases the maximum reading range and the maximum
modulation order. Microstrip dividers are in place on the tag
to block multiple reflections on it. Additionally, orthogonally
polarized antennas at the reader and the tag are used to suppress
clutter from the surroundings as well as from the tag itself. These
measures assure a 12-bit data capacity and allow tag interrogation
without any calibration. We provide a detailed analysis of the
system architecture, verified by measurement results, to prove the
capability of the system.
EuMC04 : Systems and Applications 1
Room 12, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Wolfgang Bösch, University of Graz
Co-Chair: Steve Nightingale, Cobham Antenna Systems
A Digitally Assisted Analog Cancellation System at
RF Frequencies for Improving the Isolation
Performance of a Ceramic Duplexer
Han Su, Ziming Wang, Sarah Adel Ibrahim, Ronan
Farrell; Maynooth University, Ireland
EuMC04-1, Time: 14:20
In order to reduce the isolation performance requirement of a
duplexer in an FDD transceiver, this paper presents a TX leakage
cancellation technique that is digitally controlled, operates at RF
frequencies and is designed to suppress the in-band leakage with
respect to the RX band. Not only the attenuation and phase, but
also the delays are optimized by using the proposed MADF-DC
estimation technique. In order to demonstrate the concept, the
cancellation system with a ceramic duplexer is prototyped using
dedicated components for the transceiver test bench that uses
a ceramic duplexer. The design bandwidth of the system is 35
MHz at the centre frequency of 897.5 MHz. More than 11 dB and
20 dB of cancellation have been achieved by measurement and
simulation, respectively.
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Compact Reconfigurable Industry-Level Ka-Band
Switch Matrix Payload Module for Geostationary
Satellite Operation
Alexander Ebert 1 , Jens Müller 1 , Ralf Stephan 1 , Dirk
Stöpel 1 , Tobias Kässer 2 , Willibald Konrath 2 ,
Matthias A. Hein 1 ; 1 Technische Universität Ilmenau,
Germany; 2 Tesat-Spacecom, Germany
EuMC04-2, Time: 14:40
In this paper we describe the development of a compact and
lightweight reconfigurable 4×4 switch matrix module for geosta-
tionary satellite communications in Ka-band (17. . .22 GHz), where
signal routing becomes more and more relevant. The module
is based on a space-qualified low-temperature co-fired ceramic
multilayer technology. Following a successful on-orbit verification
aboard a low-earth orbit satellite mission, the switch matrix has
undergone major design revisions, aiming at an industry-scale
manufacturability without compromising the advanced functional
performance. By applying a system-in-package approach including
automated hybrid assembly, a fully operational breadboard version
has been developed, which upon further space qualification steps
is intended to become part of a reconfigurable input multiplexer
aboard the geostationary Heinrich Hertz satellite. Combining a ce-
ramic package, an organic multilayer interface, wire-bonded coaxial
connectors into an aluminum housing, the dimensions measure
126 mm × 87 mm × 11 mm with a weight of 193 g, corresponding
to a reduction of 60% in volume and 40% in mass compared to a
previous electronic version, and orders-of-magnitude better than
coaxial switch matrices.
Millimeter-Wave Sourceless Receiver Embedded
with DoA Estimation
Ruizhi Liu, Yangping Zhao, Ke Wu; École Polytechnique
de Montréal, Canada
EuMC04-3, Time: 15:00
In the currently speculated fifth generation (5G) wireless commu-
nication systems, one of the critical issues is related to energy
efficiency. On the other hand, the transmission speeds of 5G
networks are expected to reach or exceed 10 Gbps, which generally
requires innovative and high spectral efficiency transmitters and
receivers. To fulfill such two basic requirements of 5G systems,
a millimeter-wave sourceless receiver technique is proposed and
studied in this work. The proposed receiver architecture is a pure
passive circuit without internal sources that achieve a high-energy
efficiency. The receiver can also detect the incident angle of a radio
frequency (RF) signal through embedded direction of arrival (DoA)
estimation algorithm.
Active Imaging of Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic
Using Millimeter-Wave Radiometry
Colin Viegas 1 , Byron Alderman 2 , Peter G. Huggard 3 ,
Jeff Powell 2 , Muhammad Firdaus A.J.K. 1 , Kai
Parow-Souchon 3 , Hairui Liu 2 , Christopher I. Duff 1 ,
Robin Sloan 1 ; 1 University of Manchester, UK;
2
Teratech Components, UK; 3 Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory, UK
EuMC04-4, Time: 15:20
Composite materials are used in a variety of industries ranging
from oil and gas to aerospace for which structural failure can
be catastrophic. Regular maintenance of such structures be-
comes necessary after a certain period. This paper describes a
non-destructive, non-intrusive, non-contact broadband imaging
method that uses traditional millimeter-wave radiometry to iden-
tify anomalies in a glass fiber reinforced plastic sample. The
change in signal transmission through the sample is detected by
a W-band radiometer. The test set-up and preliminary results are
presented.
EuMC 2016
Microwave Spectroscopy: Novel Cost-Effective
Approach to Measure Drip Loss in Pork Loin
Alex Mason 1 , Badr Abdullah 1 , Magomed Muradov 1 ,
Olga Korostynska 1 , Ahmed Al-Shamma’a 1 ,
Stefania Gudrun Bjarnadottir 2 , Kathrine Lunde 2 , Ole
Alvseike 2 ; 1 Liverpool John Moores University, UK;
2 inkjet-printed, and then folded around a cylindrical form. The
Animalia, Norway
EuMC04-5, Time: 15:40
Each stage of meat cutting and processing, from the moment
of slaughter until packaging, results in the loss of water, the
amount of which is critical in determining both meat product
quality and value. Every 1% of lost water potentially costs a large
meat processing plant in the region of e50,000 per day. Current
standard practice of monitoring the loss of water from meat, or
determining its drip loss, employs a destructive laboratory based
test which takes 24–72 hours to complete. This paper reports
on feasibility studies of using microwave spectroscopy as a cost-
effective approach to measure pork loin drip loss. Notably, the
developed novel microwave cavity sensor is capable of providing
an indication of drip loss within 6 minutes, while demonstrating
good correlation with the industry standard EZ-Driploss method
(R2 = 0.896).
EuMC05 : Millimetre-Wave Antennas
Room 7, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Lorenz-Peter Schmidt, University of Erlangen
Co-Chair: Ioan Lager, Delft University of Technology
Compact Inkjet-Printed Broadband Filtennas with
Triple Bandnotch
Waqas Ahmad 1 , Djuradj Budimir 1 , Cedo Zlebic 2 ;
1
University of Westminster, UK; 2 University of Novi
Sad, Serbia
EuMC05-1, Time: 16:40
Presented in this paper are the layout and results of a compact
inkjet-printed filtenna which is operational at a broadband fre-
quency range, which includes the S-band, ISM and UWB frequencies.
Alongside, the filtenna is able to reject the unwanted and inter-
fering WiMAX 3.5 GHz, WLAN 5.8 GHz and ITU service 8.2 GHz
signal bands. The filtenna was simulated, printed using silver
nanoparticle ink on flexible Kapton substrate and then measured.
The achieved simulation and measurement results agree reason-
ably well against each other. Measured passband of the filtenna
is 1.6–10.85 GHz and triple bandnotch, measured at an average
value of 1.87 dB, are present at the unwanted bands. The current
distributions within the passband region and the bandnotch have
also been provided. Obtained radiation patterns show bidirectional
patterns in the E-plane and omnidirectional patterns in the H-plane.
Additionally, the gain and efficiency of the filtenna have also been
presented; with the average values standing at 3.36 dBi and 89.8%
respectively for the passband region and having an average of -1.0
dBi and 21.3% respectively for the triple bandnotch.
Design and Performance of a Flexible and Conformal
PDMS Dipole Antenna for WBAN Applications
Senan Morris, Anupam R. Chandran, Nick Timmons,
Jim Morrison; LYIT, Ireland
EuMC05-2, Time: 17:00
The design, fabrication, and performance analysis of a 2.45GHz
dipole antenna embedded in a PDMS substrate is presented. This
design is particularly intended for wearable wireless body area
network applications where safe, conformal, and flexible anten-
nas are desirable. The performance of the PDMS antenna was
measured and compared to that of a standard copper wire dipole
antenna fabricated from copper wire through on-body testing and
simulation. Both antennas demonstrated comparable free space
performances. The PDMS dipole was tested in flexed conditions
and a minimal shift in resonance frequency was observed. To
demonstrate the antenna’s suitability for on-body communication,
two identical antennas were used to measure the on-body coupling
effect. The PDMS dipole antenna was shown to have a superior on
body coupling compared to the equivalent rigid copper wire dipole.
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Inkjet Printed and Folded LTE Antenna for Vehicular
Application
B. Sanz-Izquierdo, S. Jun, J. Heirons, N. Acharya;
University of Kent, UK
EuMC05-3, Time: 17:20
A multi-band antenna suitable for Long-term Evolution (LTE) is
plastic cylinder is also printed using additive manufacturing
techniques, as a separate process. The antenna is based on a
planar wideband monopole radiator concept with an additional
resonator for the LTE700 frequency band. The aim is to study the
potential of low-cost additive manufacturing (AM) techniques for
the development of vehicular antennas. Two antennas have been
fabricated, one on paper substrate, and a second on polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) substrate. The one on paper is tested as a
planar monopole antenna on a large ground plane. The one printed
on PET is shaped onto the cylindrical form. The main aim is to
investigate the use of low-cost inkjet printing techniques for the
fabrication of disposable vehicular antennas that can be upgraded
regularly. The antennas successfully operate at all LTE and mobile
frequency bands. Finite different time domain simulations com-
pare well with measurements.
Design of Electrically Small Antennas with
Inkjet-Printing Technology
Simone Genovesi, Filippo Costa, Agostino Monorchio;
Università di Pisa, Italy
EuMC05-4, Time: 17:40
Electrically small antennas realized by employing ink-jet print
technology are investigated. The design of the radiating devices
is based on a non-resonant antenna that is matched by placing
it in the close vicinity of a suitable Artificial Magnetic Conductor
(AMC). The AMC is tailored in order to exhibit a resonance close
to the desired working frequency. The AMC comprises only a few
miniaturized unit cells therefore the overall radiating structure is
compact.
Design and Development of a Compact Wearable
Dipole GPS Antenna
S. Ismail 1 , A. Barton 1 , P. Gaydecki 1 , Noushin
Karimian 1 , S. Karimian 2 ; 1 University of Manchester,
UK; 2 CERN, Switzerland
EuMC05-5, Time: 18:00
A compact GPS antenna has been designed and printed on a
flexible polyimide substrate for integration into wearable devices.
The design incorporates a planar dipole structure with optimised
geometry to minimise volume and maximise surface current
distribution. The antenna has been simulated and measured
in open space and on a human wrist model; giving consistent
results as presented. The printed antenna, with dimensions of
40mm×25mm (80% smaller than a wire dipole antenna with the
same characteristics) is a compact and mechanically robust device
capable of working inside a textile/nylon strap worn around the
wrist. The antenna is interfaced with an impedance matched GPS
receiver to measure time-to-first-fix for practical purposes. The
antenna is integrated into wearable location tracking devices and
shows promising performance in comparison to commercially
available flexible GPS antennas, such as Round solutions NXP and
Tao glass FXR.07.
EuMC 2016
EuMC06 : Metamaterial Circuits and
Modelling
Room 12, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Ferran Martin, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Co-Chair: Amr M.E. Safwat, Ain Sahms University
Analytical Modeling of Non-Symmetric and
Non-Uniform Compound Gratings
Carlos Molero, Raul Rodríguez-Berral, Francisco Mesa,
Francisco Medina; Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
EuMC06-1, Time: 16:40
Analytical models based on suitable equivalent circuits are pro-
posed to analyze transmission compound gratings made of
non-symmetric and/or non-uniform slits. These structures exhibit
transmission dips related with the so-called phase resonances,
which are known to appear, in the case of highly symmetrical
structures and under normal incidence, when the number of
air-filled slits per period is three o more. However, if non-uniform
identical slits are properly grouped, simpler structures may exhibit
such resonances. This work reports on the analytical modeling of
this kind of structures, which have been studied before making
use of experimental or numerical approaches. The circuit model
provides a relatively simple explanation to the observed transmis-
sion spectra and drastically reduces the computation time.
Slow-Wave Inductively-Loaded Electromagnetic
Bandgap (EBG) Coplanar Waveguide (CPW)
Transmission Lines and Application to Compact
Power Dividers
Paris Vélez, Jordi Selga, Jordi Bonache, Ferran Martín;
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
EuMC06-2, Time: 17:00
In this work, a miniaturized power divider based on inductively-
loaded coplanar waveguide (CPW) transmission lines is presented.
Due to the presence of series inductors, implemented by symmet-
rically etching rectangular slots in the ground plane, the phase
velocity of the proposed inductively-loaded lines is smaller than
the phase velocity of unloaded (ordinary) CPWs. This slow-wave
effect, related to the increase of the effective inductance of the
line, reduces the guided wavelength, and hence the size of any
circuit implemented by means of these artificial lines. For the
design of these periodically loaded lines, the characteristic (or
Bloch) impedance, ZB , and the electrical length of the unit cell
at the design frequency, βl, are set to certain values, dictated by
the specific application. The slow-wave ratio (swr), defined as the
ratio between the phase velocities of the loaded and unloaded
lines, determines the level of compactness of the final circuits.
The expressions providing the electrical parameters of these
artificial lines (ZB and βl) are derived and validated through an
illustrative example. Finally the design of a compact power divider
operating at 1 GHz, exhibiting 50% size reduction as compared to
the conventional counterpart, is reported.
A New RF Interference Cancellation Using a Novel
3-Pole Bandstop Resonator Designed Using Tapped
CRLH T-Line Model
Sarah Adel Ibrahim, Han Su, Ziming Wang, Ronan
Farrell; Maynooth University, Ireland
EuMC06-3, Time: 17:20
Wideband interference signals appearing at 20 MHz, 15 MHz and
even 10 MHz away from the edge of the mobile received signal
can now be suppressed by more than 30 dB by following the new
RF interference cancellation technique introduced in this paper
using bandstop resonators. Furthermore, a new methodology for
designing a 3-pole bandstop resonator with very sharp rejection is
presented. The resonators are implemented using a power splitter
and different number of cells from the composite right/left handed
transmission (CRLH-T) line circuit model. Two resonators are
fabricated and measured: using two cells; and three cells, showing
an insertion loss of less than 1.2 dB. An interference cancellation
test bench is set using two 9 MHz LTE modulated signals with equal
average peak power (40 dBm). The power spectrum measurements
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show more than 30 dB cancellation for the interferer injected at
20 MHz separation from the desired signal using the two-cell res-
onator. More than 45 dB and 30 dB cancellation are also achieved
for interferers with only 15 MHz and 10 MHz frequency separation
using the three-cell resonator. The tests are repeated with high
power interferers (e.g. 20 dB above the received signal level) and
the same cancellation performance is maintained without retuning
any of the components used.
Highly Miniaturized Wideband Negative Group
Delay Circuit Using Effective Negative Dielectric
Permittivity Stopband Microstrip Lines
H. Taher, Ronan Farrell; Maynooth University, Ireland
EuMC06-4, Time: 17:40
In this paper, a effective negative dielectric permittivity (ε) phe-
nomenon is used to obtain compact negative group delay circuit
(NGDC). Rectangular complementary split ring resonator (RCSRR)
etched on the ground of microstrip line (MSL) is utilized to stimulate
this behaviour. Firstly, the desired location of the target delay (f 0 )
is solely determined using the unit dimensions. Then, the target
GD is fully controlled using external resistor (R) connected across
the external rectangle of the previously determined RCSRR. Design
curves of the proposed structure are established and employed
to design NGDC with GD of -5 ns at f 0 of 3.5 GHz. The designed
NGDC accomplishes 62% size diminution compared to the smallest
circuit size that has ever been achieved before. Moreover, 0.30
GHz zero NGD bandwidth (BW) is achieved. Excellent agreement is
noticed between the simulation results of the proposed design and
the measurements of the fabricated circuit.
Proposal and Theoretical Design of THz Bandpass
Filters Using Metallic Photonic Crystal Resonators
Chun-Ping Chen 1 , Tetsuo Anada 1 , Shigeki Takeda 2 ,
Zhewang Ma 3 ; 1 Kanagawa University, Japan;
2
Antenna Giken, Japan; 3 Saitama University, Japan
EuMC06-5, Time: 18:00
By application of the global bandgap of metallic photonic crystal
(M-PhC) structure, novel monopole-mode point-defect resonators
are proposed to design bandpass filters (BPFs) in THz regime.
Firstly, the bandgap structure of the proposed square-lattice M-
PhC is calculated as well as the mode chart of the monopole-mode
point-defect resonator. Secondly, two bandpass filters consisting
of multistage of M-PhC point-defect resonators are synthesized
using coupling matrix method. The first one is a 4th -order
Chebyshev-type filter based on an inline structure. The second
one is realized by the re-arrangement of four resonators in the 1st
filter to obtain a compact size. The FDTD simulation results are in
good agreement with the synthesized results, which confirms the
validity of the proposed filter structures and design approach.
EuMC07 : Lossy and Multi-Band Filters
Room 1, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Ian Hunter, University of Leeds
Co-Chair: Giuseppe Macchiarella, Politecnico di Milano
Novel Lossy Microstrip Filter with Extracted-Pole
Technique
Zhou Zhou, Jia Ni, Jiasheng Hong; Heriot-Watt
University, UK
EuMC07-1, Time: 16:40
This paper presents a novel lossy six-pole microstrip bandpass
filter using extracted-pole technique that shows good performance
of high selectivity and flat insertion loss in the passband. The
high selectivity is achieved by introducing two transmission zeros
using two extracted poles and the flat passband is contributed
by the resistive cross coupling in the inline network. Theoretical
modelling, full-wave electromagnetism simulation and experiment
have showed promising results for further development.
EuMC 2016
Lossy Reflection Mode Dual-Band Bandstop
Prototype Network Based on Hybrid Elliptic
Filtering Function
Soeung Socheatra, Peng Wen Wong, Cheab Sovuthy;
Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia
EuMC07-2, Time: 17:00
This paper presents a new hybrid dual-band bandstop (HDBBS)
filter network based on predistortion reflection coefficient of
hybrid dual-band lowpass elliptic filtering function with low Q
resonators. It is shown that the hybrid filtering function is formed
by the product of lowpass and highpass elliptic filtering functions.
By scaling the highpass cut-off frequency, the inner passband of
HDBBS can be adjusted to achieve any desired narrow band. Mi-
crostrip prototype is designed and fabricated to prove the concept.
The simulated and measured results show a good agreement.
Nonuniform Scaling Technique for Parallel-Coupled
Pairs Lossy Filters
Liang-Feng Qiu 1 , Lin-Sheng Wu 1 , Wen-Yan Yin 2 , Junfa
Mao 1 ; 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China;
2 power levels, respectively. In addition, a simple link adaptation
Zhejiang University, China
EuMC07-3, Time: 17:20
A nonuniform scaling technique is proposed for the synthesis of
lossy filters realized by parallel-coupled pairs. By adding two or
more non-resonating nodes for each coupled pair to nonuniformly
distribute the losses, more design freedom can be provided to
adjust Q-factors. For the fourth-order generalized Chebyshev
filter, a uniform Q is obtained with Q=490. And for a 10-4-4 lossy
filter, the insertion loss is reduced by 7 to 9 dB when the highest Q
is fixed. The synthesized filters become more realizable.
A Fully Tunable C-Band Reflectionless Bandstop
Filter Using L-Resonators
Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh, Jason Rowland; SPAWAR
Systems Center Pacific, USA
EuMC07-4, Time: 17:40
This paper presents a fully tunable reflectionless bandstop filter
using multi-section L-Resonators. The bandstop filter is designed
to operate in the C-Band, tunable from 3.96 –4.4 GHz with greater
than 20 dB of in-band rejection and a return loss of better than
8 dB across the full tuning range. Simulation and measurement
results are presented.
Practical Realisation of Multiband Planar Filters
Based on a Reactance Transform Method
Riana Geschke, Leokadia Nepaya; University of Cape
Town, South Africa
EuMC07-5, Time: 18:00
A recently proposed reactance transform method using rational
mapping functions to synthesise multiband filtering functions is
applied to dual-band filter design. The paper focuses on practical
aspects related to the physical implementation on multilayer
substrate. As is shown, the selectivity is influenced not only by
the order of the basis filter, but also by the number of bands,
the spacing of the bands and the relative bandwidths. During the
standard numerical tuning based on a group delay method, the
use of group-delay based tuning requires special care. A de-tuning
method is used for efficient design.
EuMC08 : Advanced 5G Technologies
Room 4, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Arne Jacob, Hamburg University of Technology
Co-Chair: Christian Person, Telecom Bretagne
Massive MIMO for Energy-Efficient Communications
Claude Desset, Björn Debaillie; imec, Belgium
EuMC08-1, Time: 16:40
Massive MIMO (MaMi) is expected to become a key technology for
5G systems, providing a large capacity increase at reduced total
radiated power. However, besides the radiated power, the power
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consumption of digital and analog circuits supporting individual
antenna chains also has to be sufficiently low, given the large
number of antennas. In this paper, we extend power consumption
models for MaMi systems by evaluating different options such as
precoder types, revisiting digital complexity estimates of different
components, and incorporating the impact of improved designs,
e.g., future analog RF frontends. We illustrate the role of the
different components in the total system power for different MaMi
scenarios.
RF System Requirement Analysis and Simulation
Methods Towards 5G Radios Using Massive MIMO
Tommi Tuovinen, Nuutti Tervo, Aarno Pärssinen;
University of Oulu, Finland
EuMC08-2, Time: 17:00
Methods of performing RF system requirement analysis towards
5th generation massive multiple-input multiple-output system
are described. For the system analysis, digital signal processing
is abstracted to minimum SNR requirement definitions and RF
system SNR is described based on realistic but highly simplified
transmitter and receiver performance related to output and input
model is created for dynamic simulation tasks. As the contribution
of antenna array is seen to become necessity in cm- and mm-wave
bands for 5G systems, we show ways to include antenna modelling
in system analysis. By using these analysis methods, we have
generated a link level simulator that can be used for system anal-
ysis using different abstractions of antennas. Finally, it is shown
that even simple RF models need to have certain implementation
related details in order to provide good accuracy in link budget
and operation range analysis.
Signal Decomposition Technique for Enhanced
Power Added Efficiency of OFDM Transmitters and
its Application for MIMO Systems
Yushi Shirato, Masahiro Muraguchi; Tokyo University
of Science, Japan
EuMC08-3, Time: 17:20
The authors have proposed the signal decomposition technique
as one of the powerful solution to mitigate the large PAPR to be
addressed in OFDM transmitters especially on mobile terminals.
In order to enhance the receiver SNR, the simple noise elimination
techniques working together with the signal decomposition have
also been proposed, that eliminates the noise added on the decom-
posed constant amplitude on-off-signals by taking advantage of the
knowledge of their constant amplitude at the receiver. It is shown
that the proposed signal decomposition technique improves the
PAPR by 4dB and doubles the PAE at the CCDF (Complementary
Cumulative Distribution Function) of 1%. In addition to the analysis
of receiver SNR, the BER performances are demonstrated when the
decomposed signals are transmitted over a 2×2 MIMO system.
Robustness of Filter Bank Multicarrier Signals to
Power Amplifier Nonlinearities
Agathe Valette 1 , Myriam Ariaudo 2 , Sylvain Traverso 1 ,
Inbar Fijalkow 2 , Lounis Zerioul 2 ; 1 Thales
Communications & Security, France; 2 ETIS (UMR 8051),
France
EuMC08-4, Time: 17:40
Filter Bank MultiCarrier (FBMC) is now a recognized alternative
to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) for 5G
communications and cognitive radio thanks to its improved
spectral occupancy. However, the RF front-end is not linear and
distorts the signal. In this article, we study the impact of the Power
Amplifier (PA) on the signal’s spectral performances, first by using
a theoretical model of PA, and then by experimental measurements
to compare them with an OFDM signal. The FBMC ability to bear
notches in the spectrum is confirmed, in spite of the PA, and
improvement with respect to OFDM measured.
EuMC 2016
Pragmatic OAM with Polarization Multiplexing
Transmission for Future 5G Ultra-High Capacity
Radio
Eisaku Sasaki 1 , Masashi Hirabe 1 , Tsuguo Maru 1 ,
Nader Zein 2 ; 1 NEC, Japan; 2 NEC, UK
EuMC08-5, Time: 18:00
A new orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode and polarization
multiplexing transmission system in the millimeter-wave range is
proposed for future Ultra high capacity backhaul/fronthaul radio.
Our theoretical analysis reveals that all the OAM modes can be
used with polarization transmission while maintaining high degree
of orthogonality. Furthermore, we show that links in the order
of 100m can be achieved using the OAM lower-order modes in
the millimeter-wave bands. A combination of an antenna array
and a Butler matrix can encode and decode multiple OAM modes.
We achieved 7-m transmission with two-modes multiplexing with
a prototype of our system at 5.2 GHz. This translates to over
100m when applied to the mmwave bands. The experimental
results agree well with the theoretical analysis, and are verifies our
estimation of available link distance.
EuMC09 : Novel Electromagnetic
Techniques for Microwave Components
Room 13, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Hervé Aubert, LAAS-CNRS
Co-Chair: Sascha Meyne, Hamburg University of Technology
Concept for Equivalent Dielectric Constant of Planar
Transmission Lines on Anisotropic Substrates
Plamen I. Dankov; Sofia University, Bulgaria
EuMC09-1, Time: 16:40
The concept and procedure for determination of the equivalent
dielectric constant of different planar transmission lines on
anisotropic substrates have been considered in this paper. The
obtained results have been presented for several planar lines with
different ratio between the parallel and perpendicular electric
fields. Finally, a preliminary discussion has been given for the
efficiency of the 3-D numerical design by replacement of different
simple planar structures on anisotropic substrate with their planar
isotropic equivalents.
A Virtual Lossy Dielectric Model with Composite
Boundary Conditions for the Analysis of Substrate
Integrated Waveguides
Carlos A. Leal-Sevillano 1 , Jorge A. Ruiz-Cruz 2 , José R.
Montejo-Garai 3 , Jesús M. Rebollar 3 ; 1 RYMSA ESPACIO,
Spain; 2 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain;
3 EuMC09-5, Time: 18:00
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
EuMC09-2, Time: 17:00
A new model for the characterization of substrate integrated waveg-
uides is presented based on the analysis of a non-homogeneous
closed waveguide with composite boundary conditions and a
section of virtual lossy dielectric. The performance of the closed
waveguide simulates the substrate integrated waveguide, once
the parameters of the lossy dielectric section are adjusted (width,
dielectric permittivity and magnetic permeability). This simple
model gives physical insight into the propagation in the substrate
integrated waveguide and it is inspired in the different field
regions which appear in the open problem. Another important
feature of this model is that it allows the characterization of
the open substrate structure, including the radiation loss, with
an equivalent closed waveguide, where well-known and efficient
full-wave methods can be applied. Thus, this model is suited for
the accurate analysis and design of devices in substrate integrated
waveguide, as it is shown with different structures. The model
is able to predict the radiation loss when the structure has large
distance between posts. The agreement between measured results
and the simulations are also confirmed with a bandpass filter.
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Modeling of Inhomogeneous and Lossy Components
by the BI-RME Method and the Segmentation
Technique
Simone Battistutta, Maurizio Bozzi, Marco Bressan,
Marco Pasian, Luca Perregrini; Università di Pavia,
Italy
EuMC09-3, Time: 17:20
A novel approach for the analysis of inhomogeneous and lossy
microwave circuits is presented in this paper. The proposed tech-
nique rely on the segmentation of the structure into homogeneous
boxed building blocks. The frequency behavior of each block is
represented by a generalized admittance matrix relating the RWG
basis functions adopted to expand the magnetic surface current
on interconnection surfaces. The generalized admittance matrices
are determined in the form of a pole-expansion by the Boundary
Integral-Resonant Mode Expansion (BI-RME) method, adopting the
Ewald technique to efficiently calculate the Green’s function of the
box. The frequency response of the whole component is obtained
by cascading the admittance matrices of the building blocks. The
analysis of two waveguide components is reported and discussed
to demonstrate the accuracy of the proposed technique.
Equivalent Surface Impedance Based
Mixed-Potential Integral Equation for 3-D Model of
On-Chip Passive Components
Yu Zhao 1 , Gaobiao Xiao 1 , Junfa Mao 1 , Feng Ling 2 ;
1
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; 2 Xpeedic
Technology, USA
EuMC09-4, Time: 17:40
This paper proposes mixed-potential integral equation (MPIE)
with equivalent surface impedance for 3-D model of on-chip
passive components in multilayered media. The equivalent surface
impedance model depicting the loss characteristics of conductors
with finite-scale cross section is derived from boundary integral
equation (BIE) in 2-D. The governing mixed-potential integral
equation is solved through method of moments with Rao-Wilton-
Glisson(RWG) and Rooftop basis functions. During the matrix
filling procedure of method of moments (MoM), the spatial-domain
Green’s functions with observation and source points in different
layers are interpolated from values in the adjacent layers, which
has been precalculated using discrete complex image method.
Numerical results validate the precision of the proposed method.
Rapid Adjoint-Based Design Optimization of
Compact Microwave Structures Using Multi-Fidelity
Simulation Models
Slawomir Koziel, Adrian Bekasiewicz; Reykjavik
University, Iceland
Design closure of compact microwave structures requires — for
the sake of reliability — utilization of full-wave electromagnetic
(EM) simulation models. The reason is that due considerable
cross-coupling effects in tightly arranged layouts, neither analyti-
cal nor equivalent circuit models can provide sufficiently accurate
performance evaluation of miniaturized circuits. At the same time,
high computational cost of accurate EM analysis makes the di-
mension adjustment process challenging, especially for traditional
methods based on parameter sweeps but also for conventional
numerical techniques. In this paper, low-cost optimization of
compact structures is demonstrated using gradient search with
adjoint sensitivities as well as multi-fidelity EM simulation models.
The process is arranged sequentially, with the largest steps taken
at the level of coarse-discretization models. Fine tuning of the
design is realized with the models of higher fidelity. Switching
between the models is controlled by adaptively adjusted termi-
nation conditions. This allows for considerable reduction of the
design cost compared to single-level optimization. Our approach
is illustrated using a compact microstrip rat-race coupler with
two cases considered, i.e., (i) bandwidth enhancement, and (ii)
minimization of the structure size. In both cases, the optimization
cost corresponds to just a few high-fidelity EM simulations of the
coupler.
EuMC 2016
EuMC10 : Digital Predistortion
Room 14, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Georg Fischer, FAU
Co-Chair: Nutapong Somjit, University of Leeds
Structured Digital Predistorter Model Derivation
Based on Iterative Learning Control
Jessica Chani-Cahuana 1 , Per N. Landin 2 , Christian
Fager 1 , Thomas Eriksson 1 ; 1 Chalmers University of
Technology, Sweden; 2 Ericsson, Sweden
EuMC10-1, Time: 16:40
A novel approach to derive model structures for digital predis-
torters based on iterative learning control (ILC) is presented. ILC is a
technique used to identify the optimal PA input signal/predistorted
signal that drives a PA to a desired output response. The ILC con-
cept is used to derive an analytical expression of the predistorted
signal and to identify basis functions for predistorter models. The
proposed approach is used to derive a predistorter model structure
from the memory polynomial model. Experimental results show
that the predistorter model derived with the proposed approach
can obtain better linearity performance than conventional models
used in digital predistortion.
Comparison of Model Order Reduction Techniques
for Digital Predistortion of Power Amplifiers
Pere L. Gilabert 1 , Gabriel Montoro 1 , Teng Wang 1 ,
M. Nieves Ruiz 2 , José A. García 2 ; 1 Universitat
Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; 2 Universidad de
Cantabria, Spain
EuMC10-2, Time: 17:00
This paper compares and discusses four techniques for model
order reduction based on compressed sensing (CS), less relevant
basis removal (LRBR), principal component analysis (PCA) and
partial least squares (PLS). CS and PCA have already been used
for reducing the order of power amplifier (PA) behavioral models
for digital predistortion (DPD) purposes. While PLS, despite being
popular in some signal processing areas, to the best author’s
knowledge, still has not been used in the PA linearization field.
Finally, the LRBR is an iterative search algorithm proposed by the
authors in this paper for the sake of comparison. Experimental
results are presented and the advantages and drawbacks of each
method discussed.
Concurrent Dual-Band Power Amplifier Model
Modification Using Dual Two-Tone Test
Shoaib Amin 1 , Zain Ahmed Khan 1 , Magnus Isaksson 1 ,
Peter Händel 2 , Daniel Rönnow 1 ; 1 University of Gävle,
Sweden; 2 KTH, Sweden
EuMC10-3, Time: 17:20
A dual two-tone technique for the characterization of memory
effects in concurrent dual-band transmitters is revisited to modify
a 2D-DPD model for the linearization of concurrent dual-band
transmitters. By taking into account the individual nonlinear
memory effects of the self- and cross-kernels, a new 2D modified
digital pre-distortion (2D-MDPD) model is proposed, which not
only supersedes the linearization performance but also reduces
the computational complexity compared to the 2D-DPD model in
terms of number of floating point operations (FLOPs). Experimental
results show an improvement of 1.7 dB in normalized mean square
error (NMSE) and a 58% reduction in number of FLOPs.
Optimal Sizing of Generalized Memory Polynomial
Model Structure Based on Hill-Climbing Heuristic
Siqi Wang, Mazen Abi Hussein, Olivier Venard,
Geneviève Baudoin; ESIEE Paris, France
EuMC10-4, Time: 17:40
Digital Predistortion (DPD) is used to compensate the nonlineari-
ties and memory effects of the Power Amplifiers (PA). Generalized
Memory Polynomial (GMP) is usually applied for PA as well as
predistorter modeling. However there are very huge number of
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different GMP model structures. In this paper, we propose an
algorithm based on Hill-Climbing algorithm to search for the
GMP model structure which provides the best tradeoff between
modeling accuracy and its complexity. The proposed method has
been evaluated on real Doherty Power Amplifier. The results show
that the proposed algorithm allows to decrease the searching time
by a factor typically greater than 104 .
Characterizing Direct and Cross Memory in RF
Nonlinear Systems Using Simple Two Tone
Measurements
Filipe M. Barradas, Pedro M. Lavrador, Telmo R.
Cunha, José C. Pedro; Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
EuMC10-5, Time: 18:00
Because RF nonlinear systems exhibit dynamic behaviors that are
not only dependent on the central frequency (direct memory) but
also on the envelope dynamics (cross memory), characterization
metrics have been an object of research for many years. Unfortu-
nately, as the response of these systems depends on the excitation,
a general metric requires complex stimulus and cumbersome
measurements. This work uses the fact that a standard two-tone
excitation is already sufficiently complex to excite the most impor-
tant nonlinearity and memory in nonlinear RF systems, as a step
towards the development of such a metric. As an example, simple
two-tone excitation measurements are used to evaluate both the
direct and cross memory of an RF PA in a large bandwidth around
a carrier frequency, and are then used to build a quasi-orthogonal
GMP-like model.
EuMC11 : Passive Couplers and Dividers
Room 15, 16:40–18:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Alexandru Takacs, LAAS Tolouse
Co-Chair: Vicente Boria, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Compact Planar Ultra-Wideband Power Dividers
with Frequency Range up to 67GHz for
Multichannel Receivers
Nikolay Drobotun 1 , Dmitry Yanchuk 1 , Evgeny
Khoroshilov 2 ; 1 TUSUR, Russia; 2 Micran, Russia
EuMC11-1, Time: 16:40
This paper presents two ultra-wideband power dividers, based on
a Wilkinson divider, with ranges of operating frequencies 2–12
GHz and 8–67 GHz. These dividers have been designed for equal
splitting a local oscillator signal in four-channel measurement
receiver of a vector network analyzer. For 8–67 GHz divider a novel
input circuit, based on a resistive splitter and coupled lines was
proposed. Using this circuit occupied area of the topology was
greatly reduced, and outstanding value of isolation (more than 20
dB from 8 GHz to 67 GHz and above) was obtained.
Compact Lumped-Element 5-Way Wilkinson Power
Divider with Broadband Operation
Yosuke Okada, Tadashi Kawai, Akira Enokihara;
University of Hyogo, Japan
EuMC11-2, Time: 17:00
This paper describes a lumped-element 5-way Wilkinson power
divider with broadband characteristics. The circuit contains
multi-section LC-ladder circuits between input and output ports,
and each output port is connected through series RLC circuits. By
designing the divider based on multi-section matching transformer
and L-section matching network techniques, the proposed 5-way
divider can achieve broadband characteristics. In order to verify
the design procedure, the proposed divider was designed and
fabricated at a center frequency of 300MHz. The fabricated divider
exhibited broadband characteristics with a relative bandwidth of
about 75%.
EuMC 2016
28GHz Wilkinson Power Divider with λ/6
Transmission Lines in 65nm CMOS Technology
Hyun-Myung Oh 1 , Jeong-Taek Lim 1 , Jae-Eun Lee 1 ,
Eun-Gyu Lee 1 , Jooseok Lee 2 , Sun Kyu Choi 2 , Chul Woo
Byeon 2 , Ju Ho Son 2 , Jeong Ho Lee 2 , Choul-Young
Kim 1 ; 1 Chungnam National University, Korea;
2 nonlinear contacts. Some numerical and experimental examples
Samsung, Korea
EuMC11-3, Time: 17:20
This paper presents a method to design Wilkinson power divider
using transmission lines less than quarter wave length. The
transmission lines less than quarter wave length of Wilkinson
power divider is compensated by parallel capacitors. Therefore,
this is helpful to reduce circuit size and to enhance productivity.
The measurement results reveal that the insertion loss is 0.82 dB
at 28 GHz. The measured return loss is better than 10 dB in the
whole band of interest (20 – 40 GHz). The Wilkinson power divider
is fabricated using 65 nm 1P9M CMOS technology.
Concept for the Implementation of Very High
Directivity and Decade Bandwidth in Compact
Microstrip Directional Couplers
Alexander Alt 1 , Nikolai Schwerg 2 , Christian Wangler 3 ,
Daniel Gruner 3 ; 1 Cardiff University, UK; 2 CERN,
Switzerland; 3 TRUMPF Hüttinger, Germany
EuMC11-4, Time: 17:40
A concept to induce a very high directivity and a flat coupling over
a large bandwidth in compact microstrip directional couplers is
presented. By introducing lumped element based compensation
networks at the isolated and coupled port of a simple electrically
short directional coupler, a very high directivity and a constant
coupling over enormous bandwidths up to one decade can be
achieved. With a design focusing on flat coupling, a high power
directional coupler with a coupling length of only 50 mm, less then
λ/25 at the middle of the band, was shown to have a coupling in
the range of 52.11 dB±0.05 dB from 37.4 MHz to 200 MHz. In a
further design step with focus on directivity and coupling flatness
at the same, the coupling stayed within 55.25 dB ± 0.35 dB from
22 MHz to 164 MHz with a directivity of greater than 50 dB (30 dB)
from 35 MHz to 84 MHz (20 MHz to 187 MHz).
Novel Tight Coupling and High Directivity λ/4
Partially-Narrowed and Slotted Coupled Line and its
Application
Motomi Abe, Yukihiro Tahara, Naofumi Yoneda, Hideji
Takeda, Tetsu Owada; Mitsubishi Electric, Japan
EuMC11-5, Time: 18:00
A new λ/4 microstrip coupled line (MSCL) partially-narrowed
and slotted the other part to obtain both tight coupling beyond
machining limitations and high directivity is proposed. And a
multi-element broadband coupler using the proposed MSCL as the
tightest coupling element is presented. A multi-element 10 dB
coupler is designed, and the performances, which are -10.3±0.9dB
coupling and greater than 20dB isolation over 162% of the band-
width.
EuMC12 : Recent Advances in the Field of
Multipactor
Room 1, 09:00–10:40, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: George Goussetis, Heriot Watt University
Co-Chair: Vicente Boria, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Modeling Nonlinear Phenomena of Multipactor and
Passive Intermodulation
Jian Wei You 1 , Tie Jun Cui 2 ; 1 University College
London, UK; 2 Southeast University, China
EuMC12-1, Time: 09:00
We discuss two interesting subjects in high-power microwave engi-
neering: multipactor and passive intermodulation (PIM). Different
from existing work, the attention of this paper is focused on their
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nonlinear phenomena. On the multipactor, we introduce a self-
developed time-domain method to solve Maxwell equations and
Newton-Lorentz equations. Subsequently, we discuss the nonlinear
phenomena caused by interaction between the electromagnetic
(EM) fields and charged particles in the frequency domain. On
the passive intermodulation, we give an EM-circuit scheme to
numerically analyze the nonlinear features of PIM induced by the
validate the efficiency of the proposed methods.
Multipactor Testing and Emerging Qualification
Protocols
O. Monerris Belda 1 , D. Argilés 1 , Vicente E. Boria 1 , B.
Gimeno 1 , David Raboso 2 , P. Angeletti 2 ; 1 Val Space
Consortium, Spain; 2 ESA, The Netherlands
EuMC12-2, Time: 09:20
Interest on high RF power breakdown phenomena has been grow-
ing in recent years. Microwave vacuum devices are being used
in space and on many terrestrial applications, where undesired
multipactor effects can degrade their performance and features.
Therefore, multipactor testing is advancing in several areas, and
particularly in order to cover the gap between the classical single
carrier scenarios to real world environment. Multicarrier and
digital modulations also represent a challenge from the technical
and regulatory point of view. This work presents the most recent
advances on the multipactor testing, and describes a state of the
art multipactor test bed used for navigation payload testing.
Experimental Verification of Multipactor Prediction
Methods in Multicarrier Systems
Sergio Anza 1 , Carlos Vicente 1 , Jordi Gil 1 , Vicente E.
Boria 2 , David Raboso 3 ; 1 Aurora Software and Testing,
Spain; 2 Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain;
3
ESA, The Netherlands
EuMC12-3, Time: 09:40
The main objective of this work is to experimentally check the
performance of the most popular multipactor breakdown predic-
tion method for multi-carrier signals, the 20-gap-crossing rule.
Extreme frequency-times-gap and carrier combinations have been
chosen. The nonstationary multipactor theory is proposed as an
alternative. Results show that the 20-gap-crossing rule performs
radically different depending on each specific case. It can be
conservative in excess, or clearly not conservative. Comparing the
two methods, the prediction accuracy of the nonstationary theory
is much better than the 20-gap-crossing rule.
Multipactor in 4 Rod Crab Cavities
G. Burt 1 , D. Constable 1 , B. Hall 2 ; 1 Lancaster
University, UK; 2 HZB, Germany
EuMC12-4, Time: 10:00
Multipactor is a limiting factor in many SRF cavities due to the
additional heat load and power absorption. In this paper we
study multipactor in 4 rod crab cavities, which have deflecting
rather than accelerating fields. The particles are tracked in CST
Particle Studio for three different secondary emission yields (SEY)
to differentiate between hard and soft multipacting barriers. It is
shown that multipacting barriers exist at a transverse voltage of 2
MV for high SEY materials but that these trajectories do not appear
with lower SEY materials suggesting that they will process away.
EuMC 2016
Helical Resonator with Modulated Radius for
Improved Multipactor Threshold: Numerical and
Experimental Results
Giuseppe Salza 1 , George Goussetis 1 , Carlos Vicente 2 ,
Marta Reglero 3 , Máriam Taroncher 3 , Vicente E.
Boria 3 , Nikolas Sidiropoulos 4 , Jaione Galdeano 5 ,
Marco Guglielmi 3 , Efstratios Doumanis 6 , Savvas
Kosmopoulos 1 ; 1 Heriot-Watt University, UK; 2 Aurora
Software and Testing, Spain; 3 Universidad Politécnica
de Valencia, Spain; 4 SES, Luxembourg; 5 ESA, The
Netherlands; 6 Nokia, Ireland
EuMC12-5, Time: 10:20
This contribution presents numerical and experimental results on
a 2nd order UHF filter prototype that exploits helical resonators
with modulated radius. Earlier works have proposed this geom-
etry as means to enhance power handling without significantly
compromising on unloaded quality factors. Here we present a
detailed prototype design and evaluate its performance at low
and high power levels using both rigorous numerical tools as
well as the results of an experimental test campaign. Low power
results include CST predictions against measurements on a Vector
Network Analyser. High power results include predictions from
the tool SPARK3D as well as the outcome of a test campaign at the
ESA-VSC laboratories. Despite some discrepancies in the power
handling predictions, which are largely attributed to uncertainties
associated with prototyping, the presented results indicate that
there is margin for significant performance improvement by
adopting the large gap approach for this class of filters.
EuMC13 : Advanced Technological
Realisation of Microwave Filters
Room 4, 09:00–10:40, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Miguel A.G. Laso, Universidad Pública de Navarra
Co-Chair: Richard Snyder, RS Microwave
Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Using Helical Resonators
Yahui Wu, Ruwan Gajaweera, Jeremy Everard;
University of York, UK
EuMC13-1, Time: 09:00
This paper demonstrates non-uniform pitch helical resonators for
realization of dual-band bandpass filters. By modifying the pitch
and coil diameter of conventional uniform pitch helical resonators,
the desired dual-band frequencies can be obtained. The external
coupling and inter-resonator coupling structure are also illustrated.
A non-uniform pitch helical resonator was designed and fabricated
with unloaded quality-factor (>900) for both passbands. A 2nd
order Butterworth filter that has passbands at 840 MHz and 2590
MHz has been designed. The simulation results show that the filter
has a good selectivity with 6% and 4.3% fractional bandwidth at the
passbands, respectively. The good power handling capability also
suggests that the filter is applicable for microcell/picocell LTE base
stations.
Monolithic Ceramic Waveguide Filter with Wide
Spurious Free Bandwidth
Sharjeel Afridi, Muhammad Sandhu, Nutapong Somjit,
Ian C. Hunter; University of Leeds, UK
EuMC13-2, Time: 09:20
This paper presents two new design techniques for improving
the spurious performance of an integrated ceramic waveguide
filter without compromising its figure-of-merit e.g. Q-factor.
Non-uniform width ceramic waveguide resonators are used to
spread the undesired higher order mode frequencies along with
ceramic TEM resonators reducing the overall cutoff frequency of
the resonators. The proposed designs offer 60–65% better spurious
performance in comparison with uniform width integrated ceramic
waveguide filter. Simulated results for a six pole Chebyshev
integrated non-uniform width ceramic waveguide filter and an
integrated evanescent mode non-uniform width ceramic waveguide
filter are presented in this paper showing improved spurious
performance.
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V-Band Waveguide Bandpass Filter with Wide
Stopband and Harmonics Absorption
Richard V. Snyder, Simone Bastioli; RS Microwave, USA
EuMC13-3, Time: 09:40
This paper presents the design of a millimeter-wave waveguide
bandpass filter with wide spurious free stopband, and absorptive
properties for the second and third harmonics. The filter consists
of the combination of a reflective evanescent mode filter and a ab-
sorptive leaky-wave filter, the latter being employed as an harmonic
pad. Specifically, while the reflective filter provides the required
input-to-output rejection of the harmonics, the absorptive filter
provides the required matching, thus preventing the harmonics
from being reflected at the input port. The absorptive filter is
properly designed and analysed in HFSS so as to absorb all of the
TE and TM waveguide modes which are in propagation up to 140
GHz. The experimental results of this filter will be presented at the
Conference.
Sensitivity Analysis of a 3-D Printed Low-Cost
Compact Waveguide Low-Pass Filter
F. Teberio, A. Gomez-Torrent, I. Arregui, J.M. Percaz, I.
Arnedo, M. Chudzik, T. Lopetegi, M.A.G. Laso;
Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
EuMC13-4, Time: 10:00
A sensitivity analysis of a very compact low-loss waveguide low-
pass filter and its classical counterpart, a waffle-iron filter, is
shown in this paper. The tolerance analysis of the previous filter
design methods will be analyzed, compared, and discussed from
the predicted manufacturing yield point of view. It is found that
the presented filter allows relaxed fabrication tolerances which let
us manufacture it using a low-cost 3-D printer. Finally, in order to
demonstrate the robustness of the design method, a lightweight
prototype manufactured by stereo-lithography (SLA) 3-D printing
in photo-polymer resin and then coated with copper is shown. The
measured frequency response shows an excellent agreement with
the simulations.
3D Printed Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filters
with Locally Controlled Dielectric Permittivity
Cristiano Tomassoni 1 , Ryan Bahr 2 , Manos Tentzeris 2 ,
Maurizio Bozzi 3 , Luca Perregrini 3 ; 1 Università di
Perugia, Italy; 2 Georgia Institute of Technology, USA;
3
Università di Pavia, Italy
EuMC13-5, Time: 10:20
This paper presents, for the first time, the implementation of SIW
filters by 3D printing manufacturing technique. The possibility of
locally modifying the effective dielectric permittivity by changing
the infill factor of the printing process is exploited and demon-
strated. This allows adopting a single filament material to obtain
different permittivity values in the various portions of a microwave
component. Moreover, the variation of the infill factor allows
reducing the dielectric loss tangent of the material: this permits
increasing the quality factor of cavity filters even by using the
same material. These features are illustrated through the design
and experimental verification of two SIW filters, with identical
frequency response but fabricated with different infill factor of the
printing process, via fused deposition modeling (FDM).
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EuMC14 : Bio-Sensors, Gas Detection and
Microfluidics
Room 13, 09:00–10:40, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Dominique Schreurs, KU Leuven
Co-Chair: Katia Grenier, LAAS
Coupled Dielectric-Split Ring Microwave Resonator
for Liquid Measurements in Microfluidic Channels at
Nanoliter Volumes
C. Watts, S.M. Hanham, M.M. Ahmad, M. Adabi, N.
Klein; Imperial College London, UK
EuMC14-1, Time: 09:00
A microwave dielectric resonator based sensor system has been
investigated with respect to its sensitivity for the assessment of
aqueous liquids. The system exploits the field enhancement of a
split ring structure while retaining high and tunable quality factors
due to weak and adjustable coupling between a planar split-ring
and a dielectric resonator. The proposed sensor with integrated
microfluidic channel allows investigation of volumes of liquids
less than 1 nL and is capable of detecting small changes in relative
permittivity, as demonstrated by measurements of water-ethanol
solutions.
Microwave Microlitre Lab-on-Substrate Liquid
Characterisation Based on SIW Slot Antenna
Evans Silavwe, Nutapong Somjit, Ian D. Robertson;
University of Leeds, UK
EuMC14-2, Time: 09:20
A microwave microlitre binary liquid mixture concentration de-
tection sensor with potential biological analysis is presented. The
microwave lab-on-substrate sensor is fabricated using a substrate
integrated waveguide (SIW) slot antenna. The microfluidic channel
encapsulating liquid under investigation is located on top of the
antenna slot at a quarter wavelength from the short-circuited end
of the SIW. The radiated electric near-field interaction with the
liquid mixture exhibits different relationships between the complex
permittivity of the liquid mixtures versus the resonant frequency
and return loss, discriminating types and percentages of mixed
liquid. The sensor was initially demonstrated with three types of
samples: deionised water, methanol and air. A resonant frequency
shift of 110MHz was measured to discriminate between air and
deionised water while we obtained a 20MHz resonant frequency
shift between air and methanol. Furthermore, the sensor was used
to assess deionised water-methanol mixtures with methanol frac-
tional volumes of 0 to 1 in 0.2 steps. The microwave-microfluidic
sensor is contactless, uses readily available materials, cost effective
and offers fast and accurate liquid characterisation.
UHF Dielectrophoretic Handling of Individual
Biological Cells Using BiCMOS Microfluidic
RF-Sensors
F. Hjeij 1 , C. Dalmay 1 , A. Bessaudou 1 , Pierre Blondy 1 ,
Arnaud Pothier 1 , B. Bessette 2 , G. Begaud 2 , M.O.
Jauberteau 2 , F. Lalloué 2 , C. Baristiran Kaynak 3 ,
Mehmet Kaynak 3 , C. Palego 4 ; 1 XLIM, France; 2 HCP (EA
3842), France; 3 IHP, Germany; 4 Bangor University, UK
EuMC14-3, Time: 09:40
This paper introduces the handling of a single cell by dielec-
trophoresis technics using UHF frequencies (above 100 MHz)
inside microfluidic microsystems implemented on Bipolar-
Complementary Oxide Semiconductor (BiCMOS) technology.
Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a well-established technique used in
the kHz frequency range to manipulate, trap and sort electrically
polarized cells by exposing them to a non-uniform electric field.
The novelty of this work consists in exploring the capability of
UHF signals to manipulate, trap and discriminate cells based on
their intracellular dielectric properties. Actually the study of their
dielectrophoretic behavior in such frequency band appears a very
attractive method for cell electrical characterization and further
label free sorting purpose. As proof of concept, we demonstrate
here the contact less UHF-DEP handling of colon cancer cells
flowing in microfluidic channel with frequencies above 100 MHz.
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The first reported results show the capability of the proposed
device to identify the higher cross over frequencies of cells related
to their own intracellular specificities.
Methane Detection Using a Functionalized
MWCNT-Based Gas Sensor
Alina Cismaru, Martino Aldrigo, Mircea Dragoman,
Antonio Radoi; IMT Bucharest, Romania
EuMC14-4, Time: 10:00
In this paper, we present the experimental results of methane
(CH4 ) gas detection by means of an electromagnetic bandgap
(EMBG) resonator covered with functionalized multi-walled carbon
nanotubes (fMWCNTs) decorated with gold nanoislands. We
performed microwave (MW) measurements of the device under
test in the Ku and K bands (namely 15–21 GHz), in three different
situations: i) in air (no CH4 ); ii) for 60 minutes in a chamber filled
with CH4 ; iii) for 120 minutes in air after exposition to CH4 . The
results demonstrate a resonance frequency shift of about 139 MHz
and a phase shift of about 9.63◦ after exposition to CH4 gas. We
used the measured scattering parameters to estimate the device
sensitivity, for which we obtained very good values all over the
band of interest. Improvements in the fMWCNTs deposition and
in the sensitivity, also exploiting other frequency bands, will be
object of further studies.
A Fully Integrated Low-Power K-Band
Chem-Bio-Sensor with On-Chip DC Read-Out in SiGe
BiCMOS Technology
F.I. Jamal, S. Guha, M.H. Eissa, C. Meliani, Herman Jalli
Ng, Dietmar Kissinger, J. Wessel; IHP, Germany
EuMC14-5, Time: 10:20
This paper presents the design of an integrated low-power K-band
chem-bio-sensor in standard 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology
incorporated with sensing and on-chip read-out circuitry together.
The material under test (MUT) is exposed on an open-stub inside a
Colpitts oscillator; the open-stub works as a capacitive sensor and
the oscillator results in a permittivity dependent output frequency.
The frequency information is translated into DC voltage using a
frequency discriminator comprised of a delay line, a single tran-
sistor mixer and a low-pass filter. The sensor has been calibrated
using iso-propanol and ethanol, the sensitivity is demonstrated
using solutions of methanol-ethanol mixtures with concentration
differences of 5 % around a mixture ratio of 50:50. It is 2.1 in
mm2 in size and it consumes 127 mW power. Along with low
power consumption, this makes it a compact solution capable
of performing minimal invasive investigations of chemicals and
bio-materials.
EuMC15 : Control Circuits
Room 14, 09:00–10:40, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Julien Lintignat, XLIM Limoges
Co-Chair: Michele Caruso, Infineon Technologies
An Ultra-Wideband Schottky Diode Based Envelope
Detector for 2.5Gbps Signals
Bruno Cimoli, Guillermo Silva Valdecasa, Angel
Blanco Granja, Jesper Bevensee Jensen, Idelfonso
Tafur Monroy, Tom K. Johansen, Juan José
Vegas Olmos; Technical University of Denmark,
Denmark
EuMC15-1, Time: 09:00
In this paper an ultra-wideband (UWB) Schottky diode based
envelope detector is reported. The detector consists of an input
matching network, a Schottky diode and wideband output filtering
network. The output network is tailored to demodulate ultra-
wideband amplitude shift keying (ASK) signals up to 2.5 Gbps
at 6–9 GHz carrier frequency. The detector uses microstrip and
surface-mount device (SMD) components and it is fabricated on
a Rogers 6002 substrate. Experimental results show error free
transmissions up to 2.5 Gbps at an input power level of -11 dBm.
The highest measured conversion gain of the detector is around
-12 dB.
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A New High Speed and High Efficiency GaN HEMT
Switching Cell for Envelope Tracking Modulators
Anthony Disserand 1 , Philippe Bouysse 1 , Audrey
Martin 1 , Raymond Quéré 1 , Olivier Jardel 2 , Luc
Lapierre 3 ; 1 XLIM, France; 2 III-V Lab, France; 3 CNES,
France
EuMC15-2, Time: 09:20
This paper presents a new high-speed and high-power switching
circuit based on GaN HEMTs, well suited for envelope tracking
supply modulators. The proposed switching cell operates up to
100MHz switching frequencies and provides output voltages up
to 50V with high efficiency. This new topology takes advantage
of a minimum number of components for reducing switching
power losses. Moreover, this circuit acts like an inverting threshold
comparator with rising and falling times in the order of one
nanosecond. A theoretical analysis of static operation and a
design approach are described and validated with measurements
performed on a hybrid demonstration board.
Low Phase-Noise SPI Programmable 1.5 to 12GHz
SiGe BiCMOS VCO Array
U.J. Lewark 1 , S. Ehrich 1 , O. Kersten 1 , R. Follmann 1 , E.
Lia 2 , F. Deborgies 2 ; 1 IMST, Germany; 2 ESA, The
Netherlands
EuMC15-3, Time: 09:40
We present a fully integrated VCO array including CMOS core,
LDOs, seven VCOs, three divider paths for frequency range exten-
sion and output amplifier. The circuit is fabricated using a low
cost 0.25 μm SiGe:C BiCMOS technology. Seven VCOs together with
direct, divide-by 2 and by 4 path are covering an output frequency
range from 1.5GHz to 12GHz without gap measured at -40, 25
and 85◦ C. At room temperature the VCO shows state-of-the-art
phase noise of -123.06 dBc/Hz around 6GHz and -134.7 dBc/Hz
around 2GHz measured at 1MHz offset. With the power amplifier
the output power exceeds 5 dBm at 4GHz. The total chip size is
5.03mm2 .
A Low-Power K-Band Divide-by-5 Injection-Locked
Frequency Divider
Yu-Hsin Chang, Yen-Chung Chiang; National Chung
Hsing University, Taiwan
EuMC15-4, Time: 10:00
A low-power K-band divide-by-5 injection-locked frequency divider
(ILFD) implemented in the 0.18-μm CMOS process technology is
proposed in this paper. By utilizing a differential injected pair
formed by cross-coupled transistors and a stacked cross-coupled
pair architecture, the fourth order harmonic of the proposed ILFD
is enhanced to realize divide-by-5 function without adopting an
LC filter. Thus, its performances are improved, including the
power consumption and the locking range without using tuning
varactors. A built-in balun is adopted before the gate terminals of
the injected transistors to generate the differential input signals.
The input locking range of the proposed divide-by-5 ILFD is from
21.1 to 22.1 GHz under 0-dBm input power levels, corresponding
to 1-GHz maximum locking range. The core circuit only consumes
a 3.75 mW dc power from a 1.5-V supply.
Evanescent-Mode Cavity-Based Frequency
Synthesizer
Yu-Chen Wu, Mohammad Abu Khater, Dimitrios
Peroulis; Purdue University, USA
EuMC15-5, Time: 10:20
In this paper, an evanescent-mode (EVA) cavity-based frequency
synthesizer is developed, implemented, and experimentally val-
idated. The oscillator is integrated on the same substrate of a
high-Q (Qu ≥ 400) EVA resonator board to reduce parasitics in the
circuit. A piezoelectric actuator is used as a tuner. A phase-locked
loop (PLL) is used to control the output frequency. The frequency
tuning range is 610 MHz to 950 MHz (1:1.55). The circuit also
achieves a phase noise as low as -104 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset,
-144 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset, and -150 dBc/Hz as a noise floor. The
RMS jitter of the system is 3 ps, and the peak-to-peak jitter is 13
ps at 700 MHz. The frequency synthesizer consumes 340 mW.
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EuMC16 : Frequency Selective Surfaces and
Metasurfaces
Room 15, 09:00–10:40, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Alessandro Galli, Sapienza University of Rome
Co-Chair: Yang Hao, Queen Mary University of London
Resonant Blazed Metasurface Gratings
Mohammad Memarian, Xiaoqiang Li, Tatsuo Itoh;
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
EuMC16-1, Time: 09:00
A low-profile flat resonant metasurface grating for achieving
strong blazing and auto-collimation at microwaves is experimen-
