IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP11MTT-PRT 978-1-61284-754-2

2011 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium – MTT 2011

Baltimore, Maryland, USA 5-10 June 2011

Pages 1-691

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TU1A: INTEGRATED AND TUNABLE FILTER TECHNOLOGIES TU1A-1 Miniaturized UWB Bandpass Filters Integrated with Notch Filters Using a Si-based Integrated Passive Device Technology .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

Z. Wu, Y. Shim, M. Rais-Zadeh

TU1A-2 Compact Monolithic Low-Pass Filters Using a Bridged-Tee Architecture................................................................................... 6R. C. Frye, Y. T. Lee, H. T. Kim, K. Liu

TU1A-3 Multilayer Interdigital Ultra-Wideband Filter .............................................................................................................................. 11Z. Hao, J. Hong

TU1A-4 High-Q Tunable Bandstop Filters with Adaptable Bandwidth and Pole Allocation ................................................................. 16E. J. Naglich, J. Lee, D. Peroulis, W. J. Chappell

TU1A-5 Microwave Resonator and Filter Tuning by an Ultrasonic Piezo Motor in a Phased Locked Loop ....................................... 21D. Robben, S. F. Peik

TU1A-6 A Resistor-Loaded Microstrip Line Resonator with a Punched Hole Structure for Ultra-Wide-Stopband Bandpass Filters................................................................................................................................................................................................ 26

H. Uchida, R. Komaru, M. Hangai, M. Nakayama, Y. Hirano

TU1B: RF AND MICROWAVES IN MEDICINE: MONITORING AND IMAGING TU1B-1 Two-Dimensional Noncontact Vital Sign Detection using Doppler Radar Array Approach.................................................... 31

X. Yu, C. Li, J. Lin

TU1B-2 Modeling of Human Torso Time-Space Characteristics for Respiratory Effective RCS Measurements with Doppler Radar .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 36

J. E. Kiriazi, O. Boric-Lubecke, V. M. Lubecke

TU1B-3 Combination of Travelling Wave Approach and Microstrip Transceiver Coil Arrays for MRI at 7T ................................... 41I. A. Elabyad, T. Herrmann, J. Bernarding, A. Omar

TU1B-4 An Investigation of Alternating Impedance Microstrip Transceiver Coil Arrays for MRI at 7T ........................................... 46I. A. Elabyad, A. Omar

TU1B-5 Auto-tuning of the RF Transmission Line Coil for High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Systems............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51

S. Sohn, J. Vaughan, A. Gopinath

TU1C: RFID TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS TU1C-1 RFID Chipless Tag Based on Multiple Phase Shifters .................................................................................................................. 56

A. Vena, E. Perret, S. Tedjini

TU1C-2 Reflective Nonlinear Transmission Lines for Single-Antenna Non-Self-Jamming RFID ......................................................... 61F. Yu, Y. Ma, E. C. Kan

TU1C-3 Wearable Battery-Free Active Paper-Printed RFID Tag with Human-Energy Scavenger...................................................... 66G. Orecchini, L. Yang, M. M. Tentzeris, L. Roselli

TU1C-4 Flexible Hybrid Solar/EM Energy Harvester for Autonomous Sensors ..................................................................................... 71A. Georgiadis, A. Collado, S. Via, C. Meneses

TU1C-5 CNT-based RFID Passive Gas Sensor ............................................................................................................................................. 76C. Occhiuzzi, A. Rida, G. Marrocco, M. M. Tentzeris

TU1C-6 Vector Backscattered Signal Analysis of Piggyback Modulation for Passive UHF RFID Tags ............................................... 81H. Chen, A. Bhadkamkar, T. Chou, D. Van Der Weide

TU1G: NOVEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND ICS TU1G-1 Improvements in the Instantaneous-Bandwidth Capability of RF Power Transistors Using In-Package High-k Capacitors ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 86

H. H. Ladhani, J. K. Jones, G. Bouisse

TU1G-2 UHiFET - A New High-Frequency High-Voltage Device ............................................................................................................. 91A. K. Ezzeddine, H. C. Huang, J. L. Singer

TU1G-3 Rugged HBT Class-C Power Amplifiers with Base-Emitter Clamping ...................................................................................... 96X. Luo, S. Halder, J. C. Hwang

TU1G-4 A 3-Stage Shunt-Feedback Op-Amp having 19.2 dB Gain, 54.1 dBm OIP3 (2GHz), and 252 OIP3/PDC Ratio .................................................................................................................................................................................................................101

Z. Griffith, M. Urteaga, R. Pierson, P. Rowell, M. Rodwell, B. Brar

TU1G-5 MMIC Chipset for Wideband Multifunction T/R Module.........................................................................................................106A. Bettidi, D. Carosi, F. Corsaro, L. Marescialli, A. Nanni, P. Romanini

TU2A: COMPACT RECONFIGURABLE AND TUNABLE FILTERS TU2A-1 Frequency-Agile Field-Programmable Filter Array (FPFA) with Multiple Functionalities ..................................................111

J. Lee, E. J. Naglich, H. H. Sigmarsson, D. Peroulis, W. J. Chappell

TU2A-2 Tunable Suspended Substrate Stripline Filters with Constant Bandwidth ..............................................................................116N. Zahirovic, S. Fouladi, R. R. Mansour, M. Yu

TU2A-3 A High-Q Magnetostatically-Tunable All-silicon Evanescent Cavity Resonator .....................................................................121M. S. Arif, W. Irshad, X. Liu, W. J. Chappell, D. Peroulis

TU2A-4 A Novel Integrated Dual-mode RF Front-End Module for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Applications .............................................126D. H. Kim, D. Kim, J. C. Kim, J. C. Park, C. D. Park

TU2A-5 Bandwidth Reconfigurable Microwave Bandpass Filter ............................................................................................................131J. Chen, H. Tsai, N. Chen

TU2A-6 Reconfigurable Lowpass Filter Based on Signal Interference Techniques ...............................................................................136M. Sánchez-Soriano, J. Hong

TU2B: RF AND MICROWAVES IN MEDICINE: MEDICAL SENSORS AND DEVICES TU2B-1 Digital Microwave System for Monitoring Intracranial Pressure in Hydrocephalic and Traumatic Brain Injury Patients ................................................................................................................................................................................................141

X. Meng, M. R. Tofighi, A. Rosen

TU2B-2 A Miniature Power-Efficient Bidirectional Telemetric Platform for in-vivo Acquisition of Electrophysiological Signals ..........................................................................................................................................................................146

A. Farajidavar, P. G. McCorkle, T. W. Wiggins, S. M. Rao, C. E. Hagains, Y. B. Peng, J. L. Seifert, M. I. Romero, G. O'Grady, L. K. Cheng, S. Sparagana, M. R. Delgado, S. Tang, T. Abell, J. Chiao

TU2B-3 Ultra-thin Tag Fabrication and Sensing Technique Using Third Harmonic for Implantable Wireless Sensors .............................................................................................................................................................................................................151

T. Lin, D. Ha, W. N. De Vries, B. Kim, A. L. Chlebowski, S. W. John, P. P. Irazoqui, W. J. Chappell

TU2B-4 A Wireless Strain Sensor System for Bladder Volume Monitoring ...........................................................................................156H. Cao, S. K. Thakar, T. Fu, M. Sheth, M. L. Oseng, V. Landge, Y. Seo, J. Chiao

TU2B-5 Untethered Helmet Mounted Functional Near Infrared (fNIR) Biomedical Imaging?...........................................................161K. Manseta, A. M. Khwaja, E. Sultan, P. Daruwalla, K. Pourrezaei, L. Najafizadeh, A. Gandjbakhche, A. Daryoush

TU2F: NEW CONCEPTS IN MICROWAVE RADIATION STRUCTURES TU2F-1 An X-Band Luneburg Lens Antenna Fabricated by Rapid Prototyping Technology..............................................................166

M. Liang, W. Ng, K. Chang, M. Gehm, H. Xin

TU2F-2 Polarization-Controllable Zeroth-Order-Resonator Antennas with Reactance Loads at Both Ends ....................................171T. Ueda, G. Haida, Y. Kado, T. Itoh

TU2F-3 Bandwidth Enhancement of the Cavity Resonance Antenna Using Multiple Dielectric Superstrate Layers .......................176M. A. Al-Tarifi, D. E. Anagnostou, A. K. Amert, K. W. Whites

TU2F-4 Equivalent Circuits for Conventional and Extraordinary Reflection in Dipole Arrays ..........................................................181M. Garcia-Vigueras, F. Mesa, R. Rodriguez-Berral, F. Medina, J. Gómez-Tornero

TU2F-5 Equivalent Circuits of Dipole and Periodic Metal Rod Array ....................................................................................................186B. Li, Q. Zhu

TU2G: SILICON CMOS RF AND MICROWAVE CIRCUITS TU2G-1 A Broadband High-Dynamic-Range Voltage-Controlled Attenuator MMIC with an IIP3 >+47 dBm Over Entire 30-dB Analog Control Range ............................................................................................................................................................191

M. Granger-Jones, B. Nelson, E. Franzwa

TU2G-2 An 87 Pico-Second CMOS Variable Delay Line Incorporating the Parallel-Resonator Loads in K-Band ..........................196P. Ko, C. Wang, H. Wu, C. C. Tzuang

TU2G-3 A Novel Distributed Amplifier with High Gain, Low Noise and High Output Power in 0.18-μm CMOS Technology ......................................................................................................................................................................................................201

P. Chen, J. Kao, P. Huang, H. Wang

TU2G-4 A Linear-in-dB Radio-Frequency Power Detector......................................................................................................................206J. Wu, K. Hsu, W. Lai, C. Tu, S. Chen, C. Tang, Y. Juang

TU2G-5 A 2.5mW 2Mb/s Fully Integrated Impulse-FM-UWB Transceiver in 0.18μm CMOS ...........................................................211M. Anis, M. Ortmanns, N. Wehn

TU3A: MICROWAVE FERRITE DEVICES AND MATERIALS TU3A-1 Low-Profile Broadband Core-Isolator for Multi-band Module.................................................................................................215

T. Wada, T. Hasegawa, M. Koshino, T. Okada

TU3A-2 Coplanar Circulator Made from Composite Magnetic Material ...............................................................................................220T. Boyajian, D. Vincent, S. Neveu, M. Le Berre, J. Rousseau

TU3A-3 Dual H- and E-field Tunable Multiferroic Bandpass Filters with Yttrium Iron Garnet Film ...............................................225G. Yang, J. Lou, J. Wu, M. Liu, G. Wen, Y. Jin, N. X. Sun

TU3A-4 Ferromagnetic Resonance in Millimeter Waves: Micro- and Nanoferrites..............................................................................230K. A. Korolev, M. N. Afsar

TU3A-5 Ultra Wideband Permeability in Micron and Nanometer Scale Two and Three Phase Ferrite, Fe and Magnetite Composites ....................................................................................................................................................................................235

R. L. Moore

TU3B: MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUES AND SUBJECTS TU3B-1 Image Quality Enhancement in the Microwave Raster Scanning Method ...............................................................................240

A. Khalatpour, R. K. Amineh, H. Xu, Y. Baskharoun, N. K. Nikolova

TU3B-2 Sensor Array Based on Split Ring Resonators for Analysis of Organic Tissues ......................................................................245M. Puentes, C. Weiß, M. Schüßler, R. Jakoby

TU3B-3 Coplanar Waveguide with Defected Ground Structure for Nanosecond Subcellular Electroporation.................................250C. Palego, S. Halder, J. C. Hwang, C. Merla, M. Liberti, F. Apollonio, A. Paffi

TU3B-4 W-band Millimeter Wave Exposure System for Studying Non-thermal Effects on Skeletal Muscle Contraction......................................................................................................................................................................................................255

J. Yoon, S. Luongo, R. Wiese, P. Mastin, L. Sadovnik, G. L. Craviso, I. Chatterjee

TU3C: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MICROWAVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON AREA TU3C-1 The Flying Bedspring: Restoring the US Navy's XAF Radar ....................................................................................................260

M. A. Simons

TU3C-2 The Radiation Lab of Johns Hopkins University and Memories of Don King.........................................................................265M. Cohn

TU3C-3 Radar Proximity Fuzing and the Cold War Paradigm ...............................................................................................................270M. A. Kolodny

TU3C-4 Environmental Effects on Airborne Radar Performance ...........................................................................................................275W. A. Skillman

