08:00

Registration

09:00

Opening
Newton 1 & 2
B. Arbesser-Rastburg

GEO Sounding Instruments & Premier
Newton 1 & 2
Chairmen: Hao Liu, T. Närhi

09:20

GeoSTAR - an Atmospheric Humidity and Temperature Sounding Instrument for PATH Mission
Kangaslahti, P.; Gaier, T.; Tanner, A.; Pukala, D.; O’Dwyer, I.; Lambrigtsen, B.
NASA (United States)

09:40

Conceptual Design of the Geostationary Interferometric Microwave Sounder (GIMS)
Liu, H.; Wu, J.; Zhang, S.; Yan, J.; Zhang, C.; Sun, W.
Center for Space Science and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

10:00

Demonstrator Development of Geostationary Atmospheric Sounder (GAS)
Christensen, J.1; Carlström, A.1; Embretsén, J.2; Emrich, A.2; de Maagt, P.3
1RUAG Aerospace Sweden (Sweden); 2Omnisys Instruments (Sweden); 3ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

10:20

On the Design and Optimization of the Array Elements in the GEOSOUNDER Instrument
Lagana, A.R.1; Isernia, T.1; Toso, G.2; Carlstrom, A.3; de Maagt, P.2; Bucci, O.M.4; Morabito A.F.1
1DIMET (Italy); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands); 3RUAG (Sweden); 4DIBET (Italy)

10:40

Receiver Chain for the STEAMR Instrument
Sobis, P.; Emrich, A.; Hjorth, M.
Omnisys Instruments AB (Sweden)

11:00

Coffee break

Security Imaging
Newton 1 & 2
Chairmen: R. Appleby, P. de Maagt

11:20

Passive Millimetre Wave Imaging System Design and Test
Appleby, R.; Anderton, R.; Coward, P.
QinetiQ (United Kingdom

11:40

Passive MMW Imaging Systems for Security Applications
Dill, S.; Peichl, M.; Suess, H.
DLR, Microwaves and Radar Institute (Germany)

12:00

Ultra Wide Band Aspect Independent Detection of on Body Concealed Weapons using The Out of Plane Polarised Late Time Response
Bowring, N.
Manchester Metropolitan University (United Kingdom)

12:20

Towards Real-Time Active THz Range Imaging for Security Applications
Löffler, T.
SynView GmbH, (Germany)

12:40

Mm-wave Stand-off Screening - Simulating Real Case Scenarios
Alexander, N.1; Callejero, C.1; Gomez, I.1; Fiore, F.2; Enriquez de Luna, A.3; Gonzalo, R.4; Ederra, I.4; Palacios, I.4
1Alfa Imaging S.A. (Spain); 2Nato C3 Agency (Netherlands); 3CIDA (Spain); 4Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain)

13:00

Lunch break

14:00

Poster Session

 

Session 3
Mixers & Mm-Wave Modules
Newton 1
Chairmen: J. Stake and P. Piironen

Session 4
Antenna Design & Analysis Techniques
Newton 2
Chairmen: K. Pontoppidan and G. Toso

14:20

THz Cooled MMIC Schottky Mixer Design for the Remote Sensing of Outer Planets' Atmospheres
Thomas, B.1; Maestrini, A.2; Ward, J.1; Schlecht, E.1; Gill, J.1; Lee, C.1; Lin, R.1; Mehdi, I.1
1NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (United States); 2Observatoire de Paris (France)

MONURBS, a Full Wave Tool for The Analysis and Design of Millimetre Antennas and Antenna Interaction with Structures
Gonzalez, I.; Tayebi, A.; Gómez, J.; Gomez-Pulido, J.; Catedra, F.
Alcala University (Spain)

14:40

Development of a Novel 380GHz Membrane 'MMIC' Subharmonic Mixer
Pike, J.1; Floyd, L.1; O'Connell, D.1; Thomas, K.1; Olsen, A.2; Lederer, D.3
1Tyndall National Institute (Ireland); 2Wasa Millimetre Wave (Sweden); 3Farran Technology (Ireland)

A Master Point Strategy Combined with an Interpolation Method to Speed-Up The Computation of The Radiation Pattern of Antennas on Board Satellites
Catedra, F.; Algar, M.; Lozano, L.; Gonzalez, I.
Alcala University (Spain)

15:00

Development of a Fully-Integrated 320-360 GHz Sub-Harmonically Pumped Image-Rejection Mixer Using Planar Schottky Diodes
Rea, S.1; Alderman, B.2; Matheson, D.2
1EADS Astrium (United Kingdom); 2STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom)

Optimization of Smooth-Wall and Corrugated Gaussian Beam Horn Antennas
Plaum, B.
Universität Stuttgart (Germany)

