MIKON-2012 ORAL SESSIONS Monday, May 21 08:30 – 10:10 A1. MICROWAVE & OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Session Co-Chairs: S. Auster: Elta Systems Ltd, Israel J. Dobrowolski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland A1/1 A1/2 A LOW POWER CMOS LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN OF A DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER FOR THE FIRST HIGHER ORDER PASSBAND OPERATION A1/3 COPLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES ON SILICON SUBSTRATES FOR THE MM-WAVE APPLICATIONS A1/4 NOVEL BROADBAND NONRECIPROCAL 180° PHASE-SHIFTER A1/5 MODE SIZE DETERMINATION FOR MONOMODE TI: LINBO3 STRIP WAVEGUIDES H. Chien-Chang, K. Kai-Wei: Yuan-Ze University Taoyuan, Taiwan Z. Vida, A. Zólomy: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary A. Hamidian, V. Subramanian, R. Shu, A. Malignaggi, G. Boeck: Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany D. Palombini, M. Palomba, S. Colangeli, E. Limiti: Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy A. Zegadi, C. Benmohoub, F.Z. Satour, A. Merabet: Université Ferhat Abbas - Sétif, Algeria B1. RF, VHF & UHF TECHNOLOGY Session Co-Chairs: P. Gajewski: Military University of Technology, Poland M. Suchański: Military Communications Institute, Poland B1/1 A NOVEL HYBRID ACTIVE QUASI-CIRCULATOR FOR L-BAND APPLICATIONS B1/2 ANALYSIS OF KEY MODULES IN AN ANALOG FRONT-END FOR SCANNING RECEIVER SYSTEMS B1/3 B1/4 LOW POWER BASEBAND PROCESSOR FOR M2M RECONFIGURABLE RADIO TEST PLATFORM RELIABLE TESTBED FOR INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS B1/5 PREDICTION OF RADIO WAVE ATTENUATION IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT M. Palomba, A. Bentini, D. Palombini, W. Ciccognani, E. Limiti: Università degli studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy R. Mzyk, G. Dehm-Andone, F. Hausknecht, G. Fischer. R. Weigel, A. Koelpin: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany K. Bizewski, Ł. Kulas, K. Nyka: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland P. Woznica, Ł. Kulas, K. Nyka: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland M. Suchański, P. Kaniewski, R. Matyszkiel: Military Communications Institute, Poland P. Gajewski: Military University of Technology, Poland C1. MODELING AND MEASUREMENTS Session Co-Chairs: A. Kucharski: Wrocław University of Technology, Poland Y. Shestopalov: Karlstad University, Sweden C1/1 C1/2 C1/3 C1/4 C1/5 RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA DESIGNS USING MICROPNEUMATIC CONTROL OF DIELECTRIC SLUGS A BINARY PSO-MINIATURIZED PRINTED MONOPOLE ANTENNA FOR WSN-ENABLED INERTIAL SENSOR NODE MUTUAL COUPLING MODELLING IN PRESENCE OF DIFFRACTION EFFECTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MICROSTRIP RADIATING ELEMENTS RADIATION PATTERN CHARACTERIZATION OF EMBEDDED RADIOS EMITTING MODULATED SIGNALS CHANNEL IMPULSE RESPONSE INSIDE A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AT 0.8 GHZ TO 27 GHZ 1 B. Wu, T. Apperley, M. Okoniewski, C. Hayden: University of Calgary, Canada Y.C. Kan, S.-Y. Huang, C.-H. Hung, N.-T. Huang: Yuan-Ze University, Taiwan M. Zamłyński, P. Słobodzian: Wrocław University of Technology, Poland T. Hong Loh, M. Collett: National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom M. Wiehl, G. Fischer, R. Weigel, A. Koelpin: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany S. Schwarzery: Siemens AG, Munich, Germany MIKON-2012 PLENARY SESSION Monday, May 21 10:40 – 12:20 PLENARY SESSION Session Co-Chairs: B. Smólski: Military University of Technology, Poland M. Wnuk: Military University of Technology, Poland Welcome addresses SILICON-BASED RADAR AND IMAGING SENSORS OPERATING ABOVE 120 GHZ – Invited Paper GaN-BASED MILLIMETER WAVE MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS – Invited Paper