TU3C-5 From Minitrack to NAVSTAR: The Early Development of the Global Positioning System, 1955-1975. .............................280L. B. Slater

TU3D: ADVANCES IN RF MEMS SWITCHES TU3D-1 A High Power (>5 W) Temperature Stable RF MEMS Metal-Contact Switch with Orthogonal Anchors and Force-Enhancing Stoppers.....................................................................................................................................................................285

C. D. Patel, G. M. Rebeiz

TU3D-2 Miniature RF MEMS Metal-Contact Switches for DC-20 GHz Applications..........................................................................290R. Stefanini, M. Chatras, P. Blondy, G. M. Rebeiz

TU3D-3 RF MEMS Miniature-Switched Capacitors with Pull-Down and Pull-Up Electrodes for High Power Applications.....................................................................................................................................................................................................295

H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, R. Mahameed, G. M. Rebeiz

TU3D-4 Acceleration of Dielectric Charging/Discharging by RF Power in Microelectromechanical Capacitive Switches ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................300

D. Molinero, C. Palego, S. Halder, X. Luo, A. Hallden-Abberton, J. C. Hwang, C. L. Goldsmith

TU3E: NONLINEAR CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM SIMULATION TU3E-1 Accelerated Simulation of Complex Waveforms in Nonlinear Amplifiers with Memory .......................................................305

G. Stantchev, D. P. Chernin, T. M. Antonsen Jr., B. Levush

TU3E-2 Multi-Core Accelerated Harmonic Balance Method for Multi-Tone Full Chip RFIC Simulation ........................................310J. Meng, Q. Zhu, Y. Pang, X. Lai, X. Zhang, Y. Zhu

TU3E-3 PM-AM/PM-PM Distortions in Wireless Transmitter Behavioral Modeling...........................................................................315E. G. Lima, T. R. Cunha, J. C. Pedro

TU3E-4 A New Multi-Harmonic Volterra Model Dedicated to GaN Packaged Transistor or SSPA for Pulse Application ......................................................................................................................................................................................................320

W. Demenitroux, C. Mazière, E. Gatard, S. Dellier, C. Saboureau, M. Campovecchio, R. Quere

TU3E-5 Fine Tuning of Switching Frequency for Minimal Distortion High Frequency PWM Systems .............................................325F. A. Malekzadeh, R. Mahmoudi, M. Sarkeshi, A. Roermund

TU3F: ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF NOVEL STRUCTURES TU3F-1 Designing a Symmetrical Six-Port Waveguide Junction .............................................................................................................330

M. Sabahialshoara, S. P. Yeo

TU3F-2 Analytical Solutions for the Design and Evaluation of Absorber-Coupled Waveguide Bolometer Detectors ......................335A. M. Datesman, J. McMahon, L. Bleem, R. M. Weikle, V. Yefremenko, G. Wang, V. Novosad, C. L. Chang, A. Crites, J. Mehl, S. Meyer, J. Carlstrom

TU3F-3 Building Elements of a Volumetric Metamaterial........................................................................................................................340V. Becvar, M. Blaha, J. Machac

TU3F-4 Surface Impedances for Arbitrary Thick Planar Superconductors in Volume Discretization Methods...............................345M. Kunze

TU3G: EFFICIENT BROADBAND POWER AMPLIFIERS TU3G-1 A Novel Highly Efficient Broadband Continuous Class-F RFPA Delivering 74% Average Efficiency for an Octave Bandwidth .....................................................................................................................................................................................350

V. Carrubba, J. Lees, J. Benedikt, P. J. Tasker, S. C. Cripps

TU3G-2 GaAs X-Band High Efficiency (65%) Broadband (30%) Amplifier MMIC Based on the Class B to Class J Continuum.......................................................................................................................................................................................................355

J. R. Powell, M. J. Uren, T. Martin, A. McLachlan, P. J. Tasker, J. J. Bell, R. S. Saini, S. P. Woodington, J. Benedikt, S. C. Cripps

TU3G-3 Wideband 3 and 10 Watt Class E X-Band GaN Power MMICs with Up to 75% Power- Added Efficiency .......................360R. G. Freitag, E. J. Stewart, K. M. Renaldo, H. G. Henry, J. S. Mason, M. J. Walker

TU3G-4 Concurrent Planar Multiharmonic Dual-Band Load-Coupling Network for Switching-mode Power Amplifiers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................364

D. Kalim, R. Negra

TU4A: TUNABLE PASSIVES AND ACOUSTIC FILTERS TU4A-1 Compact Left Handed Coplanar Strip Line Phase Shifter on Screen-Printed Barium Strontium Titanate Substrate ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................369

M. Sazegar, Y. Zheng, H. Maune, X. Zhou, C. Damm, R. Jakoby

TU4A-2 Capacitively Coupled DC Voltage Switchable Barium Strontium Titanate Solidly Mounted Resonator Filter.................................................................................................................................................................................................................374

G. N. Saddik, R. A. York

TU4A-3 Intrinsically Switchable, BST-on-Silicon Composite FBARs .....................................................................................................379S. A. Sis, V. C. Lee, A. Mortazawi

TU4A-4 A 7.45 GHz BAW Filter on a Low Cost 3D Organic Package....................................................................................................384C. E. Patterson, S. K. Bhattacharya, J. Zepess, S. Leiphart, W. G. Trueheart, J. Ajoian, Z. Coffman, J. Papapolymerou

TU4B: HIGH FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SYSTEMS TU4B-1 Modeling High Speed MRI Coil Switching Using PIN Diodes ...................................................................................................389

R. H. Caverly, W. E. Doherty, R. D. Watkins

TU4B-2 MR in the Far Field: From Mode Transformation and Holography to Quasi-Optics ............................................................394A. Tonyushkin, A. J. Kiruluta

TU4B-3 Alternative RF Antenna Designs for High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging ......................................................................401A. J. Raaijmakers, O. Ipek, D. W. Klomp, J. J. Lagendijk, C. A. Van Den Berg

TU4B-4 Interventional MRI: Minimal-Invasive Surgery under MR Guidance .....................................................................................406M. Kaiser, J. Krug, G. H. Rose

TU4C: ADVANCES IN LOW NOISE IC DESIGN AND MEASUREMENTS TU4C-1 2.4-GHz 8.5-mW 3.7-dB NF 100-kHz 1/f Corner Direct-Conversion Receiver Using Double-Balanced Passive Mixer ..................................................................................................................................................................................................411

J. Syu, C. Meng, C. Lin, S. Wong, G. Huang, W. Liu

TU4C-2 A 24-GHz Low-Noise Amplifier Co-Designed With ESD Protection Using Junction Varactors in 65-nm RF CMOS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................416

M. H. Tsai, S. H. Hsu, F. L. Hsueh, C. P. Jou, T. J. Yeh, J. D. Jin, H. H. Hsieh

TU4C-3 Wideband Low-Noise-Amplifier (LNA) with Lg = 50 nm InGaAs pHEMT and Wideband RF Chokes ..............................421P. S. Chen, D. Kim, J. I. Bergman, J. B. Hacker, B. Brar

TU4C-4 A Single Chip Broadband Noise Source for Noise Measurements at Cryogenic Temperatures ............................................426D. Bruch, F. Schäfer, B. Aja, A. Leuther, M. Seelmann-Eggebert, I. Kallfass, M. Schlechtweg, O. Ambacher

TU4D: ADVANCES IN RF MEMS TUNABLE FILTERS TU4D-1 A Novel MEMS-Based Tunable Dielectric Resonator Filter ......................................................................................................431

F. Huang, S. Fouladi, R. R. Mansour

TU4D-2 Miniaturized Microwave Tunable Bandpass Filters on High-k LTCC with Integrated Resistive Vias as Bias-T ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................436

X. Mi, O. Toyoda, S. Ueda, F. Nakazawa

TU4D-3 A Family of MEMS Tunable Filters for Advanced RF Applications ........................................................................................441B. W. Pillans, A. Malczewski, F. J. Morris, R. A. Newstrom

TU4D-4 A 12-18 GHz Electrostatically Tunable Liquid Metal RF MEMS Resonator with Quality Factor of 1400-1840 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................446

W. Irshad, D. Peroulis

TU4D-5 Power Handling and Intermodulation Distortion of Contour-Mode AlN MEMS Resonators and Filters ...........................451C. D. Nordquist, R. H. Olsson

TU4E: EFFICIENT WIRELESS TRANSFER OF RF POWER TU4E-1 An Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node using a Solar Cell Antenna for Solar Energy Harvesting........................................456

M. Danesh, J. R. Long

TU4E-2 Maximizing DC Power in Energy Harvesting Circuits Using Multi-Sine Excitation ..............................................................461A. S. Boaventura, N. B. Carvalho

TU4E-3 CAD of Efficient Wireless Power Transmission Systems............................................................................................................466M. Dionigi, M. Mongiardo

TU4E-4 Improving Energy Efficiency by Heating Greenhouse Crops with Microwaves......................................................................471M. J. Guess, I. C. Hunter, A. I. Abunjaileh

TU4F: WAVEGUIDING AND PERIODIC STRUCTURES TU4F-1 Parallel-Plate Ladder Waveguide for Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz Waveguiding............................................................476

M. Ahmadi-Boroujeni, M. Shahabadi

TU4F-2 Novel Slow-Wave Coupled Lines with Coupling Enhancement .................................................................................................481H. Ma, H. Yang

TU4F-3 Non-Periodic Perturbations in Periodic RF Structures...............................................................................................................486V. J. Jabotinski, D. P. Chernin, T. M. Antonsen Jr., B. Levush

TU4F-4 Analytical Modeling of THz Wave Propagation Inside Ugated Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Layers..............................491M. Khorrami, S. El-Ghazaly, S. Yu, H. Naseem

TU4G: GAN AND LDMOS LINEAR POWER AMPLIFIERS TU4G-1 Linearity Characteristics Study of Millimeter-Wave GaN Power Amplifier ...........................................................................496

J. X. Qiu, A. M. Darwish, E. A. Viveiros, H. A. Hung, K. Kingkeo

TU4G-2 Digital Predistorted Inverse Class-F GaN PA with Novel PAPR Reduction Technique ........................................................501J. Wang, Y. Xu, X. Zhu

TU4G-3 Comparison of a Single and a Dual-Gate GaN Switching-Amplifier for Future Communication Systems .........................506S. Heck, S. Maroldt, A. Bräckle, R. Quay, M. Berroth

TU4G-4 Efficient LDMOS Device Operation for Envelope Tracking Amplifiers through Second Harmonic Manipulation ...................................................................................................................................................................................................511

M. S. Alavi, F. Van Rijs, M. Marchetti, M. Squillante, T. Zhang, S. J. Theeuwen, Y. Volokhine, R. H. Jos, M. P. Van Der Heijden, M. Acar, L. C. De Vreede

WE1A: ADVANCED SYNTHESIS AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES OF MICROWAVE FILTERS AND MULTIPLEXERS WE1A-1 Prototype Network Synthesis for Wideband Microwave Filters ..............................................................................................516

W. Meng, K. A. Zaki, A. E. Atia

WE1A-2 Deembedding of Filters' Responses from Diplexer Measurements ..........................................................................................521M. Oldoni, F. Seyfert, G. Macchiarella, D. Pacaud

WE1A-3 Polynomial Design of Manifold Multiplexers ..............................................................................................................................526G. Macchiarella, S. Tamiazzo

WE1A-4 Performance Analysis of the Enhanced Microwave Multiplexing Networks for Applications in Communications Satellites.............................................................................................................................................................................531

Y. Wang, M. Yu

WE1A-5 New Resonator Arrangement for Reduced Size E-Plane Filters...............................................................................................536P. Kozakowski, A. Deleniv

WE1A-6 Realization of Practical Lumped Element All-pass Networks for Delay Equalization ..........................................................541R. Levy

WE1B: NOVEL TRANSMISSION-LINE METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES AND DEVICES WE1B-1 A Wide-Band Forward Coupler with Balanced Composite Right-/Left-Handed Transmission Lines ................................546

A. Hirota, Y. Tahara, N. Yoneda

WE1B-2 A Printed Dual-Band Coupled-Line Coupler Using Modified Generalized Negative-Refractive-Index Transmission-Lines ........................................................................................................................................................................................551