15:20

Development of a Compact 340 GHz Receiver Front-End
Sobis, P.1; Bryllert, T.2; Vukusic, J.1; Drakinskiy, V.1; Emrich, A.3; Cherednichenko, S.1; Stake, J.1; Olsen, O.2
1Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); 2Wasa Millimeter Wave AB (Sweden); 3Omnisys Instruments AB (Sweden)

Analysis of Rectangular Patches Conformed on Cylindrical Surfaces Using Discrete Mode Matching
Heckler, M.V.T.; Dreher, A.
German Aerospace Center (DLR) (Germany)

15:40

High Performance Solid State Frequency Extention Units for Full-Band Frequency Coverage up to 250 GHz, Dedicated to Antenna Measurements
Paquay, M.1; Hesler, J.2; Kurtz, D.2 ; Rolo, L.1
1ESA-ESTEC (Netherlands); 2Virginia Diodes Inc. (United States)

An Iterative and Highly Accurate Technique for the Analysis of Large Antennas by Using Extended Domain Basis Functions
Delgado, C.; Catedra, F.; García, E.; Gózalez, I.
Alcala University (Spain)

16:00

Coffee break

 

Session 5
Frequency Multipliers & Power Generation
Newton 1
Chairmen: B. Alderman and F. Deborgies

Session 6
Arrays
Newton 2
Chairmen: A. Neto and C. Mangenot

16:20

A 75 – 110 GHz Passive Tripler Using Commercially Available European Schottky Diodes
Waliwander, T.
Farran Technology Ltd (Ireland)

A Wide-Band Dual-Polarized Array of Connected Dipoles
Cavallo, D.; Neto, A.; Gerini, G.
TNO defence, security and safety, Den Haag (Netherlands)

16:40

A Frequency Doubler to 170 GHz using Schottky Diodes Transferred to a Quartz Substrate with a Power Conversion Efficiency of 29%
Alderman, B.; Henry, M.; Sanghera, H.; Wilby, D.; Matheson, D.
STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom)

Sparse Array in the Millimeter Wave Imaging System at 94 GHz
Zhang, L.; Hao, Y.; Parini, C.G.
Queen Mary university of London (United Kingdom)

17:00

Compact Frequency Sources Using High-Order Multipliers
Olsen, A.Ø.1; Bryllert, T.1; Stake, J.2; Vukusic, J.2
1Wasa MillimeterWave AB (Sweden); 2Wasa MillimeterWave AB & Chalmers Univeristy of Technology (Sweden)

Consideration on Full Polarization Thinned Array for 1D Microwave Interferometer
Yan, J.1; Wu, J.2; Ye, Y.2; Li, X.2; Liu, H.2; Jiang, J.2
1Chinese Academy of Sciences (China); 2Center for Space Sciences and Applied Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)

17:20

AlGaN/GaN HEMTs and MMICs for mm-Wave Power Operation in Space
Quay, R.1; van Heijningen, M.2
1Fraunhofer Institute Applied Solid-Sate Physics (Germany); 2TNO Defence, Security and Safety (Netherlands)

Frank Code-Fed Omnidirectional Arrays
Petrolati, D.1; Angeletti, P.1; Morini, A.2; Rozzi, T.2; Toso, G.1
1European Space Agency (Netherlands); 2Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy)

17:40

Advanced Step-Graded Gunn Diode for MM-Wave Imaging Applications
Amir, F.1; Mitchell, C.1; Farrington, N.2; Missous, M.1
1Microelectronics & Nanostructures group, School of E&EE, University of Manchester, M60 1QD (United Kingdom); 22e2v Technologies (UK) Ltd, Carholme Rd, Lincoln, LN1 1SF (United Kingdom)

A Hybrid Synthesis Method for Linear and Planar Sparse Arrays
Angeletti, P.; Toso, G.
European Space Agency (Netherlands)

 

Session 7
Filters and Passive Components
Newton 1
Chairmen: D. Baillargeat and C. Ernst

Session 8
Quasioptics
Newton 2
Chairmen: R. Wylde and A. Martin Polegre

09:00

Waveguide Structures and Filters for Millimetre-wave Applications
Budimir, D.; Glubakov, O.
University of Westminster (United Kingdom)

The Planar UWB Leaky Lens Antenna
Neto, A.
TNO (Netherlands)

09:20

Integrated Passive Devices for Millimeter Wave Applications
Vähä-Heikkilä, T.1; Marttila, I.2; Heikkinen, H.2
1RF-PLATFORM, VTT (Finland); 2VTT (Finland)

Performance Verification of The 94 Ghz Quasi-Optical-Feed for Earthcare's Cloud Profiling Radar
Hartmann, J.1; Foster, P.2; Wylde, R.3
1Astrium GmbH - Satellites (Germany); 2MAAS (United Kingdom); 3Thomas Keating (United Kingdom)

09:40

Micromachined Millimetre-Wave Passive Components at 38 and 77 GHz
Wang, Y.1; Ke, M.1; Lancaster, M.1; Huang, F.1; Lewis, R.2
1University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT (United Kingdom); 2BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, Chelmsford, CM2 8HN (United Kingdom)