tally demonstrated. The design utilizes a planar approach for
blazed gratings, but is different in its fundamental operation com-
pared to phase-modulated blazed metasurface gratings. It operates
similar to 3D perfectly blazed resonant cavity gratings, but realized
with a planar strip resonator of lowest order resonance in each
unit-cell. The structure is capable of achieving strong blazing (i.e.
low specular reflection and high m = -1 diffraction). Simulations
and Measurements confirm strong auto-collimation blazing in the
Transverse Magnetic polarization at microwave frequencies.
Novel Tunable Frequency Selective Meta-Surfaces
Marina Mavridou, Konstantinos Konstantinidis,
Alexandros Feresidis, Peter Gardner; University of
Birmingham, UK
EuMC16-2, Time: 09:20
Novel tunable low-loss Frequency Selective Meta-Surfaces are
presented, operating at around 15GHz. The proposed multi-layer
Frequency Selective Meta-Surfaces (FSmS) exhibit significant tuning
of their pass-band response with low losses employing bender
piezoelectric actuator. The FSmS consist of three closely spaced
periodic arrays of sub-wavelength non-resonant elements, namely
an array of metallic square loops placed between two arrays of
square apertures in metallic sheets, separated by air cavities.
The combination of the square loop array and one of the square
aperture arrays produces a High Impedance Surface response
which is tuned using the piezoelectric actuators. This in turn alters
the resonance condition of the complete FSmS structure and thus
the central frequency of the pass-band. The structures have been
investigated through simulations, achieving a frequency tuning
range of 13.3%.
Low-Profile Second-Order Dual-Band
Miniaturised-Element FSS for Satellite
Communications
A. Malekabadi 1 , S. Jenabi 1 , S. Karimian 2 ; 1 Université
de Sherbrooke, Canada; 2 University of Manchester, UK
EuMC16-3, Time: 09:40
A new technique for designing low profile planar dual-band
second-order Miniaturised-Element Frequency Selective Surface
(MEFSS) is presented for Ka and Ku frequency bands. Initially, a
first-order band-pass FSS is designed using metallic square loops
and wire grids both of which are printed on the same side of an
electrically thin substrate. A dual-band FSS is then realised by
adding smaller square loops within the existing lattice. Finally,
second-order dual-band frequency response is obtained through
printing the new pattern on both sides of a high frequency sub-
strate. Equivalent circuit models, EM full-wave simulations and
measurements all give results that are in very good agreement;
validating the concept, methodology and the outcome.
Second-Order Plasma Enabled Tunable Low-Profile
Frequency Selective Surface Based on Coupling
Inter-Layer
Komlan Payne 1 , Edwin F. Peters 2 , Joseph Brunett 3 ,
Daniel K. Wedding 2 , Carol A. Wedding 2 , Jun H. Choi 1 ;
1
Syracuse University, USA; 2 Imaging Systems
Technology, USA; 3 Willow Run Test Labs, USA
EuMC16-4, Time: 10:00
This paper presents a second-order reconfigurable frequency
selective surface based on tunable plasma and inverter interlayers.
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The proposed design concept starts with a second order spatial
filter with the ability to deliver selective filtering response for
arbitrary FSS thicknesses. Furthermore, low-profile design and in-
verter layers provide simple implementation solution in designing
tunable spatial filters. In this paper, we demonstrate second-order
low-profile band pass spatial filter operating at S-band with fast
in-band shielding switch capability within 20 to 100 ns for the
protection of electromagnetic systems. The proposed tunable
spatial filter is integrated with discrete plasma shells strategically
located to effectively switch the transfer function of the filter. The
coupling layer, a metallic strip wire serves dual purpose in not only
controlling the thickness of the filter but also as a biasing network
for the active components. To validate the proposed technique,
a prototype tunable filter operating at 3 GHz with periodicity
and overall thickness in the order of λ0 /10 has been fabricated
and measured inside a waveguide. Simulation and measurement
results are proven to be in good agreement.
Efficient 2-D Leaky-Wave Antenna Configurations
Based on Graphene Metasurfaces
Walter Fuscaldo, Paolo Burghignoli, Paolo Baccarelli,
Alessandro Galli; Università di Roma “La Sapienza”,
Italy
EuMC16-5, Time: 10:20
Different configurations of leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) based on
graphene metasurfaces are studied. The electronic properties of
a graphene metasurface in the low THz range are investigated
in details in order to discuss the reconfigurability features of
the presented structures. A simple exact formula for evaluating
the ohmic losses related to the surface plasmon polariton (SPP)
propagation along a suspended graphene sheet is given. This
allows us to explain the low efficiency of reconfigurable antennas
based on SPPs along graphene metasurfaces. Then, the radiative
performance and relevant losses of graphene Fabry-Perot cavity
antennas (FPCAs) based on leaky waves (LWs) are investigated in
details and compared to previous solutions based on SPPs. In
particular, a single-layer structure, i.e., a grounded dielectric slab
covered with a graphene metasurface, and a multilayered structure,
i.e., a substrate-superstrate antenna in which the graphene meta-
surface is embedded at a suitable position within the substrate, are
considered. The results show that the proposed LW solutions in
graphene FPCAs allow for considerably reducing ohmic losses, thus
significantly improving the efficiency of the proposed radiators.
EuMC17 : Antenna Design
Room 17, 09:00–10:40, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Matthias Hein, University of Ilmenau
Co-Chair: Marco Pasian, University of Pavia
Stub-Loaded Resonator-Fed Filtering Patch Antenna
with Improved Bandwidth
Chunxu Mao 1 , Steven Gao 1 , Yi Wang 2 ; 1 University of
Kent, UK; 2 University of Greenwich, UK
EuMC17-1, Time: 09:00
A method of designing a patch antenna with wideband and filtering
characteristics is proposed in this paper. Different from traditional
aperture-coupled patch antenna, a stub loaded resonator (SLR)
is employed as the feed. This coupled SLR-patch produces three
reflection zeros (dual-mode from the SLR and one from the patch)
and therefore a wider bandwidth. Due to the resonant property
of the SLR, the antenna exhibits a filtering performance and good
out-of-band rejection. This integration approach eliminates the
50 Ohm interfaces between the traditionally cascaded filter and
antenna. This contributes to a more compact and simplified
RF frontend. Methods to control the modes of the SLR are in-
vestigated. The simulation and measurement results agree well
with each other, showing an excellent performance in terms of
bandwidth, frequency selectivity and radiation patterns.
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Large Depth-of-Field Wideband Pseudo-Bessel Beam
Antenna
Yi Cheng Zhong, Yu Jian Cheng; UESTC, China
EuMC17-2, Time: 09:20
A wideband pseudo-Bessel beam antenna with a large non-
diffraction range is proposed in this paper. A phase shift surface
(PSS) with controllable phase shift versus frequency response is
employed. Thus, the Bessel beam can be realized over a wide-
band. Measurement indicates that the relative bandwidth of the
Bessel beam antenna is more than 13.7% at Ka-band and the
non-diffraction range is more than 150 times of the wavelength
at the center frequency of 29 GHz. Good axial symmetry can be
achieved because both cellular topology and hexagonal element
are used.
On the Design of a Dual Polarized Leaky Lens
Antenna for Wideband FPA Applications
Ozan Yurduseven, Nuria Llombart, Ioan E. Lager,
Andrea Neto; Technische Universiteit Delft, The
Netherlands
EuMC17-3, Time: 09:40
This contribution presents the design and measurements of a
wideband dual polarized leaky lens antenna. The antenna is
composed of two crossed slots fed by two orthogonal microstrips.
The crossed microstrips are fed differentially in order to couple
the radiation into the slots. Then the slot antenna feeds a dielectric
lens to achieve directive patterns. In this work, the proposed
leaky lens antenna is optimized to achieve high aperture efficiency
with clean symmetric patterns in both polarizations exceeding an
octave bandwidth to be used for tightly spaced wideband Focal
Plane Arrays (FPAs). The concept is validated by the primary field
measurements inside the lens and by the GRASP simulations of the
FPA.
A Study of Design Method of Circular Patch Array
Absorber for Oblique Incidence
D. Kitahara 1 , H. Yoshiizumi 1 , R. Suga 1 , O.
Hashimoto 1 , K. Araki 2 ; 1 Aoyama Gakuin University,
Japan; 2 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
EuMC17-4, Time: 10:00
In this paper, a design method of a circular patch array absorber for
oblique incidence is proposed. The incident angle characteristics of
its input impedance can be designed by the arrangement period of
the patches. The absorption characteristics by using an equivalent
circuit simulation agreed well with that by an electromagnetic
simulation, and the effectiveness of the proposed design method
is indicated.
A Transmission Line Model for Co-Designed
Slot-Coupled Dielectric Resonator Antennas
Lars Ohlsson, Daniel Sjöberg, Lars-Erik Wernersson;
Lund University, Sweden
EuMC17-5, Time: 10:20
Co-design of monolithically-integrated millimetre-wave front-ends
and antennas is alleviated by accurate device models. In this paper,
a novel transmission line model for slot-coupled dielectric res-
onator antennas is proposed and verified. It describes distributed
interaction between the coupling-structure and the radiating
dielectric body of the antenna. This model thereby provides a sim-
plistic and intuitive description of the main radiation mechanism.
It fits with excellently to numerical full-wave simulation results,
both in terms of input characteristics and radiation efficiency.
Furthermore, the radiated signal fidelity predicted by the model
is found in line with experimental results from a co-designed
millimetre-wave wavelet transmitter. This antenna model promise
further development into a generic scalable model that will reduce
the need for iterative simulations.
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EuMC18 : Diode and Transistor Technology
for THz Signal Generation and Systems
Room 1, 11:20–13:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Antti Räisänen, Aalto University
Co-Chair: Dimitris Pavlidis, Boston University
SubMM-Wave Multipliers by Film-Diode Technology
Oleg Cojocari 1 , Ion Oprea 1 , Hugh Gibson 2 , Achim
Walber 3 ; 1 ACST, Germany; 2 Gibson Microwave Design,
France; 3 Radiometer Physics, Germany
EuMC18-1, Time: 11:20
A series of THz-MIC-s were successfully fabricated by a so-
called Film-Diode process. Sub-millimeter-wave multipliers based
on these MIC-s were tested with excellent results. Peak mea-
sured output power of these multipliers was 14mW@332GHz,
12mW@440GHz, and 5mW@600GHz. These results represent
European state-of-the-art performance at these frequencies.
High Performance Resonant Tunneling Diode
Oscillators as Terahertz Sources
Jue Wang 1 , Abdullah Al-Khalidi 1 , Khalid Hamed
Alharbi 1 , Afesomeh Ofiare 1 , Haiping Zhou 1 , Edward
Wasige 1 , José Figueiredo 2 ; 1 University of Glasgow, UK;
2 is a cheap and feasible method for personal security screening.
Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
EuMC18-2, Time: 11:40
This paper presents a series of monolithic microwave integrated
circuit (MMIC) resonant tunneling diode (RTD) oscillators. The
oscillator circuit topology employs two InGaAs/AlAs RTDs in
parallel and each device is biased individually. The oscillators
operate at 125/156/206/308 GHz with -1.7/-3.3/-14.6/-4.8 dBm
output power. With improved epitaxial layer structures and
oscillator designs, it is expected that the output power will reach
several milliwatts. This work shows the promising potential of
RTD oscillators as terahertz (THz) sources for high speed wireless
communications, etc.
Power Spectrum Analysis of a Tripler-Based 300GHz
CMOS Up-Conversion Mixer
Ruibing Dong 1 , Shinsuke Hara 1 , Issei Watanabe 1 ,
Norihiko Sekine 1 , Akifumi Kasamatsu 1 , Kosuke
Katayama 2 , Kyoya Takano 2 , Takeshi Yoshida 2 ,
Shuhei Amakawa 2 , Minoru Fujishima 2 ; 1 NICT, Japan;
2 often manufactured with either lower-resolution techniques,
Hiroshima University, Japan
EuMC18-3, Time: 12:00
A tripler-based 300-GHz-band up-conversion mixer in 40-nm CMOS
is analyzed, whose operating frequency is above the unity-power
gain frequency fmax. It has a common-source topology, and the
intermediate frequency (IF) and the local oscillator (LO) share the
same input port. To maximize the output power, the optimal ratio
of IF power to LO power for linear up-conversion is identified.
Measurement results are consistent with theoretical calculation.
20GHz to 480GHz On-Chip Broadband Spectrometer
in 65-nm CMOS Technology
Marion K. Matters-Kammerer 1 , Dave van Goor 2 ,
Lorenzo Tripodi 3 ; 1 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven,
The Netherlands; 2 Philips, The Netherlands; 3 ASML,
The Netherlands
EuMC18-4, Time: 12:20
The implementation and characterization of a 20 GHz to 480
GHz continuously tunable on-chip spectrometer in 65-nm CMOS
technology is presented. The structure consists of a pulse gener-
ator based on a meandered nonlinear transmission line, a passive
pulse differentiator and a high-speed sample and hold-circuit.
Time domain and frequency domain measurements have been
performed to characterize the spectrometer. A 3.1 ps fall time
of the sampler is derived under optimized bias conditions. The
spectrometer generates and detects a tunable frequency comb with
frequency components between 20 GHz and 480 GHz, with a signal
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to noise ratio of 90 dB at 100 GHz, 70 dB at 200 GHz and 40 dB
at 480 GHz. Due to the on-chip implementation of the transmitter
and sampler, no external lenses are required and the circuit is
integrated in an area of 3 mm2 . It can be used for on-chip analysis
of e.g. droplets in a microfluidic package.
Two All-Solid-State Four-Pixel Receiver Arrays for
Passive 340 and 250GHz Imaging Systems
Yue He 1 , Li-Wei Hou 2 , Bin Lu 1 , Li Miao 1 , Cheng
Wang 1 ; 1 CAEP, China; 2 CETC 50, China
EuMC18-5, Time: 12:40
Two four-pixel receiver arrays for operation in 340 and 250 GHz
passive imaging system are presented. The millimeter-wave front-
end components and THz mixer are achieved by the planar GaAs
Schottky-barrier varactor to obtain good performance in room
temperature while lowering the cost and difficulty compared to
integrated circuit. The discrete 340GHz and 250GHz mixers have
the lowest DSB noise temperature of 1020K and 900K respectively
within the operation band . A broadband IF bandwidth, 20GHz,
is adopted in passive imaging systems for increasing the received
human body radiation power. Imaging performance is limited by
the NF of low-noise amplifier in IF circuit, which is typically 2.6dB
in 1–22GHz, but good detection performance and space resolution
is still obtained for object distances 3–8m and the imaging contrast
in the two receiver arrays is provided. Compared to the current
sensors operated in cryogenic imaging system, the receiver array
EuMC19 : Additive Manufacturing and
Technological Approaches for Passive
Components
Room 4, 11:20–13:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Maurizio Bozzi, University of Pavia
Co-Chair: Hjalti Sigmarsson, Oklahoma University
Low-Cost, High-Resolution Printing of Planar
Microwave Structures for Rapid Design Iterations
Tyler Nuanes 1 , Brian Dieckman 2 , Tony New 2 ,
Benjamin S. Cook 3 , Edward Wheeler 1 ; 1 Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology, USA; 2 Sony DADC, USA;
3
Texas Instruments, USA
EuMC19-1, Time: 11:20
Printed circuit board designs for radio frequency circuits are
such as laser etching or mechanical milling, or higher-resolution
photolithographic techniques. In recent years, there has been
interest in developing new techniques to achieve high resolution
and rapid fabrication at low cost. This paper reports on a screen
printing process based on established commercial procedures that
achieves these goals and provides an attractive option for test
and development. Specifically, this technique provides micron
resolution at relatively low cost and swift design-to-mask turnover
rate. In this paper, we establish that the characteristics of the
ink and printing process are suitable for electronic devices. In
comparison to devices fabricated with traditional techniques, this
paper demonstrates that screen printing produces devices with
lower but still adequate performance levels.
A Sol-Gel Approach for Self-Biased Barium
Hexaferrite Thin-Film Circulators
Frauke K.H. Gellersen, Arne F. Jacob; Technische
Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
EuMC19-2, Time: 11:40
We present the design of a self-biased Y-junction circulator for
Q-band applications. It relies on barium hexaferrite thin-films
deposited by means of the cost-effective sol-gel method. The
potential of the approach is first investigated in simulation based
on a realistic material description. From this, critical design
parameters are identified. This is followed by an experimental
study. First encouraging practical results are reported. Steps for
further performance improvements are discussed.
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A Compact Ka-Band Waveguide Orthomode
Transducer Fabricated by 3-D Printing
Xiaobang Shang 1 , Paul Klasmann 2 , Michael J.
Lancaster 1 ; 1 University of Birmingham, UK; 2 Elite
Antennas, UK
EuMC19-3, Time: 12:00
This paper presents an orthomode transducer (OMT) fabricated
using 3-D printing. The OMT is designed to operate at two fre-
quency bands, with each band passing an orthogonal polarization.
For one polarization the band is 17–22 GHz and the other 27–31
GHz. Both polarizations are combined into a common port with
square waveguide cross section. To facilitate the measurement,
two tapered waveguide transitions are designed to convert the
square waveguide port to standard WR-42 and WR-28 waveguides.
The OMT and the waveguide transitions are made from polymer
using stereolithography based 3-D printing and a 5 μm thick
copper layer is deposited on them. The experimental results of the
OMT are compared with simulations and discussed.
Design of 3D Printed Plastic Modular Filters
Jérémy Saucourt, Nicolas Jolly, Aurélien Périgaud,
Olivier Tantot, Nicolas Delhote, Stéphane Bila, Serge
Verdeyme; XLIM, France
EuMC19-4, Time: 12:20
The design of 3D printed plastic modular filters is presented in
this paper. The proposed principle allows the user to choose at
will the order of a bandpass filter by plugging as much blocks
(resonators) as needed. The conception and results of a 4-poles
filter are discussed. Because of their simplicity, these filters have
the potential to be used for microwave practical courses thanks
to good performances, quick and easy assembly, easy tuning and
maintenance and finally low cost manufacturing.
Plastic and Metal Additive Manufacturing
Technologies for Hyperfrequency Passive
Components up to Ka Band
Johann Sence 1 , William Feuray 1 , Aurélien Périgaud 1 ,
Olivier Tantot 1 , Nicolas Delhote 1 , Stéphane Bila 1 ,
Serge Verdeyme 1 , Jean-Baptiste Pejoine 2 ,
René-Philippe Gramond 3 ; 1 XLIM, France; 2 I3D Concept,
France; 3 Plateforme Technologique RAMSEIS, France
EuMC19-5, Time: 12:40
This paper illustrates the different possibilities given by additive
manufacturing technologies for the creation of hyperfrequency
devices. Firstly a characterization campaign has been made on
common plastics used by 3D printer using the Fused Deposition
Modeling (FDM) and material jetting (Polyjet) technologies. The
impact of the manufacturing strategy (high speed or high accu-
racy) on the part roughness, as well as on the dielectric material
permittivity and loss tangent has been specifically studied at 10
and 16 GHz. The conductivity of a coating based on a silver
paint has also been characterized on such plastic parts. These
plastic materials and coating have been used for the creation
of a quasi-elliptic bandpass filter centered at 6 and 12 GHz and
compared to a similar filter made of stainless steel by selective
laser melting. Finally, a compact rectangular TE10 to circular TE01
mode converter also made by selective laser melting is illustrated
here from 28 to 36 GHz as a final demonstrator.
EuMC20 : Measurement and Calibration
Room 13, 11:20–13:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Nick Ridler, NPL
Co-Chair: Juan Mari Collantes, UPV-EHU
A Four Port Microstrip Testset for Network
Analyzers
Debapratim Ghosh, Girish Kumar; IIT Bombay, India
EuMC20-1, Time: 11:20
This paper describes the design of a microstrip four port testset for
use in narrow band network analyzers. The testset configuration
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comprises of four section branch line couplers and power combin-
ers, which are integrated to realize the testset. It has one port for
an RF input, one for an arbitrary DUT, and remaining two ports for
incident (reference) and reflected power detectors. The couplers
are designed to provide uniform magnitude and phase character-
istics that help obtaining isolation above 30 dB between the RF
input port and reflected power detector. The power combiners
are designed to provide good matching between the couplers and
the DUT/reference detector ports, and also to distinguish matched
and mismatched loads on Port 2. The designed testset achieves
raw uncalibrated load dynamic range of 20 to 59 dB between 1.68
and 2.54 GHz. The high dynamic range makes the designed testset
suitable for use in a narrow band network analyzer.
Meander Type Transmission Line Design for
On-Wafer TRL Calibration
Manuel Potéreau 1 , Marina Deng 1 , Christian Raya 2 ,
Bertrand Ardouin 2 , Klaus Aufinger 3 , Cédric Ayela 1 ,
Magali De Matos 1 , Arnaud Curutchet 1 , Sébastien
Frégonèse 1 , Thomas Zimmer 1 ; 1 IMS (UMR 5218),
France; 2 XMOD Technologies, France; 3 Infineon
Technologies, Germany
EuMC20-2, Time: 11:40
An on-wafer TRL methodology based on meander type transmis-
sion lines was developed in the perspective of automated on-waver
calibration. The TRL calibrations using meander lines and standard
straight lines showed no significant difference when applied to
characterize a single SiGe HBT up to 110 GHz under multiple bias
points.
A New Calibration Method for the Measurement of a
Multiport Microwave Tomography System with a
2-Port Vector Network Analyzer
Marc Zimmermanns, Ilona Rolfes, Malte Mallach,
Patrik Gebhardt, Thomas Musch; Ruhr-Universität
Bochum, Germany
EuMC20-3, Time: 12:00
A new method for the calibration of a multiport microwave to-
mography (MWT) system measured with a 2-port vector network
analyzer (VNA) is presented. The two VNA ports are mapped to the
eight input ports of the MWT system by means of a switching net-
work. This contribution deals with the calibration of the switching
matrix. In consideration of the application, the proposed approach
reduces the mechanical complexity of the calibration procedure
significantly, by eliminating transmission connections between
nonadjacent ports. This enables a simplified automation of the
measurement setup. In addition, every step of the calibration
procedure utilizes self-calibration techniques. Thereby, increasing
the diversity of the procedure. Furthermore, the proposed method
reduces the number of measurements required for the calibration
in relation to comparable methods.
Measurement Setup for the Analysis of Broadband
Frequency-Modulated Signals
Christian Zech, Benjamin Baumann, Axel Hülsmann,
Jutta Kühn, Michael Schlechtweg, Oliver Ambacher;
Fraunhofer IAF, Germany
EuMC20-4, Time: 12:20
Extreme linear broadband radio frequency chirp generation is of
fundamental interest, e.g. for high-resolution radar systems. The
chirp linearity is essential for the accuracy of radar measurements.
A linearity analysis is presented in this paper. The developed
measurement setup is discussed and measurement results are
shown. The results are compared with commercially available mea-
surement equipment. An analysis bandwidth of at least 5.4GHz in
the frequency range between 8 GHz and 13.5 GHz is demonstrated,
whereby the concept and setup are not limited to this frequency
range. Furthermore, outperforming time-resolution and state of
the art low-noise behavior are demonstrated.
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Determination of Multi-Port Noise Parameters
Luciano Boglione, Joel Goodman; Naval Research
Laboratory, USA
EuMC20-5, Time: 12:40
The paper outlines the main results of a novel and comprehen-
sive analysis for the determination of the noise parameters of
linear noisy microwave networks with any number of ports. The
well-established approach by Lane for the case of linear 2 port
networks becomes a particular case of this analysis. A thorough
discussion of the results identifies practical requirements as well
as constraints for a successful noise characterization of any N-port
networks. The noise parameters of a passive 4 port network are
determined to validate the analysis against measurements. This
paper is the first demonstration of a method to determine the
noise parameters of a linear network with any number of ports.
EuMC21 : High Power Amplifiers
Room 14, 11:20–13:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Marc van Heijningen, TNO
Co-Chair: Jean Francois Villemazet, Thales Alenia Space
Over 74% Efficiency, L-Band 200W GaN-HEMT for
Space Applications
Ken Osawa 1 , Hiroyuki Yoshikoshi 1 , Atsushi Nitta 1 ,
Tsuneyuki Tanaka 1 , Eizo Mitani 2 , Tomio Satoh 1 ;
1
Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Japan;
2 power of 260W when tuned for maximum efficiency.
Sumitomo Electric Europe, UK
EuMC21-2, Time: 11:40
This paper describes an L-band partially-matched GaN HEMT for
space applications. A 200W GaN HEMT incorporated two 100W
dies achieved 71% power-added efficiency, 74.6% drain efficiency
at 1.58GHz under CW operating conditions. We have also com-
pleted space qualification test for this GaN HEMT technology and
it showed excellent reliability under high temperature and RF
overdrive conditions. The result of this qualification satisfied all
the reliability and lifetime requirements for space applications. To
the best of our knowledge, the efficiency of 74.6% is the highest of
L-Band 200W class GaN HEMT. We also showed the feasibility of
GaN HEMT SSPA for space applications.
Response Time of VSWR Protection for GaN HEMT
Based Power Amplifiers
Sebastian Preis 1 , Jérôme Ferretti 1 , Nikolai Wolff 1 , Alex
Wiens 2 , Rolf Jakoby 2 , Wolfgang Heinrich 1 , Olof
Bengtsson 1 ; 1 FBH, Germany; 2 Technische Universität
Darmstadt, Germany
EuMC21-3, Time: 12:00
Protection against high voltage-standing-wave-ratios (VSWR) is of
great importance in many power amplifier applications. Despite
excellent thermal and voltage breakdown properties even gallium
nitride devices may need such measures. This work focuses on
the timing aspect when using barium-strontium-titanate (BST)
varactors to limit power dissipation and gate current. A power
amplifier was designed and fabricated, implementing a varactor
and a GaN-based voltage switch as varactor modulator for VSWR
protection. The response time until the protection is effective was
measured by switching the voltages at varactor, gate and drain of
the transistor, respectively. It was found that it takes a minimum
of 50 μs for the power amplifier to reach a safe condition. Pure
gate pinch-off or drain voltage reduction solutions were slower
and bias-network dependent. For a thick-film BST MIM varactor,
optimized for speed and power, a switching time of 160 ns was
achieved.
Harmonic Clipping Contours: Numerical
Computation and Extension to Higher Harmonics
Roberto Quaglia, S.C. Cripps; Cardiff University, UK
EuMC21-4, Time: 12:20
This paper presents the computation of harmonic clipping con-
tours using a Matlab script that guarantees a fast calculation.
Thanks to the numerical nature of the solution, an arbitrary num-
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ber of harmonics can be taken into account with minimal added
computational cost. The results for second harmonic clipping
contours are compared with the analytical solutions available in
literature, while for the first time 3rd harmonics clipping contours
are presented. The latter allow the improvement of the output
power and the efficiency achievable with the active device, while
strong-linearity due to clipping can be consciously avoided in the
design stage.
Packaged AlGaN/GaN HEMT Power Bars with 900W
Output Power and High PAE at L-Band
C. Friesicke, T. Maier, P. Brückner, Rüdiger Quay,
Oliver Ambacher; Fraunhofer IAF, Germany
EuMC21-5, Time: 12:40
This paper describes the performance of packaged power bars that
are realized in a 0.5 μm gate length AlGaN/GaN HEMT technology
on SiC substrates, assembled together with pre-matching circuitry
in a ceramic package and designed for operation at 1030MHz
(L-Band). Two different package assemblies are compared: The
first one uses a single power bar, and the second one uses four
parallel power bars. Fundamental passive load-pull at 50V DC
drain supply voltage under pulsed excitation with 10% duty cycle
shows output power levels of 260W and 900W at 3 dB compression
with an associated PAE of 62% and 66%, respectively, for the first
and second assembly. The first assembly is further characterized
using an active harmonic load-pull system, which demonstrates an
increased output power of about 325W at 69% PAE when tuned for
maximum power, or peak PAE values exceeding 75% at an output
EuMC22 : Advanced Antenna Technologies
and Concepts
Room 15, 11:20–13:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Danielle Vanhoenacker-Janvier, Université Catholique de
Louvain
Co-Chair: Giandomenico Amendola, University of Calabria
Terahertz Microstrip Elevated Stack Antenna
Technology on GaN-on-Low Resistivity Silicon
Substrates for TMIC
B. Benakaprasad 1 , A. Eblabla 1 , X. Li 1 , K. Elgaid 1 , D.J.
Wallis 2 , I. Guiney 2 , C. Humphreys 2 ; 1 University of
Glasgow, UK; 2 University of Cambridge, UK
EuMC22-1, Time: 11:20
In this paper we demonstrate a THz microstrip stack antenna
on GaN-on-low resistivity silicon substrates (ρ < 40 Ω.cm). To
reduce losses caused by the substrate and to enhance performance
of the integrated antenna at THz frequencies, the driven patch
is shielded by silicon nitride and gold in addition to a layer of
benzocyclobutene (BCB). A second circular patch is elevated in air
using gold posts, making this design a stack configuration. The
demonstrated antenna shows a measured resonance frequency
in agreement with the modeling at 0.27 THz and a measured S11
as low as -18 dB was obtained. A directivity, gain and radiation
efficiency of 8.3 dB, 3.4 dB, and 32% respectively was exhibited
from the 3D EM model. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first
demonstrated THz integrated microstrip stack antenna for TMIC
(THz Monolithic Integrated Circuits) technology; the developed
technology is suitable for high performance III-V material on low
resistivity/high dielectric substrates.
SIW Based Modified Slotted Array Antenna with
Circular Polarization for X, Ku and K Band
Communications
Chandu D.S., Soumyakanta Pradhan, S.S. Karthikeyan;
IIITDM Kancheepuram, India
EuMC22-2, Time: 11:40
This paper presents a novel approach to the design of substrate
integrated waveguide (SIW) based slotted array antennas. It is
proposed that wideband characteristics can be achieved when SIW
is fed by a combination of longitudinal and transverse slots. 45◦ in-
clination of the transverse slots excites the orthogonal components
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of E-field to phase quadrature leading to circular polarization. To
validate the design, a compact antenna of volume 29.72 × 37.92 ×
1.6 mm3 is fabricated on a 1.6 mm thick FR4 substrate. Simulated
and measured results show good return loss under 10dB from 10
GHz – 27 GHz covering X, Ku and K bands. The 3-dB axial ratio
bandwidth (ARBW) is 1.90% (10.38 GHz – 10.58 GHz) in the X band,
10% (17 GHz – 18.7 GHz) in the Ku band, and 1.11% (19.58 GHz
– 19.8 GHz) in the K band. It is also observed from the far field
patterns that the main lobe can be discretely scanned from +22.5◦
to +67.5◦ in the X band. Given the specifications, the antenna is
suitable for deployment in aircraft and satellite communications.
Broadband Bow-Tie Slot Antenna with Tuning Stub
for Resonant Tunnelling Diode Oscillators with
Novel Configuration for Substrate Effects
Suppression
Khalid Hamed Alharbi, Ata Khalid, Afesomeh Ofiare,
Jue Wang, Edward Wasige; University of Glasgow, UK
EuMC22-3, Time: 12:00
Radiation from antennas integrated with InP-based resonant
tunnelling diode (RTD) oscillators is usually degraded because of
the effects of the large dielectric constant substrate. The common
solution has been to use hemispherical lenses to extract the signal
from the backside of the substrate. In this paper we present a
broadband bow-tie slot antenna with tuning stub which is diced
and mounted on a ground plane to alleviate the substrate effects.
Here, the large dielectric constant substrate around the antenna
conductor is removed. In addition, the ground plane underneath
the diced substrate acts as a reflector and, ultimately, the antenna
radiates to air-side direction. The antenna was designed and fabri-
cated using photolithography techniques to offer wide bandwidth
(return loss S11 <-10dB) between 200–350 GHz on semi-insulating
InP substrate with dielectric constant of εr = 12.56. Simulated and
measured bandwidth almost extends the frequency range 230–325
GHz. Simulations shows air-side radiation pattern, an antenna gain
of around 11 dB at 290 GHz and 98% radiation efficiency.
Tx Leakage Cancellation Using Antenna Image
Impedance for CW Radar Applications
Vojislav Milosevic 1 , Milos Radovanovic 1 , Branka
Jokanovic 1 , Olga Boric-Lubecke 2 , Victor M. Lubecke 2 ;
1
University of Belgrade, Serbia; 2 University of Hawaii
at Manoa, USA
EuMC22-4, Time: 12:20
In this paper we propose the Tx leakage cancellation method based
on the antenna image impedance, i.e. the passive network synthe-
sized to replicate the antenna impedance in the band of interest.
The concept is verified for the patch antenna array operating in
the Ku band, where the achieved isolation is measured to be better
than 35 dB in the 17–17.4GHz range. This method can provide
great benefit for single antenna CW radar applications.
Multi-Level ASK Spatial Modulators Employing a
100GHz Lens-Array Antenna and 65nm CMOS
Naftali Landsberg, Eran Socher; Tel Aviv University,
Israel
EuMC22-5, Time: 12:40
A new, low form factor topology of a phase rotator at 100 GHz is
demonstrated using a CMOS 65 nm process. The design is based
on two inductively coupled amplifiers, instead of the common
implementation with a hybrid coupler. The phase rotator is
integrated with multiple stage amplifiers in order to achieve a high
gain element for transmit/receive phased array antennas. A full
phase rotation with a peak gain of 20–25 dB was achieved, with a
total power consumption of 90 mW. In addition, a 100 GHz 2×2
active lens-array printed antenna was designed and implemented,
based on the fabricated chips. Four-level ASK spatial modulation
was implemented by modulating the gain of the amplifiers, where
each row of elements modulated independently.
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EuMC23 : Reconfigurable Antennas
Room 17, 11:20–13:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Józef Modelski, Warsaw University of Technology
Co-Chair: Ian Gresham, Anokiwave
Scanning Properties of Novel Metasurface-Based
Reflector Antennas
Svetlana Tcvetkova, Viktar Asadchy, Sergei Tretyakov;
Aalto University, Finland
EuMC23-1, Time: 11:20
We investigate beam scanning by lateral feed displacement in novel
metasurface-based reflector antennas (metamirrors) with extremely
short focal distances which emulate a cylindrical PEC reflector.
Two reciprocal cases of illumination are explored: illumination by
a plane wave (focusing to a line) and illumination by a source of
cylindrical waves from the focal line (plane wave in reflection). For
the former case, the power density distribution of the reflected
waves from the metamirror are studied numerically for scanned
beam angles up to 10◦ from the normal for two ratios of the focal
distance and the diameter. For the latter, electric field distributions
of waves reflected from the antenna are explored numerically and
experimentally for defocusing angles up to 16◦ . The results show
that despite extremely small focal distances, the scanning ability
of metamirrors is similar to that of comparable reflectarrays. In
addition to offering a possibility to realize extremely small focal
distances, metamirror antennas are practically invisible for any
radiation beyond the operating frequency range.
Performance of Radiation Pattern and Polarization
Diversity for Body-Centric Applications at 2.45GHz
Rizwan Masood 1 , Christian Person 1 , Ronan Sauleau 2 ;
1
Lab-STICC, France; 2 IETR, France
EuMC23-2, Time: 11:40
The performance of radiation pattern and polarization diversity
is presented for body-centric applications at 2.45 GHz using a
multi-mode dual-polarized, dual-pattern antenna. Two different
scenarios have been investigated i.e., an omnidirectional (monopo-
lar) radiation pattern with a polarization normal to the body
surface, and a directional (broadside) radiation pattern with a
polarization parallel to the body surface. The study is verified by
both full-wave simulations using CST Microwave Studio™ and real-
time measurements on a human subject in an indoor environment.
Both simulations and measurements demonstrate a remarkable
gain in link budget when the appropriate polarization and pattern
diversity schemes are selected on transceiver side.
Design Guidelines for Pattern Reconfigurable
Antennas by Exploiting the Characteristic Modes
Analysis
Francesco Alessio Dicandia, Simone Genovesi, Agostino
Monorchio; Università di Pisa, Italy
EuMC23-3, Time: 12:00
A novel pattern reconfigurable antenna operating at 2.45 GHz
is designed for portable devices by exploiting the characteristic
modes analysis (CMA). In particular, a null-steering antenna is
proposed by exploiting the current modes distribution (Jn ) over a
ground plane of the dimensions of a mobile terminal. To achieve
this goal, two current modes (J4 and J8 ) are asymmetrically excited
by introducing a phase difference (Δθ) between the two capacitive
coupler exciters (CCEs) hosted above the conductive plane. More in
detail, the position of the CCEs allows exciting only Mode # 4 and
Mode # 8, related to the current modes J4 and J8 , respectively. The
phase difference (Δθ) allows controlling the level of the excitation
of these modes and obtaining the null-steering antenna in the y-z
plane. As a proof of concept, a discrete phase shifter that employs
several pin diodes has been designed in microstrip technology in
order to obtain a subset of the phase differences. The radiation
patterns prove that the proposed design guidelines are reliable
and applicable to other kinds of structures.
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Switchable Filtennas with Sharp Dual Bandnotch
Using Looped Resonators
Waqas Ahmad, Djuradj Budimir; University of
Westminster, UK
EuMC23-4, Time: 12:20
This paper proposes a reconfigurable/switchable UWB filtenna
with sharp dual bandnotch at WiMAX 3.5 GHz and WLAN 5.8 GHz
bands. The filtenna is formed by placing three looped resonators
in an UWB antenna. The resonators are fitted with Graphene based
switches and PIN diodes which introduce reconfigurability. The
filtenna was simulated and measured in switch OFF and ON states.
Results show a measured passband from 2.8–11.97 GHz in OFF
state and ON state results in sharp dual bandnotch within the
passband at 3.49 GHz and 6.15 GHz at a return loss of 2.2–2.5 dB.
The gain and efficiency in both states has also been given and is
reduced in ON state at the dual bandnotch. Surface currents at the
dual bandnotch and the radiation patterns in E- and H-planes have
also been presented.
EuMC24 : Advances in Planar Filter Design
Room 4, 14:20–16:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Jason Hong, Heriot Watt University
Co-Chair: Alaa Abunjaileh, Airbus Defence and Space
Novel Dual Open-Loop Ring Resonator for Compact
Planar Filters
Roman Tkadlec 1 , Giuseppe Macchiarella 2 ;
1 been designed, simulated and realized. The measurements show a
CommScope, Italy; 2 Politecnico di Milano, Italy
EuMC24-1, Time: 14:20
A novel suspended stripline dual open-loop ring resonator is pro-
posed for the realization of compact bandpass filters. Resonator
size below lambda/16 (where lambda is a wavelength in free space)
and reasonably high unloaded Q factor can be achieved. First,
resonator has been characterized through accurate 3D electro-
magnetic simulations and suitable guidelines for dimensioning
have been derived. Then, based on the new resonator, two 3-pole
bandpass filters have been designed and verified by full-wave 3D
analysis. Finally, both filters were fabricated and measured. The
measured results are in good agreement with the simulated one.
Design of Compact Triple-Passband Bandpass Filter
Li-Yi Jian 1 , Yung-Wei Chen 2 , Zih-Jyun Dai 1 , Hung-Wei
Wu 1 , Kuan-Yu Chen 1 , Shiue-Chen Chiou 1 , Yan-Kuin
Su 2 ; 1 Kun Shan University, Taiwan; 2 Cheng Kung
University, Taiwan
EuMC24-2, Time: 14:40
The compact triple-passband bandpass filter base on uniform
impedance ring resonators (UIRRs) is proposed. The filter has
advantages of high passband selectivity, having closed adjacent
passbands and compact circuit size. The resonators with magnet-
ically coupling by grounding via hole are designed to have tree
resonant paths at 1.22 GHz, 1.5 GHz and 1.8 GHz. The resonant
frequencies can be easily controlled by tuning L3, L4 and L5
for each resonant paths of the resonator. The triple-passband
bandpass filter is showing a simple configuration, an effective
design method and a small circuit size. The measured results are
in good agreement with the simulation results.
Pseudo-Elliptic Bandpass Filter with Stepped
Impedance Stubs
J.A.G. Malherbe, Tebogo Bopape; University of Pretoria,
South Africa
EuMC24-3, Time: 15:00
In this paper a new pseudo-elliptic structure that has an insertion
loss performance comparable to Cauer filters, is described. The fil-
ter differs from previous structures in that it has two three-section
stepped stubs which contribute an additional transmission zero,
ensuring even better performance and substantially increased
range of realizable stopband attenuation levels. The filters find
application as planar structures where conventional Cauer filters
would not be realizable.
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Design of Fourth Order Dual-Mode Microstrip Filter
by Using Interdigital Capacitive Loading Element
with High Selectivity
Ceyhun Karpuz, Pınar Öztürk Özdemir, Gülfem Balasu
Fırat; Pamukkale University, Turkey
EuMC24-4, Time: 15:20
In this letter, a novel fourth order filter using dual mode open
loop resonators is proposed. Dual mode open loop resonators
are performed by using capacitive loading element. The main
advantage of this loading element is that it controls the passband
frequency and bandwidth, sensitively. Also, use of the dual mode
open loop resonator provides a compact and narrowband bandpass
filter. In order to demonstrate the validity the filter is designed,
simulated and fabricated. Measured result shows good agreement
with simulated frequency response.
Compact Multi-Section Resonator and Bandpass
Filter Application
Loïc Thépaut 1 , Benjamin Potelon 1 , Cédric Quendo 1 ,
Rémi Ségalen 2 , Françoise Mahé 2 ; 1 Lab-STICC, France;
2
Thales Systèmes Aéroportés, France
EuMC24-5, Time: 15:40
In this paper, a resonator based on a Multi-Section line is proposed.
The main asset of this novel resonator relies in the reduction of its
length compared to UIR or SIR. To illustrate this advantage, this
resonator has been implemented in an interdigital 5-poles band-
pass filter with a central frequency @ 1.15 GHz. This filter have
good agreement with simulation. Performances and compactness
of the resulting filter are then compared to two filters: an UIR
interdigital filter and a SIR interdigital filter. The filter based on
the novel Multi-Section Resonator appears to be 33.7% smaller than
the UIR interdigital filter.
EuMC25 : Advances in Antenna and
Radiation Electromagnetic Modelling
Room 13, 14:20–16:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Maurizio Bozzi, University of Pavia
Co-Chair: Oksana Shramkova, University of Crete
TEM Transmission Line Radiation Losses Analysis
Reuven Ianconescu 1 , Vladimir Vulfin 2 ; 1 Shenkar,
Israel; 2 Ben-Gurion University, Israel
EuMC25-1, Time: 14:20
There are three kind of losses in transmission lines: ohmic, dielec-
tric and radiation losses. While the first two are local phenomena
which are easy to model, the radiation losses lack a simple model.
This is because the radiation is a global process, determined by
the constructive interference in the far field of the individual
contributions, rather than the local behavior of the current. The
aim of the current work is to analyze the radiation process from
transmission lines, aiming to find some possible radiation model.
Higher Order Finite Element Method Solver for the
Analysis of Microwave Devices in Planar
Technology
D. Garcia-Doñoro 1 , S. Ting 1 , A. Amor-Martin 2 , L.E.
Garcia-Castillo 2 , M. Salazar-Palma 2 ; 1 University of
Macau, China; 2 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
EuMC25-2, Time: 14:40
An electromagnetic in-house parallel solver for the analysis of
microwave devices is presented in this paper. The solver makes
use of a weak formulation based on double curl vector wave equa-
tion discretized with a rigorous implementation of higher-order
isoparametric curl-conforming finite elements of Nédélec first fam-
ily in tetrahedral and triangular prismatic shapes. A non-standard
iterative domain decomposition paradigm is used providing an
arbitrarily exact radiation boundary condition for the analysis of
radiation problems. This methodology retains the original sparse
structure of the FEM matrices while minimizing the size of the
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computational domain. A numerical example is presented showing
the reliability and performance of the solver for microwave devices
analysis.
New Planar Microwave Devices and Antennas by
Practical Surface-Wave Launching
Symon K. Podilchak 1 , Samir F. Mahmoud 2 , Alois P.
Freundorfer 3 , Yahia M.M. Antar 3 ; 1 Heriot-Watt
University, UK; 2 Cairo University, Egypt; 3 RMCC,
Canada
EuMC25-3, Time: 15:00
Classic feeding techniques and dielectric slab selection for planar
circuit and antenna designs can be challenging at microwave and
millimeter-wave frequencies. Substrates can become electrically
thick and unwanted surface-wave (SW) field distributions may
be excited potentially spoiling device performance. Thus SWs
are typically looked upon as an adverse effect causing parasitic
radiation and power losses. In this work a full-wave analysis is
provided in the spectral domain by examining the fields generated
by the main slot connected to the feeding transmission line.
Numerical results by the authors suggest that there is a broad
frequency range which can offer increased TM SW power levels
when compared to the radiated space wave power. Applications
for these printed surface-wave launchers, as described in this
review article include, new quasi-optical planar circuits, leaky-wave
antennas, and other guiding structures for power combining at
microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies.
Near-Field Correlation Measurement and Evaluation
of Stationary and Cyclostationary Stochastic
Electromagnetic Fields
Johannes A. Russer 1 , Michael Haider 1 , Mohd H.
Baharuddin 2 , Christopher Smartt 2 , Sidina Wane 3 ,
Damienne Bajon 4 , Andrey Baev 5 , Yury Kuznetsov 5 ,
D.W.P. Thomas 2 , Peter Russer 1 ; 1 Technische
Universität München, Germany; 2 University of
Nottingham, UK; 3 NXP Semiconductors, France; 4 ISAE,
France; 5 Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia
EuMC25-4, Time: 15:20
We present methods for measurement and evaluation of stationary
and cyclostationary stochastic electromagnetic fields. The radi-
ated electromagnetic interference (EMI) of electronic circuitry is
recorded by two-point measurements of the tangential electric or
magnetic field components and by evaluating the field autocor-
relation functions and for each pair of field sampling points also
the cross correlation functions. In case of digital circuitry clocked
by a single clock pulse, the generated EMI is a cyclostationary
process where the expectation values of the EMI are periodically
time dependent according to the clock frequency and which have
to be considered in modeling the EMI.
EuMC26 : High Frequency Oscillators
Room 14, 14:20–16:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Cicero Vaucher, NXP
Co-Chair: Herbert Zirath, Chalmers University of Technology
A 315GHz Reflection-Type Push-Push Oscillator in
InP-DHBT Technology
Maruf Hossain, Nils Weimann, Viktor Krozer, Wolfgang
Heinrich; FBH, Germany
EuMC26-1, Time: 14:20
A 315-GHz reflection-type push-push oscillator is presented. It
is realized using a 0.8 μm-emitter transferred-substrate (TS) InP-
DHBT technology with an fmax of 320 GHz. The oscillator delivers
-10 dBm output power. DC consumption is only 21 mW from a 1.6
volts power supply, which corresponds to 0.5% overall DC-to-RF
efficiency.
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A Fundamental 229–240GHz VCO with Integrated
Dynamic Frequency Divider Chain
Jidan Al-Eryani 1 , Herbert Knapp 2 , Jonas Wursthorn 1 ,
Klaus Aufinger 2 , Hao Li 2 , Soran Majied 2 , Sabine
Boguth 2 , Rudolf Lachner 2 , Josef Böck 2 , Linus
Maurer 1 ; 1 Universität der Bundeswehr München,
Germany; 2 Infineon Technologies, Germany
EuMC26-2, Time: 14:40
A fundamental 229–240GHz voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO)
driving directly a divide-by-8 dynamic frequency divider chain is
presented. To our best knowledge, this is the highest reported
fundamental VCO integrated with a frequency divider in silicon.
Furthermore, the high-frequency divider operational range up to
240 GHz is a record value for dynamic dividers in silicon. The
down-converted signal (<30 GHz) at the output of the divider chain
has a measured constant single-ended power of ∼-11.5dBm within
the VCO operation range. The presented circuit makes possible the
addition of further low-frequency dividers and a phase-locked loop
(PLL) needed for the stabilization of a VCO. The circuit is fabricated
in a 130nm SiGe BiCMOS technology with fT /fmax = 250/370 GHz.
Design and Characterization of a 190-GHz
Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
David Fritsche, Songhui Li, Niko Joram, Corrado Carta,
Frank Ellinger; Technische Universität Dresden,
Germany
EuMC26-3, Time: 15:00
This paper presents a fundamental-mode voltage-controlled oscil-
lator (VCO) for frequencies around 190 GHz fabricated in a 0.13-μm
SiGe BiCMOS technology. The VCO is optimized for a mW-level
output power, which is typically required for the local oscillator
signal in sub-THz wireless communication systems, and for lowest
DC power consumption. The conventional measurement technique
for VCOs in this frequency range is improved by employing the
required external subharmonic mixer within an offset phase-locked
loop. Measurements of the fabricated VCO show a frequency
tuning range from 184.5 GHz to 196.7 GHz and a phase noise of
-91 dBc/Hz at 10 MHz offset from the oscillation frequency at
196.7 GHz. The maximum output power is -0.8 dBm at a DC power
consumption of 18.2 mW. To the authors’ best knowledge, the
resulting power efficiency of 5.1% is the highest reported for VCOs
operating at these frequencies.
A 100GHz Fundamental Oscillator with 25%
Efficiency Based on Transferred-Substrate InP-DHBT
Technology
Maruf Hossain, Nils Weimann, Viktor Krozer, Wolfgang
Heinrich; FBH, Germany
EuMC26-4, Time: 15:20
A 96-GHz fixed-frequency fundamental oscillator with high effi-
ciency is presented, realized using a transferred-substrate (TS) 0.8
μm InP-DHBT process. It delivers 9 dBm output power, with phase
noise values of -90 dBc/Hz and -118 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz and 10 MHz
offset frequency, respectively. DC consumption is only 30 mW
from a 1.6 volts power supply, which corresponds to the highest
overall DC-to-RF efficiency of a millimeter-wave frequency source
reported to date.
A Very Low Phase-Noise Ku-Band Resistively
Coupled VCO Array in 0.25μm SiGe:C BiCMOS
Jérémy Hyvert 1 , David Cordeau 1 , Jean-Marie Paillot 1 ,
Pascal Philippe 2 ; 1 XLIM, France; 2 NXP Semiconductors,
France
EuMC26-5, Time: 15:40
This paper presents a very low phase noise, Ku-band, differential
coupled Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) array implemented
in the QUBIC4X 0.25 μm SiGe:C BiCMOS process of NXP semicon-
ductors. The proposed circuit consists in two class-C type VCOs
coupled through a resistive network. In these conditions, the phase
shift is obtained by detuning the free-running frequencies of the
two VCOs of the array. At 5 V supply voltage and a maximum
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power dissipation of 233 mW, the VCO array features a worst case
phase noise of -99 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz frequency offset from a 13.5
GHz carrier. The VCO array can be tuned from 13.5 GHz to 14.75
GHz with a tuning voltage varying from 1 V to 4.5 V. Furthermore,
thanks to the differential operation of the array, a continuously
controlled phase shifting range from -80◦ to +78◦ and from +100◦
to +258◦ is obtained.
EuMC27 : Systems and Applications 2
Room 15, 14:20–16:00, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Richard Ranson, Radio System Design
Co-Chair: Andrea Suriani, Thales Alenia Space
Downlink Output Power Requirements with an
Experimental-Based Indoor LOS/NLOS MIMO
Channel Models at 10GHz to Provide 10Gbit/s
Tommi Tuovinen, Nuutti Tervo, Aarno Pärssinen;
University of Oulu, Finland
EuMC27-1, Time: 14:20
The present paper studies link output power requirements per
connection in order to provide 10 Gbit/s or more with included
MIMO beam-specific path gains for spatially multiplexed data
streams. Time-duplexing orthogonal frequency-division multiplex-
ing 5G system is examined. System performance is considered in
line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS channels. This work utilizes RF
modelling method where digital signal processing is abstracted
to minimum SNR requirement definitions and RF system SNR
described based on transmitter and receiver performance related
to output and input power levels. As the output of this work
represents indoor link RF output power requirements, the results
can be utilized in several research directions; e.g., providing
dynamic range requirements for a power amplifier concept and for
RF transceiver architecture optimization in terms of complexity
and power consumption.
E-Band Transmitter with 29dBm RF Power for
Satellite Communication
P. Harati 1 , Axel Tessmann 2 , D. Schwantuschke 2 , R.
Henneberger 3 , I. Kallfass 1 ; 1 Universität Stuttgart,
Germany; 2 Fraunhofer IAF, Germany; 3 Radiometer
Physics, Germany
EuMC27-2, Time: 14:40
In this paper an E-band transmitter chain with a maximum RF
output power of 29 dBm for a 1 GBd QPSK signal is presented.
The high output power is achieved by applying AlGaN/GaN-based
power amplifiers as final stage of a module chain which further
comprises a GaAs mHEMT-based quadrature up-converter, LO
frequency multiplier-by-eight and driver amplifiers. The output
power remains higher than 27 dBm for up to 6 GBd symbol rate
and a modulation complexity of up to 32 QAM. In this work
the effect of different PSK and QAM modulation format as well
as the baud rate on the transmitted RF power level is studied
through measurements. The linearity of the dual GaN PA module
is evaluated for different types of modulation formats.
Microwave Near-Field Sensor for the Contactless
Detection of Material Fluctuations
Birk Hattenhorst, Christoph Baer, Thomas Musch,
Christian Schulz, Ilona Rolfes; Ruhr-Universität
Bochum, Germany
EuMC27-3, Time: 15:00
In this contribution a sensor concept for the contactless detec-
tion of either dielectric or magnetic material fluctuations in its
near-field is presented. The microwave sensor consists of two
microstrip patch antennas connected to a reflectometer composed
of a radio frequency (RF) measurement and a low frequency (LF)
processing part. Due to the explicit, contactless detection of
material variations, based on the detuning of antennas, the sensor
is a versatile measurement instrument for the use in a wide field of
applications. Measurements of single and compound components
reveal the fully functional usage of the sensor.
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A Multi-Channel Outphasing Ring Combiner for
Multi-Mode Output and Channel Aggregation
Kyle D. Holzer, Jeffrey S. Walling; University of Utah,
USA
EuMC27-4, Time: 15:20
In this paper, a rat-race coupler is used to enable mode-switching
and channel aggregating communications. A novel 6-port modifica-
tion to the rat-race coupler that allows simultaneous transmission
of three channels with no TX/RX switch is presented. High power
GaN power amplifiers are used to drive the combiner input ports
and their phases are adjusted to drive separate channels to differ-
ent outputs. This outphasing operation can produce one or more
modulated waveforms at a single or multiple antenna ports, with
the use of relative phase relationships between the different chan-
nels. The controllable channel and antenna selection is enabled via
software control of the phasing relationships between the signals
and enables the elimination of a traditional high power transfer
switch, thereby increasing transmitter efficiency and reducing
overall system implementation size. To validate the performance,
two LTE signals were input to the combiner with center frequencies
of 5.3 GHz and 5.4 GHz, respectively. The combiner shows >30 dB
of rejection for the undesired signal at each port. The measured
ACLR in both channels was < -30 dBc, while outputting and average
output power and PAE of 27.6 dBm and 28%, respectively.
Microwave Nondestructive Evaluation of Thermal
Barrier Coated Turbine Blades Using Correlation
Analysis
Muhammad Firdaus A.J.K. 1 , Robin Sloan 1 ,
Christopher I. Duff 1 , Marcin Wielgat 2 , James F.
Knowles 3 ; 1 University of Manchester, UK; 2 Alstom,
Switzerland; 3 JK NDE Consultancy, UK
EuMC27-5, Time: 15:40
The ability of microwave energy to propagate through a dielectric
material and interact at boundaries makes microwave imaging
techniques attractive for inspection of defects under dielectric
layers. In this paper, microwave non-destructive testing/evaluation
(NDT/E) using Ka-band open ended rectangular waveguide (OERW)
energy launch, in conjunction with broad frequency swept signal
processing is used to inspect the thermal barrier coated turbine
blades sample. A correlation technique utilizing both the mag-
nitude and phase information of the reflection coefficient at the
waveguide aperture is used. Representative turbine blade with
defects on the metal, visibly hidden by the Thermal Barrier Coating
(TBC) is measured and the technique verified.
EuMC28 : Diplexers and Reconfigurable
Filters
Room 4, 16:40–18:20, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Serge Verdeyme, University of Limoges
Co-Chair: Giuseppe Macchiarella, Politecnico di Milano
Novel RF Interference Rejection Technique Using a
Four-Port Diplexer
Jessada Konpang, Muhammad Sandhu, Nutapong
Somjit, Ian C. Hunter; University of Leeds, UK
EuMC28-1, Time: 16:40
A novel RF interference rejection technique using four-port net-
work is presented in this paper by using two diplexers combined
together. This technique offers the signal isolation of 68.46 dB
between transmitter and receiver module, which is the best figure
ever reported. The four-port network exploits both high and low-Q
factor filters for the cost reduction. The design tolerance with
phase deviation between 180◦ and 183◦ of four-port network was
investigated and the novel concept still has signal isolation (S32 )
of better than 65.47 dB, which is still superior compared to the
existing diplexer. Finally, RF interference rejection technique can
be used in wireless communication systems whereas small size,
low losses and low complexity are required.
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A 2∼18GHz Compact Microwave Band-Pass Filter
Suitable for Planar and Three-Dimension Flexible
Integration
Yu Lan, Yuehang Xu, Tengda Mei, Yunqiu Wu, Ruimin
Xu; UESTC, China
EuMC28-2, Time: 17:00
In this paper, a ultra wide-band microwave band pass filter suitable
for planar and three-dimension integration is presented. Taking
the advantage of mechanical flexibility, ultra thin Liquid Crystal
Polymer (LCP) with 50 μm thickness is used as the substrate.
Firstly, to estimate the bending effects of microwave devices based
on LCP substrate, a set of 50 Ohm microstrip lines is fabricated
and tested. And the performances of microstrip lines at the range
of bending radius from 1.5 mm to 0.75 mm are demonstrated. The
microstrip lines show little deterioration under the bending radii
of 1.5mm and 1mm, but when the radius was reduced to 0.75 mm,
the insertion loss sharply increased to 30 dB, showing the complete
reflection phenomenon; Then, a 2–18GHz ultra wide-band filter
are designed and tested with overall LCP dimensions of 7.52 ×
6.31mm2 . The planar measurement result show that the maximum
insertion loss is 2.6dB at 18GHz and maximum return loss is
11.2dB at 6.7GHz, respectively; Finally, the performance of the
proposed filter is measured at twisted circumstance with the maxi-
mum insertion loss is 2.8dB at 18GHz and maximum return loss is
12.1dB at 6.6GHz, respectively. And the comparison results show
a very low susceptibility due to twisted behavior. These results
show that the ultra thin LCP substrate is a promising candidate
for future planar and 3D integration applications in wearable and
portable devices.
Reconfigurable Doublet Dual-Mode Cavity Filter
Designs Providing Remote Controlled Center
Frequency and Bandwidth Re-Allocation
Uwe Rosenberg 1 , Ralf Beyer 1 , Peter Krauß 1 , Thomas
Sieverding 1 , Andreas Papanastasiou 2 , Marcos
Pueyo-Tolosa 2 , Petronilo Martin Iglesias 3 , Christoph
Ernst 3 ; 1 Mician Global Engineering, Germany; 2 COM
DEV International, UK; 3 ESA, The Netherlands
EuMC28-3, Time: 17:20
A unique high Q dual-mode cavity filter design for remote
controlled reallocation of center frequency and bandwidth is
introduced. It builds on a sidewall arrangement of cylindrical
cavities that allows independent movement of the end-walls at
both sides. The dual mode cavities are coupled as doublets for the
realization of transmission zeros. All cavity end-walls situated at
the same side are synchronously adjusted, i.e., the reconfiguration
of the overall filter requires only two actuation drives1. This
solution has been validated by 2-order and 5-order filter designs
implemented with TE113 dual-mode cavities at 11.2GHz. The
results of the EM-analysis of the 5-order filter and the measured
remote controlled hardware of the 2-order design demonstrate the
capability of center frequency and bandwidth reallocation.
OMUX Approach Providing Re-Configuration of
Contiguous/Non-Contiguous Channel Allocations
with Variable Frequencies and Bandwidths
Uwe Rosenberg 1 , Ralf Beyer 1 , Peter Krauß 1 , Thomas
Sieverding 1 , Petronilo Martin Iglesias 2 , Christoph
Ernst 2 ; 1 Mician Global Engineering, Germany; 2 ESA,
The Netherlands
EuMC28-4, Time: 17:40
A reconfigurable OMUX solution is introduced that allows flexible
re-allocation of channels including contiguous/non-contiguous
ones with variable center frequencies and bandwidths. Re-
configurable high Q filters and compensation circuits are directly
coupled to a manifold. The novel filter designs are capable to
provide remote controlled bandwidth and center frequency tuning
of the channel responses with only two actuation drives. The com-
pensation circuits are adapting the adjacent channel impedances
when replacing contiguous channels, to avoid complex retuning
needs for the channel filters. A two channel OMUX design at
11GHz with one fixed channel filter, one reconfigurable filter and
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compensation circuits is introduced to prove the general solu-
tion. The EM analyses results for the different settings, including
contiguous/non-contiguous channels with variable center frequen-
cies and bandwidths demonstrate the feasibility of reconfigurable
OMUX implementations with state-of-the-art technologies.
In-Orbit Reconfigurable Waveguide Filter
Christian Arnold 1 , Jean Parlebas 1 , Thomas Zwick 2 ,
Martin Schneider 3 ; 1 Tesat-Spacecom, Germany; 2 KIT,
Germany; 3 Universität Bremen, Germany
EuMC28-5, Time: 18:00
In this paper, the actuation and tuning strategy for in-orbit tunable
waveguide filters based on coupling cavities is presented. The
novel coupling cavities allow frequency and bandwidth tuning
with non-contacting tuning plungers. The filter that has been
equipped with the novel actuation system is a four-pole elliptic
filter, which operates at Ka-band frequencies and which can be
tuned to bandwidths from 36 to 72 MHz in the frequency range
19.7–20.2 GHz. A trade-off between different actuation approaches
is presented as well as a summary of the in-orbit tuning strategy
that has been chosen based on the actuation approach. A test-bed