C. G. Ryan, G. V. Eleftheriades

WE1B-3 Split Rings-Based Differential Transmission Lines with Common-Mode Suppression .........................................................556J. Naqui, A. Fernandez-Prieto, M. Duran-Sindreu, J. Selga, F. Medina, F. Mesa, F. Martin

WE1B-4 Electrically Tunable Composite Right/Left Handed Transmission-Line Based on Open Resonators and Barium-Stronium-Titanate Thick Films......................................................................................................................................................561

M. Durán-Sindreu, C. Damm, M. Sazegar, Y. Zheng, J. Bonache, R. Jakoby, F. Martín

WE1B-5 A Rotated Transmission-Line Metamaterial Unit Cell for Transformation-Optics Applications ........................................566M. Selvanayagam, G. V. Eleftheriades

WE1D: ADVANCES IN ULTRA-LOW-POWER TRANSCEIVER ARCHITECTURES WE1D-1 A Compensation Scheme to Allow Full Duplex Operation in the Presence of Highly Nonlinear Microwave Components for 4 G Systems ........................................................................................................................................................................571

M. Omer, R. Rimini, P. Heidmann, J. S. Kenney

WE1D-2 Accurate UMTS Power Transition with Power alignment Loop Between Two Different Modulation Modes for Polar Transmitters.......................................................................................................................................................................576

M. Nakamura, T. Urushihara, G. L. Do, M. Igarashi, K. Ishida

WE1D-3 Wireless Polar Receiver Using Two Injection-Locked Oscillator Stages for Green Radios ..................................................581C. Chen, C. Hsiao, T. Horng, K. Peng

WE1D-4 Direct-Conversion Transmitter with Resistance to Local Oscillator Pulling in Non-Constant Envelope Modulation Systems .......................................................................................................................................................................................586

C. Hsiao, C. Chen, T. Horng, K. Peng

WE1D-5 An Integrated Low Power Transceiver System ..........................................................................................................................591B. Li, T. Salter, Y. Zhai, Y. Bo, X. Shao, G. Metze, N. Goldsman

WE1E: ARRAY AND POWER COMBINING TECHNIQUES WE1E-1 Multi-antenna Near Field Cancellation Duplexing for Concurrent Transmit and Receive...................................................596

T. Snow, C. Fulton, W. J. Chappell

WE1E-2 A High Performance Analogue Retrodirective Phase Conjugation Circuit with RX Array Factor Combination Ability .......................................................................................................................................................................................601

N. B. Buchanan, V. Fusco, M. Van Der Vorst

WE1E-3 A Mode-Based Technique for Compact Linear MIMO Arrays ................................................................................................606L. K. Yeung

WE1E-4 Gain-Enhanced Distributed Amplifier-Based CRLH-Leaky Wave Antenna for Quasi-Resonant Power Recycling Scheme ...........................................................................................................................................................................................611

C. M. Wu, T. Itoh

WE1E-5 Integrative Design of Power Divider and Phase Shifter for Phased Array ..............................................................................616X. Lu, Q. Zhu, Y. Luo

WE1F: 100 YEARS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY (1911-2011) - EXISTING AND EMERGING RF APPLICATIONS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY WE1F-1 Microwave Superconductivity Part 1: History, Properties and Early Applications ...............................................................621

M. Nisenoff

WE1F-2 Microwave Superconductivity Part 2: Current and Future Applications................................................................................626M. Nisenoff

WE1F-3 Superconductor Analog-to-Digital Converters and Their Applications...................................................................................631D. Gupta, A. Inamdar, D. E. Kirichenko, A. M. Kadin, O. A. Mukhanov

WE1F-4 Dispersive Microwave Readout for Quantum Electrical Circuits.............................................................................................636I. Siddiqi, R. Vijayaraghavan, D. Slichter

WE1F-5 Superconducting Microwave Resonant Circuits for the Detection of Photons From Microwaves Through Gamma Rays ...................................................................................................................................................................................................641

K. D. Irwin, J. Gao, G. C. Hilton, J. B. Mates, L. Vale

WE1G: MILLIMETER WAVE TECHNOLOGIES AND COMPONENTS FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION WE1G-1 Broadband Millimeter Wave Receiver with Dual Polarization ................................................................................................646

P. Kangaslahti, D. Pukala, D. Hoppe, A. Tanner, T. Gaier, B. Lambrigtsen

WE1G-2 A W-Band Image Reject Mixer for Astronomical Observation System ..................................................................................651Y. Wu, S. Lin, C. Chiong, Z. Tsai, H. Wang

WE1G-3 60-GHz Switched-Beam End-fire Antenna Module Integrated with Novel Microstrip-to-Slot Transition.........................656A. L. Amadjikpe, D. Choudhury, G. E. Ponchak, J. Papapolymerou

WE1G-4 60-GHz-Band Low-Loss On-Chip Band Pass Filter with Patterned Ground Shields for Millimeter Wave CMOS SoC ......................................................................................................................................................................................................661

R. K. Pokharel, X. Liu, R. Dong, A. B. Dayang, H. Kanaya, K. Yoshida

WE1G-5 An Amplitude-Based Phase Detector at mm-Wave Frequency Range ....................................................................................666F. Aryanfar, C. Werner

WE1H: MEMORIAL SESSION FOR THEODORE SAAD WE1H-1 The Ted Saad Story........................................................................................................................................................................671

A. Winston, M. J. Cahill

WE1H-2 Ted's Career and the MTT Society: Parallel Paths to Excellence ............................................................................................674P. Staeker

WE1H-3 Ted Saad's Contributions to IEEE's Historical Activities .........................................................................................................677M. N. Geselowitz

WE1H-4 Glimpses of Ted Saad Over 40 Years...........................................................................................................................................680R. A. Sparks

WE1H-5 Personal Reminiscences .................................................................................................................................................................683G. Thoren

WE2A: NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRACTICAL FILTER REALIZATIONS WE2A-1 TM Dual-Mode Filters with Asymmetric Filtering Functions ..................................................................................................687

C. Tomassoni, S. Bastioli, R. Sorrentino

WE2A-2 A Q-band Low-profile Waveguide BRF with Built-in Open-ended λ/2 Microstrip Resonators ...........................................692S. Yoneda, H. Uchida, M. Tanaka, T. Sasaki, H. Yukawa, Y. Hirano

WE2A-3 A Design Technique for Stepped Circular Waveguide Dual-Mode Filters for Broadband Contiguous Multiplexers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................697

H. Hu, K. Wu, R. J. Cameron

WE2A-4 A Vertical Integration of High-Q Filters with Patch Antennas for Enhanced Bandwidth and High Efficiency .........................................................................................................................................................................................................702

Y. Yusuf, X. Gong

WE2A-5 Narrow-Band Superconducting Hybrid Filter for 100kW Transmitter of X-Band Radar Application ..............................707H. Kayano, T. Kawaguchi, N. Shiokawa, K. Nakayama, M. Yamazaki

WE2B: PLANAR AND SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE TECHNIQUES WE2B-1 Broadband Delay Compensation Phase Shifter Using Slotted Substrate Integrated Waveguide Structure .......................712

Z. Zhang, K. Wu, Y. Wei

WE2B-2 Broadband Phase Shifter Using Air Holes in Substrate Integrated Waveguide .....................................................................717I. Boudreau, K. Wu, D. Deslandes

WE2B-3 Corrugated Substrate Integrated Waveguide with Dual Band non-Bragg Resonance ..........................................................722X. Cheng, J. Kim, C. Kim, P. Jao, D. E. Senior, Y. Yoon

WE2B-4 Synthetic Quasi-TEM Transmission Lines with Dummy Fills for CMOS Miniaturized Microwave Integrated Circuit ...........................................................................................................................................................................................727

C. Wang, H. Wu, C. C. Tzuang

WE2B-5 Electrical Characterization of Differential Stretchable Transmission Line ............................................................................732J. Jeon, S. Kim, J. Koo, S. Hong, Y. Moon, S. Jung, B. Kim

WE2C: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PHOTONICS FOR RF FRONT-ENDS WE2C-1 Fiber-Optic Links with All-Photonic RF Gain and Low RF Noise Figure ..............................................................................737

V. J. Urick, J. D. McKinney, J. F. Diehl, K. J. Williams

WE2C-2 Photonic Downconversion and Microwave to Digital Subsystems............................................................................................742T. R. Clark, M. L. Dennis, P. T. Callahan

WE2C-3 Photonics for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive ....................................................................................................................747C. H. Cox III, E. I. Ackerman

WE2C-4 Integrated Antenna/Electro-Optic Modulator for RF Photonic Front-Ends ..........................................................................752R. B. Waterhouse, D. Novak

WE2C-5 On the Development of Photonic RF Oscillators and Resonant Electro-Optic Modulators for Advanced RF Front-End Applications ...........................................................................................................................................................................757

L. Maleki, J. Byrd, A. Savchenkov, W. Liang, V. Ilchenko, D. Seidel, A. Matsko

WE2D: POWER AMPLIFICATION ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR ADVANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WE2D-1 900 MHz Pulse-Width-Modulated Class-S Power Amplifier with Improved Linearity ........................................................762

S. Maier, D. Wiegner, M. Zierdt, U. Seyfried, W. Kuebart, C. Haslach, A. Pascht, S. Maroldt, R. Quay

WE2D-2 Lowpass Delta-Sigma Modulator with Digital Upconversion for Switching-Mode Power Amplifiers ................................767B. T. Thiel, A. O Zmert, J. Guan, R. Negra

WE2D-3 Digital Predistortion Using Quadrature Delta-Sigma Modulation with Fast Adaptation for WLAN Power Amplifiers ........................................................................................................................................................................................................772

S. Chung, J. L. Dawson

WE2D-4 Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction Versus Digital Predistortion in OFDM-based Systems .......................................777C. Nader, P. N. Landin, W. Van Moer, N. Björsell, P. Händel, M. Isaksson

WE2D-5 A Highly Efficient 1.95-GHz, 18-W Asymmetric Multilevel Outphasing Transmitter for Wideband Applications.....................................................................................................................................................................................................782

P. A. Godoy, S. Chung, T. W. Barton, D. J. Perreault, J. L. Dawson

WE2E: ARRAY AND MODULE INTEGRATION WE2E-1 Compact Folded Feed Network Development for a Ku-Band DBS Slotted SIW Array Antennas .......................................787

S. Yang, A. E. Fathy

WE2E-2 Low Cost 60 GHz RF Front End Transceiver Integrated on Organic Substrate....................................................................792W. T. Khan, S. K. Bhattacharya, C. E. Patterson, G. E. Ponchak, J. Papapolymerou

WE2E-3 1,25 kW S Band Pulsed Transmit/Receive Module For Microwave Tube Amplifier Replacement......................................797B. Sen, M. Kayhan, H. Boran, N. Bilgin

WE2E-4 A Lightweight, 64-element, Organic Phased Array with Integrated Transmit-Receive SiGe Circuitry in the X Band .......................................................................................................................................................................................................802

C. A. Donado-Morcillo, C. E. Patterson, T. K. Thrivikraman, B. Lacroix, B. Wilson, B. Hudson, C. T. Coen, C. H. Poh, T. Heath, J. D. Cressler, J. Papapolymerou

WE2E-5 Multiple Feed per Beam Networks for Ka-Band Satellite Communication Systems in LTCC Technology ........................807T. Klein, C. Guenner, J. Kassner, R. Kulke, H. Wolf

WE2E-6 Delay Control in Wide Band Front-End Components for Multirole/Multi-domain Phased-Array Systems ......................812D. Carosi, F. Cesarotti, L. Lasaponara, L. Marescialli, S. Rapisarda

WE2F: RETROSPECTIVE AND OUTLOOK OF COMPUTATIONAL MICROWAVE ENGINEERING WE2F-1 The Fundamental Importance of Dynamic Modeling of Electromagnetic Fields in Space and Time...................................817

W. J. Hoefer

WE2F-2 Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) and Network Methods Applied to Electromagnetic Field Computation .......................822P. Russer, J. A. Russer

WE2F-3 Multi-Resolution Time-Domain and Level-Set Techniques for Multi-Domain/Multi-physics/Multi-Phase Simulations ......................................................................................................................................................................................................827

A. Traille, M. M. Tentzeris

WE2F-4 Electromagnetics-Based CAD and Optimization of Microwave Circuits Exploiting Time-Domain Techniques.......................................................................................................................................................................................................832

