Search Results - "2014 20th International Conference on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON)"

A golden age for spaceborne SAR systems by Moreira, Alberto

“…Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is the only imaging sensor technology that can provide all-weather, day-and-night and high-resolution images on a…”
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Frequency range widening of the microstrip antenna with the sierpinski fractal patterned metamaterial structure by Lamari, Salim, Kubacki, Roman, Czyzewski, Miroslaw

“…Although fractal structures have the property of self similarity and ease of repetitiveness, they remain less used in planar patterned metamaterial structures…”
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Accuracy enhancement of a split-ring resonator liquid sensor using dielectric resonator coupling by Meyne, Nora, Cammin, Christoph, Jacob, Arne F.

“…Two planar resonant sensors for biomedical applications are compared with respect to their functionality when measuring high-loss materials. One sensor is a…”
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Microstrip ring resonator based frequency reconfigurable band-pass filters at K-band by Rohrdantz, Benjamin, Schmidt, Vincent, Jacob, Arne F.

“…In this contribution two planar microstrip band-pass filters based on closed loop resonators with reconfigurable center frequency are proposed at K-band. Two…”
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Highly efficient and wideband harmonically tuned GaN-HEMT power amplifier by Arnous, Mhd Tareq, Saad, Paul, Preis, Sebastian, Zihui Zhang

“…In this paper, the design of a highly efficient 25 W GaN-HEMT power amplifier (PA), operating in 1.7 - 2.3 GHz, is presented. The influence of the harmonics…”
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PWVD resolution considerations for LFMCW signal detection by WHT by Gulum, Taylan O., Erdogan, A. Yasin, Guner, Kani K., Durak-Ata, Lutfiye, Yildirim, Tulay, Pace, Phillip E.

“…Linear Frequency Modulated Continuous Waveform (LFMCW) is one of the most common waveforms used in low probability of intercept (LPI) radars. The Wigner-Hough…”
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K-band power amplifiers in a 100 nm GaN HEMT microstrip line MMIC technology by Friesicke, C., Jacob, A. F., Quay, R.

“…This paper presents two power amplifier MMICs which are designed for operation at K-band (19 GHz). They are realized using a 100nm AlGaN/GaN HEMT technology…”
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Null-steering in two-element time modulated linear antenna array through pulse-delay approach by Bogdan, Grzegorz, Bajurko, Pawel R., Yashchyshyn, Yevhen

“…This paper presents results of investigation on the radiation pattern generated with two-element Time Modulated Linear Array with single SP4T microwave switch…”
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Fiber Bragg Gratings Based Tuning of an Optoelectronic Oscillator by Madziar, Krzysztof, Galwas, Bogdan, Osuch, Tomasz

“…In this paper, we present an opportunity to use fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) in tuning process of optoelectronic oscillators. The concept involves an…”
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Enhancing the input bandwidth of CMOS track and hold amplifiers by Tretter, G., Fritsche, D., Carta, C., Ellinger, F.

“…This paper presents a method to increase the input bandwidth of switched capacitor (SC) track and hold amplifiers (THAs), which is particularly suitable for…”
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Passive RFID system for 2D indoor positioning by Savochkin, A. A., Mickhayluck, Y. P., Iskiv, V. M., Schekaturin, A. A., Lukyanchikov, A. V., Savochkin, D. A., Levin, E. A.

“…This paper presents the results of creating a 2D positioning system based on the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. We showed and discussed the…”
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Analysis and design of complex impedance transforming marchand baluns by Michaelsen, Rasmus S., Johansen, Tom K., Tamborg, Kjeld M.

“…A new type of Marchand balun is presented in this paper, which has the property of complex impedance transformation. To allow the Marchand balun to transform…”
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Multi-beam and multi-range antenna array for 24 GHz radar applications by Slomian, Izabela, Kaminski, Piotr, Sorocki, Jakub, Piekarz, Ilona, Wincza, Krzysztof, Gruszczynski, Slawomir

“…An 8 × 4 microstrip antenna array operating within 24 GHz frequency range has been shown. The presented antenna features two beams: a broadside beam and a dual…”
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On noise properties of transistors and amplifiers a critical review by Pospieszalski, Marian W.

“…It has been previously shown that the allowed values of minimum noise temperature T min and N=R opt g n (Lange noise parameter) for any transistor have to…”
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Inkjet-printed "Zero-Power" wireless sensor and power management nodes for IoT and "Smart Skin" applications by Tentzeris, Manos M., Sangkil Kim, Vyas, Rushi, Traille, Anya, Pons, Patrick, Aubert, Herve, Georgiadis, Apostolos, Collado, Ana

“…Nanotechnology and inkjet-printed flexible electronics, sensor and power management (PMU) nodes fabricated on paper, plastic and other polymer substrates are…”
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Applicability of the transmission-reflection method for broadband characterization of seawater permittivity in a semi-open coaxial test cell by Wiatr, Wojciech, Ciamulski, Tomasz

“…We validate applicability of the known transmission-reflection (T/R) method to measuring complex permittivity of seawater in broadband frequency range. We…”
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Measurement of dielectric material properties using coupled biconical resonators by Drobakhin, Oleg O., Andreev, Mikhail V., Saltykov, Dmitry Yu

“…The paper considers the advantages of using coupled biconical resonators in microwave measurement of dielectrics. The advantage of technique is application of…”
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Efficient scattering parameter modeling of a microwave transistor using Generalized Regression Neural Network by Mahouti, Peyman, Gunes, Filiz, Demirel, Salih, Uluslu, Ahmet, Ali Belen, Mehmet

“…In this paper, a simple, accurate, fast and reliable black-box modeling is presented for the Scattering (S-) parameters of a microwave transistor from the…”
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Conductive graphene nanoribbon (GNR) thin film as anti-icing /de-icing heater by Volman, Vladimir, Tour, James M., Yu Zhu, Raji, Abdul-Rahman O.

“…Anti-icing and de-icing heaters layers are frequently used in covers of large radio frequency (RF) equipment, such as radar or communication antennas, to…”
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A trust-based information assurance mechanism for military mobile ad-hoc networks by Amanowicz, Marek, Glowacka, Joanna, Parobczak, Krzysztof, Krygier, Jaroslaw

“…The article presents the concept of a novel mechanism for information assurance provision in tactical mobile ad-hoc networks that operate in disruptive and…”
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