AMMONO-GaN SUBSTRATES FOR MICROWAVE AND RF APPLICATIONS – Invited Paper MIKON-2012 Józef Modelski - General Chair of the Microwave & Radar Week -2012 Zygmunt Mierczyk – Rector – Commandant of the Military University of Technology Michał Kleiber - President of the Polish Academy of Sciences Nicholas Kolias - President of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Wolfgang Heinrich - President of the European Microwave Association S.P. Voinigescu, I. Sarkas, E. Laskin, A. Tomkins, A. Balteanu, E. Dacquay, L. Tarnow: University of Toronto, Canada, J. Hasch: Robert Bosch GmbH, Corporate Research and Advance Development, Germany, P. Chevalier, B. Sautreuil: STMicroelectronics, France. O. Ambacher, R. Quay, M. Mikulla, M. Schlechtweg: Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics, Germany R. Dwiliński, R. Doradziński, L. Sierzputowski, R. Kucharski, M. Zając: AMMONO S.A., Poland ORAL SESSIONS Monday, May 21 13:00 – 14:30 A2. FOCUSED SESSION 1 - TERAHERTZ IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES Session Co-Chairs: A. Lisauskas: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany M. Mrozowski: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland A2/1 A2/2 A2/3 A2/4 A2/5 HETERODYNE AND SPECTROSCOPIC ROOM TEMPERATURE TERAHERTZ IMAGING USING INGAAS BOW-TIE DIODES PLASMA NONLINEARITIES AND TERAHERTZ DETECTION BY FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS CMOS DETECTOR ARRAYS FOR COHERENT TERAHERTZ IMAGING SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RESPONSE OF BROADBAND THZ UNCOOLED ANTENNA-COUPLED MICROBOLOMETER ARRAY INTEGRATED TERAHERTZ ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING AND SENSING G. Valušis, L. Minkevičius, V. Tamošiūnas, I. Kašalynas, R. Venckevičius, D. Seliuta: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania A. Lisauskas, S. Boppel, H.G. Roskos: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany K. Köhler: Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Festkörperphysik, Germany W. Knap, N. Dyakonova, D. Coquillat, J. Torres, F. Teppe: University of Montpellier II, France S. Boppel, A. Lisauskas, V. Krozer, H. G. Roskos: Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany D.-T. Nguyen, F. Simoens, J.-L. Ouvrier-Buffet, J. Meilhan: CEA Leti-MINATEC, France J.-L. Coutaz: Laboratoire IMEP-LAHC, France J. Stake, T. Bryllert, R. Dahlbäck, V. Drakinskiy, J. Hanning, A. Malko, P. Sobis, A. Y. Tang, J. Vukusic, H. Zhao: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden B2. ADVANCED MATHEMATICS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC MODELING Session Co-Chairs: J. Russer: Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany J. Krupka: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland B2/1 Inv. B2/2 B2/3 NUMERICAL-ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FORWARD AND INVERSE SCATTERING BY DIELECTRIC BODIES IN WAVEGUIDES ACCURACY OF THE DISCRETE GREEN’S FUNCTION COMPUTATIONS MACRO-ELEMENTS AND MODEL ORDER REDUCTION FOR EFFICIENT THREE-DIMENSIONAL FEM ANALYSIS Y. Shestopalov: Karlstad University, Sweden T. Stefański: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland G. Fotyga, K. Nyka, Ł. Kulas: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland 2 B2/4 FAST FREQUENCY SWEEP BASED ON THE MODEL ORDER REDUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATING SCATTERING PARAMETERS IN FDFD J. Podwalski, M. Mrozowski: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland C2. MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS Session Co-Chairs: D. Schreurs: KU Leuven, Belgium R. Kubacki: Military University of Technology, Poland C2/1 SHEET RESISTANCE AND CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF ROUGH SURFACES OF METALS ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND METALIZED CERAMIC SUBSTRATES C2/2 INEXPENSIVE