Dual-Frequency Feed for Earth Observation Applications
Costes, L.1; Mohamed, N.1; Orlhac, J.C.1; Goutoule, J.M.1; Adam, J.P.2; Beniquel, Y.2; Berthon, A.2; Van der Vorst, M.3
1EADS ASTRIUM (France); 2IEEA (France); 3ESA (Netherlands)

10:00

Millimetre Wave Antennas and Filters Realised by LTCC Technology at VTT
Lahti, M.; Kautio, K.
VTT (Finland)

Innovative Low-loss Dual-polar Frequency Selective Surface for Meteorological Radiometer Applications
Henry, M.1; Huggard, P.G.1; Oldfield, M.L.1; Dickie, R.2; Cahill, R.2; Fusco, V.F.2; Gamble, H.S.2; Howard, P.G.3; Munro, Y.3; Grant, N.3; de Maagt, P.4
1STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom); 2Queen’s University Belfast (United Kingdom); 3EADS ASTRIUM (United Kingdom); 4ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

10:20

Design and Manufacturing of 150 GHz Band-Pass Filter Based on LTCC Technology
Baillargeat, D.1; Khalil, A.1; Verdeyme, S.1; Rigaudeau, L.2; Puech, J.2
1XLIM UMR 6172 Universite de Limoges/CNRS (France); 2CNES (France)

Micromachined Sub-Mm Wave Frequency Selective Surface for Polarimetric Space Science Instruments
Cahill, R.1; Dickie, R.1; Fusco, V.1; Gamble, H.1; Huggard, P.2; Henry, M.2; Oldfield, M.2; Howard, P.3; Munro, Y.3; de Maagt, P.4
1Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom); 2Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom); 3EADS Astrium (United Kingdom); 4European Space Agency (United Kingdom)

10:40

Coffee break

 

Session 9
Active Circuits & MMICs
Newton 1
Chairmen: R. Weigand and F. Coromina

Session 10
Mm-Wave Antennas
Newton 2
Chairmen: P. de Maagt and L. Salghetti

11:00

57-65 GHz QPSK Gbit/s Transceiver Chip Set
Brabetz, T.; Wang, C.; Fusco, V.F.
Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom)

A New Configuration for Small-size Fabry-Perot Cavity Antennas With Large Bandwidth for Space Applications
Muhammad, S.A.1; Sauleau, R.1; Legay, H.2
1Institut d Electronique et de Telecommunications de Rennes (IETR) (France); 2Thales Alenia Space Company (France)

11:20

60 GHz Receiver Circuits Using 90nm CMOS
Kantanen, M.1; Karttaavi, T.2; Holmberg, J.1; Volotinen, J.3
1VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland); 2Nokia Research Center (Finland); 3AWR-Aplac (Finland)

High-Gain Broad-Band Superstrate Millimeter Wave Antenna for 60GHz Indoor Communications
Vettikalladi, H.; Lafond, O.; Himdi, M.
Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication of Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes1 (France)

11:40

Millimetre-wave MMIC Components for Communications and Radar Front-Ends
Krozer, V.; Hadzabdic, D.; Johansen, T.K.
Tech. Univ. of Denmark (Denmark)

Dual-Layer Optimized Pill-Box Antenna for Applications in the Millimeter-Wave Range
Ettorre, M.; Sauleau, R.
University of Rennes1, IETR (France)

12:00

MEMS-4-MMIC: Merging RF-MEMS Switches & MMIC
Baggen, L.C.J.1; Malmqvist, R.2; Smith, D.3; Vähä-Heikkilä, T.4; Simon, W.1
1IMST (Germany); 2FOI (Sweden); 3OMMIC (France); 4VTT (Finland)

A Microstrip-to-CPW-Fed Bow-Tie Slot Antenna for Operation in the Ka-Band
Colin, A.1; Artal, E.2; Villa, E.2; Casas, F.-J.1; Martínez-González, E.1
1Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria (CSIC-UC) (Spain); 2Universidad de Cantabria, Dep. Ingenieria de Comunicaciones (Spain)

12:20

HIFAS Wide-band Spectrometer ASIC
Hjorth, M.1; Emrich, A.1; Andersson, S.1; Dahlberg, J.1; Kjellberg, T.2
1Omnisys Instruments (Sweden); 2Dept. of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)

Design and Probe Based Measurement of 77 GHz Antennas for Antenna in Package Applications
Beer, S.; Adamiuk, G.; Zwick, T.
Universität Karlsruhe (TH) (Germany)

12:40

32 Channel Cross Correlator System
Emrich, J.G.; Embretsen, J.; Hjort, M.; Ryman, E.
Omnisys Instrument (Sweden)

Millimetre Wave Reconfigurable Reflectarrays
Vincenti Gatti, R.1; Marcaccioli, L.2; Sorrentino, R.2
1RF Microtech s.r.l., University of Perugia (Italy); 2RF Microtech srl, University of Perugia (Italy)