comprising hard- and software required for tuning the filter has
been implemented and is briefly presented.
EuMC29 : Measurement Systems
Room 13, 16:40–18:20, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Denis Barataud, XLIM
Co-Chair: Tuami Lasri, IEMN
Spatial Resolution Enhancement of Near Field
Microwave Microscope
Sijia Gu, Tianjun Lin, Tuami Lasri; IEMN, France
EuMC29-1, Time: 16:40
A near-field scanning microwave microscope based on an interfer-
ometric technique is proposed in this work. To ensure an optimal
spatial resolution, crucial parameters of the evanescent microwave
probe are finely studied including the tip apex, the stand-off
distance and the scanning step size.
Multi-Probe Near-Field Measurement of Stochastic
Noisy Radiations: Perspectives for Chip-Package
LNA-Probe Co-Design
Sidina Wane 1 , Damienne Bajon 2 , Dominique
Lesénéchal 1 , Johannes A. Russer 3 , D.W.P. Thomas 4 ,
Peter Russer 3 ; 1 NXP Semiconductors, France; 2 ISAE,
France; 3 Technische Universität München, Germany;
4
University of Nottingham, UK
EuMC29-2, Time: 17:00
Near-Field scanning systems operating in the Frequency-domain
are used for the measurement of radiated emissions from Wireless
Chip-to-Chip communication Link. Alternative Time-Domain based
Two-Probe Near-Field scanning solutions suitable for stochastic
signals and accounting for Field-Field correlations are presented.
Chip-Package-PCB Co-Design approach is proposed for high spatial
resolution Multi-Probe Near-Field scanning systems with con-
trolled sensitivity and noise uncertainties. Perspectives towards
distributed Co-Design of LNA-Probe arrays are drawn for Energy
sensing.
Probe Influence on Integrated Antenna
Measurements at Frequencies Above 100GHz
Linus Boehm, Martin Hitzler, Fabian Roos, Christian
Waldschmidt; Universität Ulm, Germany
EuMC29-3, Time: 17:20
When measuring integrated antennas the signal has to be fed to
the antennas with wafer probes. Wafer probes are commonly
used to contact integrated circuits for on-chip measurements.
As integrated radar and communication chips with radiating
elements are a fairly recent development, the wafer probes were
not optimized for size and reflective properties (characteristics
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which are important for antenna measurements), but rather for
their return loss, insertion loss, and mechanical stability. This
resulted in metal probes that are relatively large compared to the
wavelength. In this paper, two probes are compared with regard to
their performance in integrated antenna measurements. The first
probe is a standard commercially available probe. The second one
is a modified probe with an extended coaxial probe tip to increase
the distance between probe and antenna, which decreases the
distortion and reflection caused by the probe significantly.
Match Correction and Linearity Effects on
Wide-Bandwidth Modulated AM-AM and AM-PM
Measurements
J. Martens; Anritsu, USA
EuMC29-4, Time: 17:40
Wider-bandwidth and higher carrier frequency distortion mea-
surements are of increasing importance and some of the uncer-
tainty issues and correction effects can be enhanced relative to
lower/narrower frequency tests. For assurance and complete-
ness reasons, the desire to perform these tests while modulated
has increased as well. Classical AM/AM and AM/PM modulated
measurements can introduce errors exceeding 1 dB/5 deg with
common device/instrument parameters by ignoring match effects
on the basic measurement and that is before power delivery ques-
tions are asked. Instrument linearity, although less correctable,
can also play a more significant role, particularly in mm-wave
bands. By correcting where possible and using a sufficiently robust
measuring receiver, relative uncertainties on the scale of tenths
of a dB/few degrees to mm-wave frequencies seems possible with
absolute parameter uncertainties being more driven by absolute
power accuracy.
Antenna Measurement System Using Bi-Directional
Optical Fiber Link System
Satoru Kurokawa 1 , Masanobu Hirose 1 , Yoshikazu
Toba 2 , Jun Ichijo 2 ; 1 AIST, Japan; 2 Seikoh Giken, Japan
EuMC29-5, Time: 18:00
We propose an antenna measurement system using the bi-
directional type optical fiber link transceivers with the directional
couplers. Our proposed system can measure the reflection signal
and transmitting signal of the antenna after full-2-port calibration
of vector network analyzer. In this paper, we show the frequency
response of bi-directional type optical fiber link transceiver. Dy-
namic range of our proposed system is more than 50 dB in the
frequency range from 10 MHz to 1000 MHz. Further, we show
the antenna reflection coefficient and transmitting measurement
results using our proposed system.
EuMC30 : High Frequency and Wideband
Amplifiers
Room 14, 16:40–18:20, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Matthias Rudolph, Brandenburg University of Technology
Co-Chair: Shokrollah Karimian, CERN
GaN-Based E-Band Power Amplifier Modules
D. Schwantuschke 1 , R. Henneberger 2 , S. Wagner 1 ,
Axel Tessmann 1 , I. Kallfass 3 , P. Brückner 1 , Rüdiger
Quay 1 , Oliver Ambacher 1 ; 1 Fraunhofer IAF, Germany;
2
Radiometer Physics, Germany; 3 Universität Stuttgart,
Germany
EuMC30-1, Time: 16:40
This work discusses the fabrication of two GaN-based power
amplifier modules, suitable to increase the available output power
levels of E-band multi-Gigabit fixed wireless links dedicated to
aeronautics and space applications. The first mounted module
contains one GaN-based power amplifier MMIC, packaged in a
WR-10 waveguide environment. The module shows a small-signal
gain of 13.4 dB with a gain flatness of ±1 dB, along with a sat-
urated output power of more than 26 dBm (400 mW) for the
entire intended frequency range between 71–76 GHz. The second
module, parallelizing four MMICs, demonstrates a high saturated
output power of more than 31.1 dBm (1290 mW), along with a
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small-signal gain of typically 11.2 dB and a flatness of ±1 dB within
the frequency range of interest.
60% PAE, 30W X-Band and 33% PAE, 100W Ku-Band
PAs Utilizing 0.15μm GaN HEMT Technology
Takuma Torii, Shohei Imai, Hiroaki Maehara, Miyo
Miyashita, Tetsuo Kunii, Takuo Morimoto, Akira Inoue,
Akira Ohta, Hideaki Katayama, Norihiro Yunoue, Koji
Yamanaka, Hiroshi Fukumoto; Mitsubishi Electric,
Japan
EuMC30-2, Time: 17:00
Two kinds of high efficiency power amplifiers (PAs) at X and Ku
bands utilizing 0.15 μm GaN HEMT technology are presented.
The 0.15 μm GaN HEMT technology with cutoff frequency of over
40 GHz enables them to realize high RF performances at higher
frequency. To provide better efficiency of the PAs, the second
harmonic reflection circuits are employed at both input and output
of GaN HEMT chips. The measured results show the X-band
GaN HEMT PA achieved power added efficiency (PAE) of 58.6%
and output power (P out ) of 30W, and the Ku-band GaN HEMT PA
obtained PAE of 33% and P out of 100W under CW operation. To
the best of our knowledge, the both PAE of the X-band PA and P out
under CW operation of the Ku-band PA are state-of-the-art.
A 83-W, 51% GaN HEMT Doherty Power Amplifier
for 3.5-GHz-Band LTE Base Stations
Katsuya Kato, Shinichi Miwa, Eri Teranishi, Naoki
Kosaka, Kazunobu Fujii, Shigeo Yamabe, Tomoyuki
Asada, Kenichi Horiguchi, Yoshinobu Sasaki, Akira
Inoue, Hideaki Katayama; Mitsubishi Electric, Japan
EuMC30-3, Time: 17:20
This paper presents a high-power, high-efficiency GaN HEMT
Doherty power amplifier (DPA) for 3.5-GHz-band LTE macro-cell
base-stations. To enhance the efficiency of the DPA, a new input
matching circuit design based on a normalized peak amplifier’s
power ratio is proposed. A symmetrical DPA with the circuit is
designed using 64.6% drain efficiency, 200W GaN HEMTs. The
design shows significant improvement of both backed-off and peak
efficiency of the DPA. At 3.51-GHz, high drain efficiency of 51.7%
and 49.2 dBm (83 W) output power are achieved with a power gain
of 13.5 dB and ACLR of -50.6 dBc using a LTE single carrier and
digital predistortion system. This is the first demonstration of
a GaN HEMT DPA of over 80W for 3.5-GHz-Band LTE macro-cell
base-stations.
Two-Stage Harmonically Tuned 50W GaN-HEMT
Wideband Power Amplifier
Chi Thanh Nghe 1 , Gernot Zimmer 2 , Georg Boeck 1 ;
1
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; 2 FBH,
Germany
EuMC30-4, Time: 17:40
In conjunction with suited terminations of harmonic load
impedances, this paper contributes a systematic analysis and
design for a high power, high efficiency and broadband GaN-HEMT
power amplifier (PA). In terms of improving the previous design
in [1], this study is illustrated and characterized throughout
a practical design of the two-stage PA under consideration of
harmonic load terminations. During the design process, matching
networks (MNs) at input, output and between the two stages are
maintained. The experimental results of large-signal continuous
wave (CW) indicate a performance of 47–48.5dBm output power
with corresponded power gain level of 28.3 dB from 2.0 to 2.8
GHz. The Power-Added-Efficiency (PAE) of the PA is attained from
50–65%.
Multi-Octave GaN High Power Amplifier Using
Planar Transmission Line Transformer
Mhd. Tareq Arnous, Zihui Zhang, Felix Rautschke,
Georg Boeck; Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
EuMC30-5, Time: 18:00
In this work, design, implementation and experimental results
of an efficient, high power and multi-octave GaN-HEMT power
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amplifier (PA) are presented. To overcome the low optimum source
and load impedances of a large transistor, various topologies
of a broadside coupled impedance transformer are simulated,
implemented and measured. The used transformer achieves a
flat measured insertion loss (IL) of 0.5 dB and a return loss (RL)
higher than 10 dB over a decade bandwidth [0.4 – 4] GHz. The
transformer is integrated at the drain and gate side of the transistor
using pre-matching networks to transform the complex optimum
source/ load impedances to the appropriate impedances of the
transformer plane. The measurement results illustrate a saturated
output power ranged between 49.6 ± 1 dBm with an average drain
efficiency of 57% and gain of 10.5 dB across 0.6 – 2.6 GHz.
EuMC31 : Metamaterial Absorbers
Room 15, 16:40–18:20, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Jan Machac, Czech Technical University in Prague
Co-Chair: Francisco Medina, Universidad de Sevilla
Design and Analysis of a Broadband Single Layer
Circuit Analog Absorber
Saptarshi Ghosh 1 , Somak Bhattacharyya 2 ,
Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava 1 ; 1 IIT Kanpur, India; 2 IIIT
Allahabad, India
EuMC31-1, Time: 16:40
In this paper, a broadband polarization-insensitive single layer
circuit analog absorber has been presented. The proposed absorber
consists of a periodic arrangement of square loops loaded with
lumped resistors, which exhibits 10-dB bandwidth from 7.56 GHz
to 14.58 GHz under normal incidence, covering X and Ku bands.
The structure has been characterized by deriving its equivalent
circuit model, where the circuit simulation shows good matching
with the full-wave analysis. The effects of the lumped resistors
and the dielectric loss have been studied and several parametric
variations are performed to examine the sensitivity of the design
parameters on the absorption bandwidth. Furthermore, the struc-
ture has been fabricated and measured in anechoic chamber, where
the experimental results are in good agreement with the simulated
responses.
Design of Frequency-Dispersive Magnetic Material
for Application of Microwave Attenuation
Tianwei Deng 1 , Zhi Ning Chen 2 ; 1 TL@NUS, Singapore;
2
National University of Singapore, Singapore
EuMC31-2, Time: 17:00
A concern of screen for microwave attenuation is its limited
bandwidth. Thanks to unique properties of frequency-dispersive
permeability at resonant frequencies, magnetic materials are
applied for microwave attenuation. The operation mechanism and
limitations of magnetic material screen (MMS) were studied and
analyzed. To further expand bandwidth, a frequency-selective
surface (FSS)-based MMS was proposed and designed. Compared
with proposed MMS, the FSS-based MMS expands the operation
bandwidth to 217% and decreases the overall thickness of the
screen to 77.7%.
Suppression of Radar Cross Section Based on
Polarization-Independent Metamaterial Absorber
Ahmet Ozer 1 , Kadir Ozden 1 , Fatih Yaman 2 , Hamza
Kurt 3 , Okan Mert Yucedag 4 , Hasan Kocer 1 ; 1 Turkish
Military Academy, Turkey; 2 Independent Researcher,
Turkey; 3 TOBB ETÜ, Turkey; 4 TÜBİTAK, Turkey
EuMC31-3, Time: 17:20
Electromagnetic wave absorbers play an important role in stealth
applications as reducing radar cross section (RCS). Metamaterial
based absorbers bring a different point of view to the reducing
RCS with simple design, easy fabrication, perfect and broadband
absorption as well as tunable and controllable absorption charac-
teristics over a great range of frequency spectrum from microwave
to optics. In this paper, design, simulation and measurement
of a polarization insensitive-broadband metamaterial absorber
are presented at X-band. The proposed absorber has 2.5 GHz
bandwidth above 90% of absorption level. At least 10 dB reduction
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of RCS is realized in the frequency range from 9.5 GHz to 11.3 GHz
under normal incidence of electromagnetic wave.
New 3D Printed Microwave Metamaterial Absorbers
with Conductive Printing Materials
Rainer Kronberger, Patrick Soboll; TH Köln, Germany
EuMC31-4, Time: 17:40
In this paper a FSS is presented, which is fully fabricated by means
of a 3D printer. Commercial printing filaments, usually applied for
3D printing of metal like structures were investigated and used. A
flat periodic FSS absorber structure was developed and optimized
for 10 GHz, fabricated with the 3D printer, measured afterwards
and compared with the simulations. Further simulations were
made with the new materials at higher frequencies and the results
confirm that 3D printing technology works well and could be used
to the best advantage for absorbers and other applications in the
frequency range below 100 GHz.
Doppler Tomographic Investigations of a Lossy
High Impedance Surface Absorber at High Incident
Angles
Thomas C. Baum 1 , Kamran Ghorbani 1 , Kelvin J.
Nicholson 2 ; 1 RMIT University, Australia; 2 DST Group,
Australia
EuMC31-5, Time: 18:00
High impedance surfaces (HIS) have attracted a significant amount
of attention in recent years, as they allow for the manipulation
of surface currents on ground planes for antennas. These same
structures, along with various similar resonant elements have been
exploited to design near perfect narrow band absorbers. This class
of absorbers has also been used to develop multi-resonant and
broadband responses using lossy, high dielectric mediums (i.e.
graphite, carbon, etc.). This paper investigates a high resolution,
coherent Doppler tomographic (CDT) image of a simple lossy
mushroom HIS structure, designed from structural composite
materials. The resonating elements are investigated for their sur-
face wave scattering properties and are shown to create complex
scattering interactions within the HIS absorber. The HIS structure
resonated at 6.2 GHz with a -10.48 dB reflection coefficient. A
wideband analysis indicates that the overall scattering is reduced.
EuMC32 : Advances in RFID Systems
Room 11, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Lutfi Albasha, American University of Sharjah
Co-Chair: Józef Modelski, Warsaw University of Technology
Multimode Stepped Impedance Resonators and their
Application in Chipless RFID Tags
Fuminori Sakai 1 , Mitsuo Makimoto 1 , Koji Wada 2 ;
1
Sakura Tech, Japan; 2 University of
Electro-Communications, Japan
EuMC32-1, Time: 09:00
Stepped impedance resonators (SIRs) are composed of multiple
transmission lines with different characteristic impedances and
can control higher-order mode resonance frequencies. Here, iden-
tification codes from a resonator were systematically generated by
utilizing these properties and introducing symmetric multimode
SIRs composed of transmission lines of uniform length. In the
other direction, resonator codes were identified by detecting their
higher-order mode resonance frequencies. This paper describes
these resonance properties and experimental results for mul-
timode SIRs and presents a frequency detection method using
electromagnetic probes. The experimental data show that the
proposed method is applicable to a chipless RFID tag system.
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Near-Field Measurement of Connected Smart RFIC
Objects Accounting for Environmental Uncertainties
Sidina Wane 1 , Damienne Bajon 2 , Dominique
Lesénéchal 1 , Johannes A. Russer 3 , Peter Russer 3 ,
D.W.P. Thomas 4 , Gregor Tanner 4 , Gabriele Gradoni 4 ,
Yury Kuznetsov 5 ; 1 NXP Semiconductors, France; 2 ISAE,
France; 3 Technische Universität München, Germany;
4
University of Nottingham, UK; 5 Moscow Aviation
Institute, Russia
EuMC32-2, Time: 09:20
In this paper, we present Near-Field measurement and analysis
of radiated emissions from connected smart RFIC objects. Exper-
imental results for the characterization of Near-Field couplings
between smartphones in presence of noisy interferers (GPS device
in operation) are discussed. Spectral and spatial responses of
radiated emissions from coupled smartphones are extracted in
TX (Transmit) and RX (Receive) modes with focus on WLAN, GSM,
UMTS, LTE frequency bands. Designed diversity coupled Vivaldi
antenna elements for UWB applications are used for assessing the
sensitivity of Near-Field detection as function of input power levels
ranging from +5dBm to -130dBm. Perspectives for using noise as
carrier are envisaged.
RF-Powered Multi-Sensing Platform for RFID with
Frequency Modulation
1 1 1 A fully screen printed metal-insulator-metal (MIM) thick-film varac-
Md. Mazidul Islam , Jinsong Song , Ville Viikari ,
Joona Nikunen 2 ; 1 Aalto University, Finland; 2 Metso
Automation, Finland
EuMC32-3, Time: 09:40
We present an approach for making an RFID capable of sensing
multiple measurands. In this approach, sensor’s information is
carried in the modulation frequency. Analytical expressions de-
scribing the sensor’s operation are reviewed and, for the first time,
this kind of sensor capable of measuring two quantities, humidity
and illumination, is experimentally demonstrated. Finally, we
demonstrate a generic multi-sensing platform by using humidity
and light sensors. Results show that humidity and illumination
can be monitored wirelessly across 13m.
Electromagnetic Characterization of Soil Moisture
and Salinity for UHF RFID Applications in Precision
Agriculture
Shuvashis Dey 1 , Nemai Chandra Karmakar 1 , Rahul
Bhattacharyya 2 , Sanjay Sarma 2 ; 1 Monash University,
Australia; 2 MIT, USA
EuMC32-4, Time: 10:00
This study focuses on the electromagnetic characterization of a
novel low cost UHF RFID sensor for soil moisture and salinity con-
tent detection. A theoretical model of soil with different moisture
and salinity levels is simulated along with the designed sensor. A
fabricated prototype is used to measure the variation of moisture
level and NaCl concentration in sandy soil. Both the simulated
and measured results exhibit frequency shift of s-parameter with
moisture content variation at non-saline conditions. However,
if the soil is saline, the return loss amplitude gets reduced with
increased salinity levels without having a significant frequency
variation due to moisture contents. This allows a further opti-
mization of the proposed sensor at the desired band and provides
design robustness. A moisture content variation of as small as 35
ml along with a salinity variation of only 4 grams could be detected
using the designed sensor.
Semi-Active 866MHz RFID Implantable Tag Fed by
6.78MHz Inductive Wireless Power Transfer
Jan Kracek, Milan Svanda, Milos Mazanek, Jan Machac;
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
EuMC32-5, Time: 10:20
The paper presents a compact battery-less semi-active UHF RFID
tag powered by an inductive wireless power transfer designed
to be implanted into the human body. Communication runs at
frequency of 866 MHz whereas powering is performed at frequency
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of 6.78 MHz to reduce losses. Tag sensitivity for communication
was increased by about 21 dB with the help of inductive wireless
powering when compared to a tag which did not employ this
powering. Communication and powering circuits were integrated
within compact structures on the sides of the reader and the tag.
The reader side consists of a center-excised Archimedes spiral
antenna for communication and a circular loop for powering. The
tag side consists of a folded dipole antenna for communication
and a rectangular loop for powering.
EuMC33 : Passive Components for High
Power Applications
Room 12, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Marco Pasian, University of Pavia
Co-Chair: Stephane Bila, University of Limoges
A Fully-Printed MIM Varactor for High Power
Application
Daniel Kienemund 1 , Christian Kohler 2 , Thomas Fink 3 ,
Mike Abrecht 3 , Alex Wiens 1 , Walter Bigler 3 ,
Joachim R. Binder 2 , Holger Maune 1 , Rolf Jakoby 1 ;
1
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany; 2 KIT,
Germany; 3 COMET, Switzerland
EuMC33-1, Time: 09:00
tor is presented, designed for high-power application. The varactor
is based on a 9.9μm thick film layer of the tunable, ferroelectric
material barium strontium titanate (BST) resulting in a capacitance
at room temperature of 4.2 nF and a quality factor of 26 at 13.56
MHz. A tunability of 37.2% is measured with a biasing voltage
of 100V decreasing the capacitance to 2.88 nF and increasing
the quality factor to 32.3. The power handling capabilities of the
varactor are evaluated in a 50 Ω setup in back to back configuration
at 13.56 MHz. The varactor is placed in the shunt branch of an
L-match circuit. At maximum RF input power of 515W the varactor
withstands an RF RMS voltage of 66V and an RMS current of 11A
with 37W of dissipated power. At 400W of RF input power the
varactor shows a tunability of 18% with a DC biasing voltage of 128
V.
Power Limiting Characteristics of a Plasma-Loaded
Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonator
Abbas Semnani 1 , Hee Jun Yang 2 , Michael Sinanis 1 ,
Sung-Jin Park 2 , J. Gary Eden 2 , Sergey O. Macheret 1 ,
Dimitrios Peroulis 1 ; 1 Purdue University, USA;
2
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
EuMC33-2, Time: 09:20
Power limiting behavior of a cold plasma jet when introduced in an
evanescent-mode (EVA) resonator is experimentally investigated in
this paper. The plasma jet generates a pre-ionized region over the
post of the cavity where most of the electric field is concentrated
on. Due to pre-ionization, microwave breakdown occurs at a lower
power level compared with the no-plasma case. During microwave
breakdown the high electron density in the cavity causes high RF
loss and consequently results in a power limiting behavior. The
proposed technique has been examined in a 7.36-GHz EVA cavity
resonator tested with incident power up to 56 W. Arc discharge
occurs beyond 56W causing high reflection levels of the RF signal.
The proposed plasma-based approach can be employed in the
future as a power limiting technology particularly in challenging
applications where conventional techniques cannot be used due to
temperature, power, or linearity constraints.
Polynomial Model for High-Order and Multi-Carrier
Passive Intermodulation Products
Dmitry S. Kozlov, Alexey P. Shitvov, Alexander G.
Schuchinsky; Queen’s University Belfast, UK
EuMC33-3, Time: 09:40
Passive intermodulation (PIM) often limits the performance of
communication systems, particularly in the presence of multiple
carriers. Since the origins of the apparently multiple physical
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sources of nonlinearity causing PIM in distributed circuits are
not fully understood, the process of PIM generation is frequently
described by the behavioural models. In this paper, a memoryless
nonlinear polynomial model, capable of predicting high-order
multi-carrier intermodulation distortion, is deduced from the
measurements of the third-order PIM products generated by two-
tone carriers on a microstrip transmission line with distributed
nonlinearity. The devised model is incorporated in Keysight
Technology’s ADS simulator to evaluate the adjacent band power
ratio for three-tone signals on the transmission line with passive
distributed nonlinearity. The obtained results suggest that the
PIM distortion caused by multi-carrier signals can be reasonably
estimated by simulation tools based on the behavioural models
extracted from the conventional two-tone PIM tests.
Modeling of Transmission Lines with Multiple
Coated Conductors
G. Gold, K. Helmreich; FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg,
Germany
EuMC33-4, Time: 10:00
The Gradient Model primary developed to describe skin effect in
rough surfaces also allows to model stacks of thin layers with
different conductivity. Due to its modeling approach, utilizing
a location dependent conductivity, penetration of the magnetic
field through layers of different conductivity can be precisely
predicted. From that, impact on damping and propagation delay
is calculated. In this paper, the skin effect in rough, layered
conductors is calculated and the simulation results are compared
to measurement data from a commercially available PC1.85mm
precision air-line. The indicated method is not limited to coaxial
transmission lines. It is applicable in field solvers as well as it is for
analytical two-wire transmission line models, using the proposed
concept of an equivalent circumference.
Experimental Study in Ku-Band of the Propagation
Inside Empty Substrate Integrated Waveguides
Angel Belenguer 1 , Marcos D. Fernandez 1 , Jose A.
Ballesteros 1 , Héctor Esteban 2 , Vicente E. Boria 2 ;
1
Escuela Politécnica de Cuenca, Spain; 2 Universidad
Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
EuMC33-5, Time: 10:20
In the last years a great number of substrate-integrated circuits
has been developed. These circuits are a compromise between
the advantages of waveguides: high-quality factor and low losses,
and the advantages of planar circuits: low-cost and easy compact
integration. Recently, a new methodology for manufacturing empty
waveguides integrated in a planar substrate has been proposed.
To manufacture this Empty Substrate-Integrated Waveguide, a
rectangular hole is emptied in the substrate and plated. Finally, the
structure is closed with two metallic covers that are soldered above
and below the substrate. Hence, the Empty Substrate-Integrated
Waveguide could be modeled with an ideal rectangular waveguide.
However, the degree of error that this assumption implies has not
been evaluated yet. This evaluation is imperative, since this new
manufacturing process strongly differs from that of a traditional
single-piece rectangular waveguide. Then, in this work, for the first
time, the propagation constant of an Empty Substrate-Integrated
Waveguide has been measured, and compared to the propagation
constant of an equivalent ideal rectangular waveguide, in order to
determine how accurately an Empty Substrate-Integrated Waveg-
uide can be modeled with a rectangular waveguide, and if the
design methods for rectangular waveguide devices can be directly
transferred to this novel substrate-integrated waveguide.
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EuMC34 : Tuneable and Reconfigurable
Circuits and Structures
Room 1, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Jose I. Alonso, Technical University of Madrid
Co-Chair: Mehmet Karaaslan, e2V Technologies
Design of Electronically Tunable Lumped-Element
Bandpass Filters with Constant Bandwidths
Alexandra Baskakova, Viacheslav Turgaliev, Dmitry
Kholodnyak; St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University,
Russia
EuMC34-1, Time: 09:00
Design of small-size tunable bandpass filters on coupled LC-tanks
with variable capacitors is considered. Conditions to keep the
absolute bandwidth (ABW) and fractional bandwidth (FBW) con-
stant as well as tunability constraints are analyzed. Designs of the
three-pole varactor-tuned bandpass filters with constant ABW and
FWB are presented.
Design of Tunable Microstrip Dual-Mode Bandpass
Filter Having Reconfigurable Filtering
Characteristics for Mobile Applications
Ceyhun Karpuz 1 , Ali Kursad Gorur 2 , Ayse Nihan
Basmaci 3 ; 1 Pamukkale University, Turkey; 2 Nevsehir
University, Turkey; 3 Namik Kemal University, Turkey
EuMC34-2, Time: 09:20
Design of a microstrip narrowband bandpass filter with bandwidth
tunability and reconfigurability is presented in this paper. For this
purpose, patch reference elements and a varactor diode as tuning
element are used to excite the degenerate modes of a dual-mode
square loop resonator. Even/odd mode resonance conditions
of the proposed filter are expressed to define the locations of
mode frequencies. According to the capacitance of the varactor
diode, bandwidth tuning for linear phase/quasi elliptical filtering
characteristics and band rejection can be achieved. A microstrip
bandpass filter having tunable bandwidth and reconfigurable filter-
ing characteristics is fabricated and measured for the experimental
verification of the proposed method.
Ku-Band Frequency-Tunable Filter with 11:1
Bandwidth Tuning
Boyoung Lee 1 , Seunggoo Nam 1 , Tae-Hak Lee 1 , Juseop
Lee 1 , Changsoo Kwak 2 ; 1 Korea University, Korea;
2
ETRI, Korea
EuMC34-3, Time: 09:40
In this paper, we present a frequency-tunable filter with a 11:1
bandwidth tuning range. To obtain such a wide tuning range, we
propose a new tuning technique that only necessitates control of
inter-resonator coupling values. In this paper, we describe the the-
ory supporting the proposed tuning technique using a third-order
filter. Verification of the presented bandwidth tuning method
has been carried out by designing, fabricating, and measuring a
third-order Ku-band cavity filter.
Advanced Re-Configurable DEMUX Design Providing
Flexible Channel Bandwidth Re-Allocations
Uwe Rosenberg 1 , Ralf Beyer 1 , Peter Krauß 1 , Thomas
Sieverding 1 , Petronilo Martin Iglesias 2 , Christoph
Ernst 2 ; 1 Mician Global Engineering, Germany; 2 ESA,
The Netherlands
EuMC34-4, Time: 10:00
A novel reconfigurable (de-)multiplexer DEMUX solution is intro-
duced that allows flexible re-allocation of bandwidths and center
frequencies of the associated high-Q cavity channel filters. The
filters are interconnected with a manifold. For the reconfiguration
of the responses, a synchronous movement of the cavity end-walls
of each filter is considered. This is the final implementation of
the DEMUX requires only two actuation drives per filter for the
re-allocation of bandwidths and center frequencies. The solution
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has been proven by an elementary 2-channel DEMUX configuration
with 4-order filters using TM120 mode cavity types. The results of
the overall DEMUX design demonstrate the feasibility of this new
general approach.
Analysis and Design of a Directional Coupler with
Integrated Matching Network for Reflective-Type
Phase Shifters
Pablo Alcón, Nuria Esparza, Luis Fernando Herrán,
Fernando Las-Heras; Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
EuMC34-5, Time: 10:20
This paper presents an analysis of a novel topology for a reflective-
type phase shifter which serves simultaneously as a directional
coupler and complex impedance matching network, optimizing
the chip size and the output for any given reflective load. First,
the usual 3 dB hybrid coupler and matching network pairing is
generalized to a 4-port network, which is then used as a step to
study another passive network with different relations between
its S parameters. Such network offers more flexibility in the
optimization of the phase shifter and thus opens up solutions with
more desirable relations between phase shift range and insertion
loss. A possible implementation of the network is then proposed
and scrutinized through even-odd mode analysis, proving capable
of delivering the intended network. Finally, a prototype was
manufactured and measured, increasing the phase shift range of a
varactor more than threefold while maintaining low insertion loss
and low gain variation.
EuMC35 : Biomedical Imaging
Room 13, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Nutapong Somjit, University of Leeds
Co-Chair: Bart Nauwelaers, KU Leuven
Microwave Mammography with a Small Sensor and
a Commercial Electromagnetic Simulator
Yoshihiko Kuwahara; Shizuoka University, Japan
EuMC35-1, Time: 09:00
We propose a microwave mammography system with a small
sensor and a commercial electromagnetic simulator. The sensor
has features such as multiple polarizations to collect a variety
of data and fixation of the breast by suction to prevent imaging
mistakes. A commercial electromagnetic simulator is used to
model the sensor accurately and enhance reliability. In addition,
a new calibration method that transforms the S parameters into a
scattered electric field at each feed is proposed. The effectiveness
of the proposed system is demonstrated by a numerical experi-
ment.
Breast Cancer Imaging at mm-Waves: Feasibility
Study on the Safety Exposure Limits
P.F. Espin-Lopez 1 , A. Martellosio 1 , Marco Pasian 1 ,
Maurizio Bozzi 1 , Luca Perregrini 1 , A. Mazzanti 1 , F.
Svelto 1 , M. Bellomi 2 , G. Renne 3 , P.E. Summers 3 ;
1
Università di Pavia, Italy; 2 Università di Milano, Italy;
3
IEO, Italy
EuMC35-2, Time: 09:20
Breast cancer is a leading disease worldwide, and the success of
medical therapies is heavily related to the availability of breast
cancer imaging techniques. While current methods, mainly ultra-
sound, x-ray mammography, and magnetic resonance imaging, all
exhibit some disadvantages, a possible alternative investigated in
recent years is based on microwave and mm-wave imaging system.
A key point for these systems is their reliability in terms of safety,
in particular exposure limits. This paper presents a feasibility
study for a mm-wave breast cancer imaging system, with the aim of
ensuring safety and compliance with the widely adopted European
ICNIRP recommendations. The study is based on finite element
method models of human tissues, experimentally characterized by
measures obtained at one of the most important European clinical
center for cancer treatments.
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Results prove the feasibility of the system, which can meet the
exposure limits while providing the required dynamic range to let
the receiver detect the cancer anomaly. In addition, the dosimetric
quantities used at the present and their maximum limits at mm-
waves are taking into discussion and the possibility of needing
moderns quantities and limitations is discussed.
Wearable Device for Microwave Head Imaging
Mohd. Saiful Riza Bashri 1 , Tughrul Arslan 1 , Wei
Zhou 2 , Nakul Haridas 2 ; 1 University of Edinburgh, UK;
2
Sofant Technologies, UK
EuMC35-3, Time: 09:40
A wearable microwave head imaging is proposed for medical
applications, namely stroke and cancer detection. The wearable
device in a hat-like structure incorporates an array of flexible
ultra-wideband antenna. The antenna array consists of 8 monopole
antenna elements which act as multi-static radar. A lossy dielectric
absorber is embedded inside the hat to improve the directivity
of the antenna. The antenna operates in the frequency range of
1.5GHz to 4GHz which would provide sufficient penetration and
resolution for the proposed head imaging system. A thin and
flexible FR-4 of thickness 0.2mm is used as the substrate of the
antenna. The performance of the antennae when arranged in a hat
like shape structure was measured and analysed. The return loss
of the antennae shows a match across all the operating frequency
range. The average simulated gain of the antenna is 3 dBi.
Large Field-of-View Transmission Line Resonator for
High Field MRI
Vitaliy Zhurbenko 1 , Kristjan Sundgaard
Johannesson 1 , Vincent Boer 2 , Esben Thade Petersen 2 ;
1
Technical University of Denmark, Denmark;
2
Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark
EuMC35-4, Time: 10:00
Transmission line resonators is often a preferable choice for coils
in high field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), because they
provide a number of advantages over traditional loop coils. The
size of such resonators, however, is limited to shorter than half a
wavelength due to high standing wave ratio, which leads to inho-
mogeneous field distribution along the resonator. In this work, it
is demonstrated that the resonator length can be extended to over
half a wavelength with the help of series capacitors. The approach
allows for reduced standing wave ratio and improved field homo-
geneity. Achieved magnetic field distribution is compared to the
conventional transmission line resonator. Imaging experiments
are performed using 7 Tesla MRI system. The developed resonator
is useful for building coils with large field-of-view.
Time Domain Microwave Imaging System for
Biomedical Applications
Xuezhi Zeng, Albert Monteith, Andreas Fhager, Mikael
Persson, Herbert Zirath; Chalmers University of
Technology, Sweden
EuMC35-5, Time: 10:20
A time domain microwave imaging system for biomedical ap-
plications was developed using off-the-shelf components. Two
different types of signals: a pulse and a pseudo random sequence,
were employed as stimulus signal. The system’s measurement
accuracy and imaging functionality were investigated when these
two different stimulus signals were used respectively. The results
show that the system has a higher dynamic range when the pseudo
random sequence was used. An imaging test also indicates the
advantage, although not significant, to using the pseudo random
sequence than the pulse.
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EuMC36 : High Performance Transceivers
and Switches
Room 14, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Dominique Morche, CEA - LETI
Co-Chair: Franz Dielacher, Infineon Technologies
A 122-GHz System-in-Package Radar Sensor with
BPSK Modulator in a 130-nm SiGe BiCMOS
Technology
1 1
Muhammad Furqan , Faisal Ahmed , Reinhard
Feger 1 , Klaus Aufinger 2 , Andreas Stelzer 1 ; 1 Johannes
Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; 2 Infineon
Technologies, Germany
EuMC36-1, Time: 09:00
This paper presents a 122-GHz bistatic radar sensor for short-range
applications. The chip features a fully differential frequency multi-
plier (×30 or ×6) to realize a frequency-modulated continuous-wave
radar with a binary phase-shift keying modulator in the transmit
chain and a fully-differential IQ-receiver. The bare die is packaged
in an embedded-wafer-level-ball-grid-array (eWLB) technology. The
redistribution layer of the eWLB package is utilized to realize eight-
element tapered rhombic transmit and receive antenna arrays. The
packages are fabricated with and without backside metallization
to demonstrate the effect on radiation pattern symmetry and
sidelobe levels. On-wafer measurement results show a maximum
transmit output power of 2.7dBm and a 3-dB bandwidth of 17 GHz.
The in-package TX/RX antennas provide a measured gain of 11
dBi which results in an effective isotropic radiated power of 13.7
dBm. The entire chip consumes a DC power of 540mW at a supply
voltage of 3.3V.
A Broadband, Compact 140–170GHz Double
Side-Band Receiver in 90nm SiGe Technology
Deeksha Lal, Morteza Abbasi, David S. Ricketts; North
Carolina State University, USA
EuMC36-2, Time: 09:20
This paper reports the design and characterization results of a
broadband, compact 140–170 GHz Double Side-Band (DSB) receiver
fabricated in a 90nm SiGe process. The design is based on a
balanced Gilbert cell, with on-chip integrated LO and RF baluns
and an IF Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA). The receiver exhibits up
to 7dB conversion gain with an RF bandwidth extending beyond
the frequency range of 140–170 GHz. The measured single sided
1dB and 3dB IF bandwidths are 10 GHz and 16 GHz respectively,
making this circuit useful for block down-conversion of broadband
communication signals or high resolution radar applications. A
maximum output power of 0dBm is measured, with an output 1dB
compression point of -4dBm. The conversion gain of the receiver
can be varied by as much as 6dB through the integrated VGA, thus
enabling equalization of the frequency response. The DSB mixer is
simulated to have a noise figure of 10dB±0.5dB across the oper-
ation frequency band, which is comparable to noise performance
that could be achieved from integrating a low noise amplifier (LNA)
in the front-end. The chip consumes 40mA from a 3.4V supply
and requires 3 dBm of LO power. It occupies a compact area of
0.6mm×0.15mm excluding pads, which favors further integration
into receiver arrays.
GaN SPST MMIC Switches Based on HPF/LPF
Switching Concept for High Power Applications
Hiroshi Mizutani 1 , Ryo Ishikawa 2 , Kazuhiko Honjo 2 ;
1
Salesian Polytechnic, Japan; 2 University of
Electro-Communications, Japan
EuMC36-3, Time: 09:40
This paper describes the demonstrated GaN SPST MMIC switches
based on HPF/LPF switching concept for high power applications.
The developed MMIC switches indicate high isolation of more than
80-dB with insertion loss of better than 2-dB below 2.4 GHz. The
effective chip size is 1.15 × 1.58 mm2 . The measured P1dB of
insertion loss is 31.2-dBm. The isolation varies with respect to the
input power from about 80-dB at small signal operation to about
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40-dB for large signal input. The possible cause is the change of
average FET off capacitance. This MMIC switches with HPF/LPF
switching concept promises to provide new switch products having
high power handling capability with low cost.
Wideband and High Isolation RF Carrier-Aggregated
Switch Module for LTE-Advanced Base Station
Jian-Yu Li, Wen-Chien Chang; Yuan Ze University,
Taiwan
EuMC36-4, Time: 10:00
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) base station with carrier aggregation (CA)
function can meet the larger capacity demand and improve the
spectrum efficiency. To fulfill such function, the wide operational
bandwidth and high isolation carrier-aggregated switch module is
proposed to combine two RF signals, namely, component carriers
(CCs) in this work. There are many CA scenarios defined in 3GPP
TS 36.104, examples of two 20 MHz LTE-A Release-10 CCs at Band
40 and Band 1+Band 5 are used to verify the feasibility of the
proposed module in both the intra-band and inter-band CA.
A Compensated Dual-Band SPDT Switch for Radar
Duplexers at S- and X-Band
Nils Hansen, Christian Rave, Benjamin Rohrdantz,
Arne F. Jacob; Technische Universität
Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
EuMC36-5, Time: 10:20
A single-pole double-throw (SPDT) switch for a dual-band radar
duplexer at S- and X-band is presented. The switch is particularly
useful for monostatic phased array radars where a high isolation
between transmitter and receiver is necessary. It consists of three
PIN-diodes and needs only one switching voltage. A high isolation
and a low insertion loss combined with the potential for a high
power handling capability are achieved by utilizing an asymmetric
PIN-diode network with shunt diodes in the transmit and a series
diode in the receive path. The isolation is improved at both
frequency bands by compensating the parasitic capacitance of the
series diode. Simulation and measurement results are presented.
The fabricated switch exhibits an isolation of more than 30 dB and
an insertion loss of less than 1.4 dB in the transmit case.
EuMC37 : Stochastic Methods for Complex
EMC Systems
Room 16, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Valter Mariani Primiani, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Co-Chair: Gabriele Gradoni, University of Nottingham
Parametric Analysis of Load Variation in WPT
Systems Applied to AIMDs
Silvano Cruciani, Tommaso Campi, Mauro Feliziani;
Università dell’Aquila, Italy
EuMC37-1, Time: 09:00
This study deals with the analysis of a Wireless Power Transfer
(WPT) system in a biomedical application. In particular we analyze
the effect of the load variation on the WPT efficiency and on
the Electric and Magnetic Field (EMF) S afety metrics for human
exposure, i.e., Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and electric field
induced in the human body. Then, methods for the reduction of
EMF safety quantities are proposed comparing different methods
applied to a realistic case of study as a pacemaker equipped with a
WPT system.
Time Domain Measurement of Near Field Emissions
from Complex PCBs
D.W.P. Thomas, Christopher Smartt, H. Nasser,
Mohd H. Baharuddin, S. Greedy, Gabriele Gradoni, S.C.
Creagh, Gregor Tanner; University of Nottingham, UK
EuMC37-2, Time: 09:20
This paper discusses how the measurements of the near-field
emissions in the time domain can be used to characterize the
broadband emissions from complex sources such as multifunc-
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tional Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). The near-fields, transverse
to the measurement surface, are sufficient to characterise the
radiator provided the surface contains all the significant fields.
For time domain measurements, the field probe is calibrated over
a broad bandwidth for both amplitude and phase to provide the
probe impulse response. A suitable digital filter applied with the
same probe impulse response to extract the time domain magnetic
field data from the probe output voltage. Results show that good
agreement in the can be obtained. The measured near fields can
then be used to create an equivalent model of the PCB which can be
used to predict the emissions in the far field or in any environment.
In this work the objective is to create an equivalent time dependent
dipole array model of the DUT.
Random Coupling Model for the Radiation of
Statistical Sources Inside Cavities
Gabriele Gradoni 1 , Thomas M. Antonsen 2 , Ed Ott 2 ,
Steven M. Anlage 2 ; 1 University of Nottingham, UK;
2 EuMC38-1, Time: 09:00
University of Maryland, USA
EuMC37-3, Time: 09:40
We review a statistical model, the random coupling model, that de-
scribes the high-frequency excitation of irregular cavities through
arbitrary sources. The model uses wave chaos theory to describing
wave mixing in terms of universal fluctuation laws. The model
accounts for system specific details of the excitation through
a deterministic description. We consider the scenario where a
continuous statistical source operates inside an irregular cavity
with losses. Discrete approximations of complex sources in terms
of dipoles are available in literature. This can be exploited to
construct an impedance matrix at the terminals (ports) of the
dipole, and thus characterise the response of the cavity in terms
of voltages and currents. In particular, upon a random current
excitation, conveniently characterised in terms of correlation
matrix, an ensemble average voltage-voltage correlation matrix
can be found through the impedance matrices predicted by the
random coupling model. Results are of interest in electromagnetic
compatibility for the characterisation of multifunctional digital
electronics, as well as for dense multiple-input multiple-output
communication operating in reflecting environments.
Antenna Efficiency Measurement from Quality
Factor Estimation in Reverberation Chamber
P. Besnier, J. Sol, A. Presse, C. Lemoine, A.-C. Tarot;
IETR, France
EuMC37-4, Time: 10:00
This communication deals with a method that enables to extract
antenna efficiency estimation from reverberation chamber mea-
surements and more specifically from the composite Q-factor
estimation of the reverberation chamber. It is another variant
of antenna efficiency measurement method in a reverberation
chamber that takes advantage of the properties of the composite
Q-factor that involves various components including the quality
factor of antennas themselves. We show that in a well-overmoded
cavity, the Q-factor measured from two antennas in the chamber
gives access to the contrast of their efficiency. Estimation uncer-
tainty is discussed with regard to the substitution method.
Optimization of 4G Wireless Access Network
Features by Using Reverberation Chambers:
Application to High-Speed Train LTE Users
Massimo Barazzetta 1 , Davide Micheli 2 , Riccardo
Diamanti 2 , Luca Bastianelli 3 , Franco Moglie 3 , Valter
Mariani Primiani 3 ; 1 Nokia, Italy; 2 Telecom Italia, Italy;
3
Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy
EuMC37-5, Time: 10:20
A real 4G base station connected to live network of Telecom Italia
and radiating into a reverberation chamber is used to investigate
performances of fast moving terminals on board of high-speed
trains. The results concern a testing campaign by replicating real
high speed train propagation scenarios, like the train running in
open space or in tunnels, with the aid of a reverberation chamber.
This is partially filled by absorbing materials in order to approach
the multipath propagation that is typical of a train coach, and
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equipped with two rotating paddels in order to replicate the signal
fluctuations that are typical for the mentioned environments.
The effects of Doppler shift and its fast variations are presented,
together with an analysis of the efficiency of different transmission
solutions for tunnels.
EuMC38 : Antenna Technology
Room 17, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Ioan Lager, Delft University of Technology
Co-Chair: Dirk Heberling, RWTH Aachen
Chip-Mounted Dielectric Resonator Antenna with
Alignment and Testing Features
Daniel López Cuenca 1 , Jan Hesselbarth 1 , Golzar
Alavi 2 ; 1 Universität Stuttgart, Germany; 2 IMS CHIPS,
Germany
A new concept for an on-chip millimeter-wave dielectric resonator
antenna is presented. A spherical dielectric resonator is placed
on the chip surface and is excited by an on-chip microstrip feed.
A shallow crate is etched in the polymer layers atop the bulk
semiconductor, in close proximity of the microstrip feed. The
dielectric sphere placed into the crate will position itself to high
precision. The microstrip feed structure forms a parallel resonant
circuit from line to ground. Before mounting the sphere, the feed
point can be on-wafer tested with conventional 50 Ohm ground-
signal-ground probes. Measurements at 69 GHz are presented.
The concept combines mechanical simplicity and low signal loss.
Hybrid Metal-Plasma Yagi-Uda Antenna for
Microwave Applications
Giulia Mansutti, Davide Melazzi, Antonio-Daniele
Capobianco; Università di Padova, Italy
EuMC38-2, Time: 09:20
In this work, a feasibility study of a hybrid metal-plasma Yagi
antenna operating at 1.55GHz is presented. In particular, the
directors of the antenna are constituted of microplasma dis-
charges that allow to realize very thin and short plasma tubes,
thus overcoming some issues related to the use in the GHz regime
of classic thick plasma discharges. We will show that this design
choice leads to good results in terms of gain with respect to the
classic metal Yagi antenna, thus paving the way to a new class of
hybrid reconfigurable antennas operating at high frequencies.
Antenna Coupling and Self-Interference Cancellation
Bandwidth in SAW-Less Diversity Receivers
D. Montanari, Lorenzo Silvestri, Maurizio Bozzi, D.
Manstretta; Università di Pavia, Italy
EuMC38-3, Time: 09:40
Self-interference (SI) cancellation techniques are a promising solu-
tion to improve the dynamic range of SAW-less frequency-division
duplexing (FDD) diversity receivers. The achievable isolation
between transmitter and diversity receiver over the transmit signal
bandwidth is limited by the strength and frequency selectivity
of the coupling between main and diversity antennas. In this
work we investigate these limitations under realistic conditions
for long-term evolution (LTE) mobile terminals. A pair of planar
inverted-F antennas (PIFAs) has been designed and tested in four
different configurations. A broadband current-mode canceler
model was applied to the measured data showing, in all cases,
a 20dB cancellation bandwidth of 14MHz, mainly limited by the
antennas y21 group delay, close to 2ns.
Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna at 2.45GHz for WSN
and WBAN Applications
Anupam R. Chandran, Nick Timmons, Jim Morrison;
LYIT, Ireland
EuMC38-4, Time: 10:00
A pattern reconfigurable antenna at 2.45 GHz industrial, scientific
and medical (ISM) band that can switch the beam pattern in various
directions such as in the boresight direction, 66◦ , 294◦ , and as
a bidirectional endfire radiator is proposed in this paper. The
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concept used here is that of switching between the director and
reflector of Yagi-Uda antenna using PIN diodes. The resonance
frequency of the antenna remains constant irrespective of the di-
rection of the switched beam. This pattern reconfigurable antenna
will have potential use in body area networks (BAN) or in wireless
sensor networks (WSN).
24GHz Dielectric Filled Waveguide Fed Horn
Antenna Using 3D-LDS MID Technology
Aline Friedrich 1 , Bernd Geck 1 , Malte Fengler 2 ,
Andreas Fischer 2 ; 1 Leibniz Universität Hannover,
Germany; 2 LPKF Laser & Electronics, Germany
EuMC38-5, Time: 10:20
This paper presents the evaluation of dielectric tapered horn
antennas that are fed by planar radio frequency (RF) transmission
line to dielectric filled waveguide transitions. The antennas are
developed to be efficiently manufactured with the laser direct
structuring (LDS) method that allows for a 3d metalization of
plastic surfaces. In doing so the flexibility of the antenna design
process is increased. Furthermore the antennas can be directly
combined with a circuitry if required. First of all, a fundamental
evaluation is done by means of two different transitions from
typical RF transmission lines to a rectangular dielectric filled
waveguide at 24 GHz. Based on these findings a test antenna is
designed and subsequently manufactured with the LDS method.
To evaluate the manufacturability with the LDS method in general
and additionally prove the concept, the configuration of this test
antenna is kept relatively simple. The prototype is characterized
in an anechoic chamber and the results are discussed. In the next
step an additional example design that is based on an typical
dielectric antenna is discussed. To conclude, the results obtained
are summarized and discussed with respect to a use for the
development of RF applications.
EuMC39 : Wireless Power Transfer
Room 11, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Kamran Ghorbani, RMIT University
Co-Chair: Alessandra Costanzo, University of Bologna
A Novel Hybrid 4-D Array Architecture for
Intentional Wireless Power Transmission
Diego Masotti, Alessandra Costanzo; Università di
Bologna, Italy
EuMC39-1, Time: 11:20
The paper describes a method to increase the reconfiguration level
of time-modulated arrays. An additional reconfigurable feeding
network augments the deployable control pulse sequence choices:
in this way the sideband radiation phenomenon, typical of these
arrays, can be fully exploited in precise wireless power transfer
applications, thanks to the novel additional capability of radiation
pattern steering at the fundamental frequency, too. The pro-
posed novel time-based array architecture is applied to a 5.8 GHz
eight-element patch array: an accurate nonlinear/electromagnetic
co-simulation of the new planar reader demonstrates its agility in
power transmission.
Circuit Model for Resonant Cavity Mode Enabled
Wireless Power Transfer
Mohsen Shahmohammadi, Matthew J. Chabalko,
Alanson P. Sample; Disney Research, USA
EuMC39-2, Time: 11:40
Recently, a new paradigm in wireless power transfer based on
cavity mode resonance has experimentally shown the ability to ef-
ficiently deliver power to multiple receivers over large 3D volumes
of an enclosed metallic cavity. However, existing analytical models
based on coupled mode theory and finite element simulation tools
are complicated to use, relatively slow to converge, and fail to give
researchers and system designers the intuition to optimize wireless
power transfer performance. In this work a general circuit model
for the cavity resonant wireless power system is introduced and
validated against simulated and measured results. Results show
an average agreement between the circuit model and measured
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transfer efficiency are within +/- 5%. Thus, cavity mode enabled
wireless power transfer can be analyzed with an equivalent circuit
model allowing for fast design iteration and a better understanding
of how to optimize system performance. We used the circuit
model developed herein to design a simple impedance matching
network for 52 LED receivers and transferred power wirelessly to
all of them simultaneously with approximately 30% efficiency, by
combining two cavity modes, TE011 and TE012 . However, under
optimal load condition, which requires more complicated matching
circuit, a minimum efficiency of 50% can easily be achieved at the
same positions, we instead here we focused on a simple and fast
design solution.
A Resonance Frequency Tracker and Source
Frequency Tuner for Inductively Coupled Wireless
Power Transfer Systems
Seyit Ahmet Sis, Sabri Bicakci; Balikesir University,
Turkey
EuMC39-3, Time: 12:00
Inductively coupled resonant loops, for use in wireless power
transfer applications up to several meters, exhibit the largest
transfer efficiency when the loops operate at the strongly coupled
regime. At the same time, this largest efficiency is independent
of the mutual inductance between the loops. However, the res-
onance frequencies, at which this largest efficiency occurs, vary
with mutual inductance or the distance and orientation between
the loops. Therefore, the RF source frequency should be tuned
to the resonance frequency of the loops. This paper presents
a resonance frequency tracker and source frequency tuner for
inductively coupled resonant loops. The inductively coupled
loops are represented by a lumped element circuit with a tunable
inductor that resembles the variation of mutual inductance. The
resonance frequency is tracked by sampling the incident and
reflected RF signal using a bidirectional coupler and calculating
the input reflection coefficient. The source frequency is tuned
until the reflection coefficient is minimized. Each individual part
of the overall system is fabricated and tested, and the controller is
programmed. The complete tracking & tuning system is simulated
based on these measurement results.
Experimental Investigation of Wireless Power
Transfer Systems Based on Dielectric Resonators
Polina Kapitanova, Mingzhao Song, Pavel Belov; ITMO
University, Russia
EuMC39-4, Time: 12:20
Original approach to near field magnetic resonance wireless power
transfer using high permittivity dielectric resonators is presented.
The results of numerical simulation and experimental investiga-
tion of the wireless power transfer systems based on spherical
dielectric resonators with the permittivity ε=80 and disk dielectric
resonators with the permittivity ε=1000 are reported. For the
wireless power transfer system based on spherical resonators
operating at magnetic dipole mode and magnetic quadrupole mode
the maximal efficiency of 60% and 80% is verified experimentally in
GHz frequency range. The wireless power transfer system based
on disk dielectric resonators with the permittivity ε=1000 operates
at the frequency of 220 MHz and provides 50% efficiency at 7 cm
resonator separation. The test with a real load is also performed.
Design of Free-Positioning Wireless Power Charging
System for AAA Rechargeable Battery
Tae-Dong Yeo 1 , Dae-Hyun Kim 2 , Soo-Chang Chae 1 ,
Seung-Tae Khang 1 , Jong-Won Yu 1 ; 1 KAIST, Korea;
2
Seoul National University, Korea
EuMC39-5, Time: 12:40
This paper presents a free-positioning wireless power charging
(WPC) system for AAA Type rechargeable battery. In recent years,
misalignment between transmitting coil and receiving coil is
very big issue in this area, because efficiency of WPC systems
is vulnerable to lateral misalignment and angular misalignment.
Unfortunately, the coils could be often misaligned while charging
devices, in practical situations. Therefore, this paper proposed
the free-positioning WPC system. In order to solve the lateral
misalignment, proposed transmitting coil has the uniform mag-
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netic field by changing current distribution. In receiving side, two
perpendicular coil having structure of ‘plus’ (+) shape is proposed
to solve the angular misalignment. For validation, the proposed
wireless power charging system was implemented at 6.78MHz
using loosely coupled resonant coils, and we verified that the
proposed system is robust to misalignment.
EuMC40 : Compact Implementation of
Filters and Diplexers
Room 12, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Vicente Boria, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Co-Chair: Roberto Gomez, Universidad de Alcalá
A Novel Dielectric-Loaded Dual-Mode Cavity for
Cellular Base Station Applications
Mustafa S. Bakr, Saad W.O. Luhaib, Ian C. Hunter;
University of Leeds, UK
EuMC40-1, Time: 11:20
A new class of dual mode dielectric resonator filter for mobile
communication systems is presented. The proposed resonator
exhibits high unloaded quality factor and reasonably wide spuri-
ous operating window. Based on this cavity, a 4-pole dual-mode
Generalised Chebyshev filter is developed and fabricated in the
stacked configuration. An unexpected spurious mode is appeared
at 2.3 GHz due to improper coupling. A coupling technique for
eliminating the unexpected spurious resonance is proposed. The
obtained experimental and measured results with an asymmetric
transmission zeros confirm the validity of the proposed resonator
for releasing filters for cellular-radio base stations.
Transmission Zero Realization in E-Plane Filters by
Means of I/O Resonator Tapping
Efstratios Doumanis 1 , George Goussetis 2 , J.
Huurinainen 2 ; 1 Nokia, Ireland; 2 Heriot-Watt
University, UK
EuMC40-2, Time: 11:40
A new topology for E-plane filters compatible with the traditional
low-cost single metal insert in a split-block housing is proposed.
Improved out-of-band rejection is achieved by virtue of the
transmission zeros. The overall length of the input and output
resonators is reduced by ∼45%, resulting in saving the length of
a resonator. A synthesis procedure is outlined. A 4pole filter is
demonstrated that implements 2 out-of-band TZs. The technique
is well suited to be combined with an extracted pole technique
further improving the out-of-band characteristics of the filters.
The same 4pole filter is then adopted to accommodate for extra 4
TZs by means of extraction. The simulated loss of the two 4 pole
filter presented is 0.22 dB and 0.24 dB, respectively.
Substrate-Integrated-Waveguide Signal-Interference
Bandpass Filters
Dimitra Psychogiou 1 , Roberto Gómez-García 2 ,
José-María Muñoz-Ferreras 2 , Dimitrios Peroulis 1 ;
1
Purdue University, USA; 2 Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
EuMC40-3, Time: 12:00
This paper demonstrates the first experimental development of
transversal signal-interference bandpass filters (BPFs) in substrate-
integrated-waveguide (SIW) technology. They consist of bi-path
transversal filtering sections (TFSs) that are based on 3-dB hybrid
rings that are loaded with short-ended stubs in two of their ports.
To attain circuit-size reduction in the overall TFS, a T-septum-ridge
SIW is utilized as a transmission-line medium for its constituent
modules. Furthermore, in order to allow excitation through
conventional RF connectors, a broad-band microstrip-to-T-septum-
ridge-SIW transition is developed. For practical validation, a 6-GHz
SIW TFS prototype featuring 3-dB bandwidth (BW) of 1.1 GHz — i.e.,
3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) ≈18% — and minimum in-band
insertion loss (IL) of 1.28 dB is constructed and characterized. In
addition, measured results of a manufactured 5.25-GHz higher-
order BPF (two series-cascaded SIW TFSs) with 790-MHz 3-dB BW —
i.e., 3-dB FBW ≈15% — and 1.26-dB minimum in-band IL, are also
shown.
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A New Class of SIW Filters Based on Periodically
Perforated Dielectric Substrate
Lorenzo Silvestri 1 , Enrico Massoni 1 , Maurizio Bozzi 1 ,
Luca Perregrini 1 , Cristiano Tomassoni 2 , Angela
Coves 3 ; 1 Università di Pavia, Italy; 2 Università di
Perugia, Italy; 3 Universidad Miguel Hernández de
Elche, Spain
EuMC40-4, Time: 12:20
A novel class of substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) filters based
on perforations of the dielectric substrate is presented in this
paper. The air-hole perforations allow the local modification of the
characteristic impedance of the SIW as well as its cutoff frequency,
thus permitting the easy design of filtering structures. Four-pole
filters operating at 3.6 GHz, based on conventional and half-mode
SIW, have been designed, experimentally validated, and discussed.
The proposed approach provides high flexibility, low sensitivity to
fabrication inaccuracy, and simple design rules.
A Ka-Band Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Diplexer
with Wide Frequency Spread
Thomas Jaschke, Benjamin Rohrdantz, Jan-Philip
Mohncke, Arne F. Jacob; Technische Universität
Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
EuMC40-5, Time: 12:40
A compact 20 GHz/30 GHz diplexer for satellite communication
systems is presented. It consists of a T-junction and two bandpass
filters implemented in substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) tech-
nology. The 30GHz filter relies on a standard design, whereas a