J. W. Bandler, Q. S. Cheng, M. H. Bakr, N. K. Nikolova, S. Koziel

WE2F-5 Modeling of the Electromagnetic/Coherent Transport Problem in Nano-structured Materials, Devices and Systems Using Combined TLM-FDTD Techniques ............................................................................................................................837

L. Pierantoni, D. Mencarelli, T. Rozzi

WE2F-6 Transmission Line Matrix Modeling Algorithms for Heterogeneous Computing Hardware................................................842P. P. So

WE2G: THZ TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS WE2G-1 A 300 GHz PLL in an InP HBT Technology............................................................................................................................... 847

M. Seo, M. Urteaga, M. Rodwell, M. Choe

WE2G-2 On-Wafer Measurements of S-MMIC Amplifiers from 400-500 GHz ....................................................................................852L. A. Samoska, A. Fung, D. Pukala, P. Kangaslahti, R. Lai, S. Sarkozy, X. B. Mei, G. Boll

WE2G-3 Terahertz Micromachined On-wafer Probes: Repeatability and Robustness ........................................................................857L. Chen, C. Zhang, T. J. Reck, C. Groppil, A. Arsenovic, A. Lichtenberger, R. M. Weikle, N. S. Barker

WE2G-4 A Broadband 0.6 to 1 THz CMOS Imaging Detector with an Integrated Lens ......................................................................862R. Al-Hadi, H. Sherry, J. Grzyb, N. Baktash, Y. Zhao, E. Oejefors, A. Kaiser, A. Cathelin, U. R. Pfeiffer

WE2G-5 Remote Gas Sensing in Full-scale Fire with Sub-terahertz Waves...........................................................................................867N. Shimizu, T. Ikari, K. Kikuchi, K. Matsuyama, A. Wakatsuki, S. Kohjiro, R. Fukasawa

WE2H: MEMORIAL SESSION FOR ROGER SUDBURY WE2H-1 Roger Sudbury and the Vision for Phased Arrays .....................................................................................................................872

W. Delaney

WE2H-2 Millimeterwave MMICs ................................................................................................................................................................873A. Gopinath

WE2H-3 Recalling Professional Interactions with Roger Sudbury..........................................................................................................874W. Gelnovatch, D. McQuiddy

WE2H-4 Family Perspectives on Roger Sudbury .......................................................................................................................................875D. Sudbury, A. Sudbury

WE2H-5 Recollections of Roger Sudbury....................................................................................................................................................876E. Cohen

WE2H-6 IMS2011 Memorial Session for Roger W. Sudbury ...................................................................................................................877P. W. Staecker

WE3A: BROADBAND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES WE3A-1 Time-Domain Measurement System Using Track & Hold Amplifier Applied to Pulsed RF Characterization of High Power GaN Devices ............................................................................................................................................882

S. Ahmed, M. Saad-El-Dine, T. Reveyrand, G. Neveux, D. Barataud, J. Nebus

WE3A-2 Measurement of Time-Evolving Electronically Steerable Radiation Patterns at Fast Timescales by a Sampling Technique .......................................................................................................................................................................................887

J. Henrie, M. Tang

WE3A-3 A 20-40 GHz Quasi-Optical Network Analyzer ..........................................................................................................................892A. Grichener, G. M. Rebeiz

WE3A-4 New Broadband Thermal Noise Primary Standard in Coaxial Technology ...........................................................................897J. J. Fornet-Ruiz, A. J. Lozano-Guerrero, J. Monzo-Cabrera, A. B. Diaz-Morcillo

WE3B: NEW TRENDS IN PASSIVE COMPONENTS WE3B-1 Very-High-Q Solenoid RF Inductors for SiP LTCC Integration. .............................................................................................902

S. Aliouane, A. B. Kouki, R. Aigner

WE3B-2 New High Quality Factor Solenoid Based Tuned Resonator .....................................................................................................907R. Kamali-Sarvestani, J. D. Williams

WE3B-3 A Broadband Quarter-Wavelength Impedance Transformer Using Vertically Installed Planar Coupler..........................912W. Lu, K. S. Ang, K. Mouthaan

WE3B-4 A Design of Composite Negative Group Delay Circuit with Lower Signal Attenuation for Performance Improvement of Power Amplifier Linearization Techniques....................................................................................................................917

H. Choi, G. Chaudhary, T. Moon, Y. Jeong, J. Lim, C. Kim

WE3B-5 Low-loss and Compact Millimeter-Wave Balun on Si ...............................................................................................................922Y. Uemichi, H. Hatakeyama, T. Aizawa, K. Okada, H. Kiumarsi, S. Tanoi, N. Ishihara, K. Masu

WE3C: MICROWAVE PHOTONICS SYSTEMS AND DEVICES WE3C-1 60 GHz Broadband Free-Space Communication Using Dual-Wavelength Photonic Signal Generation.............................927

J. A. Nanzer, M. L. Dennis, P. T. Callahan, T. R. Clark, D. Novak, R. B. Waterhouse

WE3C-2 High-Power and High-Speed Waveguide uni-Traveling-Carrier Photodiodes for Microwave Photonics Applications.....................................................................................................................................................................................................932

J. Klamkin, S. Madison, D. Oakley, A. Napoleone, F. O'Donnell, M. Sheehan, L. Missaggia, J. Caissie, M. Hollis, J. Plant, P. Juodawlkis

WE3C-3 Achieving Arbitrary Passband Profiles and High Stopband Attenuation in Microwave Photonic Filters ..........................937E. Hamidi, V. R. Supradeepa, M. Song, R. Wu, C. M. Long, D. E. Leaird, A. M. Weiner

WE3C-4 All-Optical ACP-OPLL Photonic Integrated Circuit.................................................................................................................942Y. Li, A. Bhardwaj, S. Jin, R. Wang, P. Herczfeld

WE3D: HIGH-POWER, HIGH-EFFICIENCY GAN POWER AMPLIFIERS WE3D-1 A 67% PAE, 100 W GaN Power Amplifier with On-Chip Harmonic Tuning Circuits for C-band Space Applications.....................................................................................................................................................................................................947

S. Miwa, Y. Kittaka, T. Tanii, T. Yamasaki, Y. Kamo, Y. Tsukahara, M. Kohno, S. Goto, A. Shima

WE3D-2 A High-Efficiency 100-W Four-Stage Doherty GaN HEMT Power Amplifier Module for WCDMA Systems.............................................................................................................................................................................................................952

A. Grebennikov

WE3D-3 A 240-W Dual-Band 870 and 2140 MHz Envelope Tracking GaN PA Designed by a Probability Distribution Conscious Approach ................................................................................................................................................................957

A. Cidronali, N. Giovannelli, T. Vlasits, R. Hernaman, G. Manes

WE3D-4 A 65 % Drain Efficiency GaN HEMT with 200 W Peak Power for 20 V to 65 V Envelope Tracking Base Station Amplifier ............................................................................................................................................................................................962

F. Yamaki, K. Inoue, N. Ui, A. Kawano, S. Sano

WE3E: NON-LINEAR MODELING FOR MICROWAVE DEVICES WE3E-1 Modeling a SCR-Based Protection Structure for RF-ESD Co-Design Simulations................................................................967

A. Romanescu, P. Ferrari, J. Arnould, P. Fonteneau, C. Legrand

WE3E-2 A Simple Method to Determine Power-Dissipation Dependent Thermal Resistance for GaN HEMTs ...............................972J. Liu, L. Sun, Z. Yu, M. Condon

WE3E-3 Fast Physical Models for LDMOS Power Transistor Characterization...................................................................................977J. P. Everett, M. J. Kearney, E. M. Johnson, H. Rueda, P. H. Aaen, J. Wood, C. M. Snowden

WE3E-4 Behavioral Model Analysis using Simultaneous Active Fundamental Load-Pull and Harmonic Source-Pull Measurements at X-Band ......................................................................................................................................................................982

J. J. Bell, R. S. Saini, S. P. Woodington, J. Lees, J. Benedikt, S. C. Cripps, P. J. Tasker

WE3F: RECENT ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS OF SPACE MAPPING WE3F-1 On Space Mapping Optimization with Coarsely-Discretized EM Coarse Models ..................................................................987

S. Koziel

WE3F-2 Fast Space Mapping Modeling with Adjoint Sensitivity ............................................................................................................992Q. S. Cheng, J. W. Bandler, N. K. Nikolova, S. Koziel

WE3F-3 A Linear Regression Inverse Space Mapping Algorithm for EM-Based Design Optimization of Microwave Circuits ........................................................................................................................................................................................997

J. E. Rayas-Sanchez, N. Vargas-Chavez

WE3F-4 Simulation-Driven Design of Dielectric Resonator Antenna with Reduced Board Noise Emission ....................................1002S. Ogurtsov, S. Koziel

WE3G: ADVANCES IN MILLIMETER WAVE AND THZ TECHNOLOGIES WE3G-1 A Miniature Q-band CMOS LNA with Quadruple-Cascode Topology ................................................................................1007

H. Yeh, H. Wang

WE3G-2 W-Band GaN Power Amplifier MMICs ....................................................................................................................................1012A. Brown, K. Brown, J. Chen, K. C. Hwang, N. Kolias, R. Scott

WE3G-3 Design of A MMIC Tri-Band Filter for 60-/77-/100-GHz Applications.................................................................................1017C. Yang, M. Chiang, H. Chiu, Y. Chiang

WE3G-4 Sub-millimeter Wave 183 GHz and 366 GHz MMIC Membrane Sub-harmonic Mixers ...................................................1022T. Waliwander, M. Crowley, M. Fehilly, D. Lederer, J. Pike, L. Floyd, D. O'Connell

WE4A: ADVANCED CIRCUIT AND MATERIAL MEASUREMENT WE4A-1 Novel Multiport Probing Fixture for High Frequency Measurements in Dense Via Arrays ..............................................1027

Y. Kwark, M. Kotzev, C. Baks, X. Gu, C. Schuster

WE4A-2 A Novel Approach for Dielectric Constant Measurement using Microwave Oscillators .....................................................1032V. Sekar, W. J. Torke, S. Palermo, K. Entesari

WE4A-3 Measurement Setup for Non-Destructive Complex Permittivity Determination of Solid Materials Using Two Coupled Coaxial Probes ......................................................................................................................................................................1037

A. Cenanovic, M. Schramm, L. P. Schmidt

WE4A-4 A Substrate Integrated Waveguide Probe Applicable to Broadband Complex Permittivity Measurements....................1042N. Kim, Y. Bang, K. Kim, C. Cheon, Y. Kim, Y. Kwon

WE4B: HANDSET IMPEDANCE TUNERS WE4B-1 Mobile Phone Performance Improvements Using an Adaptively Controlled Antenna Tuner ............................................1047

M. A. De Jongh, A. Van Bezooijen, K. R. Boyle, T. Bakker

WE4B-2 Tunable BaSrTiO3 Applications for the RF Front End...........................................................................................................1052A. H. Cardona

WE4B-3 CMOS Based Tunable Matching Networks for Cellular Handset Applications ...................................................................1057R. B. Whatley, T. Ranta, D. J. Kelly

WE4B-4 High Performance Tuners for Handsets ....................................................................................................................................1062A. S. Morris, Q. Gu, S. P. Natarajan, J. R. Deluis

WE4C: HIGH POWER MICROWAVE PROCESSING: MODELING AND APPLICATIONS WE4C-1 The Debye Rigorous Equivalent of the Maxwell-Garnett Mixing Rule for Effective Modeling of Carbon Suspensions under MW Irradiation ...........................................................................................................................................................1067

B. Salski, M. Celuch

WE4C-2 Modeling of Microwave Ovens with Perforated Metal Walls .................................................................................................1072E. M. Kiley, V. V. Yakovlev

WE4C-3 Prismatic Applicator for Continuous-flow Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles................................1077P. Veronesi, R. Rosa, C. Leonelli, A. Cappi, A. Barzanti, G. Baldi

WE4C-4 Microwave Assisted Platinum Recycling ...................................................................................................................................1082M. A. Willert-Porada, T. Gerdes, A. Schmidt

WE4C-5 Nonlinear Multi-Physics Model For Casting Metal in an Industrial Microwave Furnace ..................................................1087B. Warren, M. H. Awida, A. E. Fathy

WE4D: INNOVATIVE GAN POWER AMPLIFIERS WE4D-1 A 19W High-Efficiency Wide-Band CMOS-GaN Class-E Chireix RF Outphasing Power Amplifier ...............................1092