13:00

Lunch break

14:00

Poster Session

 

Session 11
Low-Noise Circuits
Newton 1
Chairmen: P. Kangaslahti and L. Marchand

Session 12
Mm-Wave & THz Imaging
Newton 2
Chairmen: T. Löffler and N. Eldering

14:40

Developments in Noise Temperature of Cryogenically Cooled InP HEMT Amplifiers Versus Physical Temperature
Davis, R.
JBCA, University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

RF MEMS Based Electronically Steerable Antennas for Radar, Communication, and Security Applications
Schoenlinner, B.
EADS (Germany)

15:00

The Metamorphic HEMT and Its Applications in Remote Sensing
Kallfass, I.1; Tessmann, A.1; Leuther, A.1; Seelmann-Eggebert, M.1; Aja Abelan, B.2; Gallego, J.D.3; Wadefalk, N.4; Schäfer, F.5; Schlechtweg, M.1; Ambacher, O.1; Schuster, K.F.6
1Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics (Germany); 2University of Cantabria (Spain); 3Centro Astronómico de Yebes (Spain); 4Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); 5Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (Germany); 6Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (France)

Terahertz Camera for Remote Detection of Material Defects and Biological and Chemical Substances: Design Study
Krozer, V.1; Löffler, T.2; Jepsen, P.U.1; Dall, J.1; Zhurbenko, V.1; Eichhorn, F.1; Kusk, A.1
1Tech. Univ. of Denmark (Denmark); 2SynView GmbH (Germany)

15:20

A Uniplanar G-band MMIC Amplifier Using 50nm MHEMT Technology
Lok, L.B.; Elgaid, K.
University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)

All-electronic 3D Terahertz Imaging for Material Inspection and Security Applications
Löffler, T.
SynView GmbH, (Germany)

15:40

Active Cold Load for Radiometer Calibration
Bredin, C.1; Mohamed, N.1; Orlhac, J.C.1; Goutoule, J.M.1; Escotte, L.2; Piironen, P.3
1EADS ASTRIUM (France); 2LAAS-CNRS (France); 3ESA (Netherlands)

Terahertz Imaging for Non-Destructive Testing
Jonuscheit, J.; Theuer, M.; Ellrich, F.; Molter, D.; Beigang, R.
Fraunhofer IPM (Germany)

16:00

Coffee break

 

Session 13
Cryogenic Components
Newton 1
Chairmen: A. Luukanen and P. Verhoeve

Session 14
Mm-Wave & Antenna Measurements
Newton 2
Chairmen: J. Hartmann and L. Rolo

16:20

On the Development of Broad Band Focal Plane Arrays for THz Imaging Based on Kinetic Inductance Detectors
Iacono, A.1; Neto, A.2; Gerini, G.2; Baselmans, J.3; Yates, S.3; Barishev, A.3; Hoevers, H.3
1TNO/TuE (Netherlands); 2TNO (Netherlands); 3SRON (Netherlands)

Recent and Future Developments in Millimetre and Sub-millimetre Wavelength Measurement Standards at NPL
Adamson, D.; Ridler, N.; Howes, J.
National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)

16:40

THz HEB Mixers and QCL Local Oscillators for Next Generation of Heterodyne Spectrometersα
Gao, J.R.1; Zhang, W.2; Khosropana, P.3; Hovenier, J.4; Bansal, T.1; Hajenius, M.1; Baryshev, A.M.3; Jellema, W.3; Klapwijk, T.M.4
1SRON/TU Delft (Netherlands); 2SRON/Purple Mountain Observatory (Netherlands); 3SRON (Netherlands); 4TU Delft (Netherlands)

Characterization of a 340 GHz Sub-Harmonic IQ Mixer with Digital Sideband Separating Backend
Murk, A.1; Treuttel, J.2; Rea, S.3; Matheson, D.4
1IAP, University of Bern (Switzerland); 2LERMA, Observatoire de Paris (France); 3EADS-ASTRIUM (United Kingdom); 4STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom)

17:00

Characterization of Antenna-Coupled Microbolometers for THz-imaging
Tamminen, A.1; Ala-Laurinaho, J.1; Mallat, J.1; Luukanen, A.2; Grossman, E.3; Raisanen, A.V.1
1Helsinki University of Technology (Finland); 2VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland); 3National Institute of Standards and Technology (United States)

Analysis of Phase Error Induced by Flexing Cables in a Planar Near-Field Measurement Setup in the SBMM Wave Frequency Range
Fürholz, P.; Murk, A.
Institute of Applied Physics (Switzerland)

