Passive Components
This session presents design of RF switches based on phase change materials and new dielectrics, various implementation methods including standard MEMS, printing, and SiGe BiCMOS processes are discussed. Applications of switches have been demonstrated for the design of latching variable attenuator and reconfigurable filters.
The session discusses the advances and challenges in synthesizing filter responses using micro-machined resonators in either the acoustic or electromagnetic domain. On the lower frequency end, acoustics resonators are arranged to produce reconfigurable or switchable responses. Towards higher frequencies, novel micro-machined chip-scale electromagnetic resonators are exploited to produce W-band filters. Suppression of unwanted acoustic resonance in an electromagnetic structure will also be discussed.
Integrated waveguides play an important role for modern millimeter-wave systems. This session presents recent advances for substrate integrated, 3D printed and dielectric waveguides. Theory, design and experimental results are presented.
The session presents advancements in design, model, simulation and experimental results of Lithium Niobate-based SAW and lamb wave resonators to address sub-5 GHz applications and beyond 6GHz up to 19 GHz. The material use different cuts of Lithium Niobate to address different applications. A technique to place poles and zeros during a filter design phase is presented.
In this session, innovative waveguiding structures for the generation, transmission and manipulation are presented. These include liquid crystal based phase manipulation, negative group delay enabled leaky waves, loss reduced multilayer structures, full tensor anisotropic metamaterial modelling and picosecond pulse generation using nonlinear transmission lines. Theoretical and experimental results are presented to substantiate the interest of these techniques.
Advanced synthesis solutions for non-planar filters and multiplexers.
Advanced implementation of non-planar filters and multiplexers.
This session features a variety of innovative planar filters using substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) and microstrip technologies. The first paper presents a compact, quasi-absorptive SIW filter using capacitively-loaded resonators. The second paper describes a compact, dual-mode SIW filter using uniform impedance resonators. Third, a compact bandpass filter using substrate integrated defected ground structure (SIDGS) is described that achieves a very wide stopband response. Next, stepped impedance resonators (SIR) and complementary split ring resonators (CSRR) are combined to create filters with high selectivity. The last paper presents a balanced bandpass filter using coupled lines to produce a quasi-elliptic bandpass and ultra-wide stopband response.
This session covers the latest advances in passive components and related technologies. It spans from circuits to modules. Novel techniques such as angular-momentum based circulators, silicon-based integrated passive devices, and SiW-based components are discussed. Also novel designs for resonators, junctions and delay lines are presented.
This session presents active filters and high-Q tunable filters with constant absolute bandwidth and constant frequency spacing transmission zeros. It also presents novel concepts for filtering crossovers, tunable band-reject filters, and non-reciprocal filters.
RF, mm-wave, and THz subsystems can benefit from heterogeneous integration of dissimilar component technologies for improved performance and signal integrity. At such frequencies, innovation in design, nano-materials and fabrication is crucial; high-frequency intra-chip interconnects and flip chip technologies will be presented.
New degrees of freedom are achieved using three-dimensional manufacturing approaches in high-frequency design. Deformable, integrable and extremely small dimensions can be enabled in components and systems using novel materials and processes. Some of the latest advancements on three-dimensional interconnects and RF components will be presented in the mm-wave to the THz regime.