M. P. Van Der Heijden, M. Acar, J. S. Vromans, D. A. Calvillo-Cortes

WE4D-2 Decade Bandwidth 2 to 20 GHz GaN HEMT Power Amplifier MMICs in DFP and No FP Technology..........................1097J. J. Komiak, K. Chu, P. C. Chao

WE4D-3 A 45% Power-Added-Efficiency, Ku-band 60W GaN Power Amplifier ...............................................................................1102K. Yamauchi, H. Noto, H. Nonomura, S. Kunugi, M. Nakayama, Y. Hirano

WE4D-4 GaN HEMTs with Pre-match for Ka-Band with 18W .............................................................................................................1107K. Takagi, N. Shinichiro, K. Masuda, K. Matsushita, H. Sakurai, K. Onodera, J. Shim, H. Kawasaki, T. Soejima, Y. Takada, M. Hirose, K. Tsuda

WE4E: FET MODELING WE4E-1 Modeling and Realization of GaN-Based Dual-Gate HEMTs and HPA MMICs for Ku-Band Applications ...................1112

P. Dennler, F. Van Raay, M. Seelmann-Eggebert, R. Quay, O. Ambacher

WE4E-2 A Comprehensive PHEMT Core Model for Switch Applications...........................................................................................1117C. Wei, Y. Zhu, H. Yin, O. Klimashov, D. Bartle

WE4E-3 III-V FET High Frequency Model with Drift and Depletion Charges ...................................................................................1122M. Iwamoto, J. Xu, J. M. Horn, D. E. Root

WE4E-4 A Scalable Linear Model for FETs .............................................................................................................................................1127J. Tarazi, S. J. Mahon, A. P. Fattorini, M. Heimlich, A. E. Parker

WE4F: COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS FOR ELECTRICALLY LARGE DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS WE4F-1 Polynomial Chaos-Based Tolerance Analysis of Microwave Planar Guiding Structures ....................................................1132

P. Manfredi, F. G. Canavero

WE4F-2 Longitudinal Partitioning Based Waveform Relaxation Algorithm for Transient Analysis of Long Delay Transmission Lines.......................................................................................................................................................................................1137

S. Roy, A. Dounavis

WE4F-3 Analysis of Excited Transmission Lines Based on the Passive Method of Characteristics Macromodel ...........................1142A. Beygi, A. Dounavis

WE4F-4 Reduced Order Modeling of Delayed PEEC circuits................................................................................................................1147F. Ferranti, M. Nakhla, G. Antonini, T. Dhaene, L. Knockaert, A. Ruehli

WE4H: A TRIBUTE TO PROFESSOR NATHAN MARCUVITZ WE4H-1 The Oracle: A Student Perspective of Nathan Marcuvitz .......................................................................................................1152

E. E. Kunhardt

WE4H-2 The Legacy of Professor Nathan Marcuvitz and the Field of Leaky Waves .........................................................................1154D. R. Jackson, C. Caloz, T. Itoh

WE4H-3 The 'Waveguide Handbook': Translation of the Electromagnetic Theory into Practical Network Description ....................................................................................................................................................................................................1159

A. Omar, A. Kamel

WE4H-4 Development of a Radial Combiner – A Tribute to Nathan Marcuvitz.................................................................................1164A. E. Fathy

WE4H-5 Modeling Communications Effects and Simulation of the Electronic Battlefield Environment (EBE) A Tribute to Prof. Nathan Marcuvitz ............................................................................................................................................................1169

B. S. Perlman

WEPA: INTERACTIVE FORUM: FIELD ANALYSIS AND GUIDED WAVES WEPA-1 Metamaterials, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Quantum Gravity, and the Search for the Missing Half of the Maxwell Equations .......................................................................................................................................................................................1174

T. P. Weldon, R. S. Adams, K. Daneshvar, R. K. Mulagada

WEPB: INTERACTIVE FORUM: TIME-DOMAIN EM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES WEPB-1 Time-Domain Modeling of Nonlinear Pulse Propagation with an Extended Stability Spatially Filtered FDTD Method ...............................................................................................................................................................................................1179

C. D. Sarris, D. Li

WEPB-2 A Hybrid FDTD and Leapfrog ADI-FDTD Method with PML Implementation.................................................................1184F. Jolani, Y. Yu, Z. D. Chen

WEPB-3 Electromagnetic Time Domain Modeling Using an Improved Meshless Method.................................................................1189H. Razmjoo, M. Movahhedi, A. Hakimi

WEPB-5 The Convolutional Perfectly Matched Layer (CPML) for the Leapfrog ADI-FDTD method ............................................1194S. Yang, Y. Yu, Z. D. Chen, W. Yin

WEPC: INTERACTIVE FORUM: TRANSMISSION LINE ELEMENTS WEPC-1 Synthesis of Hecken-Tapered Microstrip to Parallel-Strip Baluns for UHF Frequency Band...........................................1199

P. L. Carro, J. De Mingo, P. García-Ducar, C. Sanchez-Perez

WEPC-2 A Design Methodology for the Realization of Multi-Decade Baluns at Microwave Frequencies .......................................1204R. M. Smith, S. C. Cripps, P. J. Tasker, J. Benedikt, J. Lees

WEPD: INTERACTIVE FORUM: PASSIVE CIRCUIT ELEMENTS WEPD-1 Compact Dual-Mode Four-Port Network with Quadrature Coupling and Direct-Thru Transmission in Each of the Individual Bands ......................................................................................................................................................................1209

J. Tsai, T. Ma

WEPD-2 A Novel Unequal Dual-band Gysel Power Divider ..................................................................................................................1214Z. Sun, L. Zhang, Y. Yan

WEPD-3 Adopting the Broadside Coupled Line for the Design of an Impedance Transformer ........................................................1219M. Chen, C. Tang, T. Hou, J. Wu

WEPD-4 Compact High-Q, Low-Loss mmW Transmission Lines and Power Splitters in RF CMOS Technology.........................1224A. Franc, E. Pistono, N. Corrao, D. Gloria, P. Ferrari

WEPD-5 Equivalent Circuit Models for Linear Reciprocal Lossy Distributed Microwave Two-Ports.............................................1229J. A. Russer, A. Gorbunova, F. Mukhtar, H. Yordanov, A. Baev, Y. Kuznetsov, P. Russer

WEPD-6 New Inkjet-Printed Wideband 3-dB Branch-Line Coupler ....................................................................................................1234W. A. Arriola, M. Lee, Y. Kim, E. Ryu, I. Kim

WEPD-7 DC-70 GHz, 90-nm 3D CMOS SPDT Using Elevated CPW and CPS Series Stubs.............................................................1239K. Hettak, T. Ross, J. Wight, G. Morin

WEPE: INTERACTIVE FORUM: FERROELECTRIC, FERRITE, AND ACOUSTIC WAVE COMPONENTS WEPE-1 Tunable Impedance Matching Networks for Agile RF Power Amplifiers ............................................................................1244

H. Maune, M. Sazegar, R. Jakoby

WEPE-2 Enhanced Electromagnetic Modeling of Bulk Acoustic Wave Resonators and Filters ........................................................1249N. Selimovic, B. Bader, J. Kiwitt, M. Pitschi, T. F. Eibert

WEPE-3 Miniaturized and Reconfigurable CPW Square-Ring Slot Antenna Using Thin Film Varactor Technology ....................................................................................................................................................................................................1254

H. Jiang, M. Patterson, C. Zhang, D. Brown, G. Subramanyam

WEPF: INTERACTIVE FORUM: MEMS COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES WEPF-1 A Unified Method for Nonlinear Noise Analysis of All-Pole RF MEMS Tunable Filters ....................................................1259

V. Sekar, K. Entesari

WEPF-2 Compact Reconfigurable Waveguide Circular Polarizer ........................................................................................................1264J. A. Ruiz-Cruz, M. M. Fahmi, M. Daneshmand, R. R. Mansour

WEPF-3 High-Speed, Single-Cycle-Resolution Reliability System for RF-MEMS Switches ..............................................................1269R. M. Proie Jr., T. G. Ivanov

WEPG: INTERACTIVE FORUM: SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MONOLITHIC IC'S WEPG-1 Low Loss Cryogenic InAs/AlSb HEMT Non-Reflective SP4T Switch ..................................................................................1274

B. Y. Ma, J. I. Bergman, J. B. Hacker, G. J. Sullivan, A. L. Sailer, B. Brar

WEPG-2 Linearity Enhancement of CMOS Device using a Modified Third-Order Transconductance Cancellation Technique for Microwave Amplifier ..........................................................................................................................................................1279

Y. Yeh, H. Chang

WEPG-3 The Combiner Matrix Balun: A Transistor-Based Differential to Single-ended Module for Broadband Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................................1284

M. Ferndahl, H. Vickes

WEPH: INTERACTIVE FORUM: SIGNAL GENERATION WEPH-1 3.6 GHz Highly Monotonic Digitally Controlled Oscillator for All-Digital Phase Locked Loop .......................................1289

R. K. Pokharel, T. Abhishek, H. Kanaya, K. Yoshida

WEPH-2 Combined Power Oscillator Using GaN HEMT ......................................................................................................................1294S. Kim, H. Kim, S. Shin, J. Kim, B. Kim, J. Choi

WEPH-3 Optimized Design of Pulsed Waveform Oscillators .................................................................................................................1299M. Ponton, E. Fernandez, A. Suarez, F. Ramirez

WEPH-4 Active Inductor Oscillators And Noise Dynamics ....................................................................................................................1304U. L. Rohde, A. K. Poddar

WEPJ: INTERACTIVE FORUM: FREQUENCY CONVERSION AND CONTROL WEPJ-1 Distributed Active Radiator Arrays for Efficient Doubling, Filtering and Beamforming ...................................................1309

D. Seo, K. Sengupta, A. Hajimiri

WEPK: INTERACTIVE FORUM: HF/VHF/UHF TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS WEPK-1 Load Impedance Estimation for Fast and Accurate Configuration of Tunable Matching Networks ...............................1314

C. Sanchez-Perez, J. De Mingo, P. Garcia-Ducar, P. L. Carro, A. Valdovinos

WEPK-2 VHF Doherty Amplifier with GaN FETs and Independent Drive-signal Control ...............................................................1319R. A. Beltran, F. H. Raab

WEPK-3 Over 10-MHz Bandwidth Envelope-Tracking DC/DC Converter for Flexible High Power GaN Amplifiers ......................................................................................................................................................................................................1324

N. Le Gallou, D. Sardin, C. Delepaut, M. Campovecchio, S. Rochette

WEPL: INTERACTIVE FORUM: MICROWAVE PHOTONICS WEPL-1 Continuously Tunable Chirped Microwave Waveform Generation using an Optically Pumped Linear Chirped Fiber Bragg Grating .....................................................................................................................................................................1329

J. Yao, M. Li, W. Liu

WEPL-2 Generation of WDM RoF Signals Utilizing an EAM-Based Multichannel Photonic Frequency Upconverter...................................................................................................................................................................................................1334

H. Kim, J. Song

WEPM: INTERACTIVE FORUM: SIGNAL PROCESSING WEPM-1 5.4 GHz Reconfigurable Quadrature Amplitude Modulator using Very High-Speed OTAs ............................................1339

J. Xu, C. E. Saavedra, G. Chen

WEPM-2 Fourier Transforming Microwave Impulses using Low-Cost Analog Circuits ...................................................................1344S. Sha, J. Chen, M. Lu

WEPN: INTERACTIVE FORUM: PACKAGING, INTERCONNECTS, MCMS AND INTEGRATION WEPN-1 Small Form Factor and Low Profile Quad-Band System-in-Package (SiP) Module ...........................................................1349

M. Shevelov, V. Sieroshtan, O. Ruban, A. Burygin, P. Komakha, O. Aleksieiev, O. Chayka, G. Sevskiy, P. Stoehr, P. Heide, M. Vossiek

WEPN-2 Differential and Extrapolation Techniques for Extracting Dielectric Loss of Printed Circuit Board Laminates ......................................................................................................................................................................................................1354

M. Y. Koledintseva, A. Koul, S. Hinaga, J. L. Drewniak

WEPP: INTERACTIVE FORUM: INSTRUMENTATION AND MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES WEPP-1 Industrial Combining RF and System Test of Microwave Devices Using QPSK Modulation ............................................1359