wide stopband approach is used for the 20 GHz filter to suppress a
parasitic passband at the upper frequency. The design procedure
is explained and simulation as well as measurement results are
presented. The complete diplexer is fabricated in a standard PCB
process. The measurement results validate the approach.
EuMC41 : Techniques and Microwave
Devices for Controlling Surface Waves
Room 1, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Symon Podilchak, Heriot Watt University
Co-Chair: George Goussetis, Heriot Watt University
The Role of Surface Waves in Design of Planar
Leaky Wave Antennas
Samir F. Mahmoud 1 , Symon K. Podilchak 2 , Alois P.
Freundorfer 3 , Yahia M.M. Antar 3 ; 1 Cairo University,
Egypt; 2 Heriot-Watt University, UK; 3 RMCC, Canada
EuMC41-1, Time: 11:20
We study two types of leaky wave antenna structures and the role
of surface waves in their design. The first leaky wave antenna is a
multi-dielectric structure of layered contrasting refractive indices.
We review a rigorous derivation, by the present authors, of the
radiation and surface wave powers excited by an embedded dipole
source. It is shown that with this type of leaky wave antenna,
the excitation of surface waves can drastically lower the antenna
radiation efficiency. The latter is obtained in a closed form. The
second leaky wave structure considered is based on the efficient
excitation of surface waves on a dielectric slab. By introducing a
suitable grating screen, the surface wave is smoothly converted
into a leaky wave with a desirable radiation beam in the far-field. In
this type of leaky wave antenna, efficient surface wave excitation is
a key design step. We also review our perturbation analysis to find
the radiation properties of planar periodic leaky wave antennas
and certain design consideration are also recommended.
Controlling Surface Waves with Metasurfaces: From
Planar Propagation to Conformal Cloaking
Ladislau Matekovits, Giuseppe Labate; Politecnico di
Torino, Italy
EuMC41-2, Time: 11:40
Surface electromagnetic modes, occasionally formed by natural-
existing 2D boundary conditions, can be enhanced and controlled
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transforming contact surfaces into artificially manipulated meta-
surfaces: propagation and radiation patterns can be properly
shaped according to the desired specifications. Focusing the
attention on microstrip technology, deep investigations based on
dispersion engineering show how controlling surface waves lead
to exotic applications, spanning from tunable planar propagation
(creation of pass/stop bands) to conformal radiation control for
cloaking purpose.
Surface Wave Engineering for Beam Control in
Planar Millimetre-Wave Antennas
1
Timothy D. Drysdale , Clement J. Vourch ; Open 2 1
University, UK; 2 University of Glasgow, UK
EuMC41-3, Time: 12:00
This paper reviews our recent work on the use of surface wave
engineering to enhance the functionality of a type of leaky wave
antenna known as the ‘Bull’s eye,’ operating in the license free 60
GHz band. The Bull’s eye antenna comprises a sub-wavelength
aperture surrounded by a planar surface patterned with concentric
corrugations. Exploiting well-known coupling relations between
surface waves on corrugated surfaces, and free space waves, we
can control the angle at which the antenna’s beam is directed
via engineering the surface corrugations. We have shown via
simulation and experiment that the beam can be deflected from
the normal (or boresight) in a predictable manner, or split into two
beams which themselves can be independently deflected. In this
paper we emphasise the degree of control possible over the beam
by mixing together different E-plane and H-plane shifts.
Electronically-Reconfigurable Parallel-Plate Wave
Launchers Based on Corrugated Substrate Integrated
Leaky Waveguides with Tunable Components
José Luis Gómez-Tornero 1 , Raúl Guzmán-Quirós 1 ,
George Goussetis 2 , Symon K. Podilchak 2 ; 1 Universidad
Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain; 2 Heriot-Watt
University, UK
EuMC41-4, Time: 12:20
We present some initial designs of electronically-controlled circuits
based on the corrugated substrate integrated leaky waveguide,
which shunt open-ended quarter-wave stubs are loaded with
tunable-capacitance components (such as varactor diodes, MEMs
switches, or liquid crystals). It is demonstrated that this topology
permits the electronic control over the angle at which the wave is
launched on the host parallel-plate substrate. This way, original
simple reconfigurable integrated circuits are envisaged. Full-wave
simulations are performed on two preliminary C-band designs. The
first circuit is an electronically-scanned plane-wave wave launcher
for reconfigurable scanned slot-array antennas. The second design
is a new type of quasi-optical single-pole four-throw (SP4T) switch
for integrated beam forming networks.
Advances in Nonlinear, Active, and Anisotropic
Artificial Impedance Surfaces
Daniel Sievenpiper, Sanghoon Kim, Jiang Long, Jiyeon
Lee; University of California at San Diego, USA
EuMC41-5, Time: 12:40
We discuss recent advances in nonlinear, active, and anisotropic
artificial impedance surfaces. These structures are a form of
planar metamaterial in which the impedance is defined by a
periodic metallic structure which may include nonlinear or active
components. In order to achieve high anisotropy in arbitrary
patterns, nonperiodic structures are required. By adding nonlinear
elements such as diodes, varactors, and other components, power-
dependent and frequency self-tuning structures may be built. In
addition, by incorporating active components such as non-Foster
circuit elements, is possible to make broadband fast-wave and
slow-wave structures which provide a wide degree of control over
the interaction between electromagnetic waves and the surface.
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EuMC42 : Sensing and Applications
Room 13, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: William J. Otter, Imperial College London
Co-Chair: Matthias Rudolph, Brandenburg University of
Technology
Material Characterization Using a Compact W-Band
Ellipsometer
Mathias Klenner, Christian Zech, Axel Hülsmann, Jutta
Kühn, Michael Schlechtweg, Oliver Ambacher;
Fraunhofer IAF, Germany
EuMC42-1, Time: 11:20
In this paper, we demonstrate a novel, compact setup for the
characterization of homogeneous plastic materials. The method is
based on reflection ellipsometry and is adopted to the millimeter
wave regime by using horn antennas for linear polarization of the
transmitted electromagnetic field. The design of the measurement
system and the influence of different setup related parameters on
its accuracy are discussed. Finally, the dispersion of the refractive
index over the frequency range between 75GHz and 110 GHz is
presented and analyzed for different dielectric samples.
Collision Frequency Determination of Low-Pressure
Plasmas Based on RF-Reflectometry
Christian Schulz, Ilona Rolfes, Moritz Oberberg, Peter
Awakowicz; Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
EuMC42-2, Time: 11:40
This paper introduces a robust collision frequency determina-
tion of low-pressure plasma processes. Based on the multipole
resonance probe and in-situ reflection measurements, the input
admittance of the system probe-plasma can be calculated. It
can be used to determine the collision frequency via its width.
The proposed evaluation is investigated by numerous parameter
variations within 3D electromagnetic field simulations. For plasma
electron frequencies, which can be determined simultaneously,
over 4 GHz or collision frequencies below 200 MHz, a two-step
compensation is necessary for reliable results. Based on the
proposed compensation, a maximum error of ± 5% can be reached
within the simulations. The final measurements in an argon-oxygen
plasma confirm the suitability of the presented evaluation.
A Novel Microwave Frequency Sweep
Interferometer for ECR Plasma Electron Density
Measurements
Giuseppe Torrisi 1 , Ornella Leonardi 1 , Gino Sorbello 1 ,
David Mascali 1 , Giuseppe Castro 1 , Luigi Celona 1 ,
Rosalba Miracoli 2 , Santo Gammino 1 ; 1 INFN-LNS, Italy;
2
Consorcio ESS-Bilbao, Spain
EuMC42-3, Time: 12:00
The paper presents the measurement strategy and the experimental
results collected by a novel microwave interferometer for plasma
density measurements in compact Electron Cyclotron Resonance
Ion Sources (ECRIS). Microwave interferometry represents the best
candidate for non-intrusive plasma diagnostics in these plasma
devices, being also a challenging task because the plasma under
test is contained in a microwave resonant cavity. The developed
K-band microwave interferometry system is based on the so-called
“frequency sweep” or FMCW method. This method is very versatile,
easy to integrate and robust with respect to the uncontrolled
disturbances of the spurious reflections introduced by the cavity
boundaries, which give rise to additional frequency components
in the beating frequency spectrum. The direct signal component
has been extracted by bandpass filtering, i.e. by filtering out the
multipath contributions. The paper includes the description of the
calibration setup, performed by a holed paraffin block where the
paraffin-air index of refraction variation imitates the air-plasma
one, and the first measurements on a real plasma obtained at the
Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN-LNS).
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Non-Destructive Testing for Black Heart Cavities in
Potatoes with Microwave Radiation
Imran Mohamed 1 , Richard Dudley 1 , Andrew
Gregory 1 , Ralf Mouthaan 1 , Zhengrong Tian 1 , Paul
Andrews 2 , Andrew Mellonie 3 ; 1 NPL, UK; 2 MMG Citrus,
UK; 3 Marks and Spencer, UK
EuMC42-4, Time: 12:20
A first investigation into the use of microwaves for the non-
destructive testing for the presence of black heart cavities is
presented. Additionally a potato’s complex permittivity data be-
tween 0.5 GHz to 20 GHz measured using a coaxial sensor and the
recipe for a potato phantom are also presented. Electromagnetic
finite-difference time-domain simulations of potatoes show that
changes to how microwaves propagate through a potato caused
by a cavity can produce measurable changes in S21 at the potato’s
surface of up to 26 dB. Lab-based readings of the change in S21
caused by a phantom cavity submerged in a potato phantom liquid
confirms the results of the simulation, albeit at a much reduced
magnitude in the order of 0.1 dB.
Design of Experiment for the Characterization of a
160GHz Radar MMIC
Martin Hitzler 1 , Sebastian Bader 1 , Stefan Saulig 1 ,
Linus Boehm 1 , Winfried Mayer 2 , Christian
Waldschmidt 1 ; 1 Universität Ulm, Germany;
2 rate to recover the signal. In terms of digital predistortion (DPD)
Endress+Hauser, Germany
EuMC42-5, Time: 12:40
In this paper, the methods of design of experiment (DoE) are ap-
plied to evaluate a 160 GHz radar monolithic microwave integrated
circuit (MMIC). Due to a strong nonlinear transmitter (Tx) with
five adjustable input variables and several cascaded circuits, the
search for maximum RF output power by varying the parameters
successively is not a promising approach. With DoE the input
parameter space is optimally sampled to maximize the gain of
information with a minimum of required measurement points. By
the analysis of variance (ANOVA) a multidimensional polynomial
fit of the measured data is stepwise optimized, which results in a
lower standard deviation between model and measurement data
and higher predictability. Test measurements confirm the model
of the DoE approach.
EuMC43 : Power Amplifier Systems
Room 14, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Rüdiger Quay, Fraunhofer IAF
Co-Chair: Andreas Wentzel, FBH
An 60W Average Power Wideband Amplifier with
Envelope Tracking for DVB-T Applications
Daniel Maassen 1 , Lothar Schenk 2 , Martin Muessener 2 ,
Peter Muehlbacher 2 , Uwe Dalisda 2 , Georg Boeck 1 ;
1
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; 2 Rohde &
Schwarz, Germany
EuMC43-1, Time: 11:20
In this paper, the development of a DVB-T power amplifier (PA)
with enhanced efficiency performance based on the envelope
tracking method (ET) is described. The amplifier works in the
ultrahigh frequency (UHF) band from 470 to 803 MHz. The PA
consists of two coupled push-pull stages of laterally diffused metal
oxide semiconductors (LDMOS) that are combined and equipped
with a multilevel Supply Modulator to achieve a drain modulation.
The results indicate an improved drain efficiency within 14.6%
up to η ≥ 42% for a 8MHz coded orthogonal frequency division
multiplexing (COFDM) — signal with 9 dB peak-to-average power
ratio (PAPR) including the losses of the Supply Modulator. While
fulfilling the spectrum mask, the output power is higher than 60 W
(470 W peak) for the frequency range from 470 – 803 MHz.
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Discrete Gate Bias Modulation of a Class-G
Modulated RF Power Amplifier
Nikolai Wolff, Wolfgang Heinrich, Olof Bengtsson; FBH,
Germany
EuMC43-2, Time: 11:40
In this paper the combination of class-G supply modulation with
discrete level gate bias modulation is investigated. Previous work
with class-G supply modulation revealed that the supply voltage
switching causes sharp discontinuities in gain and phase of the
modulated baseband signal. Now it is found that either the gain or
phase discontinuity can be compensated by applying dynamic gate
modulation synchronously with the class-G modulation. Further-
more, reducing the gain discontinuity allows generating the control
signal for the supply modulator by an envelope power detector.
This enables to realize a highly efficient class-G system as a simple
plug-in solution for the standard single-input single-output (SISO)
PAs in a digital predistortion linearized system.
Generalised Digital Predistortion of RF Power
Amplifiers with Low-Rate Feedback Signal
Ziming Wang, Sarah Adel Ibrahim, Han Su, Ronan
Farrell; Maynooth University, Ireland
EuMC43-3, Time: 12:00
Assuming there is an infinite periodically sinusoidal signal x with
known frequency, one can sample x at Nyquist zone or sampling-
with modulated signal as input, this paper will show the same
concept that theoretically one can sample the feedback signal at
arbitrary sampling rate to obtain the same coefficient of DPD or
behavioural models as the one calculated from the high sampling
rate feedback signal. The performance of a generalised DPD
technique using a traditional memory polynomial with low-rate
analog-to-digital device(ADC) is experimentally validated. The
NMSE and ACPR results indicate the same performance by using
an ADC sampling from 100 MHz to 10 MHz.
Development of a Highly Linear Ka-Band Power
Amplifier Using Second Harmonic Injection
Linearization
Duy P. Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen, Anh-Vu Pham;
University of California at Davis, USA
EuMC43-4, Time: 12:20
We demonstrate the development of a highly linear Ka-band power
amplifier (PA) using second harmonic injection at the gate of a
pseudomorphic high mobility electron transistor (pHEMT). The
second harmonic injection PA (HI PA) achieves a measured gain
of 18.5 dB and P1dB of 23.5 dBm at 28.5 GHz. Compared to the
same PA without second harmonic injection, the HI PA has a 3.5
dB higher in P1dB and a 12 dB improvement in the third-order
intermodulation distortion (IM3). To the best of our knowledge,
our 2nd harmonic injection PA is the first demonstration of the
technique at millimetre-wave frequencies.
A New Modulator for Digital RF Power Amplifiers
Utilizing a Wave-Table Approach
Florian Hühn, Andreas Wentzel, Wolfgang Heinrich;
FBH, Germany
EuMC43-5, Time: 12:40
This work presents for the first time a wave-table based coding
scheme to generate a high speed binary input signal for digital
RF power amplifiers. The approach maximizes the utilization
of the time domain handling capabilities of the pulse forming
circuit. Key features are a greatly improved output spectrum
purity in comparison to common digital modulators, the ability
to adjust the modulator to any given pulse forming hardware and
a built-in signal correction option that comes without additional
computational cost. The proposed concept is emulated with an
arbitrary waveform generator and shows for a 5MHz WCDMA
signal (6.5 dB PAPR) at 900MHz an EVM of 0.9% and better than
>55 dB ACLR. To the authors’ knowledge these are the best values
achieved for a single-bit coding scheme without digital predistor-
tion (DPD) reported so far that still maintains maximum power
coding efficiency.
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EuMC44 : Microwaves in the Americas
Room 16, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Roberto Murphy, INAOE, Mexico
Co-Chair: Jose Ernesto Rayas-Sanchez, The Jesuit University of
Guadalajara
An Overview of RF and Microwave Engineering
Research Collaboration Between Latin America and
the Rest of the World
Roberto S. Murphy, Reydezel Torres-Torres; INAOE,
Mexico
EuMC44-1, Time: 11:20
This paper presents a glimpse of academic collaboration between
countries in Latin America and the rest of the world, offering
specific examples in the fields of RF and Microwave Engineering.
It then lists a series of funding and networking mechanisms
which can be tapped to further strengthen ties and form solid,
long-lasting networks.
Non-Linear Modeling for Low and High Power
Microwave Transistors
Guillermo Rafael-Valdivia 1 , Zhiguo Su 2 ; 1 Universidad
La Salle, Peru; 2 Alcatel Lucent Shanghai Bell, China
EuMC44-2, Time: 11:40
An improved way to implement nonlinear models for microwave
transistors is shown for GaAs, GaN and LDMOS devices. It allows
conventional drain current functions and conventional equivalent
circuits to enhance their capabilities in order to predict frequency
dispersion.
A Wideband Output Matching Network for Doherty
Power Amplifier Applications
Jorge Julián Moreno, Edison Ferney Angarita; UPTC,
Colombia
EuMC44-3, Time: 12:00
This paper shows an output matching network proposal for
Doherty Power Amplifier applications. A preliminary theoretical
analysis of the proposed output network is shown and a demon-
strator has been simulated obtaining outstanding results in terms
of fractional bandwidth, efficiency and output power. The obtained
potential fractional bandwidth is 67% from 1.8 to 3.6 GHz with
in-band added efficiency between 32 and 36% at 6 dB output
back-off (OBO), 40 to 50% at saturation, and saturated output
power higher than 20W on the whole band.
A Novel Configurable FPGA Architecture for
Hardware Implementation of Multilayer
Feedforward Neural Networks Suitable for Digital
Pre-Distortion Technique
J. Renteria-Cedano 1 , C. Peréz-Wences 1 , L.M.
Aguilar-Lobo 1 , J.R. Loo-Yau 1 , S. Ortega-Cisneros 1 , P.
Moreno 1 , J.A. Reynoso-Hernández 2 ; 1 CINVESTAV-IPN,
Mexico; 2 CICESE, Mexico
EuMC44-4, Time: 12:20
This paper presents a novel Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
architecture for hardware implementation of Multilayer Feedfor-
ward Neural Networks (MFNNs) suitable for Digital Pre-Distortion
(DPD) technique. This architecture consists of a single neuron, sev-
eral storage units and multiplexors that allow the reconfiguration
via software of the FPGA to handle different numbers of inputs,
layers, neurons and threshold functions of the MFNN. This novel
FPGA architecture offers the advantage of using FPGAs with less
logical resources than those found in a Virtex-6. The usefulness
of this novel FPGA architecture is demonstrated by the modeling
of the AM-AM and AM-PM characteristics of a GaN class F PA and
a Doherty PA in a Virtex-6 FPGA from Xilinx configured with two
different MFNNs, using a 2.1 GHz LTE signal of 5 MHz of band-
width. The results obtained with the FPGA implementation are
compared with data computed with MATLAB achieving Normalize
Mean Square Error (NMSE) better than -50 dB.
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Multilayer Integration and Packaging on Substrate
Integrated Waveguide for Next Generation Wireless
Applications
Tarek Djerafi, Ke Wu; École Polytechnique de Montréal,
Canada
EuMC44-5, Time: 12:40
This paper presents the design techniques and realization ex-
amples of innovative multilayer substrate integrated waveguide
(SIW) structures for integrated wireless system applications. Such
multilayered SIW implementation presents numerous advantages
such as low profile, light weight, wideband characteristics, and easy
integration with other devices and components. In this paper, the
state-of-the-art of multilayer SIW passive components for low-cost
high-density integrated transceiver design are presented. Filters,
couplers, phase shifters, power dividers, and antenna arrays de-
signed for specific applications are discussed and the advantages
gained from multilayer schemes are described. Despite their easy
fabrications and outstanding performances, these technologies are
still struggling to compete with others for potential mainstream
solutions. In this paper, we also discuss challenging issues in the
development of multilayer SIW integrated modules that should
enable a near-future successful widespread deployment.
EuMC45 : Directive and Satellite Antennas
Room 17, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Peter Gardner, University of Birmingham
Co-Chair: Ioan Lager, Delft University of Technology
Design of Multimode Monopulse Tracking Feed for
Satellite Communication
Wentao Zhang 1 , Qiang Wang 1 , Chuanfei She 1 , Yingyi
He 1 , Kui Zhuang 1 , Ying Zhan 2 ; 1 China Academy of
Engineering Physics, China; 2 CETC 54, China
EuMC45-1, Time: 11:20
A novel dual-band multimode monopulse tracking feed is pre-
sented in this paper. A coaxial horn is employed to receive two
different bands incident waves. The central horn is operated in X
band with TE11 mode as sum signal and TE21 mode as difference
signal, while the coaxial area is operated in S band with TE11 mode
as sum signal and TEM mode as difference signal. Then the coaxial
horn is fed by a turnstyle type junction and a hybrid circuitry,
which consisting of 4 magic-T junctions and a 90◦ phase shift,
to extract TEM mode and TE11 signals respectively. The whole
monopulse tracking feed is designed, fabricated and tested for the
S and X band. It provides an excellent return loss and radiation
patterns. This work contributes to the development of a dual-band
monopulse tracking satellite terminal for satellite communication.
A Digital Beam-Forming Multiple-Beam Reflector
Antenna Subsystem for GEO Communication
Satellites
Qinghua Lai 1 , Chu Gao 1 , Tianjie Peng 1 , Zhenhua
Liu 1 , Xiaotao Wang 1 , Handong Wu 2 , Junmei Ma 2 ;
1
ECRIEE, China; 2 HengDa Microwave, China
EuMC45-2, Time: 11:40
This paper reports on the development of a multiple-beam reflec-
tor antenna subsystem applied for geosynchronous earth orbit
(GEO) communication satellites. The subsystem is composed of
two Gregorian reflector antennas, one operating in Ka band for
uplink connections and the other in K band for downlink path.
Each antenna consists of a large scaled feed array to provide the
capability of wide angle coverage. The feed array is fed by a switch
matrix which choses a part of feed elements to contact with TR
channels at a time. Four independent beams are synthesized using
digital beamforming techniques. With feed elements switched on
and off by switch matrix, beams can scan in the coverage zone. A
demonstrator of this antenna subsystem is recently fabricated and
measured at the institute. Experimental results are presented in
the context.
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A K/Ka Band Radiating Element for Tx/Rx Phased
Array
A.I. Sandhu 1 , E. Arnieri 2 , G. Amendola 2 , L. Boccia 2 , E.
Meniconi 3 , Volker Ziegler 4 ; 1 KAUST, Saudi Arabia;
2
Università della Calabria, Italy; 3 Qorvo, Germany;
4
Airbus Group Innovations, Germany
EuMC45-3, Time: 12:00
The paper presents a K/Ka band radiating element for TX/RX
phased arrays. Dual band operations is obtained using a single
radiating surface: a novel radiator is adopted and placed in a
configuration in which dual band and single band elements are
interleaved. The array elements are optimized to scan the beam in
excess of 50◦ in both bands. A subarray with 49 Rx elements and
105 Tx elements was built and measured confirming the results
obtained in simulations.
New Agile EBG Matrix Antenna for Space
Applications
Ali Siblini 1 , Hussein Abou Taam 2 , Bernard Jecko 1 ,
Mohamed Rammal 2 , Anthony Bellion 3 ; 1 XLIM, France;
2
Lebanese University, Lebanon; 3 CNES, France
EuMC45-4, Time: 12:20
This paper presents a new agile matrix antenna specialized for cir-
cularly polarized space applications. The design of the proposed
antenna matrix is based on elementary pixel which generates
circularly polarized field. The concept of the pixel is briefly
demonstrated as a patent and verified with several fabrications in
antenna arrays for linear polarization beam forming and steering.
The design will be used for several space applications with directive
and wide angle beams.
Synthesis of a 2D Reconfigurable Parasitic Element
Antenna
C. Menudier 1 , M. Thevenot 1 , E. Arnaud 1 , A. Oueslati 1 ,
F. Fezai 1 , T. Monediere 1 , N. Chevalier 2 , S. Reynaud 2 ;
1
XLIM, France; 2 CISTEME, France
EuMC45-5, Time: 12:40
This work presents the design of a low-cost concept of recon-
figurable antenna used as a test vehicle. It is based on parasitic
elements to simplify the feed distribution network of reconfig-
urable antenna. The synthesis of this antenna consists of the
stimulation of couplings to maximize the directivity in one or
several given directions. A constraint on the antenna matching is
also set to avoid the addition of a dedicated circuit on the driven
element. A prototype with 49 elements working at 2.45GHz has
been manufactured and measured. The results present a very good
agreement. The originality of this work is based on the important
number of parasitic elements and on the reactive loads connected
to them. These loads are synthesized to satisfy both the radiation
objective and the matching constraint.
EuMC46 : New Technologies for Filter
Realization
Room 12, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Richard Snyder, RS Microwave
Co-Chair: Vicente Boria, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Low-Loss Self-Switching Bandstop Filter
Sanghoon Shin, Andrew C. Guyette, Eric J. Naglich;
NRL, USA
EuMC46-1, Time: 14:20
A new switchable low-loss bandstop filter is presented based on an
indirect switching method combined with all-pass coupled lines.
The proposed design allows switching between an all-pass mode
and a bandstop filter mode for On/Off operation of a bandstop
response. Due to the location of the switch, which is outside of the
through line, the passband insertion loss is drastically improved
with this new method compared with a conventional switchable
bandstop filter configuration. In addition, the method provides
consistent group delay throughout the passband in both the
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all-pass mode and the bandstop filter mode, which is a capability
that is not commonly available in conventional multi-path-type
switched filter approaches. A 4-pole prototype switchable notch
filter centered at 1090 MHz with 14 MHz 30-dB bandwidth was
fabricated and measured for demonstration.
A Low-Loss Compact Stripline Low-Pass Filter for
Millimeter-Wave Applications
A. Gomez-Torrent 1 , I. Arregui 1 , J.D. Martinez 2 , F.
Teberio 1 , J.V.M. Sanchez de Rojas 2 , Vicente E. Boria 2 ,
M.A.G. Laso 1 ; 1 Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain;
2
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
EuMC46-2, Time: 14:40
In this work, a low-loss compact stripline low-pass-filter for
millimeter-wave applications is to be presented. The proposed
filter, with a pass-band from 26.5 GHz to 40 GHz and 55 dB of
rejection up to 65 GHz, shows an improved performance over the
classical alternative (a stepped-impedance filter). The filter has
been fabricated in LTCC technology and the effects of the fabri-
cation errors have been studied with a sensitivity analysis. The
study shows that the proposed filter is more robust to these errors
which, together with the reduced size, makes it more suitable for
later integration in a high-frequency system.
Novel Miniature Slow-Wave Resonator Filter Using
Multilayer LCP Circuit Technology
Zhou Zhou 1 , Jiasheng Hong 1 , Petronilo Martin
Iglesias 2 ; 1 Heriot-Watt University, UK; 2 ESA, The
Netherlands
EuMC46-3, Time: 15:00
This paper presents a novel microwave bandpass filter using
microstrip slow-wave open-loop resonators and multilayer liquid
crystal polymer (LCP) technologies. The new filter has not only
very compact size due to the slow-wave effect, but also exhibits
a ultra-wider upper stopband resulting from the dispersion prop-
erty. A five-pole microstrip filter of this type, i.e., a bandpass
filter centered at f c =1.18 GHz with -3dB fractional bandwidth of
17%, has been designed and fabricated. No spurious response,
which are at least 30-dB rejection, occurs for the frequency up to
10GHz. Moreover, the fabricated filter also has the compact size
of 0.102λg × 0.081λg and the light weight less than one gram by
using multilayer LCP circuit technology. Good agreement can be
observed between the simulation and measurement.
Continuously-Tunable-Bandwidth Acoustic-Wave
Resonator-Based Bandstop Filters and their
Multi-Mode Modeling
Dimitra Psychogiou 1 , Roberto Gómez-García 2 ,
Dimitrios Peroulis 1 ; 1 Purdue University, USA;
2
Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
EuMC46-4, Time: 15:20
This paper reports on high-quality-factor (Q) acoustic-wave
resonator (AWR)-based bandstop filters (BSFs) with continuously-
variable stopband bandwidth (BW). They are based on mixed-
technology resonant branches that are shaped by one acoustic-
wave-lumped-element resonator (AWLR) and two lumped-element
(LE) impedance inverters that are in-parallel cascaded to an all-
pass-type network. Despite the use of AWRs, transfer functions
with fractional bandwidths (FBWs) that are wider than the elec-
tromechanical coupling coefficient (k2t ) of the AWRs can be created
and controlled through the integration of variable LE capacitors
that preserve the AWR’s high-Q characteristics. A coupling-
matrix-based design approach that facilitates the prediction of
high- and low-frequency spurious modes — typically present in
a realistic AWR filter response — already at the synthesis level is
presented for the first time for AWR-based BSFs. An experimental
BSF prototype constructed with commercially-available surface
acoustic wave (SAW) resonators was built and tested at 418 MHz
for proof-of-concept purposes. It exhibits tunable BW between
0.18–0.71 MHz (0.55–2.2k2t , passband insertion loss (IL) between
0.55–2 dB and maximum stopband attenuation between 25–40 dB
(i.e., Q>8,000).
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Synthesis and Design of Suspended Substrate
Stripline Filters for Digital Microwave Power
Amplifiers
Monica Martinez Mendoza 1 , Andreas Wentzel 1 ,
Muhammad Sandhu 2 , Alejandro Alvarez-Melcon 3 ,
Wolfgang Heinrich 1 , Ian C. Hunter 2 ; 1 FBH, Germany;
2
University of Leeds, UK; 3 Universidad Politécnica de
Cartagena, Spain
EuMC46-5, Time: 15:40
In this paper, a synthesis method for suspended substrate stripline
filters for digital microwave power amplifier applications is pre-
sented. The synthesis method combines a lumped element and
full-wave mixed approach in a very efficient way. In order to
achieve high amplifier efficiency the filter must exhibit a high input
impedance in the stopband. This has been implemented for the
first time by using a capacitively end coupled filter combined with
stepped impedance resonators. A third order filter was designed.
Simulations show that the final stage drain efficiency of the power
amplifier and suppression of out-of-band frequency components
can be significantly improved when the new structure is used.
EuMC47 : Applicators and Sensors for
Medical Applications
Room 13, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Bart Nauwelaers, KU Leuven
Co-Chair: Nutapong Somjit, University of Leeds
Cutting Human Tissue with Novel
Atmospheric-Pressure Microwave Plasma Jet
Achim Stephan 1 , Holger Heuermann 1 , Michael
Prantner 2 ; 1 FH Aachen, Germany; 2 BOWA-electronic,
Germany
EuMC47-1, Time: 14:20
In this paper a novel atmospheric-pressure microwave plasma jet is
described for use as a microwave scalpel in surgery. The goal is to
cut human tissue with a minimum of collateral damage adjacent to
the cut. The microwave scalpel has several advantages compared to
current electro surgery, in particular that no potentially dangerous
currents flow through the patient’s body. Experiments have shown
the ability of our plasma jet to cut human tissue with good cut
performance, which must be further optimized.
Development of a 70MHz Unit for Hyperthermia
Treatment of Deep Seated Breast Tumors
J. Crezee, G. van Tienhoven, M.W. Kolff, J. Sijbrands, G.
van Stam, S. Oldenborg, E.D. Geijsen, M.C.C.M. Hulshof,
H.P. Kok; Academic Medical Center, The Netherlands
EuMC47-2, Time: 14:40
Hyperthermia of tumors in intact breast extending beyond the
heating depth of our superficial 434 MHz CFMA antennas requires
an alternative approach. A dedicated system was designed for this
purpose, consisting of a treatment bed fitted with a 50×40×16cm
temperature controlled open water bolus. The patient lies in
prone position with the breast immersed in the water positioned
in front of a 34×20cm 70 MHz waveguide placed in the bottom of
the bolus. Hyperthermia was applied once a week for the whole
breast with the 70 MHz applicator for 6 patients treated with
thermoradiotherapy for deep lesions of recurrent breast cancer
or melanoma. Two 14-sensor thermocouple thermometry probes
were placed in catheters to monitor the invasive temperature.
Results: The combination of 300–900W antenna power and a water
temperature of 42◦ C was well tolerated for the entire session of
one hour and resulted in good tumor temperatures with T10 =
42.2◦ C, T50 = 41.1◦ C, T90 = 39.8◦ C. No toxicity or complaints were
associated with the heating. A water mattress and other measures
were needed to assure a comfortable position throughout the
treatment. Conclusion: the 70 MHz breast applicator system
performed well and tumor temperatures were good.
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A New Haemostatic Device Utilising a Novel
Transmission Structure for Delivery of Adrenaline
and Microwave Energy at 5.8GHz
Shaun Preston 1 , Malcolm White 2 , Brian Saunders 3 ,
Zacharias Tsiamoulos 3 , Christopher P. Hancock 1 ;
1
Bangor University, UK; 2 Creo Medical, UK; 3 St. Marks
Hospital, UK
EuMC47-3, Time: 15:00
The design, development and testing of a microwave and adrenaline
haemostat for use in endoscopic procedures is shown herein. A
novel transmission line structure has been developed to facilitate
the delivery of both adrenaline and microwave energy to achieve
haemostasis. A proximal end impedance transformer and radiative
tip have been designed and manufactured to provide good match
between the novel hollow transmission line and the microwave
source and tissue respectively. Microwave energy at 5.8GHz has
been successfully delivered into porcine liver model providing a
controlled and focused coagulation zone of approximately 5mm
which would be useful for plugging of bleeding vessels.
Manufacturing Technologies for UHF RFID
Epidermal Antennas
S. Amendola 1 , A. Palombi 1 , L. Rousseau 2 , G.
Lissorgues 2 , G. Marrocco 1 ; 1 Università di Roma “Tor
Vergata”, Italy; 2 ESYCOM, France
EuMC47-4, Time: 15:20
Skin-mounted electronics is the next wave beyond wearable devices
for unobtrusively picking up vital signs (temperature, hydration,
biopotentials . . .) over the body surface. The recent evolution of
UHF RFID technology towards epidermal sensing applications plays
a key role to provide stick on sensors with wireless powering and re-
mote reading. In this paper different state of the art manufacturing
technologies (carved adhesive copper, microwires, inkjet printing
with self-sintering Ag-ink and photolithography) are applied to the
fabrication a small size UHF RFID epidermal sensor suitable for
measurements of the surface body temperature. Performance of
the resulting prototypes are systematically compared in terms of
achievable maximum gain, usability of bio-compatible conformable
substrates, time and costs for large-scale production.
A Feasibility Study on Human Gait Monitoring Using
a Wearable K-Band Radar
Yao Tang 1 , Lixin Ran 2 , Changzhi Li 1 ; 1 Texas Tech
University, USA; 2 Zhejiang University, China
EuMC47-5, Time: 15:40
Falling is a primary public problem which will cause serious in-
juries, especially for senior people aged over 65. Therefore, various
fall detection systems are designed and developed. However, in
existing researches, very few researchers use wearable radio fre-
quency device to monitor the signature of human leg and detect fall
event. In this paper, a feasibility study of all-time gait monitoring
using wearable K-band Doppler radar is presented. In the experi-
ment, a radar sensor was mounted on the subject’s right ankle or
right knee to capture the Doppler frequency. Experiment results
are compared to show different features of Doppler information
in different movements. Measurement results demonstrate the
feasibility of fall detection using wearable onboard radar system.
EuMC48 : Energy Harvesting and Wireless
Power Transfer
Room 14, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Alexandru Takacs, LAAS-CNRS
Co-Chair: Shigeo Kawasaki, JAXA
Design of a Wide Dynamic Range Rectifier Array
with an Adaptive Power Distribution Technique
Xiaoyu Wang, Omar Abdelatty, Amir Mortazawi;
University of Michigan, USA
EuMC48-1, Time: 14:20
This paper presents the design of a wide dynamic range rectifier
array using a novel adaptive power distribution method. In such a
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rectifier array, the RF input power is distributed among multiple
rectifier devices adaptively, according to their impedances as a
function of input power level. Such a rectifier array can achieve
high rectification efficiency and low reflection coefficient over a
wide range of power levels. The method is experimentally verified
with a 900 MHz two-device rectifier array, and demonstrated an
efficiency higher than 50% over 17 dB dynamic range (10 dB wider
than a conventional rectifier design using the same devices) with a
peak efficiency of 66%.
A Compact Size and High Efficiency CMOS-IPD
Rectenna Using 2.5D Wafer-Level Packing for a
Wireless Power Harvesting System
Kuei-Cheng Lin 1 , Po-Chang Wu 1 , Hann-Huei Tsai 1 ,
Ying-Zong Juang 1 , Chao-Shun Yang 2 , Guo-Wei
Huang 2 ; 1 NARLabs, Taiwan; 2 NDL, Taiwan
EuMC48-2, Time: 14:40
This work achieves a two-and-a-half-dimensional (2.5D) wafer-level
radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting rectenna module with a
compact size and high power conversion efficiency (PCE) that
integrates a 2.45 GHz antenna in an integrated passive device (IPD)
and a rectifier in a tsmc 0.18 μm CMOS process. The proposed
rectifier provides a master-slave voltage doubling full-wave topol-
ogy which can reach relatively high PCE by means of a relatively
simple circuitry. The IPD antenna was stacked on top of the
CMOS rectifier. The rectenna (including an antenna and rectifier)
achieves an output voltage of 1.2 V and PCE of 47% when the
operation frequency is 2.45 GHz, with -12 dBm input power. The
peak efficiency of the circuit is 83% with -4 dBm input power.
The die size of the RF harvesting module is less than 1 cm2 . The
performance of this module makes it possible to energy mobile
device and it is also very suitable for wearable and implantable
wireless sensor networks (WSN).
Cross Dipoles Rectenna for Microwave Applications
A. Okba, S. Charlot, P-F Calmon, A. Takacs, H. Aubert;
LAAS, France
EuMC48-3, Time: 15:00
This paper addresses recent results obtained in the Ku band by
using an innovative cross dipoles rectenna topology. The targeted
application is the harvesting of the spill-over losses of microwave
antennas for powering autonomous wireless sensors used for
satellite health monitoring. The experimental results demonstrate
that this compact antenna can provide at least 1 mW of DC power
when it is illuminated by an incident electric field of 38 V/m or
higher.
Impact of Symbol Rate and Roll-Off Factor on
Rectifier RF-DC Conversion Efficiency for WiCoPT
System
Hitoshi Shimamura 1 , Ryuya Tanaka 1 , Hiroto Sakaki 2 ,
Satoshi Yoshida 1 , Kenjiro Nishikawa 1 , Shigeo
Kawasaki 3 ; 1 Kagoshima University, Japan; 2 Mitsubishi
Electric, Japan; 3 JAXA, Japan
EuMC48-4, Time: 15:20
Wireless Communication and Power Transmission (WiCoPT) is a
technology that enables to transfer data and power simultaneously.
This paper analyzes and clarifies the impact of input modulated
signals on the RF-DC power conversion behavior of the rectifier.
The RF-DC power conversion efficiency (PCE) was characterized
by input power, symbol rate, and roll-off factor of the modulated
input signal. On the low symbol rate signal, the impact of the peak
to average power ratio (PAPR) value on the PCE is low, while the
impact of PAPR value on the PCE is high on the high symbol rate
signal. In addition, the optimal combination of the symbol rate
and the roll-off factor greatly improves the RF-DC PCE. Finally, the
paper proposes the channel bandwidth as an index of the PCE.
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A CMOS Full-Wave Rectifier with Threshold
Compensation Based on Inherent Body-Voltage
Control
Leandro Grasso 1 , Giuseppe Palmisano 1 , Ranieri
Guerra 2 ; 1 Università di Catania, Italy;
2
STMicroelectronics, Italy
EuMC48-5, Time: 15:40
An RF rectifier operating at 868 MHz is presented, which uses a
threshold-voltage compensation based on an inherent control of
the body voltage. Indeed, the proposed solution enhances circuit
performance in terms of power conversion efficiency (PCE) and
sensitivity, by properly driving transistor bulks without additional
components. A 10-stage CMOS full-wave rectifier was implemented
in a 0.13-μm CMOS technology for a typical RF harvesting appli-
cation. The circuit is capable of delivering 2.4 V and 1 μA to the
output load, while achieving a PCE performance of 38% with an RF
input power as low as -22 dBm.
EuMC49 : Photonic Technologies for
Terahertz Systems Engineering
Room 15, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: John Cunningham, University of Leeds
Co-Chair: William J. Otter, Imperial College London
Towards Optical Fiber Synthesis of Millimeter and
Submillimeter Waves
Ayman Hallal, Steve Bouhier, Simon Le Méhauté,
François Bondu; IPR (UMR 6251), France
EuMC49-1, Time: 14:20
Towards an optical synthesis of low phase noise continuous
millimeter and submillimeter electrical waves in a compact and an
all-fiber system, we present the all-electrical locking of the optical
frequency of a distributed feedback laser (DFB) diode at 1549 nm
tunable over 4 nm, on a fibered Fabry-Perot cavity. We demonstrate
a 6 MHz servo bandwidth and a frequency noise suppression
√
down to 0.3 Hz/ Hz at 80 kHz carrier offset frequency in the
error signal. Furthermore, we use a Brillouin fiber laser in order
to refine the stabilized laser linewidth and we√then demonstrate a
frequency noise suppression down to 0.4 Hz/ Hz at 100 kHz off-
set frequency, limited by the phase noise floor of the measurement
instrument.
Multi-Layered Stacked Patch-Antennas on
Electro-Optic Material for Optical Modulation
Y.N. Wijayanto 1 , A. Kanno 1 , T. Kawanishi 1 , H.
Murata 2 , T. Umezawa 1 , N. Yamamoto 1 , Y.
Okamura 2 ; 1 NICT, Japan; 2 Osaka University, Japan
EuMC49-2, Time: 14:40
Multi-layered stacked patch-antennas on an electro-optic (EO) ma-
terial are proposed for optical modulation. By using multi-layered
structures, larger antenna gain can be obtained to induce stronger
millimeter-wave electric fields. The induced millimeter-wave elec-
tric field can be used for optical modulation through the Pockels
effects of the EO crystal. Since the antenna gain is enhanced by
using multi-layered stacked patch-antennas, the modulation index
improvement can be obtained.
Improvements on Broadband Signals in Radio Over
Fiber Systems by Mode Filtering
Tamás Cseh 1 , Gábor Fekete 1 , Tibor Berceli 1 , Eszter
Udvary 1 , Ali Kabalan 2 , Wosen Kassa 2 , Carlos Viana 2 ,
Anne-Laure Billabert 2 , Salim Faci 2 , Jean-Luc Polleux 2 ,
Catherine Algani 2 ; 1 BME, Hungary; 2 ESYCOM, France
EuMC49-3, Time: 15:00
In this paper, we focus on the study of large bandwidth wireless
signal transmission following a 60 GHz standard over a multimode
fiber link used to cover optical distribution for the last mile. To
reduce the multimode effects within the fiber, a single mode fiber
is first added to play a role of mode filter, and then replaced by
a Mandrel as a filter. Error vector magnitude (EVM) is used as
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a metrics to analyze the signal degradation. Simulation results
are confirmed by measurements. The EVM of the RoF links on
single mode fiber, multimode fiber with and without filtering are
compared.
Delay-Line Optoelectronic Oscillator with All-Optical
Gain
K. Mikitchuk, A. Chizh, S. Malyshev; NASB, Belarus
EuMC49-4, Time: 15:20
In this paper, we present both theoretical and experimental anal-
ysis of delay-line all-optical gain optoelectronic oscillator. The
experimental study of oscillation amplitude, oscillation power time
stability, and spectrum is provided. Double Rayleigh scattering in
the optical fiber and signal-spontaneous beating noise of erbium-
doped fiber amplifier, and dynamical instabilities are investigated
numerically.
Quantum Mechanical Analysis of a THz Graphene
Travelling Wave Amplifier
Naimeh Ghafarian, Amir Hamed Majedi, Safieddin
Safavi-Naeini; University of Waterloo, Canada
EuMC49-5, Time: 15:40
In this paper, the possibility of travelling wave amplification in
graphene at the THz range of frequency is explored using a quan-
tum mechanical model. Graphene as a zero overlap semi-metal can
be easily doped electrically. Due to high mobility of electrons and
holes in graphene, high drift velocities can be induced by applying
a DC voltage across the graphene sheet. In this paper, the inter-
action between the EM wave and carriers in graphene is analysed.
The linear response theory is applied to find the induced current
and conductivity in the presence of an incident electromagnetic
wave. The results show that the negative conductivity and in turn
electromagnetic amplification in microwave and THz frequencies
can be obtained for drift velocities slightly greater than the phase
velocity at room temperature. With this property, graphene can be
used in future solid state travelling wave amplifiers instead of its
semiconductor counterparts.
EuMC50 : APMC Selected Papers
Room 16, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Stepan Lucyszyn, Imperial College London
Co-Chair: Roberto Sorrentino, University of Perugia
Broadband Doherty Power Amplifier and
Linearization
Wenhua Chen, Xiaofan Chen, Zonghao Wang;
Tsinghua University, China
EuMC50-1, Time: 14:20
This paper will review the recent progress in broadband Doherty
power amplifier (PA) and low feedback sampling rate digital predis-
tortion (DPD) techniques. Continuous mode impedance matching
method is proposed for Doherty PA for bandwidth enhancement,
which utilizes the cross-matching technique to realize the physical
output matching network. Owing to the compressive sensing
method, the behavioral model can be extracted by using the
aliased feedback signal, the broadband PA nonlinearity can be well
corrected by the estimated output, and the feedback sampling rate
can be reduced drastically.
Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for Future
Wireless Communication System
M.K.A. Rahim 1 , M.R. Hamid 1 , N.A. Samsuri 1 , N.A.
Murad 1 , M.F.M. Yusoff 1 , H.A. Majid 2 ; 1 Universiti
Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia; 2 Universiti Tun Hussein
Onn Malaysia, Malaysia
EuMC50-2, Time: 14:40
Frequency reconfigurable antennas gain interest especially in
future wireless communication systems due to flexibility in many
applications. This paper reviews three different configurations of
frequency reconfigurable antenna. The first configuration is the
narrowband to narrowband frequency reconfigurable using slot
type of antenna and microstrip antenna. The second configuration
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is the wideband to narrowband frequency reconfigurable antenna,
planar monopole contribute to the wideband characteristic while a
slot antenna is for narrowband. The third configuration used tun-
able electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) to configure the band notched
frequency. The designed structures simulated performances and
analysis are discussed in this paper. The analysis is also focused
on the performance of the diode as a switch to reconfigure the
frequencies.
Micromachined Switches and Phase Shifters for
Transmit/Receive Module Applications
Shiban K. Koul 1 , Sukomal Dey 1 , Ajay K. Poddar 2 ,
Ulrich L. Rohde 2 ; 1 IIT Delhi, India; 2 Synergy
Microwave, USA
EuMC50-3, Time: 15:00
This work presents micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) based
switches and phase shifters for transmit/receive module appli-
cations. All designs are implemented using coplanar waveguide
(CPW) transmission line and fabricated on 635-μm alumina sub-
strate using surface micromachining process. Different switching
networks like series/shunt configuration, single-pole-double-throw
(SPDT), single-pole-four-throw (SP4T), SP8T, SP9T and SP12T are
presented for application in multi-bit digital phase shifters. One
configuration of the 5-bit phase shifter demonstrates an average
insertion loss of 2.65 dB in the 16.75–17.25 GHz band with a return
loss better than 22 dB and average phase error less than 0.68◦ at
17 GHz. Total area of the fabricated 5-bit phase shifter is 13 mm2 .
EuMCPoster01 : EuMC Poster Session 1
Exhibition Hall, 13:00–14:20, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Rob Sloan, University of Manchester
Compact Single-Band Planar Crossover Based on
Coupled Lines
Wenjie Feng, Tianyu Zhang, Wenquan Che; NUST,
China
EuMCPoster01-1, Time: 12:30
A compact single-band planar crossover based on coupled lines
loaded with open stubs is proposed in this paper. Two conven-
tional coupled lines loaded with different electrical wavelength
open stubs are used to realize the single passband. The center
frequencies of the planar crossover can be adjusted over a wide
frequency band by changing the even/odd-mode characteristic
impedance of the coupled lines and the characteristic impedance
of the open stubs. A compact planar single-band crossover located
at 1.78 GHz is designed and fabricated for verification. The
theoretical and measured results are in good agreement and show
good in-band performances.
90◦ Broadband Asymmetrical Open-Short-Stub
Phase Shifter with Inductance Compensation
Muh-Dey Wei, Peco Gjurovski, Renato Negra; RWTH
Aachen University, Germany
EuMCPoster01-2, Time: 12:30
A 90◦ broadband asymmetrical open-short-stub phase shifter
(PS) using inductance compensation is demonstrated. A typical
stub-load PS uses the same characteristic impedances of the stubs.
In this paper, the asymmetrical open-short stubs are proposed
to improve the fractional bandwidth (FBW). Furthermore, the
inductance of the via of the short stub is deliberately adopted to
compensate the asymmetrical impedance. Measurement shows a
FBW of 90.4% for a phase difference of 90◦ ± 5◦ while S11 is below
-10 dB. The proposed phase shifter is fabricated on a low-cost 1
mm-FR4 substrate.
Resonant Properties of Mismatched Ring Circuits
Sebastian Raabe, Carsten Monka, Sebastian Franke,
Reinhard Caspary, Joerg Schoebel; Technische
Universität Braunschweig, Germany
EuMCPoster01-3, Time: 12:30
In this paper, we derive a novel condition for single-resonance
operation of microwave travelling-wave ring resonators which in
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contrast to the published condition derived from S 11 is valid for
the ring’s field multiplication factor M = S 31 . Unlike analyses
available in literature, the analysis shown in this paper employs
signal flow graphs, which is more flexible and allows to account for
discontinuities with spatial expansion.
Ultra Broadband Planar Transmission Line
Transformers with Ferrite Based Bandwidth
Extension
Zihui Zhang, Georg Boeck; Technische Universität
Berlin, Germany
EuMCPoster01-4, Time: 12:30
This work describes the design and implementation of broadband
broadside coupled impedance transformers with and without
ferrite cores. Both transformers have the same dimensions, but
in one of both two nanocrystalline cores around the broadside
coupled 25Ω transmission lines have been added. The cores have
a very high permeability of 100000. The planar transformers are
fabricated with RO4003 PCB material. The version without core
has a VSWR at both ports of smaller than two and a insertion loss
of lower than 1 dB over the whole bandwidth from 300MHz to 8
GHz. For the same VSWR and insertion loss specifications the core
loaded transformer achieves a bandwidth of 1.5MHz to 8 GHz. A
very good agreement between simulation and measurement can be
observed.
Real-Valued Discrete-Time Impulse Response
Representation of Bandpass S-Parameters
Yudie Wang, Anding Zhu, Thomas J. Brazil; University
College Dublin, Ireland
EuMCPoster01-5, Time: 12:30
Accurate and efficient time-domain simulation techniques for
broadband microwave networks at system level are highly desir-
able in modern computer-aided-design (CAD) tools, because of
advantages in terms of high simulation speed and the reduced
requirement for full circuit-level details of the simulated networks.
A method for accurate time-domain representation of bandpass
S-parameters is proposed in this paper, in order to produce fast
time-domain steady-state responses of broadband high-frequency
linear, time-invariant systems. A real-valued discrete-time impulse
response (DTIR) representation is used in the proposed method.
As a result, the processes of down-conversion and up-conversion
of input signals and system bandpass transfer functions normally
required in bandpass analysis, can be effectively avoided. For
example, the method can be used in the design of distortion
cancellation circuits in full-duplex communication systems.
Compact Low Phase-Noise MEMS-Based RF Oscillator
on a Dedicated Silicon-Ceramic Composite Substrate
J. Stegner, M. Fischer, S. Gropp, D. Podoskin, U. Stehr,
Jens Müller, M. Hoffmann, Matthias A. Hein;
Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
EuMCPoster01-6, Time: 12:30
Over the last few years, a unique silicon-ceramic composite sub-
strate technology has been developed, where a silicon wafer can
be directly bonded to a stack of low-temperature co-fired ceramic
layers. With this approach, a composite substrate is constructed
which combines the advantages of two versatile materials for
the design of integrated RF modules: the superior electrical
performance of low-temperature co-fired ceramic technology for
the realisation of three-dimensional passive RF and microwave
circuitry, and the unique possibilities for the integration of mi-
croelectromechanical systems on the silicon wafer. Additionally,
it is feasible to fabricate CMOS integrated circuits directly on
the silicon wafer. Within this work, the powerful concept of the
silicon-ceramic composite substrate is explained and illustrated in
terms of a compact MEMS resonator-based RF oscillator module.
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Ferroelectric Varactor on Diamond Substrate for
High Power Microwave Applications
A. Tumarkin, A. Altynnikov, A. Mikhailov, R. Platonov,
Andrey Kozyrev, S. Razumov, A. Gagarin, I. Kotelnikov;
St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
EuMCPoster01-7, Time: 12:30
Ferroelectric planar varactor with barium strontium titanate (BSTO)
film on diamond substrate was fabricated by RF magnetron sput-
tering and investigated at microwaves (MW). The measurements
at frequency 3 GHz and different levels of MW power (up to P ∼
10 var) was performed for varactors based on diamond and Al2 O3
substrates for comparison. A significant difference in thermal
response under MW power of the varactors investigated was
demonstrated: the overheating of FE film was observed as ΔT ∼
(20–30) K on Al2 O3 and ΔT ∼ 2 K on diamond at maximum MW
power.
Design of BST-on-Si Composite FBARs for
Switchable BAW Filter Application
Milad Zolfagharloo Koohi, Seungku Lee, Amir
Mortazawi; University of Michigan, USA
EuMCPoster01-8, Time: 12:30
This paper presents optimal design of switchable BST-on-Si com-
posite film bulk acoustic resonators (FBARs) for bulk acoustic
wave (BAW) filter applications. To design BAW filters with lower
insertion losses and wider bandwidth, resonators’ Q×Kt 2 is
maximized. Furthermore, lateral wave spurious resonances that
can significantly degrade the composite FBARs performance, are
eliminated by designing a frame at the border of ferroelectric-on-Si
FBARs. Using COMSOL simulations, a raised frame is designed at
the border of BST-on-Si composite FBAR, which is dispersion type
I resonator. Designed structure has been validated by fabrication
and measurement and it is compared to typical composite FBAR
structures without frame.
Gain Improved Stacked Antenna Tuned Using
Ferromagnetic Nanoparticles and Ferroelectrics
Films
Y. Malallah 1 , K. Alhassoon 1 , D. Venkatesh 1 , A.S.
Daryoush 1 , C. Chinnasamy 2 , M. Marinescu 2 , H.
Gundel 3 ; 1 Drexel University, USA; 2 Electron Energy,
USA; 3 IETR, France
EuMCPoster01-9, Time: 12:30
High gain tunable annular ring antenna structure for WiFi band
are reported by stacking passive elements over an active element
realized on a composite substrate of ferromagnetic nanoparti-
cles or ferroelectric thin films with FR4 baseline substrate. Low
coercivity material with high refraction index, low loss, and high
saturation moment are attractive in realization of tunable small
sized radio frequency (RF) circuits. The FeCo was characterized
to have permeability of more than 8 and loss tangent of less than
0.1, while the BST have permittivity of more than 140 and loss
tangent of less than 0.02. This paper addresses the use of Fe60 Co40
soft magnetic nanoparticles to realize high gain tunable stacked
antennas for WiFi band and a similar approach is extended to
manganese-doped Ba0.8 Sr0.2 TiO3 (BST) soft ferroelectric thin films.
A Finite Element Method (FEM) computational method is used for
design and performance optimization of composite antennas with
superstrates to achieve frequency tuning and an improved gain.
The designed FeCo antenna demonstrates 5% frequency tuning per
0.1T of applied DC magnetic field and realized gain of 3dBi. The
simulated performance of BST based antenna is a frequency tuning
of 1.6% and expected gain of 5dBi using a 40kV/mm electric field.
RF Solderless Vertical Interconnection for 3D
Module Integration
Andrea Bentini, Giovanni De Santis, Marco Bartocci;
Elettronica, Italy
EuMCPoster01-10, Time: 12:30
This contribution presents the design and fabrication of a RF
solderless vertical interconnection. The test vehicle exploits the
spring contact technology to interface two RF multilayer circuit
boards. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of
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such approach for the development of broadband (DC-18GHz) RF
interconnections for 3D module integration.
L-Band SiGe HBT Active Differential Equalizers with
Variable Inclination and Position of the Positive or
Negative Gain Slopes
Yasushi Itoh, Hiroaki Takagi; Shonan Institute of
Technology, Japan
EuMCPoster01-11, Time: 12:30
L-band SiGe HBT active differential equalizers with variable incli-
nation and position of the positive or negative gain slopes have
been designed and fabricated for frequency and temperature com-
pensation of microwave and optical systems. The active equalizer
employs dual-resonant RLC circuits in the series feedback path
of the differential amplifier for positive gain slopes or in the load
for negative gain slopes. The implemented active equalizers have
achieved positive gain slopes of +54 to +87dB/GHz across 0.2 to
0.6GHz as well as negative gain slopes of -55 to -95dB/GHz over
1.1 to 1.5GHz. The active differential equalizers presented in this
paper have an outstanding feature of providing variable inclination
and position of the positive or negative gain slopes, which can
be easily adjusted to meet with various stringent requirements
for frequency and temperature compensation in microwave and
optical systems.
Broadband High Linearity IQ Modulator for Direct
Conversion Transmitters
Nir Yahav, Avner Efendowicz; Broadcom, Israel
EuMCPoster01-12, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a novel modification to the Gilbert cell mixer
topology that increases linearity and it presents an approach for
designing a broadband high linearity up-conversion mixer that
includes an LO cancellation circuitry. A 12–20GHz IQ modulator
that has been designed using the presented modifications was
fabricated and measured. The IQ modulator exhibits an OIP3
greater than 19dBm, OIP2 greater than 45dBm, and output 1dB
compression of over 5dBm.
A Broadband Frequency Ramp Generator for Very
Fast Network Analysis Based on a Fractional-N
Phase Locked Loop
Malte Mallach 1 , David-Benjamin Grys 1 , Thomas
Musch 1 , Robert Storch 2 ; 1 Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Germany; 2 KROHNE Innovation, Germany
EuMCPoster01-13, Time: 12:30
In this paper, we propose a frequency ramp generator for very fast
network analysis in the frequency range from 0.4 GHz to 6 GHz.
Highly linear analog frequency ramps are synthesized at high fre-
quencies (8.4 GHz to 14 GHz), using a wideband voltage-controlled
oscillator (VCO) stabilized by a fractional-N phase locked loop
(PLL), and are mixed down to the desired frequency band using a
second PLL-stabilized VCO at a constant frequency of 14.4 GHz.
In order to achieve a wideband PLL-stabilization, the loop gain
variation is reduced by inserting a voltage dependent damping
network between the loop filter and the wideband VCO. This leads
to an almost constant transient and phase noise performance in the
complete frequency range. The overall phase noise at the output
of the ramp generator is below -99 dBc/Hz at offset frequencies
above 10 kHz. The proposed ramp generator allows for fast and
accurate network analysis which is demonstrated by means of
measurements with a homodyne prototype system. The sweep
time of the system (0.5 ms) is significantly shorter compared to
previously published ramp based systems and commercial network
analyzers, and allows monitoring of rapidly changing measurement
scenarios.
Inductorless Wideband LNA with Improved Input
Matching Using Feedforward Technique
Pierre Bousseaud, Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Renato
Negra; RWTH Aachen University, Germany
EuMCPoster01-14, Time: 12:30
This paper presents the design of an inductorless wideband LNA
for multistandard wireless applications including WiFi, Bluetooth,
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GSM and WCDMA. The circuit uses a current reuse shunt-shunt
feedback architecture with a feedforward path in order to improve
the input matching, gain and noise figure (NF) simultaneously. The
amplifier has been fabricated in standard 65nm CMOS technology
and operates under a 1.2 V supply voltage. The achievable peak
gain is 16 dB with a -3 dB bandwidth between 100 MHz and 5 GHz,
while the input matching provides a S 11 ≤ -9 dB between 100 MHz
and 10 GHz. The noise figure is kept below 5 dB until the frequency
of 9.5 GHz. The linearity of the amplifier gives an input P 1dB and
IIP3 of -17 dBm and -6 dBm respectively. The power consumption
is only 6.3 mW. The area of the chip occupies only 0.1 mm2 with
pads included.
Front-End MMICs for Broadband High Throughput
Satellite Systems Utilizing V and Q-Band
David Neilson, Norman Chiang, Ronald Remba,
James J. Sowers; SSL, USA
EuMCPoster01-15, Time: 12:30
To utilize the V and Q band spectrum for commercial satellite pay-
loads, high performance, space-qualified, millimeter-wave active
devices are required. There are several critical issues associated
with designing and manufacturing space-qualified devices at these
frequencies. Specifically, the smaller feature sizes, larger circuit
parasitics, and decreasing active device performance dictated by
higher frequencies make it difficult to produce parts that meet the
demanding requirements for these advanced payloads. Require-
ments such as high linearity, low noise figure, and wide bandwidth
need to be optimized for V and Q band applications. Additionally,
a path to space-qualification must be considered for these active
devices. This paper will focus on the development of 0.1μm
pHEMT MMICs to meet the requirements for these challenging
applications. Specifically those related to the front-end section
of the transponder. MMIC qualification, design, performance,
and future developments will be discussed. Finally, validation of
these MMIC designs is presented with measurements giving, to
the best of the author’s knowledge, the first reported performance
for a fully integrated V-Band receiver unit designed for space
qualification.
Millimeter Wave Six-Port QPSK Modulators for High
Data-Rate Wireless Communications
B. Zouggari, C. Hannachi, E. Moldovan, S.O. Tatu;
INRS-EMT, Canada
EuMCPoster01-16, Time: 12:30
In this paper, two direct V-Band and W-Band high data-rate QPSK
modulators based on six-port technology are presented and an-
alyzed. In order to evaluate the performances of the proposed
modulators under realistic conditions, a six-port model based
on the measured S-parameters of fabricated V-Band and W-Band
circuits has been implemented in system simulations. The perfor-