APPROACH TO DIELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS C2/3 C2/4 Inv. HIGH-Q SPLIT RING RESONATORS FOR TUNING AND BALUN APPLICATIONS J. Krupka: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Ł. Usydus, H. Kołtuniak: Central Office of Measures, Poland P. Korpas, W. Wojtasiak: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland J. Krupka, W. Gwarek: QWED Sp. zo.o., Poland T. Lautenbacher, R. Mzyk, R. Weigel, G. Fischer, A. Koelpin: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany NEAR-FIELD MICROWAVE MICROSCOPY. CAPABILITIES. APPLICATION AREAS D. A. Usanov, A.V. Skripal: Saratov State University, Russian Federation MIKON-2012 POSTERS Monday, May 21 14:30 – 16:30 P1. POSTER SESSION - ANTENNA, ACTIVE A & PASSIVE DEVICES, CAD TECHNOLOGY Session Co-Chairs: P. Kabacik: Wrocław University of Technology, Poland J. Matuszewski: Military University of Technology, Poland P1/1 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION FROM MOBILE TELEPHONE BASE STATION ANTENNAS IN RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT R. Buckuss, Pranas Baltrėnas: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania P1/2 EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF EPOXY RESIN AS ANTENNA RADOME G. Vera-Dimas, M. Tecpoyotl-Torres, V. Grimalsky, V. Koshevaya: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Mexico A. García-Limón: Universidad del Sol, Mexico P1/3 ON THE CONVERGENCE OF ADAPTIVE BISECTIONAL FREQUENCY SAMPLING TECHNIQUE COMBINED WITH STOER-BULIRSCH ALGORITHM A. Karwowski: Silesian University of Technology, Poland P1/4 SERIES-FED LINEAR ANTENNA ARRAY WITH SLOT COUPLER AS POWER DIVIDER AND 180° PHASE SHIFTER P1/5 P1/7 FOCUSING ON DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIERS FOR S-BAND A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF FAILURE MECHANISMS: LATCH UP AND SECOND BREAKDOWN IN IGBT(IXYS) AND IMPROVEMENT ACTIVE COMPENSATION OF MICROVAWE AMPLIFIER PHASE DRIFTS P1/8 3.9GHZ ACCELERATING CAVITY FIELD DETECTION HARDWARE FOR THE FREE-ELECTRON LASER P1/9 A NEW METHOD OF SYNTHESIS OF MULTIPLE-DECADE BAND DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS P1/10 FOCUSING OF NONLINEAR SURFACE ULTRASONIC MONOPULSES IN SOLID FILM–SUBSTRATE SYSTEM P1/11 EQUIVALENT NETWORK SYNTHESIS USING LIMITED BAND MEASUREMENTS AND FULL WAVE SIMULATION IN MICROWAVE APPLICATIONS A. Gorbunova, A. Baev, Y. Kuznetsov: National Research University, Russia P1/12 ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A WIREBONDED TO-39 PACKAGE FOR IR RADIATION DETECTORS P. Kopyt, D. Gryglewski, W. Wojtasiak, W. Gwarek: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland P1/6 3 I. Slomian, I. Piekarz, K. Wincza, S. Gruszczynski: AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland R. Giofrè, L. Piazzon, P. Colantonio, F. Giannini: University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy L. Benbahouche, A. Merabet, A. Zegadi: University Ferhat Abbas, Algeria K. Czuba, Sz. Jabłoński: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland J. Piekarski, M. Żukociński, K. Czuba: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Hoffmann, F. Ludwig, H. Schlarb: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Germany P. Miazga: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Tecpoyotl-Torres, G. Vera-Dimas, V. Grimalsky, S. Koshevaya: Autonomous University of State Morelos, Mexico P1/14 BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD FOR SCATTERING PROBLEM ON DIELECTRIC WEDGE PLACED BETWEEN METAL PLATES PLANAR DOUBLE-NEGATIVE METAMATERIAL FILTERS TUNABLE BY LIQUID CRYSTALS P1/15 MINIATURE HTS FILTERS FOR 2.45 GHZ ISM BAND. P1/13 P1/20 P1/21 INFLUENCE OF NUMBER OF FREQUENCY POINTS ON RATIONAL FUNCTION’S ZEROES AND POLES RELIABILITY IN MICROWAVE FILTER TUNING USING GPU ACCELERATED VERSION OF MOM FOR