W. Sahyoun, P. Benech, J. Duchamp

WEPP-2 Electromagnetic Field Measurements of WIMAX Systems Using Isotropic Broadband Probes........................................1364T. Letertre, V. Monebhurrun, Z. Toffano

WEPP-3 Challenges and Approaches to On-chip Millimeter Wave Antenna Pattern Measurements ..............................................1369J. N. Murdock, E. Ben-Dor, F. Gutierrez, T. S. Rappaport

WEPQ: INTERACTIVE FORUM: BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS AND MEDICAL APPLICATIONS WEPQ-1 Performance Analysis of Various UWB Radar Approaches for Medical Diagnostics ........................................................1374

X. Li, S. Scherr, L. Sit, E. Pancera, T. Zwick

WEPQ-2 Microwave and RF Heating Under Noninvasive Temperature Measurement Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner ...........................................................................................................................................................................................1379

Y. Nikawa, A. Ishikawa

WEPR: INTERACTIVE FORUM: RF ARRAYS AS ANTENNAS AND POWER COMBINERS WEPR-1 Tunable Loaded Line Phase Shifters for Microwave Applications ........................................................................................1384

O. H. Karabey, F. Goelden, A. Gaebler, S. Strunck, R. Jakoby

WEPR-2 Antenna-In-Package Solution for 3D Integration of Millimeter-Wave Systems Using A Thin-Film MCM Technology ....................................................................................................................................................................................................1389

A. Enayati, S. Brebels, W. D. Raedt, G. A. Vandenbosch, A. V. Raisanen

WEPS: INTERACTIVE FORUM: HIGHT POWER MICROWAVE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION WEPS-2 Measured and Simulated Frequency Spectra of the Household Microwave Oven ...............................................................1394

M. Soltysiak, M. Celuch, U. Erle

WEPS-3 Dynamic Measurement of Complex Permittivity in Microwave Material Using Microwave Power..................................1399Y. Nikawa, K. Zhao

WEPT: INTERACTIVE FORUM: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS WEPT-1 Singly Terminated Reconstruction Filters for Current-Mode Class-S Power Amplifiers...................................................1404

E. Serebryakova, K. Blau, M. A. Hein

TH1A: ADVANCES IN SIGNAL GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES TH1A-1 A Very Low Phase-Noise Voltage-Controlled-Oscillator at X-Band .......................................................................................1409

M. Nick, A. Mortazawi

TH1A-2 Compact Sub-milliwatt Low-Phase-Noise CMOS LC-VCO Based on Power Reduction Technique..................................1414J. Jung, P. Upadhyaya, P. Liu, D. Heo

TH1A-3 A 5.9-to-7.8 GHz VCO in 65-nm CMOS Using High-Q Inductors in an Embedded Wafer Level BGA Package ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1419

V. E. Issakov, M. Wojnowski, G. Knoblinger, M. Fulde, K. Pressel, G. Sommer

TH1A-4 An LCP Packaged High-Power, High-Efficiency CMOS Millimeter-Wave Oscillator.........................................................1424E. A. Juntunen, W. T. Khan, C. E. Patterson, S. K. Bhattacharya, D. Dawn, J. Laskar, J. Papapolymerou

TH1A-5 A 35 GHz Dual-loop PLL with Low Phase Noise and Fast Lock for Millimeter Wave Applications .................................1429X. Gai, S. Chartier , A. Trasser, H. Schumacher

TH1B: NEW ADVANCES IN POWER DIVIDERS AND HYBRIDS FOR RF AND MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS TH1B-1 Design of Wilkinson Power Divider With Embedded Low-pass Filter and Cross-stub for Improved Stop-band Characteristics ....................................................................................................................................................................................1434

M. Choi, H. Lee, Y. Cho, X. Wang, S. Yun

TH1B-2 Compact Impedance-Transforming 3-dB Three-Port Power Dividers with Modified Asymmetric Impedance Transformers (MCCTs)...........................................................................................................................................................1439

H. Ahn, T. Itoh

TH1B-3 A Novel 3-Way Power Divider Design with Multi-Harmonic Suppression ............................................................................1444K. M. Cheng, W. Ip

TH1B-4 Generalized Dual-Frequency Wilkinson Power Dividers with a Series/Parallel RLC Circuit.............................................1449X. Wang, I. Sakagami

TH1B-5 Compact Planar Magic-T Using Half Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide and Slotline Coupling ...............................1454W. Feng, W. Che, T. F. Eibert

TH1C: MICROWAVES AROUND THE WORLD – I TH1C-1 Millimeter Wave and THz Communications in China .............................................................................................................1459

W. Hong

TH1C-2 Performance Enhancement Research for Printed Circuit Board Manufacture in China ....................................................1463J. Mao, J. Li, M. Tang, L. Wu

TH1C-3 Microwave Engineering and its Important Role in India's Development...............................................................................1468M. V. Pitke

TH1C-4 Popularizing Microwave Education and Research in India .....................................................................................................1473S. K. Koul

TH1C-5 Educating RF Engineers for Multinational Corporations in Malaysia...................................................................................1478F. Kung, W. Choo, V. Koo

TH1D: SIGNAL PROCESSING/INTEGRITY CIRCUITRY FOR DATA THROUGHPUT UP TO 80 GBIT/S TH1D-1 An Adaptive Broadband BiCMOS Active Spur Canceler ........................................................................................................1483

A. Trippe, E. A. Juntunen, D. Bhatta, K. Chuang, K. Lee, J. Laskar, J. Papapolymerou, E. Gebara

TH1D-2 A 28GS/s 6b Pseudo Segmented Current Steering DAC in 90nm CMOS ..............................................................................1488T. Alpert, F. Lang, D. Ferenci, M. Grözing, M. Berroth

TH1D-3 Design and Test of Decision Feedback Equalizers for 80 Gbit/s Bit Rate and Beyond .........................................................1493A. S. Awny, A. Thiede, J. Scheytt

TH1D-4 Fully Integrated 50 Gbit/s Half-Rate Linear Phase Detector in SiGe BiCMOS ....................................................................1498N. Joram, A. Barghouthi, C. Knochenhauer, F. Ellinger, C. Scheytt

TH1D-5 Synthesis and Design of Novel Active MMIC Matched Filters for Ultrawideband Impulse Radio ....................................1503J. Xia, C. Law, Y. Zhou

TH1E: MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SPACE: NEEDS AND CHALLENGE TH1E-1 Wideband Communications Satellite Payload Architecture ....................................................................................................1508

A. E. Atia

TH1E-2 Advanced Microwave Technologies for Smart Flexible Satellites ...........................................................................................1513H. Chan

TH1E-3 Advanced Satellite Technology Needs .........................................................................................................................................1518E. Klein-Lebbink

TH1E-4 Microwave Technologies for Space: Needs & Challenges from Commercial and System Engineering Perspectives ...................................................................................................................................................................................................1523

M. R. Bjorkman, R. Kampfer

TH1E-5 Demonstration of Multi-Gbps Data Rates at Ka-Band Using Software-Defined Modem and Broadband High Power Amplifier for Space Communications ..................................................................................................................................1528

R. N. Simons, E. G. Wintucky, D. G. Landon, J. Y. Sun, J. S. Winn, S. Laraway, W. K. McIntire, J. L. Metz, F. J. Smith

TH1F: ADVANCED PACKAGING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE APPLICATIONS TH1F-1 Compact LTCC Antenna Package for 60 GHz Wireless Transmission of Uncompressed Video ........................................1533

S. Brebels, C. Soens, W. D. Raedt, G. A. Vandenbosch

TH1F-2 Thin-Film Multilayer Parylene Interposer for High-Density 3D Packaging with Embedded Capacitors ..........................1538J. Maeng, B. Kim, D. Ha, W. J. Chappell

TH1F-3 C-Ku Band GaN MMIC T/R Front-end Module Using Multilayer Ceramics Technology ..................................................1543S. Masuda, M. Yamada, T. Ohki, K. Makiyama, N. Okamoto, Y. Nakasha, K. Imanishi, T. Kikkawa, H. Shigematsu

TH1F-4 Low-loss, Low-cost, IC-to-Board Bondwire Interconnects for Millimeter-Wave Applications ...........................................1548G. Liu, A. Trasser, A. Ulusoy, H. Schumacher

TH1F-5 Design and Measurement of Matched Wire Bond and Flip Chip Interconnects for D-Band System-in-Package Applications ...................................................................................................................................................................................1553

S. Beer, B. Ripka, S. Diebold, H. Gulan, C. Rusch, P. Pahl, T. Zwick

TH1G: POWER AMPLIFIERS AND RECONFIGURABLE NETWORKS FOR VHF AND UHF TH1G-1 Bandwidth-Optimal Single-Tunable-Element Matching Network for Antenna Tuning in Mobile Handsets....................1558

W. N. Allen, D. Peroulis

TH1G-2 Broadband Reconfigurable Matching Network of Reduced Dimensions for the UHF Military Satellite Communication Band ..................................................................................................................................................................................1563

M. J. Franco, D. Dening

TH1G-3 Electronically Tuned UHF Power Amplifier .............................................................................................................................1568F. H. Raab

TH1G-4 A High Efficiency 250W LDMOS Amplifier for Polar-Transmitter at 940 MHz .................................................................1573J. Bouny

TH1G-5 A High Voltage High Power (HiVP) Class-E Power Amplifier at VHF .................................................................................1578W. A. Alomar, A. Mortazawi

TH1G-6 Doherty Power Amplifier with Asymmetrical Drain Voltages for Enhanced Efficiency at 8 dB Backed-off Output Power ................................................................................................................................................................................................1583

T. Kitahara, T. Yamamoto, S. Hiura

TH2A: INNOVATIVE PLANAR FILTERS AND MULTIPLEXERS TH2A-1 Miniature Microstrip Filter Using High-Permittivity Ceramic Substrates (Er = 90) ...........................................................1588

M. Le Coq, E. Rius, C. Quendo, B. Potelon, J. Favennec, L. Estagerie, P. Moroni, Y. Clavet, A. Manchec

TH2A-2 A Novel Compact Dual-Band Half-Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide Bandpass Filter..............................................1593V. Sekar, K. Entesari

TH2A-3 8 Pole High Temperature Superconductor Microstrip Dual-Band Bandpass Filter Design ................................................1598K. S. Yeo, M. J. Lancaster

TH2A-4 Tx/Rx Isolation Enhancement Based On A Novel Balanced Duplexer Architecture ............................................................1603A. Elzayat, A. B. Kouki

TH2A-5 Microwave Filtering Power-Distribution Planar Networks .....................................................................................................1608R. Gómez-García, M. Sánchez-Renedo, J. Muñoz-Ferreras

TH2B: ADVANCES IN PASSIVE CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY FOR MICROWAVE SYSTEM APPLICATIONS TH2B-1 Compact Four-Port Rectangular Waveguide Switches Based on Simple Short Circuit Loads ...........................................1613

J. A. Ruiz-Cruz, M. M. Fahmi, R. R. Mansour

TH2B-2 A W-band Micro-coaxial Passive Monopulse Comparator Network with Integrated Cavity-Backed Patch Antenna Array ..............................................................................................................................................................................................1618

J. M. Oliver, P. E. Ralston, E. Cullens, L. M. Ranzani, S. Raman, K. Vanhille

TH2B-3 A New Class of Broadband Phase Correlators ..........................................................................................................................1623F. Monsees, S. F. Peik

TH2B-4 Varactor-Tuned Substrate Integrated Waveguide Phase Shifter ............................................................................................1628Y. Ding, K. Wu

TH2B-5 A Compact Planar Orthomode Transducer ...............................................................................................................................1633M. K. Mandal, K. Wu, D. Deslandes

TH2C: INDUSTRIAL SENSORS USING INNOVATIVE RF TECHNIQUES TH2C-1 Capacitive Level Monitoring of Layered Fillings in Vessels Using Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines.......................................................................................................................................................................................1638

M. Schüßler, C. Mandel, M. Puentes, R. Jakoby

TH2C-2 Detecting Buried Objects With Subwavelength Resolution Using A Near-Field Antenna-Array Probe............................1643L. Markley, G. V. Eleftheriades

TH2C-3 Wavelength Division Sensing RF Vibrometer............................................................................................................................1648Y. Yan, C. Li, J. A. Rice, J. Lin

TH2C-4 Mutual Injection-Locked SIL Sensor Array for Vital Sign Detection with Random Body Movement Cancellation...................................................................................................................................................................................................1653