mances in terms of Bit Error Rate (BER) are analyzed for various
data-rates of a pseudorandom QPSK signal: 100 Mbps, 500 Mbps
and 1 Gbps. The obtained results demonstrate an excellent BER
for both considered frequency bands, over 10% bandwidth, which
perfectly meets the required specifications for future high-speed
wireless communication systems.
Graphical Approach to Analysis and Design of
Gain-Boosted Near-f max Feedback Amplifiers
Shuhei Amakawa, Yuji Ito; Hiroshima University, Japan
EuMCPoster01-17, Time: 12:30
It is a challenge to design amplifiers operating near the transistor
unity-power-gain frequency f max . This paper presents a graphical
chart (MAG-K chart) and associated analytic equations for analysis
and design of near-f max gain-boosted feedback amplifiers. The
graphical approach provides an efficient means of finding feedback
networks that give the highest possible maximum available gain
(MAG) for a given stability (K) at a target frequency. This is
somewhat analogous to the Smith chart providing an intuitive
means of synthesising matching networks. Each of the designs
thus found can subsequently be checked for bandwidth and
realisability. It is shown with simulated design examples that a
better feedback network could be found that offers higher gain
over a broader bandwidth than successful state-of-the-art designs.
Feedback configurations taken up in the examples include not
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only the simple shunt-shunt and series-series feedback, but also
more complex, tapped transformer feedback, which was recently
successfully used in an InP millimetre-wave amplifier.
Microwave Active Ring Resonator Based on
Spin-Wave Delay Line
M.I. Martynov, A.A. Nikitin, A.B. Ustinov, B.A. Kalinikos;
St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University, Russia
EuMCPoster01-18, Time: 12:30
The complex transmission coefficient of active ring resonators
based on spin-wave delay lines was investigated both theoretically
and experimentally. Influence of the parameters of the delay line
on the transmission coefficients was studied and analyzed. It was
shown that the resonant frequencies that define the bandpasses
of the ring resonator depend on the ferrite film thickness and
the distance between spin-wave antennae. These dependences
give possibility to reconfigure the transmission coefficient that in
combination with magnetic tuning provide flexibility for microwave
applications.
Design of Liquid Crystal Based Coplanar Waveguide
Tunable Phase Shifter with No Floating Electrodes
for 60–90GHz Applications
J.F. Li, H. Xu, D.P. Chu; University of Cambridge, UK
EuMCPoster01-19, Time: 12:30
A continuously tunable millimeter wave (mm-wave) phase shifter
for 60–90 GHz applications was proposed using a coplanar waveg-
uide (CPW) structure without the use of a floating electrode (FE). In
contrast to conventional CPW-FE structures, the proposed FE-free
CPW device can be modulated by the nematic liquid crystal (LC)
materials confined in two symmetric feeding channels. The nearly
true-TEM nature of this CPW design enables wideband and low-loss
operations, particularly in high frequencies up to 90 GHz. In
order to optimize between high tunability and low loss, the aspect
ratio of the CPW structure was optimized to maximize the defined
Figure-of-Merit (FoM). By taking into account different loss mecha-
nisms in the designed structure and the effect of LC orientations,
the driving-voltage dependent impedance matching was examined
to minimize the return and insertion losses. As an example, the
design of a phase shifter aimed to operate at 79 GHz with low
bias voltages (0–10 V) is presented, showing a wide phase shift
range of 0–408◦ and a low insertion loss from -6.15dB to -4.56dB.
The corresponding FoM is 66.3◦ /dB, which make it possible to
outperform over other LC-based phase shifters as reported within
the targeted frequency range of 60–90 GHz.
Impedance Tuner Using BST Varactors in
Alumina-Based IPD Technology
Ka Wai Wong, Raafat R. Mansour; University of
Waterloo, Canada
EuMCPoster01-20, Time: 12:30
A compact, low loss and wide coverage impedance tuner using
alumina-based integrated passive device (AIPD) technology is pro-
posed. By integrating a tuning element- barium strontium titanate
(BST) varactor, with high-Q AIPD L-C elements, an impedance tuner
with wide impedance coverage range is achieved while maintaining
low insertion losses. Details of the in-house AIPD fabrication pro-
cess are presented. Measured results for a continuous impedance
tuner designed at 2.5 GHz are presented demonstrating a maxi-
mum insertion loss of 1.2-dB impedance tuner from 2 – 3 GHz. The
overall footprint of the chip is only 3.8 mm × 1.88 mm.
Experimental Proof-of-Principle of a Passive, Nearly
Reciprocal, Transistor-Based Tuneable RF
Inductance
S. Loracher, K. Blau, U. Stehr, Ralf Stephan, Matthias A.
Hein; Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
EuMCPoster01-21, Time: 12:30
An innovative approach for tuneable reactances using the example
of electronic inductances is introduced and the operation prin-
ciple affirmed by measurement. Hitherto solutions for variable
inductances often lack applicability in serial paths or do not
exhibit passive behaviour. The presented circuit shows, even
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though transistor-based, a passive and reciprocal tuneable in-
ductive behaviour at its terminals over a broad range of biasing
conditions and frequencies. Thereby it accommodates more
degrees-of-freedom in circuit design and possibilities for interest-
ing applications, e.g., in integrated circuit design for a multitude
of relevant applications in sensing and mobile communications.
A test board was implemented and measured, confirming the
principle-of-operation in agreement with numerical simulations,
demonstrating a transistor-based, passive, tuneable, nearly recip-
rocal inductance over a frequency range larger than a decade.
Tunable and Switchable Dual-Band BPF with
Reconfigurable Selectivity and Bandwidth Control
Nagendra Kumar, Yatendra Kumar Singh; IIT Patna,
India
EuMCPoster01-22, Time: 12:30
A tunable dual-band bandpass filter (BPF) with reconfigurable
selectivity and bandwidth control using varactor diodes has been
presented in this paper. The proposed dual-band BPF consists of
two dual-mode microstrip resonators with centrally loaded stubs.
It is shown that, the transmission zero (TZ) of a single dual-mode
stub-loaded resonator can be tuned to lower or higher side of the
passband. Using this property of the BPF, four different dual-band
responses have been achieved by tuning the transmission zeros
of a particular passband. All four different responses are tunable.
The proposed BPF also offers a bandwidth controllable property
while tuning of the passband. For the demonstration of the above
properties of the proposed design a dual-band BPF is designed and
fabricated. The first passband of the fabricated filter has a tuning
range of 1.25 to 1.68 GHz. Also the second passband tunes from
1.72 to 2.01 GHz.The first and second passband’s FBW varies from
4.7% to 11.1% at 1.4 GHz and 3.6% to 6.2% at 1.90 GHz respectively.
Compact Harmonic Tuning Circuits for Class-F
Amplifiers Using Negative Order Resonance Modes
of CRLH Stub Lines
Shinichi Tanaka, Souta Koizumi, Kengo Saito; Shibaura
Institute of Technology, Japan
EuMCPoster01-23, Time: 12:30
Extremely compact harmonic tuning circuits for class-F amplifier
are realized using composite right-/left-handed transmission line
(CRLH TL) stubs. The circuit takes up only a small fraction of the
amplifier circuit area and yet is capable of treating four harmonics
up to the fifth with a single stub or double stub configurations.
This has become possible by using the negative order resonance
modes of the CRLH TL, allowing for flexible and simultaneous
control of many harmonics by tuning the dispersion curve of the
stub line.
Joint Compensation of Modulator and Power
Amplifier Nonlinearities Based on a Complex-Valued
Volterra Model
C. Crespo-Cadenas, M.J. Madero-Ayora, J.
Reina-Tosina, J.A. Becerra-González; Universidad de
Sevilla, Spain
EuMCPoster01-24, Time: 12:30
This paper proposes a general Volterra model for complex-valued
systems and shows its application to the joint compensation of
linear and nonlinear impairments of a wireless communications
transmitter composed by an I/Q modulator followed by a power
amplifier (PA). The proposed structure, referred to as widely
nonlinear (WNL) model, sets its roots in the systematic application
of complex-valued signal processing techniques. The components
of the model structure are subsequently pruned through the use of
a compressed-sensing algorithm that selects the active regressors
from the full model. A digital predistorter (DPD) based on the
WNL model was applied to the joint mitigation of a transmitter
composed by a commercial vector signal generator configured
with artificial impairments, followed by a preamplifier and the
evaluation board of a GaN PA operating at 3.6 GHz. Measurement
results showed an improved performance for the proposed lin-
earizer compared with a DPD based on the generalized memory
polynomial model, both in terms of in-band and out-of-band
metrics.
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Output Harmonic Optimisation of Dynamically Load
Modulated Power Amplifiers
Konstantinos Mimis 1 , Gavin T. Watkins 1 , Atsushi
Yamaoka 2 , Keiichi Yamaguchi 2 ; 1 Toshiba Research
Europe, UK; 2 Toshiba, Japan
EuMCPoster01-25, Time: 12:30
In this work, efficiency improvements of dynamically load mod-
ulated amplifiers through output harmonic manipulation are
explored. A probability density function (PDF) conscious design
approach is proposed, according to which the harmonic output
terminations are optimised based on the PDF of the intended input
signal. The approach is investigated through load-pull measure-
ments of two GaN HEMT devices (CGH40010 and CGH40025) at
900MHz with the second harmonic output termination optimised
for peak and back-off output power conditions. An improvement
of average power added efficiency (PAE) by 2.0–5.6% is calculated
under various LTE DL signals simply by second harmonic termina-
tion optimisation.
Parallel Combination of High-Efficiency Amplifiers
with Spurious Rejection for Concurrent Multiband
Operation
Jun Enomoto, Haruka Nishizawa, Ryo Ishikawa,
Yoichiro Takayama, Kazuhiko Honjo; University of
Electro-Communications, Japan
EuMCPoster01-26, Time: 12:30
An efficient concurrent multiband power amplifier configuration
has been proposed for high-data-rate wireless communication
systems. Single-band high-efficiency power amplifiers are designed
by adding spurious rejection functions which are embedded in
input and output fundamental-frequency matching circuits. And
those amplifiers are connected in parallel. In this configuration,
significant merits exist in comparison with usual dual-band or
broadband amplifiers, especially with regard to distortion charac-
teristics. To confirm this, a 4.5-/8.5-GHz-band GaN HEMT amplifier
was fabricated, and it exhibited maximum drain efficiencies of 64%
and 54% and maximum power added efficiencies of 61% and 41%
at 4.49 GHz and 8.42 GHz, respectively, on a concurrent operation
with a highly suppressed near-band spurious level of less than -38
dBc.
A Hybrid 50-W GaN-HEMT Ku-Band Power Amplifier
Felix Rautschke 1 , Daniel Maassen 1 , Florian Ohnimus 2 ,
Lothar Schenk 2 , Uwe Dalisda 2 , Georg Boeck 1 ;
1
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany; 2 Rohde &
Schwarz, Germany
EuMCPoster01-27, Time: 12:30
In this paper the design, implementation, and experimental results
of a Ku-band 50W GaN-HEMT power amplifier (PA) for satellite
communication are presented. A 250nm bare-die device has
been chosen to achieve high saturated efficiency over the whole
extended Ku-band uplink (13.75 – 14.5 GHz). The circuit was
realized in a hybrid microwave integrated circuit (MIC) technology
on an alumina substrate. The PA shows a measured performance
of more than 40W output power for a continuous wave (CW) signal
with a PAE higher than 21%. Modulated measurements (QPSK)
demonstrate an output power of more than 30W (50W peak) and
21% PAE, while holding the linearity requirements specified by
Eutelsat.
Comparison of Filter Bank Multi-Carrier and
Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing RFPA
Linearisation Requirement
Kibrom N. Gebremicael 1 , Kevin Morris 1 , Souheil
Bensmida 1 , Mark Beach 1 , Stephen Wales 2 , Michalis
Kyriacou 3 ; 1 University of Bristol, UK; 2 Roke Manor
Research, UK; 3 University of York, UK
EuMCPoster01-28, Time: 12:30
Increased network capacity and transmission speed has driven
the development of many different wireless standards. Radio
Frequency (RF) Technology has also been improving with the
changing wireless standards. Such developments demand high
linearity and power added efficiency from the RF Power Amplifier
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(RFPA). 5th Generation wireless standard (5G) is the next generation
standard for mobile telecommunications. In this paper we con-
sider a waveform obtained using Filter Bank Multi-carrier (FBMC)
modulation, one of possible candidates for 5G, and investigate its
impact with respect to RFPA behavioural modelling parameters.
The measurement has been carried out using 30 MHz to 2000
MHz, 25 W GaN wideband power amplifier. Measurement has also
been performed in the presence Orthogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing (OFDM) RF signals at the input of the power amplifier.
And the result is analysed in terms of crest factor, non-linear
order, memory depth and Adjacent Channel Leakage Ratio (ACLR)
improvement.
The Two-Tone Model for Power Amplifier Modeling
Telmo R. Cunha, Filipe M. Barradas, José C. Pedro;
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
EuMCPoster01-29, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a novel methodology for power amplifier
(PA) behavioral model formulation. Instead of the conventional
“postulate and test”, we start from the features that the model
should address, to build it in a constructive way. As an example, we
formulate a model intended to represent the nonlinear dynamics
excited by a two-tone excitation. Conceived in the frequency
domain, the resulting time-domain model, the Two-Tone Model,
shows a very simple and flexible architecture and yet a very good
modeling accuracy when tested against the standard Generalized
Memory Polynomial (GMP) model.
160W Peak Highly Linear Multilevel Outphasing
Transmitter
Chi Thanh Nghe 1 , Daniel Maassen 1 , Georg Boeck 1 , J.
Guan 2 , A. Aref 2 , Renato Negra 2 ; 1 Technische
Universität Berlin, Germany; 2 RWTH Aachen
University, Germany
EuMCPoster01-30, Time: 12:30
This work presents a high power highly linear multilevel outphasing
transmitter, which meets ACLR specifications for an LTE downlink
signal without the use of DPD. This is feasible, because up to 64
discrete output power levels can be used. These are needed to
attain the required dynamic range for high peak-to-average-power
signals. The three-stage GaN power amplifier (PA) line-up of each
branch provides a gain of greater than 55 dB and overall PAE of 50%
at a peak output power of 120 W. Operated with four amplitude
levels and an isolating power combiner, the transmitter employing
two of these PAs delivers an ACLR of -41 dBc, whereas in a 64-level
configuration the transmitter meets the standard with -46 dBc
for a 5 MHz downlink LTE signal. The average output power is
more than 25 W (160 W peak), while EVM is 2.81%. To the best of
our knowledge, this is the highest power outphasing transmitter
reported in literature.
Phase Control in Photonically Steered Phased Array
Transmitters by Optical Homodyne Detection
Kevin Kolpatzeck, Lars Häring, Andreas Czylwik;
Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
EuMCPoster01-31, Time: 12:30
Photonic beamforming by shifting the optical phase of one of the
two local oscillators in a photomixing setup is a viable candidate
for beamforming in terahertz frequency transmitters due to its
seamless integration with terahertz generation by photomixing.
Compared to the more common true time delay approach photonic
beamforming is famous for, this concept has the advantage that the
optical phase shifters are standard telecom components realizable
in a photonic integrated circuit and do not need to scale with RF
frequency. However, practical realization is problematic due to
the disproportionate optical path length sensitivity of the optical
phase and its susceptibility to thermal drift. In particular, the use
of fiber-optic components is precluded without a means of phase
control. While at microwave frequencies the phase difference
between the antenna elements can be measured in the electrical
domain and potential phase errors can be fed back to the optical
phase shifter, this is not an option at terahertz frequencies. In this
paper, a concept will be presented for measuring the phases of the
antenna signals by optical homodyne detection, and using these
measurements to control the optical phases appropriately.
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Experimental Test of a W-Band Gyro-TWA for Cloud
Radar Applications
W. He, C.R. Donaldson, L. Zhang, P. McElhinney, H. Yin,
J.R. Garner, K. Ronald, A.W. Cross, A.D.R. Phelps;
University of Strathclyde, UK
EuMCPoster01-32, Time: 12:30
In this paper initial experimental results of a W-band gyrotron
travelling wave amplifier (gyro-TWA) which is upgraded to operate
at a high pulse repetitive frequency of 2 kHz will be presented. The
gyro-TWA based on a helically corrugated interaction region and
cusp electron beam source can output a maximum power of 5 kW at
its centre frequency of ∼94 GHz with an instantaneous frequency
bandwidth of 10 GHz. The design, upgrade and performance of
the amplifier and its components will be presented.
Novel Microwave Diode for Millimeter Waves on the
Base of Asymmetrically Doped Semiconductor
Structure
Algirdas Sužiedėlis, Steponas Ašmontas, Jonas
Gradauskas, Viktoras Gružinskis, Andžej Lučun,
Aurimas Čerškus; CPST, Lithuania
EuMCPoster01-33, Time: 12:30
Semiconductor structures with n+ -n junction are promising can-
didates for microwaves detection in millimeter and submillimeter
wavelengths region. Here we present experimental results of
microwave detection in Ka frequency range using semiconductor
structure with asymmetric doping of n-type GaAs semiconductor
at room temperature.
Frequency Sensitive Effect of Rectifying FET
Terahertz Detectors
A. Golenkov, F. Sizov, I. Lysiuk; NASU, Ukraine
EuMCPoster01-34, Time: 12:30
Performance limits of terahertz FET direct detection rectifying
detectors operating in the broadband detection regime (long chan-
nel approximation) taking into account some extrinsic parasitic
and detector-antenna impedance matching are considered. It was
demonstrate how to recognize radiation frequency by variation
FET gate voltage.
Waveguide Modal Approximation Method for Plane
Wave Incidence to Aperture Using Mode-Matching
Method
Jihyeon Jang 1 , Changyul Cheon 1 , Young-seek
Chung 2 ; 1 University of Seoul, Korea; 2 Kwangwoon
University, Korea
EuMCPoster01-35, Time: 12:30
The shielding effectiveness of a rectangular enclosure with rectan-
gular apertures is investigated using the mode-matching method.
With this method, the generalized scattering matrix and optimum
topological method are utilized. In modeling the aperture pene-
tration, the waveguide modal approximation for an incident plane
wave is proposed based on the mode-matching method. In this
method, the incident plane wave is replaced with the dominant
mode of the virtual rectangular waveguide. The electromagnetic
fields of the virtual rectangular waveguide and the rectangular
aperture are matched by using the mode-matching method. The
proposed method is verified by comparing to the results obtained
by the CST simulation. It is shown that the proposed method
can be applied to the arbitrary rectangular waveguides regardless
of the size, thickness, and orientation of the aperture and the
polarization and incidence angle of the incident wave.
Reduced-Complexity E-Band VNAs with Tethered
Far-Reaching Reflectometers
K.M. Noujeim, T. Roberts; Anritsu, USA
EuMCPoster01-36, Time: 12:30
Nonlinear-transmission-line (NLTL) technology enables compact,
millimeter-wave, vector-network-analyzer (VNA) architectures
with enhanced performance and flexibility. To this end, recently
developed E-band reflectometers are described and evaluated in
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one and two-port VNA configurations, with special emphasis on
raw performance, dynamic range, and measurement stability.
The tethered NLTL reflectometers’ far reach and small form factor
promise to reduce measurement complexity and enhance efficiency
in a variety of measurement scenarios.
A Multi-Tone Load Pull Measurement System for
On-Wafer Characterization of Microwave Power
Transistors
Sylvain Laurent 1 , Si Abed Karim Kahil 2 , Raymond
Quéré 1 , Jacques Sombrin 1 ; 1 XLIM, France; 2 United
Monolithic Semiconductors, France
EuMCPoster01-37, Time: 12:30
A new Multi-Tone Load Pull (MTLP) measurement system has been
developed and tested. This measurement system uses an Arbitrary
Waveform Generator (AWG) as the generator and a Large Signal
Network Analyzer (LSNA) as a receiver. Multi-Tone generation
is realized in such a way that carrier (C) and Intermodulation (I)
powers can be measured separately. The set-up is fully calibrated
on-wafer at all the frequencies of interest. The MTLP set-up is
configured to make measurements with Multi-Tone (MT) signals
up to eight frequencies and allows measuring simultaneously the
MT output power, gain, Power Added Efficiency (PAE), Carrier to
Intermodulation (C/I) ratio or Noise Power Ratio (NPR) in order to
derive the Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) induced by the device.
120◦ Accesses CPW Transmission Lines for TRL
Calibration Standards in a Band of 20–67GHz
Arafat Ousman Bechir, Didier Vincent; Hubert Curien
(UMR 5516), France
EuMCPoster01-38, Time: 12:30
Measurements of CPW devices with orthogonal or bended accesses
(120◦ in our case) after VNA calibration with conventional (straight)
set of standards may generate additional errors. Using 120◦ ac-
cesses transmission lines for calibration is more appropriate.
The design and characterization of the first calibration standards
with 120◦ accesses are proposed. These standards will be used
for 2-port vector network analyzer TRL calibration. This work
concerns S-parameter measurements of bended accesses of planar
devices in the range 20 GHz to 67 GHz.
Robotic Flange System for Active Alignment of
Microwave, Millimetre-Wave and Terahertz
Waveguides
Yasamin Alkhorshid 1 , Ian D. Robertson 2 ; 1 Technische
Universität Chemnitz, Germany; 2 University of Leeds,
UK
EuMCPoster01-39, Time: 12:30
This paper describes a computer vision based robotic waveguide
flange alignment system that achieves improved repeatability of
waveguide measurements. The proof-of-concept is demonstrated
using WR-62 in the frequency band 12.40 GHz to 18 GHz. An Ar-
duino board was used to interface a three-channel NTS NanoDirect
XYZ positioner with MATLAB and its image acquisition toolbox.
The measured results of a back-to-back adapter pair demonstrate
significantly improved repeatability with the automated system
compared with manual alignment. Through EM modelling of two
WR-1.0 rectangular waveguides over the frequency range 800
GHz to 1 THz it is shown that this new method for enhancing
measurement repeatability will be invaluable.
Agile and Compact Near-Field Analyses of Onboard
Bluetooth Module by Live Electrooptic Imaging
Masahiro Tsuchiya 1 , Takahiro Shiozawa 2 ; 1 NICT,
Japan; 2 Kagawa College, Japan
EuMCPoster01-40, Time: 12:30
Potentially prompt and compact method for near-field analyses
both in the real and wavenumber spaces have been applied suc-
cessfully to RF emissions from a commercially available onboard
Bluetooth module. The new method is based on real-time images of
near electric field, acquired and displayed by the live electrooptic
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imaging technique in the asynchronous operation mode. Such
near-field features of the module have been clarified as precise
location of emission origin, geometries of wave fronts, distribution
of wave-vectors, and angular dependence of emission power.
Frequency Detection Method with Transversal
Filters
Ken’ichi Tajima, Morishige Hieda; Mitsubishi Electric,
Japan
EuMCPoster01-41, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a novel frequency detection method using
transversal filters to generate new intermediate signals that are
amplitude modulated in-phase and quadrature signals. By mutual
calculations using the intermediate signals, amplitude modulation
is cancelled out and a tangent signal includes phase of the input
signal can be obtained. Measurement results show good frequency
detection error of 8.7e-4 to 3.2e-1 without the input filter, and
2.0e-5 to 2.4e-3 with the input filter. 4 sampling time is required
for a frequency detection without the input filter and 40 sampling
required with the input filter.
Permittivity Measurements and Associated
Uncertainties up to 110GHz in Circular-Disk
Resonator Method
Yuto Kato, Masahiro Horibe; AIST, Japan
EuMCPoster01-42, Time: 12:30
We have measured the complex permittivity of plate samples and
evaluated those uncertainties up to 110 GHz by using a balanced-
type circular-disk resonator. By an electromagnetic excitation in
the center from coaxial lines, only the TM0m0 modes are selectively
excited, so broadband measurements from 5 to 110 GHz can be
performed by a single resonator by utilizing higher order modes.
We have evaluated measurement uncertainties by rigorously con-
sidering the uncertainty propagations of measured S-parameters
and dimensions. The obtained results are compared with those
obtained by the split-cylinder resonator method, and they agree
rather well with each other within the ranges of uncertainties.
Power Maximization in a WPT Link Using Three
Transmitters and a Single Receiver
Giuseppina Monti 1 , Alessandra Costanzo 2 , Franco
Mastri 2 , Mauro Mongiardo 3 , Luciano Tarricone 1 ;
1
Università del Salento, Italy; 2 Università di Bologna,
Italy; 3 Università di Perugia, Italy
EuMCPoster01-43, Time: 12:30
In this paper the problem of maximizing the power delivered to the
load in a wireless power transmission link with three transmitters
and a single receiver is theoretically solved. The case of four
magnetically coupled resonators is considered and analytical
formulas for the optimum load are derived and validated by circuit
simulations.
Open-Loop Maximum Efficiency Tracking Wireless
Power Transfer System for Biomedical Implants
Seung-Tae Khang, Soo-Chang Chae, Tae-Dong Yeo,
Jong-Won Yu; KAIST, Korea
EuMCPoster01-44, Time: 12:30
An open-loop maximum efficiency tracking wireless power transfer
system using a magnetic resonance coupling for implantable
biosensors is proposed. The proposed wireless power transfer
system provides the stable power regardless of the variation of the
operating distance between the transmitting and receiving anten-
nas. According to the adaptive impedance matching algorithms
with the minimum reflected power conditions, the proposed sys-
tem achieves the improved power transfer efficiency of maximum
45% within the operating distance.
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Impact of Multisine Excitation Design on Rectifier
Performance
Mohammad Rajabi, Ning Pan, Sofie Pollin, Dominique
Schreurs; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
EuMCPoster01-45, Time: 12:30
A detailed parametric study of the impact of multisine excitation
on a single-diode rectifier’s performance is performed. The aim
is to evaluate the pros and cons of single sine and multisine
excitations regarding RF to DC conversion efficiency. For this
purpose an experimental setup was prepared to fully control the
characteristics of the multisine excitation, such as total power,
bandwidth, number of tones and phase of each tone to have a
fair comparison with single tone excitation. Our measurement
study reveals an advantage of multisine excitations in the ultra-low
input power range (-30 dBm till -18 dBm). The observed reduced
performance under multisine excitation compared to single sine
excitation in the medium input power range (-16 dBm till -6 dBm),
can be related to the circuit configuration and diode characteristics.
The parameter Vth is experimentally found to critically describe
the degradation of DC generation of the rectifier under multisine
excitation.
EuMCPoster02 : EuMC Poster Session 2
Exhibition Hall, 13:00–14:20, Wednesday 5th October 2016
Chair: Rob Sloan, University of Manchester
Microstrip Diplexers with Dual-Mode Patch
Resonant Junctions
Eugene A. Ogbodo, Yun Wu, Yi Wang; University of
Greenwich, UK
EuMCPoster02-1, Time: 12:30
A conventional diplexer is made up of two channel filters which are
connected to a transmission-line based signal distribution network.
In this work, a novel diplexer has been proposed and designed
using hairpin resonator filters that are joined together using a
patch resonator. The patch being a dual-mode is made to resonate
at the centre frequencies of the channel filters in corresponding
modes. The patch functions as a signal splitter and at the same
time as a resonant pole for each of the channel filters. A diplexer
with the channel centre frequencies of 3.99 GHz and 4.39 GHz
and 4% fractional bandwidth has been designed and tested. The
simulated and measured results show very good agreements.
Dual Band Filter with Quad-Mode Stripline Resonator
Masaya Tamura, Kento Ichinose; Toyohashi University
of Technology, Japan
EuMCPoster02-2, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a quad-mode resonator with a square patch
and via holes, which connects to the upper and lower ground
planes through the via holes. This resonator has four fundamental
modes, incorporating three transmission resonance modes and
one quasi-lumped component resonance mode. The resonant
frequencies of these modes can be shown to be easily handled by
an increase and decrease in the number of via holes connected to
the square patch and the ground. Furthermore, the dual band filter
in the size of 5.0mm × 5.0mm × 1.5mm is designed by a single
resonator and demonstrated.
Microstrip Wideband Diplexer with Narrow Guard
Band Based on All-Resonator Structures
Yun Wu, Yi Wang, Eugene A. Ogbodo; University of
Greenwich, UK
EuMCPoster02-3, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a wideband microstrip diplexer with adja-
cent channels based on an all-resonator structure. The diplexer
demonstrates an overall bandwidth of 23.7% between 1.71 GHz
and 2.17 GHz and a narrow guard band of only 40 MHz. Two
trisection resonator structures are introduced to generate asym-
metric transmission zeros to increase isolation between the two
channels. The coupling matrix for the all-resonator diplexer is
acquired. The diplexer is designed and fabricated on a Rogers
RO4003C substrate. The measured results show insertion losses
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of 1.31 dB and 1.2 dB in the two channels, and an isolation of over
28 dB. These results are in good agreement with the simulation.
Multi-Coupled Resonator Microwave Diplexer with
High Isolation
Augustine O. Nwajana, Kenneth S.K. Yeo; University of
East London, UK
EuMCPoster02-4, Time: 12:30
A microwave diplexer achieved by coupling a dual-band band-
pass filter onto two single-bands (transmit, Tx and receive, Rx)
bandpass filters is presented. This design eliminates the need for
employing external junctions in diplexer design, as opposed to the
conventional design approach which requires separate junctions
for energy distribution. A 10-pole (10th order) diplexer has been
successfully designed, simulated, fabricated and measured. The
diplexer is composed of 2 poles from the dual-band filter, 4
poles from the Tx bandpass filter, and the remaining 4 poles
from the Rx bandpass filter. The design was implemented using
asynchronously tuned microstrip square open-loop resonators.
The simulation and measurement results show that an isolation
of 50 dB is achieved between the diplexer Tx and Rx bands. The
minimum insertion loss is 2.88 dB for the transmit band, and 2.95
dB for the receive band.
Balanced Bandpass Filter with Intrinsic Common
Mode Suppression Using Slot Coupled Lines and
Microstrip Loading Lines
Yang-Chih Huang, Chin-Yi Lin, Tzong-Lin Wu; National
Taiwan University, Taiwan
EuMCPoster02-5, Time: 12:30
In this paper, a novel balanced filter based on slot coupled lines
with microstrip loading lines are proposed. The filter can intrinsi-
cally suppress the common mode noise without specially designed.
Besides, this kind of filter can achieve much smaller bandwidth
than other slot-line-based filter, which is more popular in the
practical application. On the other hand, due to the loading lines
near the slot coupled line, the length of the slot line can be reduced
compared to the previous design, which can further reduce the
area. The demonstration filter with central at 2.73 GHz and 36%
bandwidth are shown in this paper. The size of the filter is 0.25
(λg *λg ). The minimum insertion loss is 1.7 dB and the common
mode suppression is more than 50 dB in the pass band and more
than 32 dB below 10 GHz, which is quite strong compared to the
published balanced filter.
A Hybrid Model for Manifold Multiplexers Without
Sleeves
Xinshe Yin, Jun Yang, Shoujia Sun; CAST, China
EuMCPoster02-6, Time: 12:30
A hybrid equivalent circuit model for the simulation of manifold
multiplexers without sleeves is presented. The model uses an EM
based T-junction which also contains the first coupling iris between
manifold and channel filter. The first resonator connected to the
T-junction is represented by a section of waveguide transmission
line and the rest part (a reduced order channel filter) is represented
by a modified coupling matrix model. Design formulas are pre-
sented. A C-band 16-channel manifold multiplexer without sleeves
for satellite application is designed and tested to demonstrate the
validity of the method. Good compromise between simulation
accuracy and design efficiency is achieved.
New Rectangular Waveguide BPF Design Using
Complementary Split Ring Resonator
Werner Arriola, Carlos Arriola, Jong Wook Lee,
Ihn Seok Kim; Kyung Hee University, Korea
EuMCPoster02-7, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a new standard rectangular waveguide band-
pass filter (BPF) design method based on complementary split
ring resonator (CSRR). 3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) from 3.2%
to 31% can be controlled by split positions along the slot in the
resonator. A modified lumped element circuit model is proposed
and used to explain the resonant frequencies of the CSRR. A design
example of a Ku-band 3rd order BPF with 5% FBW and maximum
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insertion loss of 0.47dB in the pass band is introduced. This
technique provides a transmission zero at the upper transition
band.
Ultra Broadband Non-Planar DC-67–100GHz
Contiguous Diplexer Implemented on Organic
Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP)
Irfan Ashiq, A.P.S. Khanna; National Instruments, USA
EuMCPoster02-8, Time: 12:30
This work describes an ultra-wideband low loss contiguous
diplexer with steep band selectivity. By combining planar Sus-
pended Stripline (SSL) and waveguide filter enhanced performance
in terms of frequencies, cross over loss and bandwidth is reported
up to 100 GHz for the first time [1]. The diplexer is comprised of
an input circuit configured to receive a broadband signal, a planar
low-pass filter, and a waveguide high-pass filter with cross-over at
67 GHz. The low-pass filter (LPF) is implemented using a planar
transmission line. The high-pass filter (HPF) is implemented using
a waveguide and is connected to the LPF using a SSL to waveguide
transition.
X-, K- and Q-Band Matched Loads Based on
Microwave Photonic Crystals
D.A. Usanov 1 , A.V. Skripal 1 , D.V. Ponomarev 1 , V.P.
Meshanov 2 , N.F. Popova 2 , M.K. Merdanov 3 ; 1 Saratov
State University, Russia; 2 Nika-Microwave, Russia;
3
Electronic Engineering, Russia
EuMCPoster02-9, Time: 12:30
The possibility to create small size broadband microwave matched
loads on microwave photonic crystals, consisting of alternating
nanometer metal layers with different thickness and conductivity
and composite materials based on dielectric matrixes with the filler
in the form of air inclusions, has been theoretically demonstrated
and experimentally justified.
Design of Near-Field Beam-Splitting Frequency
Selective Surfaces for Fabry-Perot Cavity Antenna
Systems
Chanjoon Lee, Robert Sainati, Rhonda Franklin;
University of Minnesota, USA
EuMCPoster02-10, Time: 12:30
The effect of frequency selective surface (FSS) augmentation on the
radiation of a slot or patch antenna is investigated. A variety of FSS
designs comprised of horizontal and vertical slots are analyzed
and compared for two sources — slot or patch. Simulations
and measurements are shown for select combinations that offer
near-field beam-splitting capability.
Electrically Tunable Thin-Film Magnonic Crystals
Based on a Slot Transmission Line
A.A. Nikitin 1 , A.A. Nikitin 1 , A.B. Ustinov 1 , A.A.
Semenov 1 , E. Lähderanta 2 ; 1 St. Petersburg
Electrotechnical University, Russia; 2 Lappeenranta
University of Technology, Finland
EuMCPoster02-11, Time: 12:30
Transmission characteristics of thin-film ferrite-ferroelectric
magnonic crystals based on a slot transmission line with a mod-
ulation of the slot width were investigated for the first time.
Dispersion characteristics of spin-electromagnetic waves in the
investigated structure were obtained using the approximate bound-
ary condition method and the coupled-mode approach. Band gaps
in the frequency response of the magnonic crystal were studied.
Their dual tunability by both external electric and magnetic fields
was demonstrated.
Nonreciprocal Frequency Mixing in the Nonlinear
PT-Symmetric Hyperbolic Metamaterials
O.V. Shramkova, G.P. Tsironis; University of Crete,
Greece
EuMCPoster02-12, Time: 12:30
The dispersion properties and combinatorial frequency generation
by the PT-symmetric stack composed of hyperbolic metamaterial
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layers separated by dielectric media with balanced loss and gain
have been investigated. It has been shown that the nonlinear
response of the stack is strongly enhanced as the pumping wave
frequency corresponds to the hyperbolic regime for nonlinear
metamaterial layer. The effect of the pump wave nonreciprocal
reflectance on the efficiency of the three-wave mixing process is
illustrated by the simulation results. We have demonstrated that
the rate of gain/loss in dielectric layers amplifies the intensity of
the frequency mixing process.
An Optically Transparent Wideband High
Impedance Surface
Mahmoud M. Mostafa 1 , Mohamed I. Ibrahim 1 ,
Amr M.E. Safwat 1 , Tamer M. Abuelfadl 2 ; 1 Ain Shams
University, Egypt; 2 Cairo University, Egypt
EuMCPoster02-13, Time: 12:30
This paper presents an optically transparent wideband High
Impedance Surface (HIS) at 5 GHz. The surface is designed on
acrylic substrate. Results show a good matching between the pro-
posed circuit model, EM simulations, and measurements. The ±90◦
BW is 1 GHz (from 4.5 to 5.5 GHz) and the optical transparency is
80%.
Dual-Polarization Correlation Radiometry System
for Microwave Imaging of Heat Sources of Biological
Tissues
Rae-Seoung Park, Byeongdeok Park, Byambaakhuu
Batnairamdal, Changyul Cheon; University of Seoul,
Korea
EuMCPoster02-14, Time: 12:30
In this paper, we propose a dual-polarization correlation radiom-
etry system to obtain an image of heat sources in the biological
tissues. To receive the polarized signal caused by grains of tissue,
a square waveguide antenna was used for dual-polarization. We
chose 3.7 GHz as the operating frequency for the correlation ra-
diometry system considering the penetration depth of a biological
tissue consisting of skin, fat, and muscle. We experimentally
demonstrated that the dual-polarization system is superior to the
single-polarization system for imaging the heat source distribution
in the biological tissue.
Imaging of Exosomes by Broadband Scanning
Microwave Microscopy
Xin Jin 1 , James C.M. Hwang 1 , Marco Farina 2 , Andrea
Di Donato 2 , Davide Mencarelli 2 , Antonio Morini 2 ,
Giuseppe Venanzoni 2 , Francesca De Angelis 2 ,
Francesco Piacenza 3 , Marco Malavolta 3 , Mauro
Provinciali 3 ; 1 Lehigh University, USA; 2 Università
Politecnica delle Marche, Italy; 3 INRCA, Italy
EuMCPoster02-16, Time: 12:30
In this work, we imaged exosomes with scanning tunneling mi-
croscopy (STM) and broadband scanning microwave microscopy
(SMM) simultaneously, using exosomes prepared by a new salivary
isolation method. By transforming the frequency-domain data to
the time domain with optimum time gating, exosome images of
higher contrast and resolution were obtained by using SMM than
by using STM or atomic force microscopy (AFM).
Improved Field Homogeneity for Multi-Channel
Stepped Impedance Microstrip Transceiver Arrays
and Travelling Wave for MRI at 7T
Ibrahim A. Elabyad 1 , T. Herrmann 2 , C. Bruns 2 , J.
Bernarding 2 , Daniel Erni 3 ; 1 Thebes Academy, Egypt;
2
OvG Universität Magdeburg, Germany; 3 Universität
Duisburg-Essen, Germany
EuMCPoster02-17, Time: 12:30
A multi-element microstrip transceiver array is a promising ap-
proach for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 7T (298 MHz).
Travelling wave (TW) MRI is another method where the RF magnetic
field B 1 + is carried by propagating circularly polarized modes
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excited from an antenna located at one end of the MRI system bore.
In this paper, full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulations were per-
formed for an 8-element stepped impedance resonators (SIRs) coil
array combined with a circularly polarized patch antenna loaded
with a spherical dielectric phantom (φ = 17 cm). An optimization
routine was developed to homogenize and maximize the B 1 + field
inside the phantom. The results yield a combined B 1 + field that
is 1.3 times higher than the field of a sole 8-element SIRs volume
coil and 3.5 times higher compared to the TW approach only. The
B 1 + field homogeneity for the 8-element SIRs volume coil is much
better than for the TW approach only, where the E-field is about
2.3 times higher than the use of a sole 8-element SIRs coil array.
After optimizing the combined B 1 + field with amplitude/phase
control, the B 1 + field homogeneity was improved by 67% and 91%
in the central transversal and sagittal slices, respectively.
A 70MHz Double Waveguide Set-Up for
Hyperthermia of Deep Superficial Tumors
H.P. Kok, A. Bakker, M.W. Kolff, G. van Tienhoven,
M.C.C.M. Hulshof, G. van Stam, J. Crezee; Academic
Medical Center, The Netherlands
EuMCPoster02-18, Time: 12:30
Deep seated superficial tumors cannot be heated adequately with
existing hyperthermia systems. This study investigates the use of
a new flexible double waveguide design for hyperthermia of these
treatment sites. The proposed set-up consists of two opposing
rectangular 70 MHz waveguides. The aperture size of the bottom
antenna was 20×34cm and three different interchangeable top
antennas with aperture size 20×34cm, 15×34cm and 10×34cm
were proposed to allow appropriate tumor coverage at any location.
Simulations in a homogeneous phantom and a patient anatomy
were performed. Phantom results showed that good SAR coverage
is possible with all three antenna combinations. Simulation for
the patient anatomy confirmed that adequate heating of deep
superficial tumors is possible with the proposed design.
Design of Conformal Wideband Antennas for
Capsule Endoscopy Within a Body Tissue
Environment
Julia Faerber, Gerard Cummins, Marc P.Y. Desmulliez;
Heriot-Watt University, UK
EuMCPoster02-19, Time: 12:30
In this paper, two conformal antennas for wireless telemetry are
proposed for use in wireless capsule endoscopy applications.
Both antennas are simulated in a simple one-layer body phantom
using the CST software package. Measurements were carried out
using additively manufactured prototypes within a body phantom
material. Good agreement was obtained between measured and
simulated frequency responses.
Tunable 13C/1H Dual Channel Matching Circuit for
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization System with
Cross-Polarization
Oleksandr Rybalko, Sean Bowen, Vitaliy Zhurbenko,
Jan Henrik Ardenkjær-Larsen; Technical University of
Denmark, Denmark
EuMCPoster02-20, Time: 12:30
In this paper we report initial results of design and practical
implementation of tuning and matching circuit to estimate a per-
formance of Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) at a magnetic field
of 6.7 T. It is shown that developed circuit for signal observation
is compact, easy to make and provides low return loss (typically
better than -45 dB) at a tuning range ±3 MHz for both resonant
frequencies. In addition, transmission parameters measured
between 13C and 1H channels are less than -17 dB and -50 dB for
71.8 MHz and 285.5 MHz, respectively showing a good isolation
between the two channels. Measurement results with a tuning
and matching circuit prototype are presented including obtained
spectra (13C and 1H) and estimation of the signal-to-noise ratio.
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Dispersion Compensation Through Varying
Temporal Windows for Time Reversal Methods
Ammar M. Abduljabbar 1 , Mehmet E. Yavuz 2 , Fumie
Costen 1 , Ryutaro Himeno 3 , Hideo Yokota 3 ; 1 University
of Manchester, UK; 2 USA; 3 RIKEN, Japan
EuMCPoster02-21, Time: 12:30
Electromagnetic signals propagating in dispersive and lossy
media undergo additional attenuation when compared to their
counterparts propagating in the free space. In this paper, we
propose a threshold approach and Short-Time Fourier Transform
(STFT) based inverse filters to compensate the attenuation in
Time Reversal (TR) imaging algorithms. Although, the presence of
dispersion and loss breaks the time-reversal invariance of the wave
equation in such media, the proposed algorithm allows improved
TR focusing performance by minimizing the unwanted noise in the
received signals without increasing the computational cost thanks
to utilization of less number of inverse filters. The introduced
algorithm can have applications in various disciplines such as
medical imaging and subsurface detection.
Microwave Imaging for Delamination Detection in
T-joints of Wind Turbine Composite Blades
Zhen Li, Constantinos Soutis, Arthur Haigh, Robin
Sloan, Andrew Gibson, Noushin Karimian; University
of Manchester, UK
EuMCPoster02-22, Time: 12:30
Wind turbines play an increasingly important role in renewable
power generation. The structural health monitoring could better
improve the maintenance and operation of the wind turbine blades
in the field. In this paper, delamination in glass fibre composite
joints of a wind turbine blade is successfully detected using the
non-contact microwave imaging technique with an open-ended
waveguide. The existence and extent of the delaminated region
are identified from the produced scan images. In addition, the
variation of skin/flange thickness, the presence of the web un-
derneath the skin and manufacturing induced defects can also
be distinguished. The phase profiling provided by the scanning
shows higher sensitivity to the presence of delamination than the
magnitude profiling. The optimum inspection frequency range is
investigated, which offers a reference for future applications.
Self-Calibrating Highly Integrated Radio Frequency
Front-End for Parallel π /4 DQPSK Decoding
Maximilian Wölfel 1 , Ulrich Bochtler 1 , Thomas F.
Eibert 2 , Christoph Schmitt 3 ; 1 Hochschule
Aschaffenburg, Germany; 2 Technische Universität
München, Germany; 3 KaiTec, Germany
EuMCPoster02-23, Time: 12:30
This work describes a high-frequency front-end that is able to
decode up to four π /4 DQPSK modulated 25 kHz carriers simulta-
neously in a 5 MHz downlink band located between 70 MHz and 6
GHz. The front-end is self-calibrating its time-variant phase- and
timing-offsets by maximum likelihood estimators. The calibrating
algorithm does not depend on a particular network protocol or
training sequence and can easily be adapted to any other linear
modulation schemes. Due to its small shape-factor caused by
extensive conversion of analogue components into digital sections,
the front-end is suitable for operation in hand-held measurement
equipment.
Comparative Study of WLAN Dual-Band Monopole
Antennas Printed and Etched on Paper and PET
Substrates
Dominique Lo Hine Tong 1 , Aurelien Ayissi Manga 1 ,
Philippe Minard 1 , Anastasia Delattre 2 , Laura
Crowther-Alwyn 2 , Pascal Borel 2 ; 1 Technicolor, France;
2
CTP, France
EuMCPoster02-24, Time: 12:30
In this study, dual-band WLAN antennas using different low-cost
technologies, already widely deployed in mass production indus-
tries, were fabricated and their performances compared. The
antennas evaluated were based on monopole antennas containing
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either two cased annular rings or two circular disks. The antennas
were printed either on paper substrate or on flexible Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET) substrate, by using flexographic and screen
printing techniques. To complete the comparative study, the
antennas designs were also realized by aluminum etching carried
on a PET film. In this paper, the simulated and measured results
are also compared.
Slot-Ring Multiport Driven Antenna with Improved
Airside Radiation for Terahertz Communications
Monageng Kgwadi, Khalid Hamed Alharbi, Jue Wang,
Edward Wasige; University of Glasgow, UK
EuMCPoster02-25, Time: 12:30
A slot-ring multiport driven (MPD) antenna is evaluated for opera-
tion in the terahertz band with emphasis on air-side radiation on a
thick Indium Phosphide (InP) substrate. Geometrical modification
to the known slot-ring are made by employing a circular outer
ground and a backing ground plane to focus the radiation in
the airside direction. Optimization of the modified structure is
made to find the optimal size of the upper ground plane. The
optimal design achieves maximum directivity of 10.8 dB which is
an improvement of 3 dB from the original design. Moreover, the
radiation is directed in the airside direction with a front-to-back
lobe ratio of 14 dB. The slot-ring antenna design is verified by
fabrication at 5 GHz and achieves 10.2 dB directivity.
Push-Button Based Antenna for Wireless
Communication
Dominique Lo Hine Tong, Philippe Minard, Jean-Marc
Le Foulgoc; Technicolor, France
EuMCPoster02-26, Time: 12:30
This paper presents a novel antenna concept that exploits oppor-
tunistically the usage of electromechanical push button switches in
home networking devices to make them radiating like an antenna.
The proposed approach is applied for the design of antennas
for WLAN applications in the 2.4 and 5GHz bands. The achieved
proofs of concept show good correlation between simulation and
measurements, with remarkable radiating performances.
Planar Waveguide Feed for V-Band Bull’s Eye
Antenna
Clement J. Vourch 1 , Timothy D. Drysdale 2 ; 1 University
of Glasgow, UK; 2 Open University, UK
EuMCPoster02-27, Time: 12:30
A technique is presented for feeding leaky-wave Bull’s eye anten-
nas from a planar waveguide, based on a planar to rectangular
waveguide transition and a milled waveguide extension. Bull’s
eye antennas are low-profile planar antennas that exploit leaky
wave principles to achieve high gain. Currently Bull’s eye an-
tennas use hollow waveguide feeds (rectangular or circular), but
lower-cost feed options open up new applications for the antenna,
particularly if it can permit compact overall size due to tight
integration with the underlying millimeter-wave circuit (e.g. in
small satellites or communications backhaul on earth). While
substrate-integrate-waveguides often offer better performance
than microstrip waveguides at millimeter wave frequencies, the
feed integration challenge is substantially similar and we were
able to access a suitable fabrication technology for microstrip
waveguides. We produced a prototype microstrip-fed Bull’s eye
antenna operating at 60 GHz and measured its far field radiation
pattern to confirm that the antenna’s radiation pattern was not
substantially affected by the change in the feed.
Evaluation and Performance Analysis of 3D Printing
Technique for Ka-Band Antenna Production
Unai Armendariz, Simon Rommel, Sebastian
Rodriguez, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Juan José
Vegas Olmos, Christian Bang Olsen; Technical
University of Denmark, Denmark
EuMCPoster02-28, Time: 12:30
This paper presents the design and fabrication of 3D printed WR-
28 waveguide horn antennas operating in the Ka-band frequency
range between 26.5GHz and 40GHz. Three antennas are fabricated
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from polylactide acid filaments in conductive and non-conductive
variants; the latter is covered with conductive paint. The gain and
voltage standing wave ratio performance of the fabricated horn
antennas is measured, showing promising performance. Antenna
gain values between 5dBi and 14dBi are found, comparable to the
performance of metal milled horn antennas.
Dual-Band Dual-Polarized Slot Antenna Loaded with
Split Ring Resonators
K. Krishnamoorthy 1 , Basudev Majumder 1 , J
Mukherjee 1 , K.P. Ray 2 ; 1 IIT Bombay, India; 2 SAMEER,
India
EuMCPoster02-29, Time: 12:30
A novel configuration of microstrip line fed slot antenna loaded
with two identical split-ring resonators (SRR) for a dual-band
dual-polarized operation is proposed. The SRRs are loaded on the
back side of the slot to produce a circularly polarized (CP) upper
band while the slot resonance gives a linearly polarized lower
band. The polarization sense of the CP upper band can be easily
controlled without tampering the slot radiator. The 10 dB return
loss bandwidth of more than 400 MHz is achieved from both bands
at 3.15 GHz and 4.3 GHz and a 3 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 200
MHz is obtained for the CP upper band at 4.3 GHz. The radiation
efficiency of more than 90% and peak gain of 5.8 dB is obtained in
both operating bands.
Design of 60-GHz Dual-Polarization Dielectric
Resonator Antenna
Ta-Yeh Lin 1 , Tsenchieh Chiu 2 , Yin-Cheng Chang 1 ,
ChaoPing Hsieh 1 , Da-Chiang Chang 1 ; 1 NARLabs,
Taiwan; 2 National Central University, Taiwan
EuMCPoster02-30, Time: 12:30
A high gain 60-GHz on-chip dual-polarization dielectric resonator
antenna (DRA) in silicon substrate based on Integrated Passive
Device (IPD) technology is presented in the paper. In the proposed
structure, dielectric resonator (DR) was fed by using wire-bond
structures for bandwidth and antenna efficiency improvement.
The Simulation and measurement regarding the antenna reflection
coefficient and isolation are conducted for design validation. The
measurement results show that the antenna can operate in 60-GHz
band, and the impedance bandwidth with |S 11 | less than -10 dB is
from 52.5 GHz to 63.5 GHz. The peak gain is 5.5 dBi. The proposed
design is well suited for System-in-Package millimeter-wave radio
front-ends.
A Wideband Single-Layered Circular Polarizer with
Centrosymmetric Dual-Loop Elements
Peng Fei, Xin Wen, Peng Zhang, Weihua Guo; Beijing
Institute of Radio Metrology & Measurement, China
EuMCPoster02-31, Time: 12:30
A wideband single-layered circular polarizer is presented. The
centrosymmetric dual-loop unit cell is employed in the peri-
odic structure. Numerical analysis are given to investigate the
polarizer’s working principle. The measured results validate
the design and show that the 3dB axial ratio band covers from
19.3GHz∼31.8GHz.
Multi Frequency Feed System for High Magnification
Cassegrain Radiotelescopes at Millimeter
Wavelengths
Samuel López Ruiz 1 , Félix Tercero Martínez 1 , José A.
López-Fernández 1 , Seog-Tae Han 1 , Pablo-Luis
López-Espí 2 , Rocío Sánchez-Montero 2 , Francisco J.
Beltrán Martínez 2 ; 1 Instituto Geográfico Nacional,
Spain; 2 Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
EuMCPoster02-32, Time: 12:30
This paper presents the design of a feed system at K and Q
frequency bands which permits simultaneous observation at a
radio telescope. The system will be used for radio astronomical
VLBI applications. With this design we get simultaneous operation
with two different cryogenical receivers placed at the focal zone
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of the radio telescope with a relative pointing error lower than
3arcsec and an aperture efficiency higher than 75%. Quasi-optical
techniques have been used to implement a frequency independent
system. Phase corrected feeds have also been developed in order
to reduce the size of the feeds and to allow cooling down and
receiver noise temperature improvement. The design has been
validated with laboratory test and on site tests after positioning
and alignment at the focal zone of the 40 meter Yebes Observatory
radio telescope.
Composite Right/Left-Handed Substrate Integrated
Waveguide Leaky-Wave Sparse Array Antenna with
Low Sidelobe Level
Liang Yang 1 , Hao Wang 1 , Xun Jiang 1 , Yong Huang 2 ;
1
NUST, China; 2 Suzhou Bohai Microsystem, China
EuMCPoster02-33, Time: 12:30
As the frequency response of the CRLH antenna array is sensitive to
parameters of every unit cell, changing parameters of each element
to realize a tapered distribution array and low sidelobe level (SLL)
performance will be difficult. In this paper, sparse array synthesis
theory is applied to optimize composite right/left handed (CRLH)
substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) leaky-wave antenna (LWA)
to achieve low SLL. With the sparse array synthesis method, the
low SLL can be achieved without amplitude and phase weighted.
And all antenna elements are all the same except cell spacing. A
15-unit-cell CRLH SIW leaky-wave sparse array antenna in KU-band
with low SLL is designed and simulated as an example. The SLLs
are approximately -15dB in the left handed region while below
-16dB in the right handed region corresponding to the scanning
angle from -3.6◦ to 7.6◦ .
Improved Splash-Plate Feed Parabolic Reflector
Antenna for Ka-Band VSAT Applications
Yavuz Asci 1 , Eren Curuk 2 , Korkut Yegin 1 , Caner
Ozdemir 2 ; 1 Ege University, Turkey; 2 Mersin University,
Turkey
EuMCPoster02-34, Time: 12:30
In this study, we propose a conical dielectric loaded circular waveg-
uide opening to splash plate subreflector for parabolic antenna
feed. Corrugations on the dielectric lens and splash-plate structure
are optimized for antenna performance. The feed structure is
designed as axi-symmetric to support zero-order azimuth currents
for low cross-polarization. Resulting structure offers good gain,
low sidelobe, good cross-polarization, and low VSWR for Ka-band
VSAT applications where receive and transmit frequency bands are
20.2–21.2 GHz and 30–31 GHz, respectively.
A Ka and Ku Band Feed Horn for Satellite Broadband
and TV Integrated IP Solution
Tao Huang; Global Invacom, UK
EuMCPoster02-35, Time: 12:30
This paper presents the design of a dual feed horn system for
Satellite Broadband and TV Integrated IP Solution (SBaTIIPS). The
feed horn allows coherent operations of Ku DBS TV and Ka broad-
band internet from a common dish antenna. System requirements,
specifications, designs and measurements are shown in this paper.
Antenna Array Control via Integrated
Optically-Activated Organic Semiconductor for
S-Band Applications
Andre Sarker Andy, James William Ewart Kneller,
Rostyslav Dubrovka, Theo Kreouzis, Robert Donnan;
Queen Mary University of London, UK
EuMCPoster02-36, Time: 12:30
A novel optically-activated antenna array has been proposed, de-
signed, and analysed using photosensitive organic semiconductor
poly (3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT, 95%) and [6,6]-Phenyl C61 butyric
acid methyl ester (PCBM, 5%) for S-band applications. A two-patch
antenna array, using soda-lime glass as the primary substrate and
indium-tin-oxide (ITO) as the ground plane, was designed using
the CST Studio Suite. The organic semiconductor heterojunction
P3HT:PCBM was employed in the design as a secondary substrate
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atop the glass. Characterisation of the organic polymer was
performed using quasi-optical measurement bench over the WR3
waveguide band to estimate the change in dielectric between
dark and active (i.e illuminated), states. This change is taken
into account while modelling the antenna array, and the potential
beam-steering applications are examined.
A Ka-Band Reflectarray with Variable Amplitude
Unit Cells
Peter Alizadeh, Clive Parini, Khalid Z. Rajab; Queen
Mary University of London, UK
EuMCPoster02-37, Time: 12:30
Reflectarrays are becoming increasingly popular for their ability to
overcome the bulkiness of reflector antennas, while also combining
the advantages that a phased array antenna may provide. Here,
a proposal for a reconfigurable reflectarray is presented, with the
main novelty being the control of the amplitude of the reflection
via individually addressable optically reconfigurable elements.
Initially, a study of the achievable radiation patterns from numeri-
cally modelling the reflectarray geometry is presented. Following
this, the unit cell which will achieve the required amplitude and
phase variations is presented. Reflection amplitude variation is
achieved in the unit cell by optically exciting a semiconductor
substrate using LEDs. To accurately model the semiconductor
under illumination, a characterisation setup was used. Finally, the
radiation patterns of a small reflectarray are compared with the
numerically modelled patterns to verify both the reconfiguration
mechanism and the numerical model.
Characterization of a New Integrated Scan-Phase
Antenna Diversity Circuit for Automotive Satellite
Radio Reception
S. Senega 1 , J. Roeber 2 , A. Nassar 1 , Robert Weigel 2 , C.
Heuer 3 , Stefan Lindenmeier 1 ; 1 Universität der
Bundeswehr München, Germany; 2 FAU
Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; 3 FUBA Automotive
Electronics, Germany
EuMCPoster02-38, Time: 12:30
An integrated antenna diversity system is described which enables
a high increase of reception performance for satellite digital audio
radio services (SDARS). A detailed analysis is given for the gain and
noise figure requirements specifically regarding the implementa-
tion in an integrated circuit.
On base of this analysis a hardware demonstrator of the scan-phase
antenna diversity system is realized in which the phase aligned
rf combining and signal selection is implemented completely in
a compact IC with a package size of only 8mm by 8 mm. For
evaluation the integrated scan-phase antenna diversity system is
fed by different antenna signals of real test drives in the US. The
diversity system proves its functionality in reducing the overall
time of audio mutes by almost one order in magnitude compared
to standard single antennas.
Suppressing Mutual Coupling of MIMO Antennas
with Parasitic Fragment-Type Elements
Lu Wang, Gang Wang, Qi Zhao; USTC, China
EuMCPoster02-39, Time: 12:30
Parasitic fragment-type element can be used in suppressing mutual
coupling of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. By
gridding a specific design space between MIMO antennas into
fragment cells, and metalizing some of the cells selected by multi-
objective optimization searching, parasitic fragment-type isolation
element can be designed to acquire desired isolation and return
losses. For demonstration, a parasitic fragment-type isolation
element for closely spaced printed monopoles operating at 2.45
GHz is designed and verified by test. The proposed parasitic
fragment-type element achieves maximum isolation 29 dB, and
isolation higher 16 dB in the operation band. Besides, due to its
flexibility and versatility, fragment-type structure can be applied
in forming miniaturized element of high isolation.
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Directional Modulation for QAM Signals with PAPR
Reduction
Yudong He, Youjiang Liu, Niantong Du, Nan Xie; CAEP,
China
EuMCPoster02-40, Time: 12:30
Directional modulation (DM) is a promising technology for physical
layer security. Traditional DM methods ignored the issue of the
decomposed signals’ peak-to-average power ratios (PAPRs), which
may lead to poor amplifier efficiency since high back-off power
is required. To improve amplifier efficiency, a PAPR reduction
concept is proposed for DM of QAM signals in this paper. An
iterative projection method is implemented to guarantee secrecy
performance and low PAPRs simultaneously. Simulation and
experimental results show that, comparing with traditional DM
method, the proposed approach has almost the same secrecy
performance but reduces the PAPR of transmitted signal for each
antenna element by about 5.6dB to 7.9dB.
Tomographic Reconstruction of 2D Rain Fields from
Microwave Link Attenuation Measurements
Michele D’Amico 1 , Andrea Manzoni 1 , Gian Leonardo
Solazzi 2 ; 1 Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2 NGI, Italy
EuMCPoster02-41, Time: 12:30
In this paper we report the use of a microwave link network to
perform the reconstruction of space-time rainfall field distribution
over a limited area at ground level. This is possible through the
use of a real time tomographic technique which makes use of
the relations between the rainfall intensities and the attenuation
measured on the links. Here we show how a commercial network
operating at K band, located in Italy and managed by a broadband
Internet provider, can be suitable to achieve accurate rainfall maps.
The results of the adopted technique are successfully validated
exploiting rain accumulations measured by a traditional gauge