SOLVING SCATTERING AND RADIATION ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS COMPARISON OF THE LOW RANK IE-QR ALGORITHM AND THE CLASSICAL METHOD OF MOMENTS IN THE ANALYSIS OF LAYERED MEDIA PROBLEMS SIMULATION OF A MICROSTRIP ANTENNA USING CUSTOM NON-UNIFORM TRIANGULAR-RECTANGULAR MESHES RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA FOR mm-WAVE SPATIAL MULTIPLEXING EXCITATION NETWORKS FOR TWO-ELEMENT ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNAS P1/22 OPTIMIZATION OF A DOUBLE - T MICROSTRIP ANTENNA IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A LARGEST BANDWIDTH P1/23 A TRI-BAND H-SHAPED MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA FOR DCS AND WLAN APPLICATIONS P1/24 EVALUATION OF THE MULTIMETRIC PROACTIVE ROUTING PROTOCOL IMPLEMENTATION FOR MOBILE AD-HOC NETWORKS P1/16 P1/17 P1/18 P1/19 N. Ruda, Y. Poplavko, Y. Prokopenko: National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine B. Salski , M. Olszewska, W. Gwarek: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland A. Abramowicz: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Jaworski: Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland J. Gulgowski, J. Michalski, T. Kacmajor: TeleMobile Electronics Ltd, Poland A. Noga, T. Topa, A. Karwowski: Silesian University of Technology, Poland P. Głuchowski, A. Kucharski: Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland T. Linkowski, P. Słobodzian: Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Y. Yashchyshyn, K. Derzakowski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland G. Czawka, M. Nowakowski: Bialystok University of Technology A. Durka, M. Woźniak, M. Bugaj, R. Przesmycki, L. Nowosielski, M. Wnuk: Military University of Technology, Poland W. Afzal, U. Rafique, M. Ahmed, M. Khan, F. Mughal: Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Pakistan J. Krygier, M. Bednarczyk, K. Maślanka: Military University of Technology, Poland V1. VENDOR PRESENTATIONS V1/1 ASTAT- PRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY Ł. Wilk, ASTAT, Poland V1/2 EM TEST- PRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY G. Modrykamień, EM Test, Austria V1/3 NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS - PRESENTATION OF THE COMPANY S. Koziatek, M. Antonik: National Instruments,U.S., branch in Poland V1/4 AWR- DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF MODERN RADAR SYSTEMS T. Khan, AWR, UK MIKON-2012 ORAL SESSIONS Tuesday, May 22 08:30 – 10:10 A3. FOCUSED SESSION 2 – TERAHERTZ Session Co-Chairs: W. Gwarek: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Y. Yashchyshyn: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland A3/1 THZ SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING IN SECURITY APPLICATIONS A3/2 A3/3 A3/4 THZ PROPERTIES OF THIN METALLIC LAYERS AND GRIDS PLANAR ANTENNAS FOR INTEGRATION WITH FET-BASED THZ RADIATION DETECTORS TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY OF ORGANIC MOLECULAR CRYSTALLINE FORMS THZ FREQUENCY-DOMAIN INSTRUMENTATION FOR VECTOR CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS A3/5 N. Palka, M. Szustakowski, M. Kowalski, T. Trzcinski, R. Ryniec, M. Piszczek, W. Ciurapiński, M. Życzkowski, P. Zagrajek: Military University of Technology, Poland J. Łusakowski: University of Warsaw, Poland P. Kopyt: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland E.F. Pliński: Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland Y.Yashchyshyn, K. Derzakowski, J. Modelski, K. Godziszewski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland 4 B3. ACTIVE DEVICES & COMPONENTS Session Co-Chairs: N. Kolias - President of the IEEE MTT, USA A. Jeleński: Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland B3/1 B3/2 B3/3 B3/4 B3/5 100 W HIGHLY EFFICIENT OCTAVE BANDWIDTH GAN-HEMT POWER AMPLIFIER COMPARISON OF