17:20

NbSi TES Development in the DCMB French Collaboration
Piat, M.1; Atik, Y.2 ; Bélier, B.3; Bergé, L.4; Bréelle, E.1; Collin, S.4; Dumoulin, L.4; Evesque, C.2; Geoffray, H.5; Klisnick, G.6; Marnieros, S.5; Pajot, F.2; Prêle, D.1; Redon, M.6; Sou, G.6; Voisin, F.1
1Université Paris Diderot (France); 2IAS (France); 3IEF (France); 4CSNSM (France); 5CNES (France); 6L2E (France)

Millimeter Wave Planar Antenna Measurement System for the 110-170 GHz Range
Herrero, P.; Jacob, M.; Schoebel, J.
Terahertz Communications Lab (Germany)

17:40

SiGe/SQUID Hybrid Cryogenic Multiplexer for Superconducting Bolometer Array
Prele, D.1; Voisin, F.2; Oger, R.2; Chapron, C.2; Breelle, E.2; Piat, M.2
1AstroParticule & Cosmologie (APC) (France); 2APC (France)

Applicability of a 6-ridge Horn Probe for Accurate Spherical Near-field Antenna Measurements on a 2-octave Frequency Range
Laitinen, T.; Ilvonen, J.
Helsinki University of Technology (TKK) (Finland)

Post-EPS & SMILES
Newton 1 & 2
Chairmen: J.-M. Goutoule and P. Silvestrin

09:00

Microwave Instrument Requirements and Technology Needs for the Post-EPS Mission
Kangas, V.; Lin, C.; Betto, M.
ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

09:20

Analysis of the Performance of the MWI Radiometer for Post-EPS Mission
Pica, G.1; Alberti, G.1; Oricchio, D.2; Santovito, M.R.1; Varchetta, S.2; Kangas, V.3; Betto, M.3
1Consortium for research on advanced remote sensing system CORISTA (Italy); 2Thales Alenia Space (Italy); 3ESA/ESTEC (The Netherlands)

09:40

A Conical Scan Imager With Sounding Capabilities
Varchetta, S.1; Alberti, G.2; Pica, G.2; Santovito, M.R.2; Kangas, V.3; Betto, M.3
1Thales Alenia Space Italy (Italy); 2CO.RI.S.T.A., Consortium for Research on Advanced Remote Sensing Systems (Italy); 3ESA/ESTEC (The Netherlands)

10:00

Microwave Sounding Radiometer Concepts for the Post-EPS Mission
Rea, S.1, Maxwell-Cox, G.1, Leveque, N.1, Bredin, C.2, Brooker, L.2, Kangas, V.3; Betto, M.3
1Astrium Ltd (United Kingdom); 2Astrium SAS (France); 3ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

10:20

Microwave Imaging Radiometer Concepts for the Post-EPS Mission
Bredin, C.1, Goutoule, J.-M.1, Brooker, L.1, Rea, S.2, Leveque, N.2, Kangas, V.3; Betto, M.3
1Astrium SAS (France); 2Astrium Ltd (United Kingdom); 3ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

10:40

Observation Capabilities of Superconductive Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder (SMILES) Onboard International Space Station
Kasai, Y.1; Mendrok, J.1; Baron, P.1; Ochiai, S.1; Manabe, T.2; Kikuchi, K.3; Nishibori, T.3; Sano, T.3; Murtagh, D.4; Urban, J.4; Buehler, S.5; Eriksson, P.4; Dong, W.U.6; Moller, J.4; JEM/SMILES Mission Team7
1NICT (Japan); 2Osaka Prefecture University (Japan); 3JAXA (Japan); 4Chalmers University (Sweden); 5Lulea University of Technology (Sweden); 6NASA/JPL (United States); 7NICT/JAXA (Japan)

11:00

Coffee break

 

Session 16
GOMAS, CIWSIR & Air-Borne Experiments
Newton 1
Chairmen: Y. Kasai and C.C. Lin

Session 17
Material Measurements
Newton 2
Chairmen: R. Ravanelli and K. van’t Klooster

11:20

CIWSIR: A Proposed ESA Sub-millimetre Mission to Measure Cloud Ice
Jimenez, C.1; Buehler, S.A.2; Evans, K.F.3; Eriksson, P.4; Heymsfield, A.J.5; Stubenrauch, C.J.6; Lohmann, U.7; Emde, C.8; John, V.O.9; Sreerekha, T.R.10; Davis, C.11
1LERMA, Observatoire de Paris (France); 2aLuleo Technical University, Department of Space Science, Kiruna (Sweden); 3cDepartment of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado (United States); 4Department of Radio and Space Science, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg (Sweden); 5NCAR, Boulder, Colorado (United States); 6CNRS/IPSL – Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France); 7ETH Zurich, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (Switzerland); 8Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut fur Physik der Atmosphare, Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany); 9Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami (United States); 10Met Office, Exeter (United Kingdom); 11School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Non-Destructive Testing of Aerospace Materials: Measurements and Interpretation
Salmon, N.A.; Price, S.; Beale, J.; Mason, I.
QinetiQ (United Kingdom)