F. Wang, T. Horng, K. Peng, J. Jau, J. Li, C. Chen

TH2C-5 Dual-Mode Microwave Cavity for Fast Identification of Liquids in Bottles ..........................................................................1658N. Klein, H. Krause, S. Vitusevich, H. Rongen, A. Kurakin, O. N. Shaforost

TH2D: THE IMPACT OF CARBON NANOELECTRONICS ON RADIOFREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY TH2D-1 Electrical Characterization of Wafer-Scale Epitaxial Graphene and its RF Applications ...................................................1663

Y. Lin, K. A. Jenkins, J. Ott, C. Dimitrakopoulos, D. B. Farmer, Y. Wu, A. Grill, P. Avouris

TH2D-2 Graphene-on-SiC and Graphene-on-Si Transistors and RF Applications .............................................................................1668J. Moon, K. Gaskill, P. Campbell, P. M. Asbeck

TH2D-3 Graphene Electronics for RF Applications ................................................................................................................................1673H. Wang, A. Hsu, K. Kim, J. Kong, T. Palacios

TH2D-4 Gyrotropy and Non-Reciprocity of Graphene for Microwave Applications ..........................................................................1678D. L. Sounas, C. Caloz

TH2D-5 RF Characterization of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube and ZnO Film ................................................................................1683J. Choi, I. Song, J. Cho, W. Kim, H. Yoon, S. Jun

TH2D-6 Millimeter-Wave Field-Effect Transistors Produced using High-Purity Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes........................................................................................................................................................................................1687

H. Happy, L. Nougaret, V. Derycke, G. Dambrine

TH2E: ADVANCES IN RADAR SYSTEMS FOR SENSING AND IMAGING TH2E-1 A W-band Interferometric Real-beam Scanning FMCW Imaging Radar .............................................................................1692

D. S. Goshi, Y. Liu, K. Mai, L. Bui, Y. Shih

TH2E-2 A UWB Through-Wall Radar using Beam Scanning Array Antenna.....................................................................................1697F. Sakai, A. Suzuki, K. Ohta, M. Makimoto, K. Sawaya

TH2E-3 A Fully Integrated 60-GHz Radar Sensor with Partly Integrated Phase-Locked Loop .......................................................1702F. Starzer, M. Ortner, H. P. Forstner, R. Feger, A. Stelzer

TH2E-4 A 79-GHz LTCC RF Front-End for Short-Range Applications ..............................................................................................1707X. Wang, A. Stelzer

TH2E-5 Millimeter-Wave Phase-Modulated Backscatter Transponder for FMCW Radar Applications ........................................1712C. M. Schmid, R. Feger, A. Stelzer

TH2E-6 24-GHz Joint Radar and Radio System Capable of Time-Agile Wireless Sensing and Communication............................1717L. Han, K. Wu

TH2F: TIME-DOMAIN MODELING: ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS TH2F-1 Transient study of the Dynamic Response of the Veselago-Pendry Superlens .......................................................................1722

Y. Hor, R. S. Hegde, E. Li, W. J. Hoefer

TH2F-2 Electromagnetic Source Synthesis by Reversed-TLM Method ................................................................................................1727A. Ungureanu, Y. Fu, T. Vuong, F. Ndagijimana

TH2F-3 A Spatial Filter-Enabled High-Resolution Subgridding Scheme for Stable FDTD Modeling of Multiscale Geometries.....................................................................................................................................................................................................1732

C. Chang, C. D. Sarris

TH2F-4 A Hybrid ADI-RPIM Scheme for Efficient Meshless Modeling...............................................................................................1737Y. Yu, F. Jolani, Z. D. Chen

TH2F-5 Analysis of Multilayer Periodic Structures with Different Periodicities Using a Hybrid FDTD/GSM Method ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1742

K. Elmahgoub, F. Yang, A. Elsherbeni

TH2G: HIGH LINEARITY, HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER AMPLIFIER TECHNIQUES TH2G-1 Linearity Enhancement of GaN HEMTs under Complex Modulated Excitations by Optimizing the Baseband Impedance Environment............................................................................................................................................................1747

M. Akmal, V. Carrubba, J. Lees, S. B. Smida, K. Morris, J. McGeehan , M. Beach, J. Benedikt, P. J. Tasker

TH2G-2 Linearity Improvement in RF Power Amplifier System Using Integrated Auxiliary Envelope Tracking System ............................................................................................................................................................................................................1752

Z. Yusoff, J. Lees, J. Benedikt, P. J. Tasker, S. C. Cripps

TH2G-3 Digital Predistortion of Envelope Tracking Amplifiers Driven by Slew-Rate Limited Envelopes ......................................1757G. Montoro, P. Gilabert, J. Berenguer, E. Bertran

TH2G-4 Enhanced Class-A/AB Mobile Terminal Power Amplifier Efficiency by Input Envelope Injection and 'Self' Envelope Tracking ..............................................................................................................................................................................1762

A. Kheirkhahi, P. M. Asbeck, L. E. Larson

TH2G-5 60% High-Efficiency 3G LTE Power Amplifier with Three-level Delta Sigma Modulation Assisted By Dual Supply Injection ..................................................................................................................................................................................1767

J. Kim, S. Lee, J. Jung, C. Park

TH3A: MULTI-BAND AND MULTI-MODE PLANAR FILTERS TH3A-1 Miniaturized Dual-Band Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filters Using Complementary Split-Ring Resonators .....................................................................................................................................................................................................1772

Y. Dong, T. Itoh

TH3A-2 Multi-Coupled-Resonator Dual-Band Bandpass Microstrip Filters With Non-Resonating Nodes .....................................1777M. Sanchez-Renedo, R. Gomez-Garcia

TH3A-3 Eigen-Mode Analysis of a Novel Three-Mode Microstrip/Slot-Line Resonator and the Development of a Compact Bandpass Filter with Multiple Transmission Zeros and Wide Stopband Property .............................................................1782

M. Ohira, Z. Ma

TH3A-4 New Triple-Mode Ring Resonator Bandpass Filter With Source-Load Coupling ................................................................1787T. Lin, J. Kuo, S. Chung

TH3A-5 A Triple-Mode X-band Microstrip Ring Resonator Filter .......................................................................................................1792B. Lacroix, J. Papapolymerou

TH3B: FREQUENCY CONVERSION AND CONTROL TH3B-1 A 60-GHz Single-Ended-to-Differential Vector Sum Phase Shifter in CMOS for Phased-Array Receiver .......................1797

J. Wu, J. Kao, J. Kuo, K. Kao, K. Y. Lin

TH3B-2 A 50-70 GHz I/Q Modulator with Improved Sideband Suppression Using HPF/LPF Based Quadrature Power Splitter ...............................................................................................................................................................................................1802

Y. C. Tsai, J. L. Kuo, J. H. Tsai, K. Y. Lin, H. Wang

TH3B-3 Reconfigurable Broadband Mixer with Variable Conversion Gain ........................................................................................1807M. Wang, C. E. Saavedra

TH3B-4 Fully Monolithic Single-Sideband Upconverter Mixer with Sideband Selection ...................................................................1812M. Wang, C. E. Saavedra

TH3B-5 Speed Enhancement Technique for Divide-by-4 Injection-Locked Frequency Divider and its Application to Fractional Division ...................................................................................................................................................................................1817

K. Chang, K. M. Cheng

TH3C: MICROWAVES AROUND THE WORLD II TH3C-1 Development in the Ukraine of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for Small Aircraft ..........................................................1822

D. M. Vavriv, O. O. Bezvesilniy

TH3C-2 Ultra-Wideband Radar Imaging and Live-Being Detection Research in Lithuania .............................................................1827B. Levitas, J. Matuzas, I. Naidionova

TH3C-3 Reconfigurable Antennas Using RF-MEMS Research in Turkey ...........................................................................................1832O. A. Civi, S. Demir, T. Akin

TH3C-4 University Research on Composite Right/Left Handed Guided-Wave Structures in Egypt ................................................1837A. M. Safwat, I. A. Eshrah, T. M. Abuelfadl, A. M. Darwish

TH3C-5 Microwave Instrumentation for Astrophysical Observations: Some Brazilian Contributions ............................................1842T. Villela

TH3D: ADVANCES IN RF NANOTECHNOLOGY TH3D-1 A 4" Wafer Photostepper-Based Carbon Nanotube FET Technology for RF Applications ................................................1847 M. Schroter, P. Kolev, D. Wang, M. Eron, S. Lin, N. Samarakone, M. Bronikowski, J. Yu, P. Sampat, P. Sams, S. McKernan

TH3D-2 Circuit Model of Carbon-Nanotube Inks for Microelectronic and Microwave Tunable Devices........................................1852R. De Paolis, S. Pacchini, F. Coccetti, G. Monti, L. Tarricone, M. M. Tentzeris, R. Plana

TH3D-3 Broadband Scanning Microwave Microscopy Investigation of Graphene .............................................................................1857S. Fabiani, D. Mencarelli, A. Di Donato, T. Monti, G. Venanzoni, A. Morini, T. Rozzi, M. Farina

TH3D-4 RF Characterization of Epitaxial Graphene Nano-ribbon Field Effect Transistors .............................................................1862N. Meng, J. F. Fernandez, O. Lancry, E. Pichonat, D. Vignaud, G. Dambrine, H. Happy

TH3D-5 Electrically Conductive Silicone Nano-Composites for Stretchable RF Devices ...................................................................1866J. C. Agar, J. Durden, R. Zhang, D. Staiculescu, E. Gebara, C. Wong

TH3D-6 Compact Submillimeter-Wave Receivers Made With Semiconductor Nano-Fabrication Technologies ............................1871C. Jung, B. Thomas, C. Lee, A. Peralta, J. Gill, K. Cooper, G. Chattopadhyay, E. Schlecht, R. Lin, I. Mehdi

TH3E: ADVANCES IN COMMUNICATION, POSITIONING, AND DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS TH3E-1 A System-on-Package Analog Synchronous QPSK Demodulator for Ultra-High Rate 60 GHz Wireless Communications ...........................................................................................................................................................................................1876

C. A. Ulusoy, H. Schumacher

TH3E-2 Wireless DVB-C Transmission at 220 GHz Using Active Single-Chip Receive and Transmit MMICs ..............................1881I. Kallfass, A. Tessmann, J. Antes, D. Lopez-Diaz, M. Kuri, H. Massler, A. Leuther, T. Zwick

TH3E-3 On the Performance of Pulsed Frequency Modulated UWB Local Positioning Systems......................................................1886R. Ebelt, B. Waldmann, G. Bauer, A. Aleksieieva, A. Esswein, R. Weigel, M. Vossiek

TH3E-4 The Enhanced Six-Port Receiver: A New Concept for Simultaneous Data Reception and Direction of Arrival Detection ..........................................................................................................................................................................................1891

A. Koelpin, G. Vinci, B. Laemmle, R. Weigel

TH3E-5 Beamforming Concepts for Angular Measurements in Azimuth and Elevation with 77 GHz Lens Based Radar Sensors ...............................................................................................................................................................................................1896

K. Baur, M. Mayer, T. Walter, T. Binzer

TH3F: ACCURACY ENHANCEMENT IN NUMERICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN TECHNIQUES TH3F-1 A Rigorous Solution to the Low-Frequency Breakdown in Full-Wave Finite-Element-Based Analysis of General Problems Involving Inhomogeneous Lossy Dielectrics and Non-ideal Conductors ...............................................................1901

J. Zhu, D. Jiao

TH3F-2 New Method for Exact Self-Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis of Metallic Shapes .........................................................................1906M. S. Dadash, K. Moussakhani, N. K. Nikolova, L. Liu

TH3F-3 A Comparison of Three Meshless Algorithms: Radial Point Interpolation, Non-Symmetric and Symmetric Kansa Method ...............................................................................................................................................................................................1911

T. Kaufmann, C. Engström, C. Fumeaux

TH3F-4 Accurate Modeling of Dispersive Material Interfaces in High-Order Finite-Difference Methods ......................................1916R. B. Armenta, C. D. Sarris

TH3F-5 An Efficient Method for Computer Aided Analysis of Noisy Electromagnetic Fields...........................................................1921J. A. Russer, P. Russer

TH3G: BROADBAND/MULTIBAND POWER AMPLIFIER DESIGN TECHNIQUES TH3G-1 Linear Tapered Diplexing Distributed Power Amplifier for Mobile Phone Application .....................................................1926