REGULAR AND FLOATING BULK TRANSISTORS IN ULTRA-WIDEBAND CMOS T/R SWITCHES DESIGN OF A TWO WATT POWER AMPLIFIER IN INGAP/GAAS HBT PROCESS FOR VERY HIGH LINEARITY WIRELESS APPLICATIONS CMOS VARACTOR MODEL EXTRACTION UP TO 110 GHZ A S-BAND 7 W GAN HEMT ADAPTIVE POWER AMPLIFIER T. Arnous, K. Bathich, S. Preis, D. Gruner, G. Boeck: Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany T. Zhang, V. Subramanian, G. Boeck: Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany M. Faiz, S. K. Earles: Florida Institute of Technology, USA B. Hou, S. Zhang: Analog Devices Inc., USA A. Malignaggi, A. Hamidian, V. Subramanian, R. Shu, G. Boeck: Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany D. Rosolowski, W. Wojtasiak, T. Morawski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland C3. ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS: THEORY & APPLICATIONS Session Co-Chairs: M. Okoniewski: University of Calgary, Canada J. Michalski: TeleMobile Electronics Ltd, Poland C3/1 C3/2 C3/3 C3/4 C3/5 STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE METHOD OF MOMENTS IN TIME DOMAIN DESIGN OF SUBSTRATE INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE FILTERS USING IMPLICIT SPACE MAPPING TECHNIQUE HARMONIC COUPLING ANALYSIS IN PASSIVE MICROWAVE FILTERS WITH NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC POSTS SYSTEMATIC SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR EQUATIONS WITH CLOSE OR DOUBLE ROOTS IN COMPLEX DOMAIN EXTRAORDINARY DEPENDENCES OF DISPERSION CHARACTERISTICS OF LOSSY SIC CYLINDRICAL WAVEGUIDE ON THE RADIUS MIKON-2012 E. Agastra, G. Pelosi, S. Selleri: University of Florence, Italy N. Leszczynska, Ł. Szydłowski, J. Podwalski: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland L. Ntibarikure, G. Pelosi, S. Selleri: University of Florence, Italy J. J. Michalski: TeleMobile Electronics Ltd., Poland T. Gric, L. Nickelson, S. Asmontas: Center For Physical Sciences And Technology, Lithuania ORAL SESSIONS Tuesday, May 22 10:40 – 12:20 A4. PHOTONIC, MICROWAVE-LIGHT WAVE INTERACTION Session Co-Chairs: M. Szustakowski: Military University of Technology, Poland M. Mazur: BUMAR Electronics, Poland A4/1 A4/2 A4/3 A4/4 A4/5 DISPERSION DEPENDENCIES OF CIRCULAR HOLLOW-PIPE SIC WAVEGUIDE ON THE INNER RADIUS AND TEMPERATURE CHARACTERIZATION OF ANALOG OPTICAL LINKS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS SIMULATION OF TUNABLE METAMATERIAL WITH NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL LAYERS A 1.0V KA-BAND LC-VCO FOR FMCW RADAR COMPACT ETSI COMPLIANT DSRC TRANSPONDER FOR VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONS AT 5.8 GHZ A. Bubnelis, L. Nickelson, A. Baskys, R. Navickas: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania K. Madziar, B. Galwas: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland R. Kowerdziej, M. Olifierczuk, J. Parka, L. Jaroszewicz: Military University of Technology, Poland K. Miyashita: Design and Development Center, Japan S. Maddio, A. Cidronali, S. Maurri, G. Manes: University of Florence, Italy B4. RADAR TECHNOLOGY Session Co-Chairs: P. Kaniewski: Military University of Technology, Poland D. Vavriv: Institute of Radio Astronomy, Ukraine B4/1 T. Nowak, A. Nalewaja, J. Pędziwiatr, M. Mazur, M. Sankowski: Przemysłowy Instytut Telekomunikacji S.A., Poland CAPABILITIES OF A BISTATIC RECEIVERS’ NETWORK USING HYPERBOLIC POSITIONING METHOD 5 B4/2 B4/3 BISTATIC INTERFEROMETER BASED ON SPACEBORNE SAR RANGE COMPRESSION OPTIMIZATION FOR SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION IN THE MARSIS EXPERIMENT B4/4 ELLIPTIC GAUSSIAN FILTERING FOR TIME-FREQUENCY SIGNAL ANALYSIS B4/5 INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPROVED METHOD FOR TDOA ESTIMATION WITH CHIRP SIGNALS Ch. Wenge, Z. Qilei, L. Xiangyang, T. Ruibin: School of Electronic Science and