network.
A Compact Four Element CSRR-Loaded Antenna for
Dual Band Pattern Diversity MIMO Applications
Debdeep Sarkar, Kushmanda Saurav, Kumar Vaibhav
Srivastava; IIT Kanpur, India
EuMCPoster02-42, Time: 12:30
In this paper, a four element compact MIMO antenna system
is proposed for dual-band (GSM/WLAN/WiFi/LTE) applications.
Dual-band antenna characteristics is obtained by loading L-shaped
monopoles with complementary split ring resonators (CSRR),
which produce an antenna resonance in addition to the reference
monopole mode. Inter-element isolation of more than 15 dB is
achieved in both the operating bands. The four element MIMO
configuration exhibits pattern diversity in both the bands due to
the directional radiation characteristics of the dual-band antenna
element. The proposed antenna has satisfactory performance in
terms of MIMO parameters as envelope correlation coefficient (ECC)
< 0.5, mean effective gain (MEG) ratio (MEGi /MEGj ) ≈ 1, total active
reflection coefficient (TARC) < -10 dB and average channel capacity
loss (CCL) < 0.5 bits/s/Hz are obtained in both the working bands.
Experimental results on the fabricated MIMO antenna prototype
confirms the validity of the proposed design concept.
LTE Based Spatial Multiplexing MIMO with Single
Radio
Gweondo Jo, Jung-Nam Lee, Hyoung-Oh Bae, Young-Ho
Lee, Donghyuk Gwak, Jung-Hoon Oh; ETRI, Korea
EuMCPoster02-43, Time: 12:30
This paper validates the concept of receiving LTE MIMO signal to
obtain spatial multiplexing gain with single radio beam switching
antenna system that consists of a single active antenna with
multiple parasitic elements around it. Performance measurements
were conducted by using a testbed equipped with single radio. Test
results with LTE signal have not been reported so far. Measured
SNR of the recovered LTE signal was 31.33 dB on average in
indoor environment. From the implementation perspective, the
transient time during the beam switching results in performance
degradation. It is beneficial to reduce the time as short as possible
by using fast switching device. Considering that transient time is
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fixed once a switching device is hardwired, it is good to reduce the
switching rate as possible because low switching rate corresponds
to the reduced occurrence of transient state.
Electromagnetic Characterization of Automotive
Sunroofs for Car-to-X Applications
Miguel Bueno Diez, Wilfrid Pascher, Stefan
Lindenmeier; Universität der Bundeswehr München,
Germany
EuMCPoster02-44, Time: 12:30
For Car-to-X communication at 5.9 GHz effects of electromag-
netic wave propagation inside and along the sunroof of cars
are investigated by means of modal analysis of a dielectric slab
waveguide, numerical modeling by finite integration technique
and measurements. Since the field is guided inside the glass as
fundamental TM0 mode and overlaid by free space radiation,
interference effects reduce the range in forward direction, an
important disturbing effect for car-to-car communication. The
influences of roof curvature as well as window size and position on
wave propagation and radiation are investigated. Deep nulls in the
radiation pattern are found in direction of the forward corners of
the glass roof. Metallized sunroofs are shown to improve forward
radiation and nulls by at least 6 dB. Computational results are
evaluated by measurements on a whole car in an open site test
range.
Design and Analysis of a Novel Low Cost High Data
Capacity Chipless RFID Tag on Plastic Substrate
Shuvashis Dey, Nemai Chandra Karmakar; Monash
University, Australia
EuMCPoster02-45, Time: 12:30
This study focuses on the design and analysis of a low cost com-
pact high data capacity chipless RFID tag on flexible mylar plastic
substrate. The size of the overall tag with integrated antennas is
less than a credit card. The designed tag uses polarization diversity
to provide a bit capacity of up to 20 bits in the short range UWB
band of 22–26.5 GHz. A technique for enhancing the minimum
detection depth is applied here to increase the readability of the
tag. Along with frequency variation, this paper also proposes the
scheme for bit detection using phase difference determination in
order to increase robustness. A printed prototype of the proposed
design and its measured result is also illustrated in the paper.
Radiofrequency Identification System for
2.4–2.483GHz Based on Passive Surface Acoustic
Wave Tags with Anti-Collision Properties
Sergey Yankin 1 , Sergey Suchkov 1 , Sergey Komkov 1 ,
Aleksey Pilovets 1 , Artem Litvinenko 1 , Iuliia Shatrova 1 ,
Dmitry Suchkov 1 , Viktor Nikolaevtsev 1 , Sergey
Nikitov 2 ; 1 Saratov State University, Russia; 2 Russian
Academy of Sciences, Russia
EuMCPoster02-46, Time: 12:30
Development of anti-collision radiofrequency identification system
based passive surface acoustic wave tags in the frequency band of
2.4–2.483 GHz is presented. Discrete-time encoding was applied
for the design. Set of tags with different codes was fabricated
using electron lithography and its anti-collision properties were
tested using reader in form of network analyzer with two antennas.
Sufficient level of information signal losses for technical imple-
mentation was obtained. In practice, simultaneous detection of up
to 100 closely spaced objects can be implemented. Identification
range for the permitted level of radiation power reader is up to 20
meters.
Industrial RFID Sensing Networks for Critical
Infrastructure Security
C. Occhiuzzi, S. Amendola, S. Manzari, G. Marrocco;
Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy
EuMCPoster02-47, Time: 12:30
The Radiofrequency Identification of the emerging Industrial Inter-
net of Things is here applied to the low-level monitoring of critical
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infrastructures to detect early attempts of physical and cyber
attacks. The proposed RFID sensor network, developed within the
H2020 project SCISSORS, includes a new family of multi-purpose
wireless boards, usable in both battery-less and battery-assisted
modes, a multi-antenna reader unit and a multi-level command
and control software capable to enforce a hierarchical monitoring
of complex environments.
Wireless Sensors for the Incident Pressure
Measurement in Air Blast
J. Fourmann 1 , A. Coustou 1 , H. Aubert 1 , P. Pons 1 , J.
Luc 2 , A. Lefrançois 2 , M. Lavayssiére 2 , A. Osmont 2 ;
1
LAAS, France; 2 CEA Gramat DAM, France
EuMCPoster02-48, Time: 12:30
This paper addresses the measurement of incident pressure in air
blast experiment using wireless pressure sensors. The analysis
of the proposed wireless system is presented and measurement
results obtained during an air blast event are reported. The
proposed approach offers a very attractive solution in terms of
cost, size and power consumption for transmitting and analyzing
sensor data in harsh environment.
Undergraduate Teaching for Digital Signals on
Transmission Lines
R.J. Collier; University of Kent, UK
EuMCPoster02-49, Time: 12:30
This paper sets out the case for an increase in the teaching of
pulses on transmission lines, since this is now their major usage.
Following this, the paper contains some examples of the typical
problems that could be used in teaching and the basic principles
that they illustrate. In the conclusion, the paper has some general
comments about the modern relevance of transmission lines.
EuMIC/EuMC01 : ARMMS RF and Microwave
Society Selected Papers
Room 1, 09:00–10:40, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Dominic Fitzpatrick, PoweRFul Microwave
Co-Chair: Steve Nightingale, Cobham Antenna Systems
Submillimetre Rectangular Waveguides Based on
SU-8 Photoresist Micromachining Technology
David Glynn, Tianhao He, Jeff Powell, Yingtao Tian,
Xiaobang Shang, Michael J. Lancaster; University of
Birmingham, UK
EuMIC/EuMC01-1, Time: 09:00
Rectangular waveguides are fundamental structures for the trans-
mission of signals at millimetre and submillimetre wavelengths.
This paper describes the design and measured results for two
rectangular waveguides based on layered SU-8 photoresist micro-
machining technology, with double-layer fabrication techniques to
minimise the air gaps between layers. A brief description of the
SU-8 photoresist micromachining procedure is given in the paper.
One waveguide is demonstrated for the WR-3 band from 220 GHz
to 325 GHz the other is for the WR-6 band 120 GHz to 170 GHz
both are made of layered SU-8 with a 3 piece construction. Both
waveguides have novel bends in order to connect to the measure-
ment apparatus. The measured performance is presented and
compared to conventional machined metal waveguide structures.
The measured insertion loss for the SU-8 waveguides in both bands
is better than 0.03 dB/mm.
Challenges of Wearable Antenna Design
Sema Dumanli; Toshiba Research Europe, UK
EuMIC/EuMC01-2, Time: 09:20
Antenna design for wearable technologies is a challenging task
due to the body being in the near-field of the antenna, the highly
dynamic nature of the channel and the user acceptance issues.
The antenna should be insensitive to the near field effects of the
body in order to minimize detuning and to keep its efficiency high
which translates to longer battery life time. Preferably, it could
have a reconfigurable gain pattern to satisfy almost contradictory
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requirements of different links and to cope with the dynamic
channel conditions. Finally the antenna should be either small or
flexible for the users satisfaction while keeping the SAR levels low
for safety. This paper discusses the aforementioned requirements
in detail and proposes antennas tackling these challenges.
Broadband Push-Pull Power Amplifier Design at
Microwave Frequencies
R.M.H. Smith 1 , S.C. Cripps 2 ; 1 Plextek RFI, UK; 2 Cardiff
University, UK
EuMIC/EuMC01-3, Time: 09:40
A broadband, high efficiency push-pull power amplifier is pre-
sented between 0.5 GHz and 1.5 GHz. Coaxial cable transmission
line baluns are utilised to transform the impedance environment
of the transistors down to 25 Ω, greatly simplifying the matching,
whilst still providing a 50 Ω environment to interface with other
components. Using packaged GaN HEMT transistors, typical
output powers of 45 dBm and efficiencies of 44% to 75% have been
measured across a 3:1 bandwidth. The small signal input match is
less than -10 dB and small signal gain is greater than 10 dB across
the entire band.
Understanding the 3 Level Doherty
Michael James Roberts; Slipstream Engineering Design,
UK
EuMIC/EuMC01-4, Time: 10:00
The Doherty amplifier is a well-known technique for improving
efficiency of a power amplifier in a backed off condition. The
standard 2 way Doherty amplifier with a peak in efficiency at 6dB
back off and full power is commonly used and well understood.
With the use of increasingly complex signals comes the require-
ment to move the peak in efficiency to higher levels of back off
whilst maintaining efficiency up to full power output. This can
be achieved with asymmetrical Doherty amplifiers or by utilising
N-Way Doherty techniques. In this paper we will explain from first
principles the operation of the 3 Level Doherty architecture based
on an NXP design that uses three LDMOS transistors of equal size.
Design challenges faced with this type of amplifier are presented
and compared against conventional 3-Way Doherty architecture.
Test results are presented which demonstrate a drain efficiency of
greater than 40% at 10dB back off.
Beyond RF Ablation: Other Uses for RF Within the
Body
1 2
Olive Murphy , Mohammad Reza Bahmanyar ,
Christopher N. McLeod 2 , Christofer Toumazou 2 ,
Magdi Yacoub 3 ; 1 Analog Devices, Ireland; 2 Imperial
College London, UK; 3 Harefield Hospital, UK
EuMIC/EuMC01-5, Time: 10:20
The use of high frequencies within the body is commonplace for
treatment and imaging, but, other than a few examples very little
exists in terms of RF sensors and for communication deep into
the body. This paper will give an overview of an RF powered
implantable blood pressure sensor for continuous monitoring and
in doing so demonstrate the use of RF within the body.
EuMIC/EuMC02 : RF MEMS Components and
Packaging
Room 13, 09:00–10:40, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Stepan Lucyszyn, Imperial College London
Co-Chair: Kamal K Samanta, AMWT Ltd
High-Q Tunable Filter with a Novel Tuning Structure
J. Jiang, Raafat R. Mansour; University of Waterloo,
Canada
EuMIC/EuMC02-1, Time: 09:00
This paper presents a novel structure for realizing high-Q tunable
combline filters using RF MEMS switches. The design employs pla-
nar circuits loaded with RF MEMS switches integrated strategically
inside the combline filter structure. The advantage of the proposed
structure is that the MEMS switches do not need to be connected
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to lumped element capacitors which are known to degrade the
loaded Q of the tunable filters over the tuning range. Simulation
and measurement results are presented illustrating a reasonably
wide tuning range. The concept was experimentally demonstrated
using a 2-pole tunable combline filter designed at 7 GHz.
Advances in MEMS Switches for RF Test
Applications
Tamir Moran 1 , Chris Keimel 2 , Todd Miller 3 ; 1 National
Instruments, USA; 2 Menlo Microsystems, USA; 3 GE
Global Research, USA
EuMIC/EuMC02-2, Time: 09:20
This paper details the broadband RF switching challenges in Test
and Measurement (T&M) and Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
applications, including the need for high performance RF switches
capable of 25W. The design, validation and manufacturing of
ohmic RF MEMS switches are presented as suitable replacements
for electromechanical (EM) switches in T&M and ATE applications.
The switches are capable of supporting DC to RF frequencies,
reliably hot switching at least 30 dBm of power for millions of
cycles, handle as much as 25W of power under cold switching
conditions, and are available in standard surface mount (SMT)
packages that make them easy to use with low cost, traditional
processes.
Development of a DC to K-Band Ultra Long On-Life
RF MEMS Switch with Integrated Driver Circuitry
Eric Carty, Padraig Fitzgerald, Padraig McDaid,
Bernard Stenson, Raymond Goggin; Analog Devices,
Ireland
EuMIC/EuMC02-3, Time: 09:40
This paper describes the development of a DC (0Hz) to over 26GHz
(K-Band), ultra-long on lifetime single pole dual throw (SPDT)
micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) switch with integrated
driver circuitry. This paper reports for the first time a novel active
(electrostatic) open design that guarantees a greater than 10 years
continuously on lifetime (COL) at 85◦ C, as well as a minimum
actuation lifetime of 1 billion cycles. The switch exhibits 1dB of
insertion loss and 23dB of off isolation at 26GHz. The switch
solution including the driver is packaged in a small 5mm × 4mm
× 0.95mm 24-pin quad flat no leads (QFN) plastic package.
High Q Zero Level Packaged RF-MEMS Switched
Capacitor Arrays
Kevin Nadaud 1 , Fabien Roubeau 1 , Arnaud Pothier 1 ,
Pierre Blondy 1 , Lin-Yang Zhang 2 , Romain Stefanini 2 ;
1
XLIM, France; 2 AirMems, France
EuMIC/EuMC02-4, Time: 10:00
This paper presents the design, the realization and the mea-
surement of a thin-film packaged RF-MEMS switched capacitors.
Packaging is included in microelectronics fabrication process, with
Silicon Nitride thin film. The capacitors are actuated by deflecting
thin gold metal membrane towards the package dielectric, increas-
ing the capacitance by a factor 2.47. The device size, including
its packaging, is 80 × 90μm2 . The highest quality factor of a
single capacitor is 1515 at 5 GHz, which comes from the low
parasitic capacitance and the thick metallization. To obtain larger
capacitance value, an array of 4 × 2 capacitors has been realized
and measured.
Thin Film Wafer Level Encapsulated RF-MEMS
Switch for D-Band Applications
S. Tolunay Wipf, A. Göritz, M. Wietstruck, C. Wipf, B.
Tillack, Andreas Mai, Mehmet Kaynak; IHP, Germany
EuMIC/EuMC02-5, Time: 10:20
This paper presents a wafer level packaged (WLP) RF-MEMS switch
fabricated in a 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS process technology for
D-Band (110–170 GHz) applications. For the wafer level packaging,
thin film encapsulation approach is developed and used during
the Back-End-of-Line (BEOL) fabrication process. The fabricated
wafer level encapsulated (WLE) RF-MEMS switch provides a high
capacitance Con /Coff ratio of 11.1. The fabricated WLE RF-MEMS
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switch shows beyond state of the art RF performances of better
than 0.67 dB insertion loss and more than 16 dB isolation in all
D-band. The measured maximum isolation of the WLE switch is
51.6 dB at 142.8 GHz with an insertion loss of 0.65 dB.
EuMIC/EuMC03 : THz Photonics Electronic
Components and Systems
Room 1, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Mohamed Elkhouly, Robert Bosch
Co-Chair: Antti Räisänen, Aalto University
Photonic BiCMOS Technology — Enabler for
Si-Based, Monolithically Integrated Transceivers
Towards 400 Gbps
Stefan Lischke, Dieter Knoll, Lars Zimmermann, Pedro
Rito, Ahmet Cagri Ulusoy, Ahmet Awny, Despoina
Petousi, Iria Garcia Lopez, Christian Mai, Marcel Kroh,
Bernd Heinemann, Holger Rücker, Rainer Barth, Jens
Katzer, Markus Andreas Schubert, Mehmet Kaynak,
Andreas Mai; IHP, Germany
EuMIC/EuMC03-1, Time: 14:20
We present a photonic BiCMOS process enabling for mono-
lithically integrated Si-based transceiver front-ends towards
single-wavelength 400 Gb/s data rate by combining segmented
Mach-Zehnder-Interferometer modulators and high-speed germa-
nium photo detectors with high-performance electronics.
GaN Laser Driver Switching 30A in the
Sub-Nanosecond Range
Armin Liero, Andreas Klehr, Thomas Hoffmann,
Thomas Prziwarka, Wolfgang Heinrich; FBH, Germany
EuMIC/EuMC03-2, Time: 14:40
A GaN-HEMT-based laser driver circuit is presented which can
switch 30 A of current with a minimum pulse width of 580 ps. The
pulse width can be varied electronically. Its maximum depends
only on the value of the storage capacitor. This demonstrates
the potential of GaN transistors also for high-speed high-current
applications at low voltages. The driver is integrated together with
the laser diode on a submount following a special scheme, which
is essential to keep parasitic inductance low.
Electronic Stabilization Methods for a Single-Loop
Opto-Electronic Oscillator
Mehmet Alp Ilgaz, Luka Bogataj, Boštjan Batagelj,
Matjaž Vidmar; University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
EuMIC/EuMC03-3, Time: 15:00
The opto-electronic oscillator (OEO) is an oscillator with an optical
delay line as a resonator. The fact that the increase in frequency
of an OEO does not increase its phase noise is an important
advantage. This enables the generation of low phase-noise signals
in the microwave and millimeter wave regions. However, for its
more widespread use two problems must be dealt with: frequency
drift and multi-mode oscillation. This paper presents recently
proposed, novel methods that address the frequency drift and the
OEO’s multi-mode nature. By implementing a feedback control
loop into the OEO it is possible to achieve a frequency drift of 0.05
ppm/K. With an additional phase modulation of the OEO’s loop
it is possible to increase the side-mode suppression ratio (SMSR)
by 5 dB, and a 20-dB improvement in the SMSR is possible with a
quality multiplier. The suggested methods operate in the electrical
domain, which makes them simple, accessible and low cost.
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High-Conversion-Gain 100-GHz Photoreceiver
Integrated with UTC-PD and PHEMT Amplifier for
92-GHz Carrier, 10.7-Gbps Photonic Wireless
Communication
T. Umezawa 1 , K. Kashima 2 , A. Kanno 1 , P.T. Dat 1 , K.
Akahane 1 , A. Matsumoto 1 , N. Yamamoto 1 , T.
Kawanishi 1 ; 1 NICT, Japan; 2 Hitachi Kokusai Electric,
Japan
EuMIC/EuMC03-4, Time: 15:20
We successfully designed and fabricated a high-conversion-gain
100-GHz photoreceiver integrated with a UTC-PD and a PHEMT
amplifier for 92-GHz carrier photonic wireless communication.
Then, in a demonstration of 92-GHz carrier, OFDM, 16-QAM pho-
tonic wireless communication, we confirmed that high data rate of
11.03-Gbps (bit error rate of 1×10-3 ) could be achieved at a low
optical input power, without post amplifiers for the photoreceiver.
The designs and the results are discussed.
Characterization of Sub-THz Detection Array in
0.18μm CMOS Technology
Jixin Chen, Weitian Liu, Pinpin Yan, Chenwei Jia,
Debing Hou, Chao Yu, Wei Hong; Southeast University,
China
EuMIC/EuMC03-5, Time: 15:40
A 2×2 pixel array for Sub-THz detection in which each pixel can
be separately addressed has been integrated in a low-cost 0.18μm
CMOS technology. Each pixel comprises of an NMOS incoherent
power detection circuit and a high gain operational amplifier.
Efficiency of self-mixing is analyzed and improved for FET detector
and the operational amplifier. Sequential pulse generator is used
in the design of row and column signal producing circuit in pixel
array. The measured peak responsivity is 3.3 kV/W at 90 GHz, 4.3
kV/W at 155 GHz. For comparison, the pixel without load resistor
is also characterized. The measured results show that the pixel
with load resistor can efficiently increase the pixel output.
EuMIC/EuMC04 : Components for Receivers
Room 4, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Philippe Descamps, University of Caen
Co-Chair: Jan Grahn, Chalmers University of Technology
Geodetic VLBI Ultra Low Noise Broad-Band Receiver
for 13 Meter VGOS Radiotelescopes
Pablo García-Carrenõ 1 , Sonia García-Álvaro 1 , José A.
López-Pérez 1 , María Patino-Esteban 1 , José M. Serna 1 ,
Beatriz Vaquero-Jiménez 1 , José A. López-Fernández 1 ,
Pablo-Luis López-Espí 2 , Rocío Sánchez-Montero 2 ;
1
Instituto Geográfico Nacional, Spain; 2 Universidad de
Alcalá, Spain
EuMIC/EuMC04-1, Time: 14:20
This paper shows the design, construction and characterization of
an ultra-low noise and broad-band receiver system, to be used for
geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations with
the Spanish new 13.2 meter radiotelescopes, in the frame of the
VLBI Global Observing System (VGOS). The cryogenic receiver front-
end covers the frequency range 2–14 GHz in two simultaneous
linear polarizations. It has an average receiver noise temperature
lower than 20 Kelvin, except for those frequencies affected by
radio frequency interferences (RFI). The detected signals are sent
to the back-end room using broad-band RF over fiber optic links.
Then, the signals are distributed to four dual-channel frequency
up/down converters, which provide the base-band signals for the
digital VLBI back-ends.
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Self-Biasing Effects Induced by RF Step-Stress in
Ka-Band LNAs Based on InAlN/GaN HEMT
Technology
J.G. Tartarin 1 , S.D. Nsele 1 , S. Piotrowicz 2 , S.L.
Delage 2 ; 1 LAAS, France; 2 III-V Lab, France
EuMIC/EuMC04-2, Time: 14:40
Nitride technologies are proposing a large variety of active de-
vices to address high-power modules, but also robust low-noise
receivers at high frequencies. High Electron Mobility Transistors
(HEMT) are essentially developed on AlGaN/GaN heterostructure,
but InAlN/GaN alternative seems very promising due to lattice
matched layers (using 17% of In content) at the interface between
layers where the channel (2DEG) occurs, and to a better mobility
in the 2DEG. This paper presents a study on Ka-band Low Noise
Amplifiers featuring a Noise Figure of 3.3dB between 29–30.5 GHz
for the single stage version under study. RF step-stresses and
CW stresses have been applied on four different LNAs, evidencing
fluctuation of charges in the active device. Self-biasing of the HEMT
is emphasized and assessed through the evaluation of the 2nd
order harmonic at 59 GHz. Initial noise and dynamic performances
can be fully recovered after a long period with no RF signal, or by
applying a positive voltage on the gate to remove charges under the
gated zone of the transistor. These results on the stability of the
noise figure of LNAs prove that jamming signals can be harmless
on GaN based receivers, even if some more improvements have to
be achieved on these not yet mature technologies.
A 30–50GHz Reflection-Type Phase Shifter Based on
Slow-Wave Coupled Lines in BiCMOS 55nm
Technology
Zyad Iskandar 1 , Jose Lugo-Alvarez 1 , Alfredo
Bautista 1 , Emmanuel Pistono 1 , Florence Podevin 1 ,
Vincent Puyal 2 , Alexandre Siligaris 2 , Philippe Ferrari 1 ;
1
IMEP-LAHC, France; 2 CEA-LETI, France
EuMIC/EuMC04-3, Time: 15:00
This paper presents a mm-wave compact, ultra-wideband reflection-
type phase shifter (RTPS). This phase shifter is dedicated to phased
array transmitter based on LO-path phase shifting for beamforming
and beam-steering applications in the sub-mm-wave band. The
proposed RTPS is designed using a slow-wave coplanar waveguide
coupler and reflective loads. The circuit was fabricated in BiCMOS
55 nm technology. As predicted by simulations, measurement
results show a relative phase shift of 61◦ ±1◦ that is very stable
over a wide frequency range from 30 GHz to 50 GHz, with insertion
loss of 4 dB ± 1 dB at 50 GHz, leading to a figure-of-merit (FoM)
of 12◦ /dB. The measured return loss is always better than 10 dB
across the whole band. The chip area is only 0.18 mm2 .
A High Image Rejection E-Band Sub-Harmonic IQ
Demodulator with Low Power Consumption in
90-nm CMOS Process
Yu-Ting Chou, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Huei Wang; National
Taiwan University, Taiwan
EuMIC/EuMC04-5, Time: 15:40
This paper presents an E-band I/Q demodulator in 90-nm CMOS
process. The demodulator attains -3-dB conversion gain with only
26.6-mW power consumption and 4-dBm LO power by adopting
push-push based sub-harmonic mixers with a tunable 45◦ power
divider. With the amplitude and phase calibration mechanism, the
demodulator achieves outstanding IRR higher than 40 dBc from 76
to 88 GHz, and demonstrates gigabit data rate transmission of 8.2%
EVM 16-QAM modulation. This demodulator exists competitive
performance whatever in conversion gain, LO power, modulation
quality or power consumption compared with other published
MMW demodulators.
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EuMIC/EuMC05 : Multi-Functional Tuneable
Filters for Wireless Applications
Room 13, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Mehmet Karaaslan, e2v Technologies
Co-Chair: Jose L. Alonso, Technical University of Madrid
A Band-Switchable and Tunable Nested Bandpass
Filter With Continuous 0.4–3GHz Coverage
Keiichi Motoi, Naoki Oshima, Masaki Kitsunezuka,
Kazuaki Kunihiro; NEC, Japan
EuMIC/EuMC05-1, Time: 14:20
This paper presents a second-order tunable bandpass filter (BPF)
with continuous 0.4–3GHz coverage for software defined radio
(SDR) transceivers. The band-switchable and tunable BPF is real-
ized with two pairs of RF-switches for coarse-tuning and RF-MEMS
tunable capacitors for fine-tuning. Transition between 3 bands is
enabled using two pairs of RF-switches. Furthermore the 3-bands
switchable BPFs are constructed in nested filter bank structure for
expanding tuning range without increasing foot print. In addition,
to complement the discrete band gaps, RF-MEMS capacitor tuned
resonators are used, and contiguous tuning range of nearly entire
UHF-band is achieved. The filter is fabricated on a Duroid substrate
with εr = 3.5 and h = 0.787mm. The proposed nested tunable filter
shows an insertion loss of 3.2–6.8 dB and a 1-dB bandwidth of
65–450 MHz with a contiguous tuning range of 0.4–3 GHz.
Hairpin Bandpass Filter with Tunable Center
Frequency and Tunable Bandwidth Based on Screen
Printed Ferroelectric Varactors
Christian Schuster 1 , Alex Wiens 1 , Martin Schüßler 1 ,
Christian Kohler 2 , Joachim R. Binder 2 , Rolf Jakoby 1 ;
1
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany; 2 KIT,
Germany
EuMIC/EuMC05-2, Time: 14:40
This paper presents a twofold tunable planar hairpin filter to si-
multaneously control center frequency and bandwidth. Tunability
is achieved by using functional thick film layers of the ferroelectric
material Barium-Strontium-Titanate (BST). The center frequency of
the filter is adjusted by varactors which are loading the hairpin
resonators. Coupling varactors between the hairpin resonators
enable the control of the bandwidth. The proposed filter structure
is designed for a center frequency range from 650MHz to 920MHz
and a bandwidth between 25MHz and 85 MHz. This covers the
specifications of the lower GSM bands. The functionality of the
design is experimentally validated and confirmed by simulation
results.
An Integrated Tunable Electrical-Balance Filter with
>60dB Stopband Attenuation and 1.75–3.7GHz
Stopband Tuning Range
Barend van Liempd, Benjamin Hershberg, Piet
Wambacq, Jan Craninckx; imec, Belgium
EuMIC/EuMC05-3, Time: 15:00
This paper proposes the concept of electrical balance filters to
enable integrated, tunable RF filters, where a pass- and stopband
are designed by the change in electrical-balance across frequency.
These filters can be constructed using low Q integrated LC res-
onators. The stopband frequency is the frequency where two
on chip balance networks are tuned to be equal in impedance or
‘balanced’, while the passband frequency is the frequency where
the balance condition is disturbed as much as possible for low in-
sertion loss. A 1.5mm2 electrical balance low-pass filter prototype
is implemented in 0.18μm SOI CMOS. It has <4dB insertion loss at
1GHz with a >60dB, >33MHz stopband tunable from 1.75 to 3.7
GHz.
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Dual-Mode-Resonator-Based Pseudo-Elliptic Filters
with Tunable Response
Ahmad Bader Alothman Alterkawi, Fabrizio Gentili,
Sebastian W. Sattler, Wolfgang Bösch; Technische
Universität Graz, Austria
EuMIC/EuMC05-4, Time: 15:20
This paper presents the design of filters having frequency-tunable
response based on microstrip dual-mode patch resonators. Dis-
crete tunability is achieved through a modified version of a
standard patch resonator which allows one to switch between
different centre-frequency states. Besides, the selectivity of the
filter is enhanced by transmission zeroes (TZs), two at each side
of the pass-band. The method has been proven by the design
and measurement of a dual-mode cavity activated by PIN diodes.
The single resonator is then employed to build a filter whose
electrical measurement resulted in a very good agreement with the
simulations and showed a maximum IL=1.4 dB (Q-factor of 160).
EuMIC/EuMC06 : Packaged and Integrated
High-Power Amplifiers
Room 14, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Peter Aaen, University of Surrey
Co-Chair: Olof Bengtsson, FBH
A Packaged Hybrid Doherty PA for Microwave Links
D. Gustafsson, K. Andersson, A. Leidenhed, M.
Malmstrom, A. Rhodin, T. Wegeland; Ericsson, Sweden
EuMIC/EuMC06-1, Time: 14:20
The performance of a 6.5 GHz hybrid GaN Doherty power amplifier
is reported. The amplifier is packaged in a plastic overmold QFN
9×9 package and includes discrete GaN transistors and inte-
grated passive GaAs splitting, matching and combiner networks.
Measured results, under continuous wave operation, at 6.5 GHz
shows 18 dB gain, a P1dB of 42 dBm, and 21% PAE in 9 dB output
power back off. These results are the first reported for a Doherty
power amplifier that comes close to specifications for a typical
point-to-point microwave link application. Furthermore, the pre-
sented hybrid approach is a step towards cost effective microwave
Doherty power amplifiers.
A 2.6-GHz-Band 78-W Doherty Power Amplifier with
GaN HEMT Unit-Cell Structure Robust for
Layout-Dependent Loop Oscillation
Shohei Imai, Shinsuke Watanabe, Yuji Komatsuzaki,
Hiroyuki Okazaki, Shintaro Shinjo, Koji Yamanaka,
Yoshinobu Sasaki, Hideaki Katayama, Akira Inoue;
Mitsubishi Electric, Japan
EuMIC/EuMC06-2, Time: 14:40
This paper proposes a unique unit cell structure of multi-finger
GaN HEMT. The structure with a 360 μm × 10 unit gate width cell
is robust for layout-dependent loop oscillation inside the cell, and
is well suited for delivering both high gain and high output power.
Small-signal measurements show that the proposed cell exhibits
2 dB higher maximum available gain than a conventional cell. A
packaged GaN HEMT based on the proposed cell delivers a 17.6 dB
power gain, a 53.4 dBm output power, and a 66.5% drain efficiency
at 2.6 GHz. To the best of authors’ knowledge, the gain is the
highest among single stage GaN HEMT amplifiers ever reported at
the same output power range and the same frequency band. A
Doherty power amplifier (DPA), which is fabricated with the two
packaged GaN HEMTs, achieves a 14.9 dB high power gain, a 51.4%
drain efficiency, a -50.3 dBc ACLR at a 48.9 dBm (78 W) average
output power.
Linearity Enhancement in CMOS Power Amplifier
Design by Using Varactor-Embedded Output
Matching Network
Chenxi Zhai, Kwok-Keung M. Cheng; Chinese
University of Hong Kong, China
EuMIC/EuMC06-3, Time: 15:00
This paper presents a novel and compact linearization technique
for CMOS RF power amplifier (PA) realization. To enhance linearity
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performance, the distortion components generated by the tran-
sistor and varactor are made to cancel each other by the proper
design of the output matching network and embedded diode. For
verification, a 2 GHz, 20 dBm class-AB PA was designed, fabricated
and characterized. Under WCDMA excitation, an improvement
of adjacent channel leakage power (ACLR) of about 10 dB and
power-added efficiency of > 40% were achieved at saturation.
A 20W and Broadband Two-Stage LDMOS Power
Amplifier with High-Q Cu Integrated Passive Device
for Multi-Band and Multi-Standard Applications
Seungkee Min, Jangheon Kim, Margaret Szymanowski,
Geoff Tucker; NXP Semiconductors, USA
EuMIC/EuMC06-4, Time: 15:20
This paper presents a 20W and broadband power amplifier using
high-Q Cu integrated passive device (IPD). Dual-path and two-stage
broadband RFIC PA using the latest LDMOS technology covers from
1.5 GHz to 2.5 GHz frequency band and performs exceptionally
well in multi-mode and multi-band operations. The measured
power gain and drain efficiency in class-AB mode achieved more
than 30 dB and between 18% and 22% from 1.8 GHz to 2.5 GHz
at 10 dB power back-off, respectively. In order to validate the
multi-band operation, the PA is linearized as the final stage of the
low power line-up by the NXP DFE DPD system under 145 MHz 3C
LTE signals and has more than 27% efficiency and -57 dBc corrected
ACLR at the average output power of 36 dBm (8 dB back-off). To
the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first demonstration
of broadband high power amplifier with excellent wideband DPD
linearization and RF performance.
High Performance Plastic Packaged 100W L-Band
Quasi-MMIC HPA
Diane Bouw, Philippe Sin, Marc Camiade, Jean Pierre
Viaud; United Monolithic Semiconductors, France
EuMIC/EuMC06-5, Time: 15:40
This paper describes the development and the obtained results of
a state of the art 100 W L-band Quasi-MMIC HPA packaged in QFN.
Innovative power passive MMIC technology is combined with high
performance GaN technology in order to provide highly integrated
solution compatible to low cost packaging. The measured devices
shows an output power of 110 W with more than 55% PAE at 1.3
GHz. To our knowledge, this is the first Internally-Matched plastic
packaged device proposed at this performance level.
EuMIC/EuMC07 : Packaging and Multichip
Modules
Room 15, 14:20–16:00, Tuesday 4th October 2016
Chair: Pierre Blondy, XLIM CNRS Universite de Limoges
Co-Chair: Fabio Coccetti, LAAS-CNRS
Dielectric Material Characterization of High
Frequency Printed Circuit Board Laminates and an
Analysis of their Transmission Line High Frequency
Losses
Brian Curran 1 , Christian Tschoban 1 , Ivan Ndip 1 ,
Klaus-Dieter Lang 1 , Helmut Kroener 2 , Alexander
Ippich 2 ; 1 Fraunhofer IZM, Germany; 2 Isola, Germany
EuMIC/EuMC07-1, Time: 14:20
High frequency printed circuit board (PCB) laminates are receiving
increased attention due to applications in the K/Ka and Q/V
bands. As a result, the extraction of electrical properties for the
applications in these bands is increasingly important. Material
properties at 60GHz, 77GHz, and 81GHz were extracted for four
glass reinforced thermoset and one polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
material. The attenuation of transmission lines on these materials
was also analyzed, taking into account the dielectric loss properties
as well as processing tolerances and surface roughness. The results
show that mechanical properties of materials, for example the
adhesion, will indirectly affect the high frequency losses with their
effects on the conductor cross-sections and must be considered
during the design of high speed and high frequency systems.
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Interposer Based on Metallic-nanowire-Membrane
(MnM) for mm-Wave Applications
M.V. Pelegrini 1 , J.M. Pinheiro 1 , L.G. Gomes 1 , G.P.
Rehder 1 , A.L.C. Serrano 1 , Florence Podevin 2 , Philippe
Ferrari 2 ; 1 Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil;
2
IMEP-LAHC, France
EuMIC/EuMC07-2, Time: 14:40
In this paper, an innovative mm-wave technology platform is pre-
sented based on the metallic-nanowire-membrane (MnM). Here, the
interposer with the most basic components are demonstrated: high
performance TSVs and transmission lines showing a wide range
of Zc. It was shown that it is possible to fabricate transmission
lines with low and high characteristic impedances, varying from
5 Ω to 140 Ω. Highly miniaturized transmission lines can also
be obtained with high quality factor (greater than 30). TSVs were
fabricated with small footprint (30 μm × 20 μm) and low losses
(0.05 dB/transition). These preliminary results show the promising
potential of the MnM platform for the development of mm-wave
devices that could include filters, couplers, feeding networks and
antenna arrays.
Differential Wideband Interconnects for Organic
Millimeter Wave Chip Packages: An Effort to Design
an All-Purpose RF Chip Package
Franz Xaver Röhrl 1 , Johannes Jakob 1 , Werner
Bogner 1 , Daniel Hageneder 2 , Stefan Zorn 2 ;
1 using digital programmable delay lines and monolithically inte-
Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany;
2
Rohde & Schwarz, Germany
EuMIC/EuMC07-3, Time: 15:00
In this paper a chip package is presented that is optimized for
high operation frequencies and high power applications with a
moderate number of signal paths. Using standard printed circuit
board (PCB) materials, the package is also very cost effective. For
radio frequency (RF) applications, the connection between chip and
package is as important as the connection between package and
baseboard. This paper presents both and shows that the package-
baseboard transition is dominating the insertion and return loss at
frequencies above 40 GHz, when using organic PCBs as base for the
packages. Moreover, some methods are introduced to simplify the
simulation models of organic PCB transitions. Because of the fully
impedance controlled design process, the presented transitions
can be used from DC to 67 GHz and ensure best signal integrity.
Low-Cost Antenna-in-Package Solution for 122GHz
Radar Module
Akanksha Bhutani 1 , Benjamin Goettel 1 , Thomas
Streitz 1 , Steffen Scherr 1 , Wolfgang Winkler 2 , Thomas
Zwick 1 ; 1 KIT, Germany; 2 Silicon Radar, Germany
EuMIC/EuMC07-4, Time: 15:20
In this paper, a glob-top packaging solution using thermally con-
ductive adhesive Polytec TC 430-T is demonstrated which can be
adapted for mass production using standard assembly effort. The
packaging concept is first tested on two dummy chips connected by
λ/2 wirebonds. Thereafter, the packaging concept is implemented
on a 122 GHz wirebond based Antenna-in-Package (AiP). The off-
chip circuitry of the AiP contains a monostatic circularly polarized
(CP) microstrip patch antenna and a branchline coupler. Finally,
the feasibility of realizing a 122 GHz low-cost, fully integrated,
surface mountable monostatic radar sensor package is evaluated
on the basis of simulations and probe based measurements carried
out in the frequency range of 110 GHz and 170 GHz.
3D Inkjet Printed Radio Frequency Inductors and
Capacitors
Mohammad Vaseem, Garret McKerricher, Atif
Shamim; KAUST, Saudi Arabia
EuMIC/EuMC07-5, Time: 15:40
Inkjet printing has emerged as an ideal method for the fabrication
of low cost and efficient electronic systems. However, most of the
printed designs at present utilize 2D inkjet printing of metallic
inks on conventional substrates. In order to have fully printed
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RF components, the substrate must also be printed. 3D printing
of polymers can be an ideal mechanism for printing substrates,
however typically such materials cannot handle high sintering
temperatures (>150 ◦ C) required for nanoparticles based metallic
inks. In this work, an all-inkjet printed process is demonstrated
that utilizes 3D inkjet printing of a UV-cured dielectric material
in combination with the printing of a particle free conductive
silver organo-complex (SOC) ink for realization of inductors and
capacitors. The processing temperature does not exceed 80 ◦ C and
still state of the art conductivity of 1×107 S/m is achieved. Both
the conductive ink and dielectric have roughness values under 500
nm. The inductor and capacitor exhibit quality factors of 8 and 20
respectively in the high MHz and GHz regime.
EuRAD/EuMC01 : Novel Radar Front-End
Concepts
Room 7, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Alexander Kölpin, FAU Erlangen
Co-Chair: Alessio Balleri, Cranfield University
Digital True Time Delay for Pulse Correlation Radars
Markus Schartel 1 , Winfried Mayer 2 , Christian
Waldschmidt 1 ; 1 Universität Ulm, Germany;
2
Endress+Hauser, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC01-1, Time: 09:00
A novel concept for digital true time delay pulse correlation radars
grated radar front-ends is investigated. The effects of quantization
errors on side lobe level and deviation of beam direction due to the
digital true time delay lines are evaluated by numerical simulations
based on the performance of commercially available time delay
units.
To verify the simulation results, a compact 26 GHz active elec-
tronically steered linear antenna array consisting of 8 elements
has been realized, which provides beamforming in both transmit
and receive path. Measurement results and design details of this
steerable radar sensor are presented in the experimental part of
this paper.
Broadband Multifunction AESA Front-Ends: New
Requirements and Emerging Technologies
W. Gautier, W. Gruener, R. Rieger, S. Chartier; Airbus
Defence & Space, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC01-2, Time: 09:20
Multifunction RF systems which can operate with different RF
functions like radar, communication and electronic warfare offer a
variety of benefits beyond the well-known AESA (Active Electroni-
cally Steerable Antenna) features. To reach a sufficient technology
maturity to start product development a series of challenges
most stemming from the large required operation bandwidth
have to be resolved. Dual-polarised low-loss apertures with array
grids designed for a grating lobe and scan blindness free ±60◦
conical Field of View (FoV) at the highest operational frequency
have to be considered. The active components of the AESA and
especially the T/R-M are required to be power efficient over the
whole multifunction bandwidth and they shall be miniaturised to
fit the array grid. RF functions like high speed datalink require
linear high power amplification with low harmonics generation
and interference suppression in receive is essential in order to
maintain performance. Enablers for such broadband AESA are
the GaN technology for T/R-M front-end components and SiGe
BiCMOS technology for core chip and digital control of the T/R-M.
The paper shows the state-of-the-art technology in Europe for
multifunction RF Systems.
Square Wave Architectures for Radar-on-Chip
Øystein Bjørndal 1 , Svein-Erik Hamran 1 , Tor Sverre
Lande 2 ; 1 FFI, Norway; 2 University of Oslo, Norway
EuRAD/EuMC01-3, Time: 09:40
Square waves enable radar implementation in modern digital
technology giving power-efficient, compact and flexible radar
solutions. Using a simple square wave generator and a sweep
threshold quantizer we can realize a PN-sequence radar as well as
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a CW, SFCW, FMCW or a pulsed radar. The square wave receiver
can utilize a digital XOR gate as a mixer and we present post layout
simulations confirming our high level modelling.
A CMOS UWB Radar Sensor for High Speed Moving
Objects
Seung Hwan Jung 1 , Sang Gyun Kim 2 , Woon Sung
Choi 2 , Ji Yeon Jeon 2 , Jeong Geun Kim 2 , Yun Seong
Eo 1 , Hyung Cheol Park 3 , Hyung Geol Kim 4 ; 1 Silicon
R&D, Korea; 2 Kwangwoon University, Korea;
3
SeoulTech, Korea; 4 LIGNEX1, Korea
EuRAD/EuMC01-4, Time: 10:00
A radar sensor for high speed moving objects is implemented
using single chip CMOS UWB IC. To reduce the measuring and
processing time for the fast moving target, the reliable and low
power consumed envelope detection architecture is used at the ex-
pense of high resolution. The equivalent time sampling technique
is adopted for UWB transceiver, employing delay locked loop and
digitally synthesized impulse generator with 1 ns resolution to
detect the fast moving target. The measured results with 4 × 1
micro-strip patch array antennas show that the detection range is
from 1 m up to 4 m and the resolution is 15 cm. The scan time
over 15 m distance is expected to be less than 150 μs.
A Polarimetric 76–79GHz Radar-Frontend for Target
Classification in Automotive Use
Stefan Trummer 1 , Gerhard F. Hamberger 2 , Uwe
Siart 2 , Thomas F. Eibert 2 ; 1 ASTYX Communication &
Sensors, Germany; 2 Technische Universität München,
Germany
EuRAD/EuMC01-5, Time: 10:20
Autonomous driving requires precise detection of the environment
and correct classification of all targets. W-band radar technology
provides high accuracy object detection in all weather conditions,
both day and night. Target classification can be improved by
evaluating polarimetric scattering information, where it is in
particular promising to work with circularly polarized waves. Both
circular polarizations, left-handed circular (LHC) and right-handed
circular (RHC), are necessary with a high cross polarization dis-
crimination (XPD). A particularly high XPD can be achieved by
hollow waveguide technology. For that purpose, a radar-frontend
with corrugated horn antennas has been designed, manufactured
and tested. LHC and RHC data is then entered into an algorithm
which takes into account switched transmitter technology, fast-
ramp frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) and digital
beamforming. Polarimetric radar images are generated, allowing
for discrimination and classification of different targets.
EuRAD/EuMC02 : Terahertz Radar, Sensing
and Imaging
Room 8, 09:00–10:40, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Marina Gashinova, University of Birmingham
Co-Chair: Peter Gardner, University of Birmingham
Predicted Sensitivity of a 300GHz FMCW Radar to
Pedestrians
Marina Gashinova, Edward G. Hoare, Andy Stove;
University of Birmingham, UK
EuRAD/EuMC02-1, Time: 09:00
This paper addresses several issues which are novel in respect of
the rapidly-evolving state of the art of low-terahertz radars: firstly,
the sensitivity available from currently-available radars, secondly
the likely effects of source noise and thirdly the effects of the
fact that even relatively small targets, like people, occupy more
than one resolution cell, as a consequence of the high resolutions
which can be used to obtain ‘quasi imaging’ performance at these
wavelengths. The power budget for a state-of-the-art 300GHz
frequency-modulated continuous wave radar is presented, includ-
ing consideration of the effects of oscillator noise. It is shown that
the sensitivity of the system will not be significantly affected by
oscillator noise.
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Design and Implementation of Spaceborne
Terahertz Cloud Radar
Mingming Bian 1 , Xichao Dong 2 , Aiyan Guo 1 , Zheng
Lu 1 , Kai Cui 2 , Shitao Wang 1 ; 1 China Academy of
Space Technology, China; 2 Beijing Institute of
Technology, China
EuRAD/EuMC02-2, Time: 09:20
Spaceborne cloud radar is a kind of active remote sensing instru-
ment. It can achieve all-day, all-weather continuous observations
of global cloud vertical structure and cloud liquid water, ice
water content. Compared to the current millimeter-wave cloud
radar, terahertz cloud radar has a higher sensitivity and a shorter
wavelength which is closer to the cloud droplet size. The improved
sensitivity is of great significance to detect the liquid water, ice
water content of clouds with much lower sensitivity of -40dBZ. In
this paper, researches are carried out on the spaceborne terahertz
cloud radar design of system parameters and hardware implemen-
tation. The system demonstrations of the spaceborne cloud radar
are presented, giving a case of operating parameters satisfying
the detection requirements. The hardware implementations are
proposed based on the radar operating parameters, along with
the composition and performance requirements of each hardware
subsystem in detail.
Millimeter Resolution SAR Imaging of Infrastructure
in the Lower THz Region Using MIRANDA-300
Stephan Stanko, Stephan Palm, Rainer Sommer, Frank
Klöppel, Michael Caris, Nils Pohl; Fraunhofer FHR,
Germany
EuRAD/EuMC02-3, Time: 09:40
This paper describes the Set-up of the MIRANDA-300 street borne
SAR system as well as measurements and possible applications.
The millimeter wave FMCW radar is operated at 300 GHz and
provides a bandwidth of more than 40 GHz leading to a range
resolution of a few millimeters. Using new semiconductor tech-
nologies, the system is compact and lightweight. The transmitted
signal exhibits only low absorption due to smoke, fog and dust
and the system is independent from sunlight. Additionally, very
small metallic objects as well as the roughness of streets can be
measured. This offers the opportunity for new applications like
mobile mapping, which is currently dominated by optical systems.
Measurement Setup for Characterization of a Bistatic
Radar Sensor for Monitoring Particulate Matter
Alwin Reinhardt, Alexander Teplyuk, Michael Höft;
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC02-4, Time: 10:00
Radar technology is capable of remotely sensing particulate matter
distributed in air. In this paper a coherent bistatic continuous wave
radar sensor operating at 94 GHz is used for the measurement
of mass loading and flow rate of a PM10 -stream. Therefore a new
indoor experimental setup for generating the stream was designed
and built. We provide measurement results and discuss further
improvement factors.
High Resolution Millimeter-Wave Inverse Synthetic
Aperture Radar Demonstrator for Security
Applications
Paweł Dzwonkowski, Piotr Samczyński, Krzysztof
Kulpa; Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
EuRAD/EuMC02-5, Time: 10:20
In this paper the authors present the design and implementation
of a high resolution millimeter-wave radar operating at 290 GHz
with bandwidth up to 66.6 GHz. The high resolution capability
is presented. The applications of high resolution ISAR imaging
capabilities combined with properties of low terahertz radiation in
security are discussed and presented.
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EuRAD/EuMC03 : Antennas and Front Ends
I 6-dB beamwidth of 23◦ .
Room 7, 11:20–13:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Peter Knott, Fraunhofer FHR
Co-Chair: David Daniels, Short-Range Radar Systems
Compact W-Band Receiver Module on Hybrid Liquid
Crystal Polymer Board
M. Rösch 1 , Axel Tessmann 1 , Arnulf Leuther 1 , M.
Kuri 1 , S. Wagner 1 , Oliver Ambacher 1 , Heiko Gulan 2 ;
1
Fraunhofer IAF, Germany; 2 KIT, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC03-1, Time: 11:20
Low cost, high-resolution and wideband millimeter wave receiver
systems attain more and more attention for commercial and
military applications. We present a broadband receiver module
operating in the W-band for radar and imaging applications. Its
compact packaging compared to traditional split block technique is
realized using printed circuit board technology and a high density
polyethylene lens. We present receiver architectures based on our
in-house 100 nm mHEMT technology with different performances
regarding the bandwidth including low noise amplifier, IQ-mixer
and frequency multiplier. Measurements of the conversion gain
have been performed demonstrating a bandwidth of up to 30 GHz
which corresponds to a relative bandwidth of almost 33%.
A DC Offset-Free Ultra-Wideband Direct Conversion
Receiver Based on Photonics
D. Onori 1 , Francesco Laghezza 1 , Filippo Scotti 1 ,
Antonella Bogoni 1 , P. Ghelfi 1 , Marco Bartocci 2 , A.
Zaccaron 2 , A. Tafuto 2 , A. Albertoni 2 ; 1 CNIT, Italy;
2
Elettronica, Italy
EuRAD/EuMC03-2, Time: 11:40
A demonstrator of DC offset-free direct conversion receiver is
presented. The innovative architecture exploits optical domain up-
conversion and photonic I/Q demodulation to perform a wideband
scanning of the RF input spectrum avoiding bulky multiple crystal
oscillators and bandpass filters. Moreover, the scheme provides a
total immunity to local oscillator self-mixing and to RF-to-baseband
feedthrough. The demonstrator achieves a measured DC offset
lower than 50 μV and a second-order input-intercept point of 57
dBm. It also shows an operating and instantaneous bandwidth of
0.5÷10.5 GHz and 1 GHz, respectively, with linear dynamic range
of 160 dB/Hz and spurious-free dynamic range of 109 dB/Hz2/3 ,
outperforming current pure electronic direct conversion receivers.
Further improvements are proposed to enhance the operating
bandwidth and to reduce the size and power consumption, making
the proposed direct conversion receiver suitable for practical
electronic warfare applications.
A High Efficiency Antenna with Horn and Lens for
77GHz Automotive Long Range Radar
Akira Kuriyama 1 , Hideyuki Nagaishi 1 , Hiroshi
Kuroda 2 , Kazuaki Takano 2 ; 1 Hitachi, Japan; 2 Hitachi
Automotive Systems, Japan
EuRAD/EuMC03-3, Time: 12:00
A high efficiency antenna with a pyramidal horn and a dielectric
lens for a 77 GHz long range radar for automotives is presented
in this paper. By introducing a single patch antenna installed
into the input aperture of the horn, the transmission loss of the
feed line on an antenna substrate was reduced so as to increase
antenna gain. The proposed antennas for the transmitter achieved
an antenna gain of 23.5 dBi and an antenna efficiency of 32.3%,
which is 1.6 times as large as that of a conventional series-fed
microstrip patch array antenna with almost the same opening
area as the proposed antenna. The proposed antenna provided
an azimuth 3-dB beamwidth of 16◦ , whereas the conventional
series-fed microstrip patch array antenna had that of 10◦ . An
antenna for a receiver with the same topology of the antenna for
the transmitter also gave an antenna gain of 20.5 dBi per one
channel and an azimuth 3-dB beamwidth of 28◦ . An antenna
system for a long range radar composed of the proposed single
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transmitter antenna and the receiver antenna with two channels
could provide a two-way antenna gain of 47.0 dBi and an azimuth
Offset Reflectarray Fed by a Printed Source
F. Ferrero, J. Lanteri, L. Brochier, C. Migliaccio; LEAT,
France
EuRAD/EuMC03-4, Time: 12:20
This paper presents the design of an offset reflectarray illuminated
by a printed primary source. The proposed build-up is compatible
with flip-chip technology, enabling a direct connection between the
RFIC and the antenna source. Measurements are realized using a
GSG RF probe and a good agreement is obtained with simulated
data.
Design of a Center-Feed Waveguide Feeder for
Wideband Rectangular Parallel-Plate Slot-Array
Antenna On-Board Space-Borne X-Band SAR System
Budhaditya Pyne 1 , Prilando Akbar 2 , Hirobumi Saito 1 ,
Miao Zhang 3 , Jiro Hirokawa 3 , Makoto Ando 3 ;
1
University of Tokyo, Japan; 2 JAXA, Japan; 3 Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Japan
EuRAD/EuMC03-5, Time: 12:40
In this paper, we aim to design a waveguide feeder for a parallel
plate slot array antenna for a high resolution Synthetic Aperture
Radar system on-board a 100 kg micro-satellite called Micro-XSAR,
scheduled to be launched by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
by 2020. In order to increase the antenna beam-width and thereby
mitigate the frequency-dependent beam-shift, we employ center
feeding using a two-way power divider named the τ-junction
instead of the conventional end-feed design. Further, we re-model
the τ-junction by adding a pair of inductive walls to get double
resonance instead of existing single resonance to significantly
suppress reflection and hence substantially enhance the band-
width. The HFSS simulation results show that by employing double
resonance, we can increase the bandwidth upto 300 MHz thereby
increasing our SAR image resolution from 3 meters to 1 meter
which validates our innovative idea.
EuRAD/EuMC04 : Millimetre-Wave and THz
Radar Applications
Room 1, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Martin Vossiek, FAU
Co-Chair: Volker Ziegler, Airbus
A Combination Millimeter-Wave Doppler Radar and
THz Spectrometer for Planetary Science
K.B. Cooper 1 , C. Baldi 1 , G. Chattopadhyay 1 , M.
Choukroun 1 , C. Cochrane 1 , R. Dengler 1 , S. Durden 1 ,
T.O. El Bouayadi 1 , D. Gonzalez 1 , R. Monje 1 , A.
Skalare 1 , A. Tang 1 , S. Tanelli 1 , E. Gandini 2 , Nuria
Llombart 2 ; 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA;
2
Technische Universiteit Delft, The Netherlands
EuRAD/EuMC04-1, Time: 14:20
A combination 95 GHz radar and 270/560 GHz spectrometer is
being built as a space instrument prototype for probing plumes
and jet phenomena in the solar system. Dubbed GAISR (Gas And Ice
Spectrometer/Radar), the instrument’s radar will make simultane-
ous range/Doppler measurements of 0.1–10 mm sized ice and dust
particles out to a few km in range, while its tunable spectrometer
will detect the abundance and velocities of gaseous water and other
volatiles. Here we describe how the radar and spectrometer share
a back-end architecture, and present some innovative elements
of GAISR’s frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) radar,
including high-isolation and low-loss transmit/receive duplexing
and a phase-noise-canceling RF architecture.
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Low-THz Rough Surface Imaging
B. Willetts, Marina Gashinova, Andy Stove, Costas C.
Constantinou, Edward G. Hoare; University of
Birmingham, UK
EuRAD/EuMC04-2, Time: 14:40
In this paper the potential advantages of imaging outdoor envi-
ronments in the low Terahertz (low-THz) range of frequencies (0.1
THz – 1 THz) are discussed, in terms of the device parameters
available at these frequencies and also in terms of the scattering
expected by THz waves propagating in real-world environments.
The results presented confirm that imaging surfaces with surface
characteristics similar to those found in outdoor environments,
with low-THz devices, aids in the interpretation of the obtained
image whilst keeping the image processing complexity low.
A 220GHz 3D Imaging Radar with Sub-cm3 Voxel
Resolution for Security Applications
D.A. Robertson 1 , D.G. Macfarlane 1 , T. Bryllert 2 ;
1
University of St Andrews, UK; 2 Wasa Millimetre Wave,
Sweden
EuRAD/EuMC04-3, Time: 15:00
Radars operating at high millimetre and sub-millimetre wave fre-
quencies are promising candidates for security applications such as
people screening since they offer the possibility to form 3D images
through clothing with sufficient resolution to detect concealed
objects. High spatial resolution of order 1 cm can be achieved
using practically sized antennas and high range resolution can be
achieved using wideband FMCW chirps, e.g. 30 GHz, to yield 0.5 cm
range bins. We present a 220 GHz test-bed ‘Pathfinder’ radar which
achieves sub-cm3 voxel resolution with very high signal fidelity.
The radar is used to de-risk technology under development for
next generation people screening systems.
Focused Imaging by Geometric Optics for Real-Time
Passenger Screening at Sub-Millimeter Wave
Frequencies
R. Herschel, G. Briese, S.A. Lang, Nils Pohl; Fraunhofer
FHR, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC04-4, Time: 15:20
The beam focusing optics designed for a passenger screening
system operating at 360 GHz are presented. The elevation focus
is based on an elliptical mirror and a pivoting flat mirror for
sampling targets at different heights. The resolution capabilities of
the geometric optics are discussed theoretically and measurement
results obtained by the realized system at 90 GHz are presented.
Detection and Tracking of Micro Aerial Vehicles
with Millimeter Wave Radar
Michael Caris, Stephan Stanko, Winfried Johannes,
Stefan Sieger, Nils Pohl; Fraunhofer FHR, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC04-5, Time: 15:40
The capability of identifying remote-controlled Micro Aerial Vehi-
cles (MAVs), which pose a growing threat on critical infrastructure
areas, is of great importance nowadays. The low cost, the easy
handling, and a considerable payload make them an excellent
tool for unwanted surveillance or attacks. Most platforms can
be equipped with all kind of sensors or, in the worst case, with
explosive devices. A typical MAV is able to take off and land
vertically, to hover, and in many cases to fly forward with a high
speed. Thus, it can reach all kinds of sites in short time while the
concealed operator of the MAV is at a remote and riskless place.
In this paper we present two possible approaches for perimeter
surveillance with radar techniques in the millimeter wave regime.
The main task of such radars is to detect movements of targets
such as an aerial vehicle approaching a facility. The systems
typically monitor a range of several hundred meters with up to
360◦ coverage and a repetition rate of a few Hertz. The low weight
and easy deployable sensors are ideal for various scenarios.
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4–6 October 2016 London, UK
EuRAD/EuMC05 : Millimetre-Wave Antenna
Arrays
Room 17, 14:20–16:00, Thursday 6th October 2016
Chair: Werner Wiesbeck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Co-Chair: Parbhu Patel, HMGCC
Double Circularly Polarized On-Chip Antenna for a
120–130GHz Amplitude Monopulse Radar
Benjamin Goettel 1 , Jochen Schaefer 1 , Heiko Gulan 1 ,
Wolfgang Winkler 2 , Thomas Zwick 1 ; 1 KIT, Germany;
2
Silicon Radar, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC05-1, Time: 14:20
In this paper two closely spaced circularly polarized on-chip
antennas each fed by a differential 90◦ branchline coupler are
investigated. The antennas are radiating by the principle of an
integrated lens antenna and can be used as antennas of an ampli-
tude monopulse radar with two separated receivers. The common
broadside radiation of both antennas feeding the transmit path is
superposed by the beam tilted receivers radiation patterns thus
enabling an amplitude comparison for the receive channels. For
measurement purposes of the antenna itself without connected
radar the transmit path and both receive paths are connected to
50Ω CPW pads. Adequate power-splitters and branchline couplers
are investigated and presented in this work. Finally calibrated gain
measurements are used for verifying the antennas operation.
Lens Array Antenna for 71–76/81–86GHz
Point-to-Point Applications
Andrey Mozharovskiy, Alexey Artemenko, Oleg Soykin,
Roman Maslennikov; Radio Gigabit, Russia
EuRAD/EuMC05-2, Time: 14:40
The paper presents design of a lens array antenna dedicated
for 71–76/81–86 GHz point-to-point applications. The proposed
antenna concept is based on a combination of four hemielliptical
dielectric lenses with the diameter D = 60 mm each and a waveg-
uide distribution system that provides in-phase excitations for all
lenses. Designed lens array antenna provides two times reduction
of the longitudinal dimension comparing to classical integrated
lens antennas without performance degradation. Correspondingly,
antenna weight reduces by 25%. Measurement results of the
fabricated antenna show that the S11 level is below -10 dB in the
whole 71–86 GHz band. Measured antenna gain in the considered
frequency band is 37.6–38.8 dBi with the half power beamwidth
below 2◦ . The antenna complies with the European regulation
requirements in terms of antenna gain, beamwidth and radiation
pattern mask that allows considering the designed lens array an-
tenna as a perspective one for implementation in millimeter-wave
point-to-point applications.
76–81GHz Fully Planar and Array Compatible LTCC
Antenna Element for Automotive Radar Sensors
Frank Sickinger, Ernst Weissbrodt; Valeo Schalter und
Sensoren, Germany
EuRAD/EuMC05-3, Time: 15:00
Minimizing the dimension is one of the most challenging require-
ments for automotive radar sensor designs. Investigations for a
very compact automotive radar antenna have been done based
on TDK Low Loss LTCC. For the automotive radar band (76 – 81
GHz), an antenna element and a via transition have been simulated,
manufactured and measured.
The Development of a Wideband ‘Rocket’ Phased
Array Feed
Alex Dunning, Mark A. Bowen, Douglas B. Hayman,
Jeganathan Kanapathippillai, Henry Kanoniuk,
Robert D. Shaw, Sean Severs; CSIRO, Australia
EuRAD/EuMC05-4, Time: 15:20
We describe a new phased array feed design. The array is com-
posed of elements based on a solid of revolution fed by twin wire
transmission lines. An infinite array model is used to simulate the
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noise performance of the array and this model is compared with a