W. Wang, G. Fischer, L. Van Den Oever, C. Korden, R. Weigel

TH3G-2 A Multimode/Multiband Envelope Tracking Transmitter with Broadband Saturated Power Amplifier .........................1931J. Moon, J. Son, J. Lee, J. Kim, S. Jee, S. Kim, B. Kim

TH3G-3 Concurrent Dual-band Power Amplifier with Different Operation Modes ...........................................................................1936R. Liu, D. Schreurs, W. D. Raedt, F. Vanaverbeke, R. Mertens

TH3G-4 1.6-2.1 GHz Broadband Doherty Power Amplifiers for LTE Handset Applications ............................................................1941D. Kang, D. Kim, Y. Cho, J. Kim, B. Park, C. Zhao, B. Kim

THPA: INTERACTIVE FORUM: CAD ALGORITHMS AND TECHNIQUES THPA-1 Design of Multistage Low-Noise Amplifiers Using "Visual" CAD Tools ...............................................................................1946

L. I. Babak, M. V. Cherkashin, F. I. Sheyerman, Y. V. Fedorov

THPA-2 Low-Cost Modeling of Microwave Structures Using Shape-Preserving Response Prediction ............................................1951S. Koziel

THPA-3 Statistical Microwave Circuit Optimization via A Non-Derivative Trust Region Approach and Space Mapping Surrogates .....................................................................................................................................................................................1956

A. S. Hassan, A. S. Mohamed, A. Y. El-Sharabasy

THPA-4 EMI Analysis of Coupled Interconnects on Dispersive Dielectrics .........................................................................................1961M. Tang, J. Lu, J. Mao

THPB: INTERACTIVE FORUM: NONLINEAR DEVICE MODELING THPB-1 An Accurate Packaged Model for HVHBT 120W Power Amplifiers and its Application to 250W Doherty Amplifiers ......................................................................................................................................................................................................1966

X. Zhang, F. Chau, B. Lin

THPC: INTERACTIVE FORUM: NONLINEAR CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM SIMULATION THPC-1 Using X-parameters to Model Diode-Based RF Power Probes ...............................................................................................1971

A. S. Boaventura, A. R. Testera, N. B. Carvalho, M. F. Barciela

THPC-2 Systematic Estimation of Memory Effects Parameters in Power Amplifiers' Behavioral Models ......................................1976B. Fehri, S. Boumaiza

THPC-3 Augmented Harmonic Balance Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Composite Right-Left Handed Transmission Lines.......................................................................................................................................................................................1981

M. J. Gibbons, G. N. Milford

THPD: INTERACTIVE FORUM: PLANAR PASSIVE FILTERS AND MULTIPLEXERS THPD-1 Compact Sharp-Rejection Broadband Microstrip Bandpass Filter With Wide Stopband..................................................1986

J. Wu, W. Tu

THPD-2 Compact High-Rejection Wideband Bandpass Filter Using Asymmetrical Resonators ......................................................1991K. Hsu, W. Tu

THPD-3 Direct Synthesis of Transmission-Line Elliptic Bandpass Filters ...........................................................................................1996H. Lee

THPD-4 High-Order UWB Bandpass Filter Using Cascading Eshape Microstrip Structure.............................................................2001R. T. Hammed, D. Mirshekar-Syahkal

THPD-5 Non-Redundant Synthesis of Filters with Dual-Mode and Triple-Mode Stepped Impedance Resonators ........................2006J. Hsieh, S. Yang, C. Tsai

THPD-6 A Matched Bridged Tee Network with Positive Phase Derivative ..........................................................................................2011A. I. Abunjaileh, I. C. Hunter

THPE: INTERACTIVE FORUM: NON-PLANAR PASSIVE FILTERS AND MULTIPLEXERS THPE-1 3-D Pyramidal and Collective Ku Band Pass Filters Made in Alumina by Ceramic Stereolithography ............................2015

A. H. Khalil, N. Delhote, S. Pacchini, J. Claus, D. Baillargeat, S. Verdeyme, H. Leblond

THPE-2 Successive Optimization of Zeros of Reflection Characteristics for Automated Microwave Filter Tuning.......................2020K. Ichige, Y. Takeuchi, K. Miyamoto, Y. Ebine

THPE-3 Neuro-Fuzzy Approach in Microwave Filter Tuning ...............................................................................................................2025T. Kacmajor, J. J. Michalski

THPF: INTERACTIVE FORUM: ACTIVE, TUNABLE AND INTEGRATED FILTERS THPF-1 On-Chip Single-to-Balanced Bandpass Filters with Wide Upper Stopband ..........................................................................2030

C. You, C. Tsai, Y. Lin

THPF-2 Hybrid Lumped/Distributed Band-Pass Filter in IPD Technology for Ultra-Wideband Applications...............................2035A. Manchec, C. Laporte, C. Quendo, H. Ezzeddine, Y. Clavet, E. Rius, J. Favennec, B. Potelon

THPF-3 Miniaturized Bandpass Filter with High Selectivity and Wide Stopband using Dual-Layer Structure .............................2040X. Luo, J. Ma, E. Li

THPG: INTERACTIVE FORUM: POWER AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS THPG-1 K-Band CMOS Power Amplifier with Adaptive Bias for Enhancement in Back-off Efficiency.........................................2045

N. Kuo, J. Kao, C. Kuo, H. Wang

THPG-2 High Power, High Efficiency, Wide Bandwidth Amplification Using Optically Sourced Isolated Switch Elements ........................................................................................................................................................................................................2050

F. P. Dixon, D. L. Landt, S. L. Patten, D. W. Cripe

THPG-3 Co-design of Power Amplifier and Narrowband Filter Using High-Q Evanescent-Mode Cavity Resonator as the Output Matching Network ...............................................................................................................................................................2055

K. Chen, X. Liu, W. J. Chappell, D. Peroulis

THPG-4 A Systematic Methodology to Design Analog Predistortion Linearizer for Dual Inflection Power Amplifiers ......................................................................................................................................................................................................2060

S. Rezaei, M. S. Hashmi, B. Dehlaghi, F. M. Ghannouchi

THPH: INTERACTIVE FORUM: POWER AMPLIFIER DEVICES THPH-1 An Efficient Voltage-Mode Class-D Power Amplifier for Digital Transmitters with Delta-Sigma Modulation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................2065

W. Kim, J. Rode, A. Scuderi, C. Park, P. M. Asbeck, H. Son

THPJ: INTERACTIVE FORUM: HIGH-POWER AMPLIFIERS THPJ-1 Highly-Efficient Three-Stage Doherty Power Amplifier with Adaptive Driving Amplifier for 3.5 GHz WiMAX Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................2070

M. Lee, S. Kam, Y. Jeong

THPJ-2 Class-J RF Power Amplifier with Wideband Harmonic Suppression.....................................................................................2075N. Tuffy, A. Zhu, T. J. Brazil

THPK: INTERACTIVE FORUM: LOW-NOISE COMPONENTS AND RECEIVERS THPK-1 Comparative Study of HEMTs for LNAs in Square Kilometer Array Telescope.................................................................2080

S. Bhaumik, M. Roy, D. George

THPL: INTERACTIVE FORUM: MILLIMETER-WAVE AND THZ COMPONENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES THPL-1 A 75-110 GHz Digitally-Probed Artificial Dielectric Phase Demodulator in 65nm CMOS .................................................2085

A. Tang, G. Virbila, T. Larocca, M. F. Chang

THPL-2 Design and Fabrication of PTFE-Filled Waveguide Cruciform Coupler with Air-Filled Posts ..........................................2090M. Kishihara, H. Ikeuchi, K. Murai, T. Azeta, Y. Utsumi, T. Kawai, I. Ohta

THPL-3 Bonding Wire Loop Antenna Built into Standard BGA Package for 60 GHz Shortrange Wireless Communication.............................................................................................................................................................................................2095

Y. Tsutsumi, T. Ito, S. Obayashi, H. Shoki, T. Morooka

THPL-4 A Terahertz On-Chip Frequency-Selective Surface Integrated with Temperature-Sensing Circuits in 0.18-μm Foundry CMOS Process ...............................................................................................................................................................2100

L. Su, I. Huang, S. Yang, C. C. Tzuang

THPL-5 Wideband 307 GHz Transceiver System for High Speed Digital Wireless at 12.5 Gbps......................................................2105M. Y. Chia, C. K. Ang, B. Luo, S. W. Leong

THPM: INTERACTIVE FORUM: RADAR AND BROADBAND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THPM-1 Position Estimation of Thin, Conducting Plates at mm-Wave Frequencies Utilizing Polarimetric Effects ......................2110

A. Haderer, P. Scherz, A. Stelzer

THPM-2 Improved Image Quality in Multistatic Microwave Gauging.................................................................................................2115S. Kolb, R. Stolle

THPM-3 A Single-Chip 77 GHz Heterodyne Receiver MMIC in 100 nm AlGaN/GaN HEMT Technology ....................................2120I. Kallfass, R. Quay, H. Massler, S. Wagner, D. Schwantuschke, C. Haupt, R. Kiefer, O. Ambacher

THPN: INTERACTIVE FORUM: WIRELESS AND CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THPN-1 System-Level Performance Study of a Multistandard Outphasing Transmitter Using Optimised Multilevels .....................................................................................................................................................................................................2125

J. Guan, A. F. Aref, R. Negra

THPN-2 Highly Linear 4.9-5.9 GHz WLAN Front-End Module Based on SiGe BiCMOS and SOI .................................................2130C. P. Huang, J. Nisbet, L. Lam, M. Doherty, A. Quaglietta, W. Vaillancourt

THPP: INTERACTIVE FORUM: SENSORS AND SENSOR SYSTEMS THPP-1 Slot-Antenna for Autonomous Sensor Systems Mounted on Overhead Power Lines ...........................................................2135

S. Leidich, S. Voigt, A. Gratias, T. Keutel, S. Kurth, T. Gessner

THPP-2 RF Planar Ion Trap for Chemical Sensing .................................................................................................................................2140J. D. Maas, W. J. Chappell

THPP-3 Design of a Highly Sensitive Wireless Passive RF Strain Transducer ....................................................................................2145T. T. Thai, H. Aubert, P. Pons, M. M. Tentzeris, P. Robert

THPP-4 Novel Fully Electronic Active Real-Time Millimeter-Wave Imaging System Based on a Planar Multistatic Sparse Array .................................................................................................................................................................................................2150

S. S. Ahmed, A. Schiessl, L. P. Schmidt

THPQ: INTERACTIVE FORUM: RFID TECHNOLOGIES THPQ-1 Ultra Low-Power RFID Tag with Precision Localization Using IR-UWB ............................................................................2155

Y. Zhou, C. Law, J. Xia

THPQ-2 Design and Test of a Smart-Space Interaction Device Combining RFID and Electromagnetic Interferometry ..............................................................................................................................................................................................2160

A. Costanzo, S. Bartolini, N. Arbizzani, D. Masotti, T. S. Cinotti, E. Montanari

THPQ-3 Design and Applications of a Software-Defined Listener for UHF RFID Systems ...............................................................2165D. De Donno, F. Ricciato, L. Catarinucci, L. Tarricone

THPQ-4 Efficient Design of Rectifying Antennas for Low Power Detection ........................................................................................2170V. Marian, C. Menudier, M. Thevenot, C. Vollaire, J. Verdier, B. Allard

THPR: INTERACTIVE FORUM: RF NANOTECHNOLOGY THPR-1 Characterization of Planar Hybrid Dielectric-Loaded Plasmonic nano-Waveguides Used for Nano-Photonic Circuits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................2175

H. Chu, P. Bai, E. Li

THPR-2 Study of Carbon Nanotube Flip-Chip Methodology for Interconnect Technology Via Electromagnetic and Circuit Model Approach..............................................................................................................................................................................2180

C. Brun, C. Yap, D. Tan, E. Teo, S. Bila, S. Verdeyme, D. Baillargeat, B. Tay

THPR-3 Microwave Properties of Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes with a Fieldeffect Transistor Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................................................2185

M. Tuo, L. Wang, M. R. Amer, X. Yu, S. B. Cronin, H. Xin

THPR-4 Ab-initio Modeling of Asymmetrical Finitebarrier Quantum Wire Structures ....................................................................2190A. Smith, A. Baghai-Wadji

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