Engineering, China M. Restano, A. Masdea, G. Picardi, R. Seu: University of Rome „Sapienza”, Italy T. O. Gulum, A. Y. Erdogan, T. Yildirim: Yildiz Technical University, Turkey P. E. Pace: Naval Postgraduate School, USA P. Zietek, J. Kolakowski, J. Modelski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland C4. ANTENNA DESIGN Session Co-Chairs: P. Słobodzian: Wrocław University of Technology, Poland A.V. Skripal: Saratov State University, Russian Federation C4/1 C4/2 C4/3 C4/4 C4/5 PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS OF OPEN-ENDED WAVEGUIDE ARRAY FEEDER FOR COSECANT-SQUARED AND PENCIL BEAM RADIATION PATTERN THE IMPACT OF CONFIGURATION OF ANTENNA ARRAY ON EFFECTIVE COMPENSATION OF NOISE JAMMING IN ANTENNA SIDELOBES MICROSTRIP ANTENNA ARRAY FOR A MICROWAVE SYSTEM OPERATING AT 18 GHZ MULTIMODAL COUPLING MATRIX FOR AN ARRAY OF RECTANGULAR SLOTS ON CONDUCTING CYLINDER IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA FOR MEDICAL SENSOR PLATFORMS MIKON-2012 O. M. Yucedag Tubitak: Center of Research for Advanced, Turkey M. D. Senturk, A. S. Turk: Yildiz Technical University, Turkey R. Dufrêne: Bumar Elektronika S.A., Poland J. Mlynarczyk, S. Gruszczynski: AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland R. Lech, A. Kusiek: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Ch. Soell, J. Walk, T. Ussmueller, G. Fischer, R. Weigel: University of Erlangen, Germany ORAL SESSIONS Tuesday, May 22 13:00 – 14:30 A5. FOCUSED SESSION 3 - SPACE TECHNOLOGIES Session Co-Chairs: M. Banaszkiewicz: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland P. Orleański: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland A5/1 Inv. RADAR TECHNIQUES TO STUDY SUBSURFACES AND INTERIORS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECTS A5/2 WATER RELATED SMOS OBSERVATIONS OF THE EARTH ENVIRONMENT A5/3 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS FOR SMALL SATELLITES BASED ON POLISH EXPERIENCE A5/4 LOCALIZATION OF MARTIAN AND LUNAR ROVERS WITHOUT SATELLITE SUPPORT PRIORITIES OF THE LMRS SRC PAS INVOLVEMENT IN EXPLORATION OF THE PLANETARY BODIES’ SURFACE BASED ON THE EXISTING AND PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED TECHNOLOGIES A5/5 A5/6 W. Kofman: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland W. Marczewski, E. Słonimska, J. Słonimski: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland M. Stolarski: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland G. Woźniak: Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland R. Darakchiev: Astri Polska, Poland J. Grygorczuk, K. Seweryn, R. Przybyła, M. Dobrowolski, B. Kędziora, T. Rybus, K. Skocki, M.Tokarz, R. Wawrzaszek, Ł. Wiśniewski: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences P. Orleański, M. Michalska, W. Nowosielski: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences T. Klein: Max Planck Institute fur Radioastronomie, Germany A. de Jonge, H. Jacobs, W. Jellema, D. Teyssier, R. Shipman, F. Helmich: Space Research Center of the Netherlands, J. C. Pearson: Jet Propulsion Laboratory CONTROLLING THE THZ HETERODINE – LESSON LEARNED FROM HIFI/HERSCHEL MISSION B5. ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY Session Co-Chairs: B. Levitas: Geozondas Ltd, Lithuania M. Wnuk: Military University of Technology, Poland B5/1 ELECTRODYNAMICAL CHARACTERISTIC PARTICULARITIES OF WAVEGUIDES AND SCATTERING L. Nickelson: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania 6 Inv. B5/2 STRUCTURES MADE OF MODERN STRONG ABSORPTIVE MATERIALS MEASUREMENT OF RADIATED INTERFERENCES GENERATED ON HARMONIC AND SECONDARY FREQUENCIES OF TRANSMITTING DEVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MIL-STD-461F STANDARD M. Bugaj, R. Przesmycki, L. Nowosielski, K. Piwowarczyk: Military University of Technology, Poland B5/3 A NOVEL WIDE-BAND MICROWAVE