full EM simulation of the finite array and measured noise data. The
modelling indicates that this array is an excellent candidate for a
phased array feed (PAF) for radioastronomy applications.

Millimeter-Wave TX Phased Array with Phase

Adjusting Function Between Transmitters for
Hybrid Beamforming with Interleaved Subarrays
Toshihiro Shimura, Takenori Ohshima, Hiroshi Ashida,
Shohei Ishikawa, Shunsuke Fujio, Atsushi Honda,
Zhengyi Li, Kenichi Nishikawa, Chikara Kojima,
Kazuyuki Ozaki, Masahiko Shimizu, Yoji Ohashi;
Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan
EuRAD/EuMC05-5, Time: 15:40
We demonstrate a 60-GHz CMOS eight-element TX phased array
chip for hybrid beamforming with interleaved subarrays to realize
spatial division multiple access. The phased array chip has a
function to accurately adjust output phases and amplitudes at
each antenna element. Its function has been achieved by finely
setting the gate bias voltage of all millimeter-wave circuits using
a 64-channel 10-bit digital-to-analog converter and by sensing the
output port power and phase difference between ports using a
power detector and a phase difference detection mixer. Moreover,
the chip has another mixer for phase difference detection be-
tween chips. Using this mixer in collaboration with on-chip phase
shifters or baseband phase rotators, the beamforming system can
achieve phase adjustment between multiple subarray transmitter
chips even if the phase difference between these transmitters has
changed. We also demonstrate a 16-element two-user hybrid beam-
forming antenna board. It has achieved a signal-to-interference
ratio of over 20 dB around own beam using an interleave subarray
configuration.

