Advanced calibration and measurement techniques for (sub)millimeter wave devices characterization

As the number of wireless applications increases every year, overcrowding the RF/microwave spectrum, research community and industry are gradually starting to dedicate more attention to the less exploited (sub)millimeter wave spectrum, spanning from 30 GHz to 1 THz. While the high frequency and large available bandwidth of the latter promises...

High-Aspect-Ratio CMOS add-on modules for RF passive components

Commercial wireless communication technologies stemmed mostly from the research done through and after the Second World War as outlined in Chapter 1. Earlier systems were intended for military applications, hence had very high performance and were very expensive and bulky. Later, with the dawn of commercial microwave applications, the systems...