11:40

Study of the Potential of Sub-millimetre Wave Observations for Rain Retrieval
Defer, E.1; Prigent, C.1; Meirold-Mautner, I.2; Pardo, J.R.3; Pardo, J.R.3; Aires, F.4; Walden, C.5; Crewell, S.6; Mech, M.6; Chaboureau, J.-P.7; Pinty, J.-P.7; Zanifé, O.-Z.8
1LERMA/Observatoire de Paris (France); 2ACRI-ST (France); 3CAB-CSIC (Spain); 4LMD/IPSL (France); 5SSTD-RAL (United Kingdom); 6IGM-Kohln University (Germany); 7LA/Université de Toulouse (France); 8CLS (France)

Resonator Technique for Reflectivity Measurements: Results for "BEPY COLOMBO" Projects
Parshin, V.1; Serov, E.2; van ‘t Klooster, C.G.M.3; Noschese, P.4
1Institute of Applied Physics of RAS (Russian Federation); 2Applied Physics Institute of RAS (Russian Federation); 3ESA Estec EEA (Netherlands); 4Thales Alenia Space (Italy)

12:00

Study of a Sub-Millimeter Wave Airborne Demonstrator for Observation of Precipitation and Ice Clouds
Orlhac, J.C.1; Crewell, S.2; Prigent, C.3; Defer, E.3; Buehler, S.4; Peters, G.5; Dunster, R.6; Goutoule, J.M.1; De Maagt, P.6; Kangas, V.6
1EADS Astrium (France); 2Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology University of Cologne (Germany); 3CNRS, LERMA Observatoire de Paris (France); 4Lulea University of Technology, Department of Space Sciences (Sweden); 5Meteorology Institut University of Hamburg (Germany); 6ESA ESTEC (Netherlands)

Measurement of Material Parameters for Bepi Colombo High Gain Antenna
Ravanelli, R.1; van ‘t Klooster, K.2
1Thales Alenia Space (Italy); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

12:20

A Sub Millimetre-Wave Airborne Demonstrator for The Observation of Precipitation and Ice Clouds
Charlton, J.E.1; Moyna, B.2; Lee, C.3; Parker, R.2; Oldfield, M.2; de Maagt, P.4; Kangas, V.4
1Sula Systems (United Kingdom); 2Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom); 3The Met Office (United Kingdom); 4European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Ultra-thin Metal Coating to Reduce RF-Reflection Loss of CFRP Reflectors
Montesano, C.1; van ‘t Klooster, K.2
1EADS-CASA Espacio (Spain); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

12:40

HAMP - The Microwave Package on the Upcoming High Altitude and Long Range Aircraft HALO
Mech, M.1; Crewell, S.1; Peters, G.2; Hirsch, L.2; Rose, T.3
1University of Cologne (Germany); 2Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology (Germany); 3Radiometer Physics GmbH (Germany)

Research of Teraherz Electromagnetic Waves and Its Influence on Biological Subjects
Tamelo, A.
BSUIR, (Belarus)

13:00

Lunch break

 

Session 18
Instruments for Earth Observation & Radio Astronomy
Newton 1
Chairmen: P. Hartogh and N. Rando

Session 19
Reflectors
Newton 2
Chairmen: H. Legay and M. Paquay

14:00

FLOMIR: The Light-Weight Conical-Scan Millimetre-Wave Imaging-Sounding Radiometer
Varchetta, S.1; Marzano, F.S.2; Cimini, D.3; Rossi, T.4; Mortari, D.5
1Thales Alenia Space Italy (Italy); 2Sapienza University of Rome, Dept. of Electronic Eng. (Italy); 3University of L’Aquila, CETEMPS (Italy); 4“Tor Vergata” University of Rome, Dept. of Electronic Eng. (Italy); 5Texas A&M Univ., Dept. of Aerospace Eng. (United States)

Accurate Pattern Prediction of Large Aperture Antennas for Terahertz Instruments
Hartmann, J.1; Habersack, J.2; Steiner, H.-J.2
1Astrium GmbH - Satellites (Germany); 2Astrium GmbH (Germany)

14:20

Water Vapor Radiometer for ALMA
Emrich, A.; Andersson, S.; Wannerbratt, M.; Sobis, P.; Cherednickenko, S.; Runesson, D.; Ekebrand, T.; Krus, M.; Tegnader, C.; Krus, U.
Omnisys (Sweden)

Experimental Validation of a 94 GHz Dual-Reflector Antenna With a Sub-Reflectarray
Arrebola, M.1; Hu, W.2; Dickie, R.2; Encinar, J.A.3; Cahill, R.4; Fusco, V.4; Gamble, H.4; Alvarez, Y.1; Las-Heras, F.1
1Universidad de Oviedo (Spain); 2Queen’s University of Belfast (United Kingdom); 3Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain); 4Queen’s University of Belfast (United Kingdom)