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Author Index Arslan, Tughrul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Artemenko, Alexey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
EuMC35-3
EuMC01-1
29
4
EuRAD/EuMC05-2 60
A Asada, Tomoyuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25
Abbasi, Morteza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-2 30 Asadchy, Viktar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-1 20
Abdelatty, Omar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-1 38 Asci, Yavuz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-34 50
Abduljabbar, Ammar M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-21 49 Ashida, Hiroshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Abdullah, Badr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7 Ashiq, Irfan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-8 47
Abe, Motomi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-5 12 Ašmontas, Steponas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-33 45
Abi Hussein, Mazen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-4 11 Aubert, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-3 5
Abou Taam, Hussein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-4 37 EuMC48-3 39
Abrecht, Mike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27 EuMCPoster02-48 52
Abuelfadl, Tamer M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-13 48 Aufinger, Klaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18
Abu Khater, Mohammad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-5 15 EuMC26-2 22
Acharya, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-3 7 EuMC36-1 30
Adabi, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-1 14 Awakowicz, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-2 34
Afridi, Sharjeel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-2 13 Awny, Ahmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Aguilar-Lobo, L.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36 Ayela, Cédric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18
Ahmad, M.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-1 14 Ayissi Manga, Aurelien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-24 49
Ahmad, Waqas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-1 7
EuMC23-4 21 B
Ahmed, Faisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-1 30
A.J.K., Muhammad Firdaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6 Baccarelli, Paolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-5 16
EuMC27-5 23 Bader, Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-5 35
Akahane, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54 Bae, Hyoung-Oh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-43 51
Akbar, Prilando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-5 59 Baer, Christoph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-3 23
Baev, Andrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-4 22
Alavi, Golzar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-1 31
EuRAD/EuMC03-2
Baharuddin, Mohd H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-4 22
Albertoni, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
EuMC37-2 30
Alcón, Pablo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-3 4 EuMIC/EuMC01-5
Bahmanyar, Mohammad Reza . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
EuMC34-5 29
Alderman, Byron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6 Bahr, Ryan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-5 13
Aldrigo, Martino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-4 14 Bajon, Damienne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6
Al-Eryani, Jidan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22 EuMC25-4 22
EuMC29-2 24
Algani, Catherine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39
EuMC32-2 27
Alharbi, Khalid Hamed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17
Bakker, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-18 48
EuMC22-3 20
Bakr, Mustafa S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-1 33
EuMCPoster02-25 49
Baldi, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Alhassoon, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41
Alizadeh, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-37 51 Ballesteros, Jose A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-5 28
Al-Khalidi, Abdullah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17 Barazzetta, Massimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-5 31
Alkhorshid, Yasamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-39 45 Baristiran Kaynak, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Alothman Alterkawi, Ahmad Bader . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-4 56 Barradas, Filipe M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-5 11
EuMCPoster01-29 44
Al-Shamma’a, Ahmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7
Barth, Rainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Alt, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-4 12
Altynnikov, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41 Bartocci, Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-10 41
EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59
Alvarez-Melcon, Alejandro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-5 38
Alves, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5 Barton, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-5 7
Alvseike, Ole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7 Bashri, Mohd. Saiful Riza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-3 29
Amakawa, Shuhei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17 Baskakova, Alexandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-1 28
EuMCPoster01-17 42 Basmaci, Ayse Nihan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-2 28
Ambacher, Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-4 18 Bastianelli, Luca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-5 31
EuMC21-5 19 Bastioli, Simone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-3 13
EuMC30-1 25 Batagelj, Boštjan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-3 54
EuMC42-1 34 Batnairamdal, Byambaakhuu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-14 48
EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59 Battistutta, Simone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-3 10
Amendola, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-3 37 Baudoin, Geneviève . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-4 11
Amendola, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-4 38 Baum, Thomas C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-5 26
EuMCPoster02-47 52 Baumann, Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-4 18
Amin, Shoaib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-3 11 Bautista, Alfredo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55
Amor-Martin, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-2 21 Beach, Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-28 44
Anada, Tetsuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-5 8 Becerra-González, J.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-24 43
Andersson, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-1 56 Bechir, Arafat Ousman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-38 45
Ando, Makoto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-5 59 Begaud, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Andrews, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 Bekasiewicz, Adrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-5 10
Andy, Andre Sarker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-36 50 Belenguer, Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-5 28
Angarita, Edison Ferney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-3 36 Bellion, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-4 37
Angeletti, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-2 12 Bellomi, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29
Anlage, Steven M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-3 31 Belov, Pavel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-4 32
Antar, Yahia M.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-3 22 Beltrán Martínez, Francisco J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50
EuMC41-1 33 Benakaprasad, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19
Antonsen, Thomas M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-3 31 Benamara, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5
Anza, Sergio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-3 12 Bengtsson, Olof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-3 19
Araki, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-4 16 EuMC43-2 35
Ardenkjær-Larsen, Jan Henrik . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-20 48 Bensmida, Souheil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-28 44
Ardouin, Bertrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18 Bentini, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-10 41
Aref, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-30 44 Berceli, Tibor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39
Argilés, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-2 12 Bernarding, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-17 48
Ariaudo, Myriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-4 9 Besnier, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-4 31
Armendariz, Unai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-28 49 Bessaudou, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Arnaud, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37 Bessette, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Arnedo, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13 Beyer, Ralf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24
Arnieri, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-3 37 EuMC28-4 24
Arnold, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-5 24 EuMC34-4 28
Arnous, Mhd. Tareq . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-5 25 Bhattacharyya, Rahul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-4 27
Arregui, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13 Bhattacharyya, Somak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-1 26
EuMC46-2 37 Bhutani, Akanksha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-4 57
Arriola, Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-7 47 Bian, Mingming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-2 58
Arriola, Werner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-7 47 Biancheri-Astier, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5

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Bicakci, Sabri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-3 32 Chandran, Anupam R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-2 7
Bigler, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27 EuMC38-4 31
Bila, Stéphane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18 Chang, Da-Chiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-30 50
EuMC19-5 18 Chang, Wen-Chien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-4 30
Billabert, Anne-Laure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39 Chang, Yin-Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-30 50
Binder, Joachim R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27 Chang, Yu-Hsin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-4 15
EuMIC/EuMC05-2 55 Chani-Cahuana, Jessica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-1 11
Bjarnadottir, Stefania Gudrun . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7 Charlot, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-3 39
Bjørndal, Øystein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-3 57 Chartier, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-2 57
Blanco Granja, Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-1 14 Chattopadhyay, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Blau, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-21 43 Che, Wenquan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-1 40
Blondy, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14 Chen, Chun-Ping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-5 8
EuMIC/EuMC02-4 53 Chen, Jixin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54
Boccia, L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-3 37 Chen, Kuan-Yu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21
Bochtler, Ulrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-23 49 Chen, Wenhua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-1 40
Böck, Josef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22 Chen, Xiaofan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-1 40
Boeck, Georg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-4 25 Chen, Yung-Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21
EuMC30-5 25 Chen, Zhi Ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-2 26
EuMC43-1 35 Cheng, Kwok-Keung M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-3 56
EuMCPoster01-4 41 Cheng, Yu Jian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-2 16
EuMCPoster01-27 44 Cheon, Changyul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-35 45
EuMCPoster01-30 44 EuMCPoster02-14 48
Boegelsack, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-1 4 Chevalier, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37
Boehm, Linus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-3 24 Chiang, Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-15 42
EuMC42-5 35 Chiang, Yen-Chung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-4 15
Boer, Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-4 29 Chieh, Jia-Chi Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-4 9
Bogataj, Luka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-3 54 Chinnasamy, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41
Boglione, Luciano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-5 19 Chiou, Shiue-Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21
Bogner, Werner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-3 57 Chiu, Tsenchieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-30 50
Bogoni, Antonella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59 Chizh, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-4 40
Boguth, Sabine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22 Choi, Jun H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-4 15
Bonache, Jordi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-2 8 Choi, Sun Kyu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12
Bondu, François . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-1 39 Choi, Woon Sung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58
Bopape, Tebogo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-3 21 Chou, Yu-Ting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-5 55
Borel, Pascal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-24 49 Choukroun, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Boria, Vicente E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-2 12 Chu, D.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-19 43
EuMC12-3 12 Chudzik, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13
EuMC12-5 13 Chung, Young-seek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-35 45
EuMC33-5 28 Cimoli, Bruno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-1 14
EuMC46-2 37 Cismaru, Alina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-4 14
Boric-Lubecke, Olga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-4 20 Cochrane, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Bösch, Wolfgang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-4 56 Cojocari, Oleg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-1 17
Bouhier, Steve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-1 39 Collier, R.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-49 52
Bousseaud, Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-14 42 Conessa, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5
Bouw, Diane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-5 56 Constable, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-4 12
Bouysse, Philippe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-2 15 Constantinou, Costas C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-2 60
Bowen, Mark A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60 Cook, Benjamin S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-1 17
Bowen, Sean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-20 48 Cooper, K.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Bozzi, Maurizio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-3 10 Cordeau, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-5 22
EuMC13-5 13 Costa, Filippo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-4 7
EuMC35-2 29 Costanzo, Alessandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-1 32
EuMC38-3 31 EuMCPoster01-43 46
EuMC40-4 33 Costen, Fumie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-21 49
Brazil, Thomas J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-5 41 Coustou, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
EuMCPoster02-48
Brebels, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-4 5 Coves, Angela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
EuMC40-4
Bressan, Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-3 10
Craninckx, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-3 55
Briese, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-4 60
Creagh, S.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-2 30
Brochier, L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-4 59
Crespo-Cadenas, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-24 43
Brückner, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-5 19 Crezee, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
EuMC47-2
EuMC30-1 25 48
EuMCPoster02-18
Brunett, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-4 15
Cripps, S.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-4 19
Bruns, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-17 48 EuMIC/EuMC01-3 53
Bryllert, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-3 60
Cross, A.W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45
Budimir, Djuradj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-1 7 Crowther-Alwyn, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
EuMCPoster02-24
EuMC23-4 21 Cruciani, Silvano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
EuMC37-1
Bueno Diez, Miguel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-44 52
Cseh, Tamás . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39
Burghignoli, Paolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-5 16 EuRAD/EuMC02-2
Cui, Kai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Burt, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-4 12
Cui, Tie Jun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-1 12
Byeon, Chul Woo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12
Cummins, Gerard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-19 48
Cunha, Telmo R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-5 11
C EuMCPoster01-29 44
Curran, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-1 56
Calmon, P-F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-3 39 Curuk, Eren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-34 50
Camiade, Marc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-5 56 Curutchet, Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18
Campi, Tommaso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-1 30 Czylwik, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-31 44
Capobianco, Antonio-Daniele . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-2 31
Caris, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-3 58 D
EuRAD/EuMC04-5 60
Carta, Corrado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-3 22 Dai, Zih-Jyun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21
Carty, Eric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-3 53 Dalisda, Uwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-1 35
EuMCPoster01-27 44
Caspary, Reinhard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-3 40
Dalmay, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Castro, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34
D’Amico, Michele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-41 51
Celona, Luigi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34
Dankov, Plamen I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-1 10
Čerškus, Aurimas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-33 45 Daryoush, A.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41
Chabalko, Matthew J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-2 32 Dat, P.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54
Chae, Soo-Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-5 32 De Angelis, Francesca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48
EuMCPoster01-44 46

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Debaillie, Björn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-1 9 Fekete, Gábor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39
Deborgies, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-3 15 Feliziani, Mauro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-1 30
Delage, S.L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-2 55 Feng, Wenjie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-1 40
Delattre, Anastasia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-24 49 Fengler, Malte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-5 32
Delhote, Nicolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18 Feresidis, Alexandros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-2 15
EuMC19-5 18 Fernandez, Marcos D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-5 28
De Matos, Magali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18 Ferrari, Philippe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55
Deng, Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18 EuMIC/EuMC07-2 57
Deng, Tianwei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-2 26 Ferrero, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-4 59
Dengler, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59 Ferretti, Jérôme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-3 19
De Santis, Giovanni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-10 41 Feuray, William . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-5 18
Deslandes, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-5 4 Fezai, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37
Desmulliez, Marc P.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-19 48 Fhager, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-5 29
Desset, Claude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-1 9 Figueiredo, José . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17
Dey, Shuvashis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-4 27 Fijalkow, Inbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-4 9
EuMCPoster02-45 52 Fink, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27
Dey, Sukomal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-3 40 Fırat, Gülfem Balasu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-4 21
Diamanti, Riccardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-5 31 Fischer, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-5 32
Dicandia, Francesco Alessio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-3 20 Fischer, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-6 41
Di Donato, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Fitzgerald, Padraig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-3 53
Dieckman, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-1 17 Follmann, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-3 15
Diet, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5 Fourmann, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-48 52
Disserand, Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-2 15 Frank, Tobias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-5 6
Djerafi, Tarek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-2 5 Franke, Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-3 40
EuMC44-5 36 Franklin, Rhonda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-10 47
Domingue, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-5 4 Frégonèse, Sébastien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18
Donaldson, C.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45 Freundorfer, Alois P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-3 22
Dong, Ruibing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17 EuMC41-1 33
Dong, Xichao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-2 58 Friedrich, Aline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-5 32
Dong, Yunfeng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-2 4 Friesicke, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-5 19
Donnan, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-36 50 Fritsche, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-3 22
Doumanis, Efstratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13 Fujii, Kazunobu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25
EuMC40-2 33 Fujio, Shunsuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Dragoman, Mircea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-4 14 Fujishima, Minoru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17
Drobotun, Nikolay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-1 11 Fukumoto, Hiroshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
Drysdale, Timothy D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-3 34 Furqan, Muhammad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-1 30
EuMCPoster02-27 49 Fuscaldo, Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-5 16
D.S., Chandu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-2 19
Du, Niantong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-40 51 G
Dubrovka, Rostyslav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-36 50
Dudley, Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 Gagarin, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41
Duff, Christopher I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6 Gajaweera, Ruwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-1 13
EuMC27-5 23 Galdeano, Jaione . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13
Dumanli, Sema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-2 52 Galli, Alessandro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-5 16
Dunning, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60 Gammino, Santo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34
Durden, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59 Gandini, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Dzwonkowski, Paweł . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-5 58 Gao, Chu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36
Gao, Steven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-1 16
García, José A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-2 11
E García-Álvaro, Sonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54
Ebert, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-2 6 García-Carrenõ, Pablo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54
Eblabla, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19 Garcia-Castillo, L.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-2 21
Eden, J. Gary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-2 27 Garcia-Doñoro, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-2 21
Efendowicz, Avner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-12 42 Garcia Lopez, Iria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Ehrich, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-3 15 Gardner, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-2 15
Eibert, Thomas F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-23 49 Garner, J.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45
EuRAD/EuMC01-5 58 Gashinova, Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-1 58
Eissa, M.H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14 EuRAD/EuMC04-2 60
Elabyad, Ibrahim A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-17 48 Gautier, W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-2 57
El Bouayadi, T.O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59 Gaydecki, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-5 7
Elgaid, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19 Gebhardt, Patrik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-3 18
Ellinger, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-3 22 Gebremicael, Kibrom N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-28 44
Enokihara, Akira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-2 11 Geck, Bernd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-5 32
Enomoto, Jun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-26 44 Geijsen, E.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38
Eo, Yun Seong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58 Gellersen, Frauke K.H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-2 17
Eriksson, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-1 11 Genovesi, Simone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-4 7
Erni, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-17 48 EuMC23-3 20
Ernst, Christoph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24 Gentili, Fabrizio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-4 56
EuMC28-4 24 Geschke, Riana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-5 9
EuMC34-4 28 Ghafarian, Naimeh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-5 40
Esparza, Nuria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-3 4 Ghelfi, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59
EuMC34-5 29 Ghorbani, Kamran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-5 26
Espin-Lopez, P.F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29 Ghosh, Debapratim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-1 18
Esteban, Héctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-5 28 Ghosh, Saptarshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-1 26
Everard, Jeremy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-1 13 Gibson, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-22 49
Gibson, Hugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-1 17
F Gil, Jordi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-3 12
Gilabert, Pere L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-2 11
Faci, Salim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39
Gimeno, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-2 12
Faerber, Julia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-19 48
Gjurovski, Peco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-2 40
Fager, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-1 11
Glynn, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-1 52
Farina, Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48
Goettel, Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-4 57
Farrell, Ronan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-1 6
EuMC06-3 8 EuRAD/EuMC05-1 60
EuMC06-4 8 Goggin, Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-3 53
EuMC43-3 35 Gold, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-4 28
Feger, Reinhard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-1 30 Golenkov, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-34 45
Fei, Peng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-31 50 Gomes, L.G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-2 57

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Gómez-García, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-3 33 Henneberger, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-2 23
EuMC46-4 37 EuMC30-1 25
Gómez-Tornero, José Luis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-4 34 Henry, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-3 5
Gomez-Torrent, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13 Herrán, Luis Fernando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-3 4
EuMC46-2 37 EuMC34-5 29
Gonzalez, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59 Herrmann, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-17 48
Goodman, Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-5 19 Herschel, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-4 60
Göritz, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53 Hershberg, Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-3 55
Gorur, Ali Kursad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-2 28 Hesselbarth, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-1 31
Goussetis, George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13 Heuer, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-38 51
EuMC40-2 33 Heuermann, Holger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-1 38
EuMC41-4 34 Hieda, Morishige . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-41 46
Gradauskas, Jonas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-33 45 Himeno, Ryutaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-21 49
Gradoni, Gabriele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-2 27 Hirabe, Masashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-5 10
EuMC37-2 30 Hirokawa, Jiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-5 59
EuMC37-3 31 Hirose, Masanobu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-5 25
Gramond, René-Philippe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-5 18 Hitzler, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-3 24
Grasso, Leandro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-5 39 EuMC42-5 35
Greedy, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-2 30 Hjeij, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Gregory, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 Hoare, Edward G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-1 58
Gropp, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-6 41 EuRAD/EuMC04-2 60
Gros, Jean Baptiste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6 Hoffmann, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-6 41
Gruener, W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-2 57 Hoffmann, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-2 54
Gruner, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-4 12 Höft, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-4 58
Gružinskis, Viktoras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-33 45 Holzer, Kyle D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-4 23
Grys, David-Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-13 42 EuRAD/EuMC05-5
Honda, Atsushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Grzeskowiak, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5
Hong, Jiasheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-1 8
Gu, Sijia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-1 24
EuMC46-3 37
Guan, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-30 44
Hong, Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54
Guan, Ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-4 4
Guerra, Ranieri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-5 39 Honjo, Kazuhiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-3 30
Guglielmi, Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13 EuMCPoster01-26 44
Horibe, Masahiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-42 46
Guha, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14
Horiguchi, Kenichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25
Guiney, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19
Hosono, Ryouhei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-4 4
Gulan, Heiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59
Hossain, Maruf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-1 22
EuRAD/EuMC05-1 60
EuMC26-4 22
Gundel, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41 Hou, Debing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54
Guo, Aiyan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-2 58 Hou, Li-Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-5 17
Guo, Weihua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-31 50 Hsieh, ChaoPing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-30 50
Gustafsson, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-1 56 Huang, Guo-Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-2 39
Guyette, Andrew C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-1 37 Huang, Tao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-35 50
Guzmán-Quirós, Raúl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-4 34 Huang, Yang-Chih . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-5 47
Gwak, Donghyuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-43 51 Huang, Yong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-33 50
Huggard, Peter G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6
H Hühn, Florian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-5 35
Hageneder, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-3 57 Hulshof, M.C.C.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38
Haider, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-4 22 EuMCPoster02-18 48
Haigh, Arthur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-22 49 Hülsmann, Axel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-4 18
Hall, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-4 12 EuMC42-1 34
Hallal, Ayman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-1 39 Humphreys, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19
Hamberger, Gerhard F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-5 58 Hunter, Ian C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-2 13
Hamid, M.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-2 40 EuMC28-1 23
Hamran, Svein-Erik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-3 57 EuMC40-1 33
Han, Seog-Tae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50 EuMC46-5 38
Han, Xu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Huurinainen, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-2 33
EuMC01-4
Hanberg, Peter Jesper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Hwang, James C.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48
EuMC01-2
Hancock, Christopher P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Hyvert, Jérémy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-5 22
EuMC47-3
Händel, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-3 11
Hanham, S.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-1 14
I
Hannachi, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-16 42 Ianconescu, Reuven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-1 21
Hansen, Nils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-5 30 Ibrahim, Mohamed I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-13 48
Hao, Zhang-Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-2 4 Ibrahim, Sarah Adel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-1 6
Hara, Shinsuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17 EuMC06-3 8
Harati, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-2 23 EuMC43-3 35
Haridas, Nakul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-3 29 Ichijo, Jun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-5 25
Häring, Lars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-31 44 Ichinose, Kento . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-2 46
Hashimoto, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-4 16 Iglesias, Petronilo Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24
Hattenhorst, Birk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-3 23 EuMC28-4 24
Hayman, Douglas B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60 EuMC34-4 28
He, Tianhao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-1 52 EuMC46-3 37
He, W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45 Ilgaz, Mehmet Alp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-3 54
He, Yingyi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-1 36 Imai, Shohei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
He, Yudong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-40 51 EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56
He, Yue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-5 17 Inoue, Akira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
Hein, Matthias A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-2 6 EuMC30-3 25
EuMCPoster01-6 41 EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56
EuMCPoster01-21 43 Ippich, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-1 56
Heinemann, Bernd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54 Isaksson, Magnus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-3 11
Heinrich, Wolfgang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-3 19 Ishikawa, Ryo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-3 30
EuMC26-1 22 EuMCPoster01-26 44
EuMC26-4 22 Ishikawa, Shohei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
EuMC43-2 35 Iskandar, Zyad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55
EuMC43-5 35 Islam, Md. Mazidul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-3 27
EuMC46-5 38 Ismail, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-5 7
EuMIC/EuMC03-2 54 Ito, Yuji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-17 42
Heirons, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-3 7 Itoh, Tatsuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-1 15
Helmreich, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-4 28

65
Itoh, Yasushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-11 42 Kienemund, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27
Kim, Choul-Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12
J Kim, Dae-Hyun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-5 32
Kim, Hyung Geol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58
Jacob, Arne F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-2 17
EuMC36-5 30 Kim, Ihn Seok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-7 47
EuMC40-5 33 Kim, Jangheon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-4 56
Jakob, Johannes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-3 57 Kim, Jeong Geun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58
Jakoby, Rolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-5 6 Kim, Sang Gyun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58
EuMC21-3 19 Kim, Sanghoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-5 34
EuMC33-1 27 Kissinger, Dietmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14
EuMIC/EuMC05-2 55 Kitahara, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-4 16
Jamal, F.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14 Kitsunezuka, Masaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-1 55
Jang, Jihyeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-35 45 Klasmann, Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-3 18
Jardel, Olivier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-2 15 Klehr, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-2 54
Jaschke, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-5 33 Klein, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-1 14
Jauberteau, M.O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14 Klenner, Mathias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-1 34
Jecko, Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-4 37 Klöppel, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-3 58
Jenabi, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-3 15 Knapp, Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22
Jensen, Jesper Bevensee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-1 14 Kneller, James William Ewart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-36 50
Jeon, Ji Yeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58 Knoll, Dieter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Jia, Chenwei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54 Knowles, James F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-5 23
Jian, Li-Yi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21 Kocer, Hasan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-3 26
Jiang, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-1 53 Kohler, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27
Jiang, Xun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-33 50 EuMIC/EuMC05-2 55
Jin, Xin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Koizumi, Souta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-23 43
Jo, Gweondo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-43 51 Kojima, Chikara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Johannes, Winfried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-5 60 Kok, H.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38
Johannesson, Kristjan Sundgaard . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-4 29 EuMCPoster02-18 48
Johansen, Tom K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-2 4 Kolff, M.W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38
EuMC15-1 14 EuMCPoster02-18 48
Jokanovic, Branka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-4 20 Kolpatzeck, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-31 44
Jolly, Nicolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18 Komatsuzaki, Yuji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56
Joram, Niko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-3 22 Komkov, Sergey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52
Juang, Ying-Zong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-2 39 Konpang, Jessada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-1 23
Jun, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-3 7 Konrath, Willibald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-2 6
Jung, Seung Hwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58 Konstantinidis, Konstantinos . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-2 15
Korostynska, Olga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7
K Kosaka, Naoki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25
Kabalan, Ali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39 Kosmopoulos, Savvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13
Kahil, Si Abed Karim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-37 45 Kotelnikov, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41
Kalinikos, B.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-18 43 Koul, Shiban K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-3 40
Kallfass, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-2 23 Koziel, Slawomir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-5 10
EuMC30-1 25 Kozlov, Dmitry S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-3 27
Kanapathippillai, Jeganathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60 Kozyrev, Andrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41
Kanno, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39 Kracek, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-5 27
EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54 Krauß, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24
EuMC28-4 24
Kanoniuk, Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60
EuMC34-4 28
Kapitanova, Polina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-4 32 Kreouzis, Theo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-36 50
Karimian, Noushin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-5 7 Krishnamoorthy, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-29 50
EuMCPoster02-22 49 Kroener, Helmut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-1 56
Karimian, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-5 7
Kroh, Marcel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
EuMC16-3 15
Karmakar, Nemai Chandra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-4 27 Kronberger, Rainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-4 26
EuMCPoster02-45 52 Krozer, Viktor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-1 22
Karpuz, Ceyhun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-4 21 EuMC26-4 22
EuMC34-2 28 Kühn, Jutta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-4 18
Karthikeyan, S.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-2 19 EuMC42-1 34
Kulpa, Krzysztof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-5 58
Kasamatsu, Akifumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17
Kashima, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54 Kumar, Girish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-1 18
Kassa, Wosen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39 Kumar, Nagendra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-22 43
Kässer, Tobias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Kunihiro, Kazuaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-1 55
EuMC04-2
Katayama, Hideaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25 Kunii, Tetsuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
EuMC30-3 25 Kuri, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59
EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56 Kuriyama, Akira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-3 59
Katayama, Kosuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17 Kuroda, Hiroshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-3 59
Kato, Katsuya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25 Kurokawa, Satoru . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-5 25
Kato, Yuto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-42 46 Kurt, Hamza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-3 26
Katzer, Jens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54 Kuwahara, Yoshihiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-1 29
Kawai, Tadashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-2 11 Kuznetsov, Yury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6
Kawanishi, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39 EuMC25-4 22
EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54 EuMC32-2 27
Kawasaki, Shigeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-4 39 Kwak, Changsoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-3 28
Kaynak, Mehmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14 Kyriacou, Michalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-28 44
EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53
EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
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Keimel, Chris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-2 53 Labate, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-2 33
Kersten, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-3 15 Lachner, Rudolf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22
Kgwadi, Monageng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-25 49 Lager, Ioan E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-3 16
Khalid, Ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-3 20 Laghezza, Francesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59
Khan, Muhammad Abdullah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-14 42 Lähderanta, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-11 47
Khan, Zain Ahmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-3 11 Lai, Qinghua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36
Khang, Seung-Tae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-5 32 Lal, Deeksha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-2 30
EuMCPoster01-44 46 Lalloué, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Khanna, A.P.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-8 47 Lan, Yu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-2 24
Kholodnyak, Dmitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-1 28 Lancaster, Michael J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-3 18
Khoroshilov, Evgeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-1 11 EuMIC/EuMC01-1 52

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Lande, Tor Sverre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-3 57 Lu, Zheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-2 58
Landin, Per N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-1 11 Lubecke, Victor M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-4 20
Landsberg, Naftali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-5 20 Luc, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-48 52
Lang, Klaus-Dieter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-1 56 Lučun, Andžej . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-33 45
Lang, S.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-4 60 Lugo-Alvarez, Jose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55
Lanteri, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-4 59 Luhaib, Saad W.O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-1 33
Lapierre, Luc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-2 15 Lunde, Kathrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7
Las-Heras, Fernando . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-3 4 Lv, Fang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-3 5
EuMC34-5 29 Lysiuk, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-34 45
Laso, M.A.G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13
EuMC46-2 37 M
Lasri, Tuami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-1 24 Ma, Junmei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36
Laurent, Sylvain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-37 45 Ma, Zhewang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-5 8
Lavayssiére, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-48 52 Maassen, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-1 35
Lavrador, Pedro M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-5 11 EuMCPoster01-27 44
Leal-Sevillano, Carlos A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-2 10 EuMCPoster01-30 44
Le Bihan, Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5 Macchiarella, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-1 21
Lee, Boyoung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-3 28 Macfarlane, D.G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-3 60
Lee, Chanjoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-10 47 Machac, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-5 27
Lee, Eun-Gyu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12 Macheret, Sergey O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-2 27
Lee, Jae-Eun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12 Madero-Ayora, M.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-24 43
Lee, Jeong Ho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12 Maehara, Hiroaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
Lee, Jiyeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-5 34 Maestrojuan, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-5 5
Lee, Jong Wook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-7 47 Mahé, Françoise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-5 21
Lee, Jooseok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12 Mahmoud, Samir F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-3 22
Lee, Jung-Nam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-43 51 EuMC41-1 33
Lee, Juseop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-3 28 Mai, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53
Lee, Seungku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-8 41 EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Lee, Tae-Hak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-3 28 Mai, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Lee, Young-Ho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-43 51
Maier, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-5 19
Le Foulgoc, Jean-Marc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-26 49
Majedi, Amir Hamed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-5 40
Lefrançois, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-48 52
Majid, H.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-2 40
Leidenhed, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-1 56 Majied, Soran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22
Le Méhauté, Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-1 39 Majumder, Basudev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-29 50
Lemoine, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-4 31 Makimoto, Mitsuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-1 26
Leonardi, Ornella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34 Malallah, Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41
Lesénéchal, Dominique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-2 24 Malavolta, Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48
EuMC32-2 27 Malekabadi, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-3 15
Leuther, Arnulf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59 Malherbe, J.A.G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-3 21
Lewark, U.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-3 15 Mallach, Malte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-3 18
Li, Changzhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-5 38 EuMCPoster01-13 42
Li, Hao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22 Malmstrom, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-1 56
Li, J.F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-19 43 Malyshev, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-4 40
Li, Jian-Yu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-4 30 Mandel, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-5 6
Li, Jiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-2 5 Mansour, Raafat R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-20 43
Li, Songhui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-3 22 EuMIC/EuMC02-1 53
Li, X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19 Manstretta, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-3 31
Li, Xiaoqiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-1 15 Mansutti, Giulia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-2 31
Li, Zhen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-22 49 Manzari, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-47 52
Li, Zhengyi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61 Manzoni, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Lia, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-3 15 Mao, Chunxu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-1 16
Liero, Armin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-2 54 Mao, Junfa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-3 9
Lim, Jeong-Taek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12 EuMC09-4 10
Lin, Chin-Yi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-5 47 Mariani Primiani, Valter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-5 31
Lin, Kuei-Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-2 39 Marinescu, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41
Lin, Ta-Yeh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-30 50 Marrocco, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-4 38
Lin, Tianjun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-1 24 EuMCPoster02-47 52
Lin, Yu-Hsuan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-5 55 Martellosio, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29
Lindenmeier, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-38 51 Martens, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-4 25
EuMCPoster02-44 52 Martin, Audrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-2 15
Ling, Feng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-4 10 Martín, Ferran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-2 8
Lischke, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54 Martínez, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-5 5
Lissorgues, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5 Martinez, J.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-2 37
EuMC47-4 38 Martinez Mendoza, Monica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-5 38
Litvinenko, Artem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52 Martynov, M.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-18 43
Liu, Hairui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6 Maru, Tsuguo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-5 10
Liu, Jingping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-3 5 Mascali, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34
Liu, Ruizhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-3 6 Maslennikov, Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-1 4
Liu, Weitian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54 EuRAD/EuMC05-2 60
Liu, Youjiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-40 51 Mason, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7
Liu, Zhenhua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36 Masood, Rizwan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-2 20
Llombart, Nuria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-3 16 Masotti, Diego . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-1 32
EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59 Massoni, Enrico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-4 33
Lo Hine Tong, Dominique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-24 49 Mastri, Franco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-43 46
EuMCPoster02-26 49 Matekovits, Ladislau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-2 33
Long, Jiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-5 34 Matsumoto, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54
Loo-Yau, J.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36 Matters-Kammerer, Marion K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-4 17
Lopetegi, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13 Maune, Holger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-1 27
López Cuenca, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-1 31 Maurer, Linus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22
López-Espí, Pablo-Luis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50 Mavridou, Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-2 15
EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54 Mayer, Winfried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-5 35
López-Fernández, José A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50 EuRAD/EuMC01-1 57
EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54 Mazanek, Milos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-5 27
López-Pérez, José A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54 Mazzanti, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29
López Ruiz, Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50 McDaid, Padraig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-3 53
Loracher, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-21 43 McElhinney, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45
Lu, Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-5 17 McKerricher, Garret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-5 57

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McLeod, Christopher N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-5 53 Nassar, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-38 51
Medina, Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-1 8 Nasser, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-2 30
Mei, Tengda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-2 24 Ndip, Ivan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-1 56
Melazzi, Davide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-2 31 Ndoye, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-5 4
Meliani, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14 Negra, Renato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-2 40
Mellonie, Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 EuMCPoster01-14 42
Memarian, Mohammad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-1 15 EuMCPoster01-30 44
Mencarelli, Davide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Neilson, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-15 42
Meniconi, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-3 37 Nepaya, Leokadia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-5 9
Menudier, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37 Neto, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-3 16
Merdanov, M.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-9 47 New, Tony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-1 17
Mesa, Francisco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-1 8 Ng, Herman Jalli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14
Meshanov, V.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-9 47 Nghe, Chi Thanh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-4 25
Miao, Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-5 17 EuMCPoster01-30 44
Micheli, Davide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-5 31 Nguyen, Duy P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-4 35
Migliaccio, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-4 59 Nguyen, Thuy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-4 35
Mikhailov, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41 Ni, Jia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-1 8
Mikitchuk, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-4 40 Nicholson, Kelvin J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-5 26
Miller, Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-2 53 Nikitin, A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-11 47
Milosevic, Vojislav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-4 20 Nikitin, A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-18 43
Mimis, Konstantinos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-25 44 EuMCPoster02-11 47
Min, Seungkee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-4 56 Nikitov, Sergey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52
Minard, Philippe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-24 49 Nikolaevtsev, Viktor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52
EuMCPoster02-26 49 Nikunen, Joona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-3 27
Miracoli, Rosalba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34 Nishikawa, Kenichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Mitani, Eizo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-2 19 Nishikawa, Kenjiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-4 39
Miwa, Shinichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25 Nishizawa, Haruka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-26 44
Miyashita, Miyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25 Nitta, Atsushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-2 19
Mizutani, Hiroshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-3 30 Noujeim, K.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-36 45
Moglie, Franco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-5 31 Nsele, S.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-2 55
Mohamed, Imran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 Nuanes, Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-1 17
Mohncke, Jan-Philip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-5 33 Nukaga, Osamu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-4 4
Moldovan, E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-16 42 Nwajana, Augustine O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-4 47
Molero, Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-1 8
Monediere, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37 O
Monerris Belda, O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-2 12
Mongiardo, Mauro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-43 46 Oberberg, Moritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-2 34
Monje, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59 Occhiuzzi, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-47 52
Monka, Carsten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-3 40 Ocket, I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-4 5
Monorchio, Agostino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-4 7 Ofiare, Afesomeh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17
EuMC23-3 20 EuMC22-3 20
Montanari, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-3 31 Ogbodo, Eugene A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-1 46
Monteith, Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-5 29 EuMCPoster02-3 46
Montejo-Garai, José R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-2 10 Oh, Hyun-Myung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12
Monti, Giuseppina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-43 46 Oh, Jung-Hoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-43 51
Montoro, Gabriel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-2 11 Ohashi, Yoji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Moran, Tamir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-2 53 Ohlsson, Lars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-5 16
Moreno, Jorge Julián . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-3 36 Ohnimus, Florian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-27 44
Moreno, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36 Ohshima, Takenori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Morimoto, Takuo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25 Ohta, Akira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
Morini, Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Okada, Yosuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-2 11
Morris, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-28 44 Okamura, Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39
Morris, Senan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-2 7 Okazaki, Hiroyuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56
Morrison, Jim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-2 7 Okba, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-3 39
EuMC38-4 31 Oldenborg, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38
Mortazawi, Amir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-1 38 Olsen, Christian Bang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-28 49
EuMCPoster01-8 41 Onori, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59
Mosalanejad, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-4 5 Oprea, Ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-1 17
Moschetta, Jean-Marc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6 Ortega-Cisneros, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36
Mostafa, Mahmoud M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-13 48 Osawa, Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-2 19
Motoi, Keiichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-1 55 Oshima, Naoki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-1 55
Mouthaan, Ralf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 Osmont, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-48 52
Mozharovskiy, Andrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-1 4 Ott, Ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-3 31
EuRAD/EuMC05-2 60 Oueslati, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37
Mu, Ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-3 5 Owada, Tetsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-5 12
Muehlbacher, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-1 35 Ozaki, Kazuyuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Muessener, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-1 35 Ozdemir, Caner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-34 50
Mukherjee, J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-29 50 Ozden, Kadir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-3 26
Müller, Jens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-2 6 Ozer, Ahmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-3 26
EuMCPoster01-6 41 Öztürk Özdemir, Pınar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-4 21
Muñoz-Ferreras, José-María . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-3 33
Murad, N.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-2 40 P
Muradov, Magomed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-5 7
Muraguchi, Masahiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-3 9 Paillot, Jean-Marie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-5 22
Murata, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39 Palego, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14
Murphy, Olive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-5 53 Palm, Stephan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-3 58
Murphy, Roberto S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-1 36 Palmisano, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-5 39
Musch, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-3 18 Palombi, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-4 38
EuMC27-3 23 Pan, Ning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-45 46
EuMCPoster01-13 42 Papanastasiou, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24
Parini, Clive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-37 51
N Park, Byeongdeok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-14 48
Park, Hyung Cheol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-4 58
Nadaud, Kevin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-4 53 Park, Rae-Seoung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-14 48
Nagaishi, Hideyuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-3 59 Park, Sung-Jin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-2 27
Naglich, Eric J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-1 37 Parlebas, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-5 24
Nakamura, Kei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-4 4 Parow-Souchon, Kai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6
Nam, Seunggoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-3 28

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Pärssinen, Aarno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-2 9 R
EuMC27-1 23
Raabe, Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-3 40
Pascher, Wilfrid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-44 52
Raboso, David . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-2 12
Pasian, Marco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-3 10
EuMC12-3 12
EuMC35-2 29
Radoi, Antonio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-4 14
Patino-Esteban, María . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54
Radovanovic, Milos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-4 20
Payne, Komlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-4 15 Rafael-Valdivia, Guillermo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-2 36
Pedro, José C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-5 11 Rahim, M.K.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-2 40
EuMCPoster01-29 44 Rajab, Khalid Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-37 51
Pejoine, Jean-Baptiste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-5 18
Rajabi, Mohammad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-45 46
Pelegrini, M.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-2 57 Rammal, Mohamed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-4 37
Peng, Tianjie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36 Ran, Lixin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-5 38
Percaz, J.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13 Rasolomboahanginjatovo, A.H. . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-5 4
Peréz-Wences, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36 Rautschke, Felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-5 25
Périgaud, Aurélien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18 EuMCPoster01-27 44
EuMC19-5 18 Rave, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-5 30
Peroulis, Dimitrios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-5 15 Ray, K.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-29 50
EuMC33-2 27 Raya, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18
EuMC40-3 33 Razumov, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41
EuMC46-4 37 Rebollar, Jesús M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-2 10
Perregrini, Luca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-3 10 Reglero, Marta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13
EuMC13-5 13 EuMIC/EuMC07-2
Rehder, G.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
EuMC35-2 29
33 Reina-Tosina, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-24 43
EuMC40-4
Reinhardt, Alwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-4 58
Person, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-2 20
Persson, Mikael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-5 29 Remba, Ronald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-15 42
Peters, Edwin F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-4 15 Ren, Fengchao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-2 5
Petersen, Esben Thade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-4 29 Renne, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29
Petousi, Despoina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54 Renteria-Cedano, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36
Pham, Anh-Vu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-4 35 Reynaud, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37
Phelps, A.D.R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45 Reynoso-Hernández, J.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-4 36
Philippe, Pascal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-5 22 Rhodin, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-1 56
Piacenza, Francesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Ricketts, David S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-2 30
Pilovets, Aleksey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52 Rieger, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-2 57
Pinheiro, J.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-2 57 Rito, Pedro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Piotrowicz, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-2 55 Roberts, Michael James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-4 53
Pistono, Emmanuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55 Roberts, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-36 45
Platonov, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41 Robertson, D.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-3 60
Poddar, Ajay K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-3 40 Robertson, Ian D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-2 14
Podevin, Florence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55 EuMCPoster01-39 45
EuMIC/EuMC07-2 57 Rodriguez, Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-28 49
Podilchak, Symon K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Rodríguez-Berral, Raul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-1 8
EuMC25-3
33 Roeber, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-38 51
EuMC41-1
EuMC41-4 34 Rohde, Ulrich L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-3 40
Podoskin, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-6 41 Rohrdantz, Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-5 30
Pohl, Nils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-3 58 EuMC40-5 33
Röhrl, Franz Xaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-3 57
EuRAD/EuMC04-4 60
Rolfes, Ilona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-3 18
EuRAD/EuMC04-5 60
EuMC27-3 23
Polleux, Jean-Luc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39 EuMC42-2 34
Pollin, Sofie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-45 46 Rommel, Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-28 49
Ponomarev, D.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-9 47 Ronald, K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45
Pons, P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-3 5 Rönnow, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-3 11
EuMCPoster02-48 52 Roos, Fabian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-3 24
Popova, N.F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-9 47 Rösch, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59
Pöpperl, Maximilian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-5 6
Rosenberg, Uwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24
Potelon, Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-5 21
EuMC28-4 24
Potéreau, Manuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18 EuMC34-4 28
Pothier, Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-3 14 Roubeau, Fabien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-4 53
EuMIC/EuMC02-4 53
Rousseau, L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-4 38
Powell, Jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6 Rowland, Jason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-4 9
EuMIC/EuMC01-1 52 EuMIC/EuMC03-1
Rücker, Holger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Pozzebon, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-1 5 Ruiz, M. Nieves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-2 11
Pradhan, Soumyakanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-2 19 Ruiz-Cruz, Jorge A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-2 10
Prantner, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-1 38 Russer, Johannes A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6
Preis, Sebastian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-3 19 EuMC25-4 22
Presse, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-4 31 EuMC29-2 24
Preston, Shaun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-3 38 EuMC32-2 27
Provinciali, Mauro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Russer, Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6
Prziwarka, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-2 54 EuMC25-4 22
Psychogiou, Dimitra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC40-3 33 EuMC29-2 24
EuMC46-4 37 EuMC32-2 27
Pueyo-Tolosa, Marcos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24 Rybalko, Oleksandr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-20 48
Puyal, Vincent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55
Pyne, Budhaditya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-5 59 S
Q Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-5 40
Safwat, Amr M.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-13 48
Qiu, Liang-Feng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-3 9 Sainati, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-10 47
Quaglia, Roberto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-4 19 Saito, Hirobumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-5 59
Quay, Rüdiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-5 19 Saito, Kengo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-23 43
EuMC30-1 25 Sakai, Fuminori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-1 26
Quendo, Cédric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-5 21 Sakaki, Hiroto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-4 39
Quéré, Raymond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-2 15 Salazar-Palma, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-2 21
EuMCPoster01-37 45 Salza, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13
Sama, N.Y. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-5 4
Samczyński, Piotr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-5 58
Sample, Alanson P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-2 32
Samsuri, N.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-2 40

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Sanchez de Rojas, J.V.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-2 37 Sizov, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-34 45
Sánchez-Montero, Rocío . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50 Sjöberg, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-5 16
EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54 Skalare, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Sandhu, A.I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-3 37 Skripal, A.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-9 47
Sandhu, Muhammad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-2 13 Sloan, Robin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6
EuMC28-1 23 EuMC27-5 23
EuMC46-5 38 EuMCPoster02-22 49
Sanz-Izquierdo, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-3 7 Smartt, Christopher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-4 22
Sarkar, Debdeep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-42 51 EuMC37-2 30
Sarma, Sanjay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-4 27 Smith, R.M.H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-3 53
Sasaki, Eisaku . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-5 10 Snyder, Richard V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-3 13
Sasaki, Yoshinobu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25 Soboll, Patrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-4 26
EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56 Socheatra, Soeung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-2 9
Satoh, Tomio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-2 19 Socher, Eran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-5 20
Sattler, Sebastian W. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-4 56 Soens, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-4 5
Saucourt, Jérémy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18 Sol, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-4 31
Sauleau, Ronan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-2 20 Solazzi, Gian Leonardo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-41 51
Saulig, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-5 35 Sombrin, Jacques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-37 45
Saunders, Brian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-3 38 Somjit, Nutapong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-2 13
Saurav, Kushmanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-42 51 EuMC14-2 14
Schaefer, Jochen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-1 60 EuMC28-1 23
Schartel, Markus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-1 57 Sommer, Rainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-3 58
Schenk, Lothar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-1 35 Son, Ju Ho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-3 12
EuMCPoster01-27 44 Song, Jinsong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-3 27
Scherr, Steffen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-4 57 Song, Mingzhao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-4 32
Schlechtweg, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-4 18 Song, Zhe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-2 4
EuMC42-1 34 Sorbello, Gino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34
Schmitt, Christoph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-23 49 Soutis, Constantinos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-22 49
Schneider, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-5 24 Sovuthy, Cheab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-2 9
Schoebel, Joerg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-3 40 Sowers, James J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-15 42
Schreurs, Dominique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-45 46 Soykin, Oleg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-1 4
Schubert, Markus Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54 EuRAD/EuMC05-2 60
Schuchinsky, Alexander G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-3 27 Srivastava, Kumar Vaibhav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-1 26
Schulz, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-3 23 EuMCPoster02-42 51
EuMC42-2 34 Ssorin, Vladimir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-1 4
Schüßler, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-2 55 Stanko, Stephan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-3 58
Schuster, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-2 55 EuRAD/EuMC04-5 60
Schwantuschke, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-2 23 Stefanini, Romain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-4 53
EuMC30-1 25 Stegner, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-6 41
Schwerg, Nikolai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-4 12 Stehr, U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-6 41
Scotti, Filippo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59 EuMCPoster01-21 43
Ségalen, Rémi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-5 21 Stelzer, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC36-1 30
Sekine, Norihiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17 Stenson, Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-3 53
Selga, Jordi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-2 8 Stephan, Achim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-1 38
Semenov, A.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-11 47 Stephan, Ralf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-2 6
Semnani, Abbas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-2 27 EuMCPoster01-21 43
Sence, Johann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-5 18 Stöpel, Dirk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-2 6
Senega, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-38 51 Storch, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-13 42
Serna, José M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54 Stove, Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-1 58
Serrano, A.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-2 57 EuRAD/EuMC04-2 60
Severs, Sean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60 Streitz, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-4 57
Shahmohammadi, Mohsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-2 32 Su, Han . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-1 6
Shamim, Atif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-5 57 EuMC06-3 8
Shang, Xiaobang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-3 18 EuMC43-3 35
EuMIC/EuMC01-1 52 Su, Yan-Kuin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21
Shatrova, Iuliia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52 Su, Zhiguo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-2 36
Shaw, Robert D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-4 60 Suchkov, Dmitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52
Suchkov, Sergey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52
She, Chuanfei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-1 36
Shimamura, Hitoshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-4 39 Suga, R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-4 16
Shimizu, Masahiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61 Summers, P.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29
Sun, Shoujia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-6 47
Shimura, Toshihiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-5 61
Sužiedėlis, Algirdas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-33 45
Shin, Sanghoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC46-1 37
Svanda, Milan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-5 27
Shinjo, Shintaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56 Svelto, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-2 29
Shiozawa, Takahiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-40 45 Szymanowski, Margaret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-4 56
Shirato, Yushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-3 9
Shitvov, Alexey P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-3 27 T
Shramkova, O.V. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-12 47
Siart, Uwe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-5 58 Tafur Monroy, Idelfonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-1 14
Siblini, Ali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-4 37 EuMCPoster02-28 49
Sickinger, Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-3 60 Tafuto, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59
Sidiropoulos, Nikolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13 Tahara, Yukihiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-5 12
Sieger, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-5 60 Taher, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-4 8
Sievenpiper, Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-5 34 Tajima, Ken’ichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-41 46
Sieverding, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-3 24 Takacs, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-3 39
EuMC28-4 24 Takagi, Hiroaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-11 42
EuMC34-4 28 Takano, Kazuaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-3 59
Sijbrands, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38 Takano, Kyoya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17
Silavwe, Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-2 14 Takayama, Yoichiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-26 44
Siligaris, Alexandre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-3 55 Takeda, Hideji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-5 12
Silva Valdecasa, Guillermo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-1 14 Takeda, Shigeki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-5 8
Silvestri, Lorenzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC38-3 31 Tamura, Masaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-2 46
EuMC40-4 33 Tanaka, Ryuya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-4 39
Sin, Philippe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-5 56 Tanaka, Shinichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-23 43
Sinanis, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-2 27 Tanaka, Tsuneyuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-2 19
Singh, Yatendra Kumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-22 43 Tanelli, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Sis, Seyit Ahmet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-3 32 Tang, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC04-1 59
Tang, Yao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-5 38

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Tanner, Gregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-2 27 Venkatesh, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-9 41
EuMC37-2 30 Verdeyme, Serge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18
Tantot, Olivier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-4 18 EuMC19-5 18
EuMC19-5 18 Viana, Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39
Taroncher, Máriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-5 13 Viaud, Jean Pierre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-5 56
Tarot, A.-C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC37-4 31 Vicente, Carlos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-3 12
Tarricone, Luciano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-43 46 EuMC12-5 13
Tartarin, J.G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-2 55 Vidmar, Matjaž . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-3 54
Tatu, S.O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-16 42 Viegas, Colin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-4 6
Tcvetkova, Svetlana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-1 20 Viikari, Ville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-3 27
Teberio, F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-4 13 Vincent, Didier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-38 45
EuMC46-2 37 Vossiek, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-5 6
Teniente, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-5 5 Vourch, Clement J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC41-3 34
Tentzeris, Manos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-5 13 EuMCPoster02-27 49
Teplyuk, Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-4 58 Vulfin, Vladimir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-1 21
Teranishi, Eri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25
Tercero Martínez, Félix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-32 50 W
Tervo, Nuutti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-2 9
Wada, Koji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC32-1 26
EuMC27-1 23
Tessmann, Axel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-2 23 Wagner, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-1 25
EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59
EuMC30-1 25
EuRAD/EuMC03-1 59 Walber, Achim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-1 17
Thépaut, Loïc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-5 21 Waldschmidt, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-1 4
Thevenot, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-5 37 EuMC29-3 24
Thomas, D.W.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6 EuMC42-5 35
EuRAD/EuMC01-1 57
EuMC25-4 22
EuMC29-2 24 Wales, Stephen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-28 44
EuMC32-2 27 Walling, Jeffrey S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-4 23
EuMC37-2 30 Wallis, D.J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC22-1 19
Tian, Yingtao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-1 52 Wambacq, Piet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-3 55
Tian, Zhengrong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-4 35 Wane, Sidina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-4 6
Tillack, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53 EuMC25-4 22
Timmons, Nick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-2 7 EuMC29-2 24
EuMC38-4 31 EuMC32-2 27
Ting, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC25-2 21 Wang, Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-5 17
Tkadlec, Roman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-1 21 Wang, Gang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-39 51
Toba, Yoshikazu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC29-5 25 Wang, Hao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-33 50
Tolunay Wipf, S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53 Wang, Huei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-5 55
Tomassoni, Cristiano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-5 13 Wang, Jue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17
EuMC40-4 33 EuMC22-3 20
Torii, Takuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25 EuMCPoster02-25 49
Torres-Torres, Reydezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC44-1 36 Wang, Lu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-39 51
Torrisi, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC42-3 34 Wang, Qian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-3 5
Toumazou, Christofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-5 53 Wang, Qiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-1 36
Traverso, Sylvain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-4 9 Wang, Shitao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC02-2 58
Tretyakov, Sergei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC23-1 20 Wang, Siqi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-4 11
Tripodi, Lorenzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-4 17 Wang, Teng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-2 11
Trummer, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC01-5 58 Wang, Xiaotao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36
Tsai, Hann-Huei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-2 39 Wang, Xiaoyu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-1 38
Tschoban, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-1 56 Wang, Yi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-1 16
Tsiamoulos, Zacharias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-3 38 EuMCPoster02-1 46
Tsironis, G.P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-12 47 EuMCPoster02-3 46
Tsuchiya, Masahiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-40 45 Wang, Ying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-3 5
EuMIC/EuMC06-4
Wang, Yudie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-5 41
Tucker, Geoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Wang, Ziming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-1 6
Tumarkin, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-7 41
EuMC06-3 8
Tuovinen, Tommi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-2 9
EuMC43-3 35
EuMC27-1 23
Wang, Zonghao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-1 40
Turgaliev, Viacheslav . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC34-1 28
Wangler, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-4 12
U Wasige, Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17
EuMC22-3 20
Udvary, Eszter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-3 39 EuMCPoster02-25 49
Uemichi, Yusuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-4 4 Watanabe, Issei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17
Ulusoy, Ahmet Cagri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54 Watanabe, Shinsuke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56
Umezawa, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39 Watkins, Gavin T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-25 44
EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54 Watts, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-1 14
Usanov, D.A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-9 47 Wedding, Carol A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-4 15
Ustinov, A.B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-18 43 Wedding, Daniel K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC16-4 15
EuMCPoster02-11 47 Wegeland, T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-1 56
Wei, Muh-Dey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-2 40
V Weigel, Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-38 51
Valcazar, D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-5 5 Weimann, Nils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-1 22
Valette, Agathe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-4 9 EuMC26-4 22
Vandenbosch, G.A.E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-4 5 Weissbrodt, Ernst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC05-3 60
van Goor, Dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-4 17 Wen, Xin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-31 50
van Liempd, Barend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC05-3 55 Wentzel, Andreas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC43-5 35
van Stam, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38 EuMC46-5 38
EuMCPoster02-18 48 Wernersson, Lars-Erik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-5 16
van Tienhoven, G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-2 38 Wessel, J. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC14-5 14
EuMCPoster02-18 48 Wheeler, Edward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC19-1 17
Vaquero-Jiménez, Beatriz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC04-1 54 White, Malcolm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC47-3 38
Vasanelli, Claudia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-1 4 Wielgat, Marcin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC27-5 23
Vaseem, Mohammad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-5 57 Wiens, Alex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-3 19
EuMC33-1 27
Vegas Olmos, Juan José . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-1 14
EuMIC/EuMC05-2 55
EuMCPoster02-28 49
Vélez, Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC06-2 8 Wietstruck, M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53
Venanzoni, Giuseppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-16 48 Wijayanto, Y.N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39
Venard, Olivier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC10-4 11

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Winkler, Wolfgang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-4 57 Zhang, Wentao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-1 36
EuRAD/EuMC05-1 60 Zhang, Zihui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-5 25
Wipf, C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-5 53 EuMCPoster01-4 41
Wölfel, Maximilian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-23 49 Zhao, Huichang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-3 5
Wolff, Nikolai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-3 19 Zhao, Qi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-39 51
EuMC43-2 35 Zhao, Yangping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC04-3 6
Wong, Ka Wai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-20 43 Zhao, Yu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-4 10
Wong, Peng Wen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-2 9 Zhong, Yi Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-2 16
Wu, Handong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-2 36 Zhou, Haiping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-2 17
Wu, Hung-Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC24-2 21 Zhou, Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-3 29
Wu, Ke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC03-2 5 Zhou, Zhou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-1 8
EuMC04-3 6 EuMC46-3 37
EuMC44-5 36 Zhu, Anding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-5 41
Wu, Lin-Sheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-3 9 Zhuang, Kui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-1 36
Wu, Po-Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-2 39 Zhurbenko, Vitaliy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC01-2 4
Wu, Tzong-Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-5 47 EuMC35-4 29
Wu, Yahui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC13-1 13 EuMCPoster02-20 48
Wu, Yu-Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC15-5 15 Ziegler, Volker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-3 37
Wu, Yun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-1 46 Zimmer, Gernot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-4 25
EuMCPoster02-3 46 Zimmer, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-2 18
Wu, Yunqiu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-2 24 Zimmermann, Lars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-1 54
Wursthorn, Jonas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC26-2 22 Zimmermanns, Marc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-3 18
Zirath, Herbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-5 29
X Zlebic, Cedo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC05-1 7
Zolfagharloo Koohi, Milad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-8 41
Xiao, Gaobiao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC09-4 10 Zorn, Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC07-3 57
Xie, Nan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-40 51
Zouggari, B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-16 42
Xu, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-19 43
Zwick, Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-5 24
Xu, Ruimin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-2 24
EuMIC/EuMC07-4 57
Xu, Yuehang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC28-2 24
EuRAD/EuMC05-1 60
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Yacoub, Magdi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC01-5 53
Yahav, Nir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-12 42
Yamabe, Shigeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-3 25
Yamaguchi, Keiichi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-25 44
Yamamoto, N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC49-2 39
EuMIC/EuMC03-4 54
Yaman, Fatih . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-3 26
Yamanaka, Koji . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
EuMIC/EuMC06-2 56
Yamaoka, Atsushi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-25 44
Yan, Pinpin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54
Yanchuk, Dmitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-1 11
Yang, Chao-Shun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-2 39
Yang, Hee Jun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC33-2 27
Yang, Jun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-6 47
Yang, Liang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-33 50
Yankin, Sergey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-46 52
Yavuz, Mehmet E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-21 49
Yegin, Korkut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-34 50
Yeo, Kenneth S.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-4 47
Yeo, Tae-Dong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-5 32
EuMCPoster01-44 46
Yin, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45
Yin, Wen-Yan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC07-3 9
Yin, Xinshe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-6 47
Yokota, Hideo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-21 49
Yoneda, Naofumi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC11-5 12
Yoshida, Satoshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC48-4 39
Yoshida, Takeshi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC18-3 17
Yoshiizumi, H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-4 16
Yoshikoshi, Hiroyuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC21-2 19
You, Jian Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC12-1 12
Yu, Chao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC03-5 54
Yu, Jong-Won . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC39-5 32
EuMCPoster01-44 46
Yuan, Quan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC02-2 4
Yucedag, Okan Mert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC31-3 26
Yunoue, Norihiro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC30-2 25
Yurduseven, Ozan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC17-3 16
Yusoff, M.F.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC50-2 40

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Zaccaron, A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-2 59
Zech, Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC20-4 18
EuMC42-1 34
Zein, Nader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-5 10
Zeng, Xuezhi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC35-5 29
Zerioul, Lounis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC08-4 9
Zhai, Chenxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC06-3 56
Zhan, Ying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMC45-1 36
Zhang, L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster01-32 45
Zhang, Lin-Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMIC/EuMC02-4 53
Zhang, Miao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuRAD/EuMC03-5 59
Zhang, Peng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EuMCPoster02-31 50

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