14:40

MIOS: The ADAHELI Millimetre-Wave Instrument for the Observation of the Sun
Alimenti, F.1; Palazzari, V.1; Battistini, A.1; Roselli, L.1; White, S.2; Velli, M.3; Bigazzi, A.4; Berrilli, F.4
1University of Perugia (Italy); 2University of Maryland (United States); 3University of Florence (Italy); 4University of Rome "Tor Vergata" (Italy)

Analysis of Dual-Reflectarray Antennas
Tienda, C.1; Arrebola, M.2; Encinar, J.A.3; Toso, G.4; Mangenot, C.4
1ESA (ESTEC); 2Universidad de Oviedo (Spain); 3Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain); 4ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

15:00

BRAIN/MBI: A Bolometric Interferometer Dedicated to the CMB Polarization
Tartari, A.1; Bartlett, J.G.1; Bréelle, E.1; Charlassier, R.1; Ghribi, A.1; Giraud-Héraud, Y.2; Guglielmi, L.1; Hamilton, J.-C.1; Kaplan, J.1; Piat, M.1; Prêle, D.1; Rosset, C.1; Voisin, F.1; Bernard, J.-P.3; Bounab, A.3; Giard, M.3; Lande, J.3; Dumoulin, L.4; Bergé, L.4; Collin, S.4; Marnieros, S.4; Pajot, F.5; Battistelli, E.6; Cruciani, A.6; De Bernardis, P.6; Giordano, C.6; Iacoangeli, A.6; Maiello, M.6; Masi, S.6; Piacentini, F.6; Peterzen, S.6; Polenta, G.6; Schillaci, A.6; Baù, A.7; Gervasi, M.7; Passerini, A.7; Sironi, G.7; Spinelli, S.7; Zannoni, M.7; Maffei, B.8; Piccirillo, L.8; Pisano, G.8; Watson, B.8; Haynes, V.8; Tucker, G.9; Korotkov, A.9; Timbie, P.10; Gault, A.10; Bunn, E.11; Malu, S.S.12; Curran, G.13; Gradziel, M.13; Murphy, A.13; O'Sullivan, C.13
1Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC) (France); 2Giraud-Héraud (France); 3Centre d’Etude Spatiale de Rayonnements (CESR) (France); 4Centre de Spectrométrie Nucléaire et de Spectrométrie de Masse (CSNSM) (France); 5Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) (France); 6Università di Roma – La Sapienza (Italy); 7Università di Milano – Bicocca (Italy); 8University of Manchester (United Kingdom); 9Brown University (United States); 10University of Wisconsin (United States); 11University of Richmond (United States); 12IUCAA (India); 13NUI Maynooth (Ireland)

Design of a Reflectarray Antenna at 300 GHz Using Parallel Dipoles of Variable Size Printed on a Quartz Wafer
Encinar, J.A.1; Rossi, F.1; Freni, A.2
1Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain); 2Universita degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)

15:20

Coffee break

 

Session 20
EBG & Metamaterials
Newton 1
Chairmen: P. de Maagt and M. van der Vorst

Session 21
Passive Components
Newton 2
Chairmen: B. Moyna and D. Schmitt

15:40

Challenges When Developing the New Wideband Metamaterial EBG-based Gap Waveguide Technology for Millimeter and Submillimeter Wave Applications
Kildal, P.-S.1; Rajo-Iglesias, E.2; Sipus, Z.3; Skobelev, S.4; Maci, S.5; Valero, A.6
1Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); 2Carlos III University, Madrid (Spain); 3University of Zagreb (Croatia); 4Radiophyzika (Russian Federation); 5University of Siena (Italy); 6Technical University of Valencia (Spain)

Linear to Circular Polarisation FSS Converter Study
Euler, M.1; Fusco, V.2; Cahill, R.2; Dickie, R.2
1The Institute of Electronics Communications and IT (ECIT) (United Kingdom); 2ECIT (United Kingdom)

16:00

Electromagnetic Band Gap Waveguide for the Millimetre Range
Ederra, I.1; Dellote, N.2; Baillargeat, D.2; Gonzalo, R.1; Murk, A.3; Alderman, B.4; de Maagt, P.5; Khromova, I.1
1Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain); 2Xlim UMR n°6172, CNRS/Université de Limoges (France); 3Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern (Switzerland); 4Millimetre Wave Technology Group, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (United Kingdom); 5Electromagnetics Division, European Space Research and Technology Centre (Netherlands)

Millimeter Wave Planar Orthomode Transducer for Cosmology
Ghribi, A.1; Belier, B.2; Boussaha, F.3; Dauplay, F.3; Piat, M.1
1APC (France); 2Universite Paris-Sud (France) ; 3Observatoire de Paris (France)

16:20

Metamaterials for Miniaturized Components with Enhanced Electromagnetic Behaviour
Toscano, A.; Vegni, L.
University "Roma Tre" (Italy)

Common Mode, Differential Mode and Baluns: the Secrets
Neto, A.; Cavallo, D.; Gerini, G.
TNO defence, security and safety, Den Haag (Netherlands)

16:40

Millimetre-wave Antenna Technology Using Ceramic Metamaterials
Lee, Y.; Hao, Y.; Parini, C.G.
Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)

Phase Compensated Waveguide Structure to Maintain Highly Accurate Insertion Phase under Extreme Thermal Conditions
Ravanelli, R.1; van ‘t Klooster, K.2
1Thales Alenia Space (Italy); 2ESA/ESTEC (Netherlands)

 

 

SolidWorks Technology Application for Aperture Shadowing Calculation of Large Space Telescope Mirror
Bujakas, V.I.
P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)

Cooperative Detection Applied to THz Imaging Cameras
Del-Rio, C.; Lizarraga, J.C.; Betancourt, D.
Public University of Navarra (Spain)

How a Non-Zero Orbit Inclination Affects the Pointing Performance of a Highly Directive Antenna on a GEO Experimental Payload
Colzi, E.; Angeletti, P.; D'Addio, S.
ESA-ESTEC (Netherlands)

Compact Dual Polarization Feeding Systems for Satellite
Wang, H.J.
CSSAR (China)

Mproving Cpu-Time and Memory Need in The Complex Antennas Design Process
Garcia, E.; Catedra, F.; Delgado, C.; Gonzalez, I.
Alcala University (Spain)

Optimization Strategies for Broadband Design of a Single-layer, Loop Based, Large Reflectarray
Chaharmir, M.R.1; Shaker, J.1; Legay, H.2
1CRC (Canada); 2Thales-Alenia Space (France)

Beam-Switching Lens Antenna at 60 GHz for Gigabit Data Rate Wireless Indoor Connections
Lamminen, A.1; Saily, J.1; Sauleau, R.2; Nguyen, N.T.2
1VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland); 2Institut d’Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes (IETR) (France)

6-14 GHz Low-Noise Distributed Amplifier
Brabetz, T.1; Fusco, V.F.1; Rea, S.P.2
1Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom); 2EADS Astrium (United Kingdom)

Cutoff Frequencies Method For Analysis of Azimuthally Magnetized Coaxial Ferrite Waveguide Phase Shifter
Georgiev, G.N.1; Georgieva-Grosse, M.N.2
1University of Veliko Tirnovo "St. St. Cyril and Methodius" (Bulgaria); 2Meterstrasse, Gerlingen (Germany)

A Miniaturised W-Band Radar for UAV-SAR Application
Essen, H.1; Braeutigam, M.1; Sommer, R.1; Wahlen, A.1; Johannes, W.1; Wilcke, J.1; Stanko, S.1; Schlechtweg, M.2; Tessmann, A.2
1FGAN-FHR (Germany); 2Fraunhofer-IAF (Germany)

Design of Transitions and Calibration Kit in New Wideband Metamaterial-based Gap Waveguide Transmission Line Technology for Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves
Zaman, A.Uz.1; Rajo-Iglesias, E.2; Pucci, E.1; Kildal, P-S.1
1Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); 2Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

A Simple Deterministic Procedure to Design Rectangular Shaped Beams
Toso, G.; Angeletti, P.
European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Radiometer MMIC
Pellikka, T.1 Emrich, A.1; Gunnarsson, S.2; Kallfass, I.3
1Omnisys Instruments AB (Sweden); 2Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); 3Fraunhofer IAF (Germany)

Self-Adapting Quadrature Method for Efficient Physical Optics Propagation of Complex Field Distributions Through Electrically Large Reflecting Optics
Peacocke, T.; Murphy, J.A.
National University of Ireland, Maynooth (Ireland)

Performance Enhancement of InP- and GaN-Based HEMTs in Cryogenic Conditions
Endoh, A.1; Watanabe, I.1; Yamashita, Y.1; Mimura, T.2; Matsui, T.1
1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (Japan); 2National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. (Japan)

Substrate Integrated Waveguide Filter for Communications in the Band of 60 GHz
Mira, F.; Mateu, J.
Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (Spain)

Estimation of Monolithic Schottky Device Parasitic Capacitance
Kiuru, T.1; González García, A.2; Närhi, T.3
1TKK Helsinki University of Technology (Finland); 2California Institute of Technology (United States); 3European Space Agency (Netherlands)

Mm-wave LNAs Design for Adaptive Small Satellites Applications
Ekpo, S.; Kettle, D.
The University of Manchester (United Kingdom)

Development and Measurement of a Dual-Circular Polarizer for the 42-48 GHz Band KVN(Korean VLBI Network) Receiver
Chung, M.-H.; Je, D.-H.; Han, S.-T.; Lee, J.-W.
Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute (Korea, Republic of)

Large Deployable Space Reflectors' Logic of Design
Tserodze, Sh.; Tsignadze, N.; Medzmariashvili, V.
Georgian Technical University (Georgia)