ABSORBER WITH A DECREASED THICKNESS M. Olszewska: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland W. Gwarek: QWED Sp. z o. o., Poland B5/4 DOA ESTIMATION AND PARAMETER SEPARATION OF BROAD-BAND STOCHASTIC ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES J. A. Russer, G. Scarpa, P. Lugli, P. Russer: Technische Universitat Munchen, Germany C5. OPTIMIZATION & ACCELERATION IN CAD PROCESSES Session Co-Chairs: A. Karwowski: Silesian University of Technology, Poland D. Usanov: Saratov State University, Russian Federation C5/1 C5/2 C5/3 C5/4 MULTI-CORE AND MULTIPROCESSOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NUMERICAL INTEGRATION IN FINITE ELEMENT METHOD NONLINEAR ALGAN/GAN HEMT MODEL USING MULTIPLE ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS APPLICATION OF GRAY GENERALISED CODES IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING LEARNING VECTORS OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF AUTOMATIC FILTER TUNING COMPARISON OF OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR COUPLING MATRIX SYNTHESIS USING EIGENVALUE BASED APPROACH MIKON-2012 J. Mamza, P. Makyla, A. Dziekonski, A. Lamecki, M. Mrozowski: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland P. Barmuta, P. Płoński, K. Czuba: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland G. Avolio, D. Schreurs: KU Leuven, Belgium J. J. Michalski, T. Kacmajor: Tele Mobile Electronics Ltd., Poland A. Jedrzejewski, Ł. Szydłowski, A. Lamecki: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland POSTERS Tuesday, May 22 14:30 – 16:30 P2. POSTERS SESSION - MICROWAVES CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGY, APPLICATIONS Session Co-Chairs: E. Sędek: BUMAR Electronics, Poland J. Matuszewski: Military University of Technology, Poland P2/1 AN ULTRA-BROADBAND 2-8 GHZ GAN HEMT MMIC ACTIVE COMBINER P2/2 A CMOS RF FRONT-END IC FOR MULTI ANTENNA DIVERSITY APPLICATIONS IN THE S-BAND A. Bentini, M. Palomba, D. Palombini, E. Limiti: Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy Ch. Hartmann, J. Rascher, R. Weigel, G. Fischer, T. Ussmueller: Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany P2/6 SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMA ROD ATTENUATION DEPENDENCIES OF MODES ON THE CONCENTRATION OF LIGHT AND HEAVY HOLES DOUGHNUT BEAM GENERATION USING ACOUSTO-OPTIC CELL INFLUENCE OF SPECTRAL LIGHT CONTENT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS THE PROJECT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN UPCONVERTER FOR THE DVB-T SIGNAL P2/7 LARGE 3D OBJECT FDTD SIMULATIONS P2/8 HIGH POWER FACILITIES FOR ELECTROPORATION OF BIOLOGICAL CELLS IN PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS P2/9 THE PROTECTION DEVICES FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF CELLULAR TELEPHONES P2/3 P2/4 P2/5 7 A. Bubnelis, L. Nickelson, R. Martavicius: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania K. Ferria, A. Bencheikh, A. Merabet: Ferhat Abbas, University, Algeria A. Guechi, A.Merabet, M. Chegaar: : Ferhat Abbas, University, Algeria M. Iwanow, M. Bury, S. Kozłowski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland J. Rudnicki: QWED sp. z o.o., Poland M. Sypniewski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland A. Grainys, V. Novickij, J. Novickij: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania A. Stirke: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania V. Kaseta: Center of Innovative Medicine, Lithuania L. Usanova, A. Skripal, A. Usanova, D. Ponomarev: Saratov State University, Russia P2/10 PROBLEMS IN DESIGN OF THE NEW MICROWAVE GEOPHYSICAL MEASURING SYSTEM P2/11 1.9MHZ WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING COUPLED MAGNETIC RESONANCE P2/12 P2/13 OPTICAL TRANSMISSION OF OFDM NQAM SIGNALS BY DIRECT LASER MODULATION MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER-WAVE ATTENUATION IN SAND AND DUST STORMS P2/14 STUDY OF THE THROUGHT OF WLAN ACCORDING TO CHANNELING AND DENSITY OF AP P2/15 P2/16 P2/18 EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF THE MIMO CHANNEL SIMULATION MODEL ARCHITECTURE OF THE INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR VOICE IDENTITY DISTRIBUTION STUDY ON EMITTER SIGNAL RECOGNITION BASED ON BACKWARD CLOUD MODEL AND ATTRIBUTE SIMILARITY A 5.8 GHZ RFID WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE QAM MODULATION SCHEME P2/19 STABILITY ANALYSIS OF EMISSIVITY LEVELS MOBILE COMPUTERS P2/20 TECHNIQUES SHIELDING OF OBJECTS WITH TO COMPROMISING EMANATIONS P2/21 VERY HIGH FREQUENCY TECHNIQUE LABORATORY - FIRST STEP TO THE WORLD OF MICROWAVES P2/22 A NEW FDTD MODEL OF MICROWAVE SUSCEPTORS ON CURVED SURFACES P2/23 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF BROADBAND WIRE ANTENNAS USING METHOD OF MOMENTS P2/24 P2/25 USER SPECIFIC TILT IN MULTICELL COOPERATIVE TRANSMISSION CELLULAR SYSTEMS ACCURATE CAPACITANCE/CURRENT-VOLTAGE BASED LOOKUP-TABLE DIODE MODEL P2/17 V. Kochumeev, A. Mirmanov, V. Pushkarev, O. Stukach: Tomsk Polytechnic University KazGATU, Kazakhstan Seong-Min Kim, In-Kui Cho, Jeong-Ick Moon, Jae-Hun Yoon, Woo-Jin Byun, Jae-Ick Choi: Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute Daejeon, Korea T. Cseh, T. Berceli: Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Hsing-Yi Chen, Chao-Cheng Ku: Yuan Ze University, Taiwan J. Sangbong, S. Yong-Sup, P. Seungkeun: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Republic of Korea J. Michalak, B. Uljasz, C. Ziółkowski: Military University of Technology, Poland M. Głowacki, Z. Piotrowski: Military University of Technology, Poland Pan Li-na: Naval Aeronautical and Astronautical University, China A. Bielski, P. Kopyt: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Bugaj, R. Przesmycki, L. Nowosielski, K. Piwowarczyk: Military University of Technology, Poland M. Bugaj, R. Przesmycki, L. Nowosielski, K. Piwowarczyk: Military University of Technology, Poland R. Lech, P. Kowalczyk: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland A. Raniszewski, M. Krysicki, A. Więckowski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Celuch: QWED Sp. z o. o., Poland V. Yakovlev: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA J. Zimon: Opole University of Technology, Poland W. Czuczwara: Office of Electronic Communications, Poland R. Łapszow, J. Modelski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland C. Wei, Y. Zhu, H. Yin, D. Whitefield, F. Gao, D. Bartle: SKYWORKS SOLUTION INC., USA V1 – V6 VENDOR PRESENTATIONS V2/1 V2/2 V3/1 V3/2 V4/1 V5/1 V6/1 RHODE&SCHWARZ- R&S test and measurements solutions for radar technology. CST-CST system integrity workshop 2012 HELMAR- Presentation of the company HELMAR- State of the art anechoic chamber MIKON 2012 NI-National Instruments Software Defined Radio Hands-On NI-National Instruments Software Defined Radio Hands-On NI-National Instruments Software Defined Radio Hands-On M. Warzywoda: Rhode&Schwarz, Poland V. Sokal: CST, Germany J. Dobrowiecki: Helmar, Poland J. Dauwen: Emerson&Cuming, Belgium S. Koziatek, M. Antonik: National Instruments, U.S., branch in Poland S. Koziatek, M. Antonik: National Instruments, U.S., branch in Poland S. Koziatek, M. Antonik: National Instruments, U.S., branch in Poland 8 MIKON-2012 ORAL SESSIONS Wednesday, May 23 08:30 – 10:10 A6. FOCUSED SESSION 4 - WIDE BANDGAP TECHNOLOGY FOR ADVANCED SPACE APPLICATIONS: THE ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION Session Co-Chairs: F. Giannini: University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy M. Banaszkiewicz: Space Research Center of Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland A6/1 A6/2 WIDE BANDGAP TECHNOLOGY: THE RIGHT SOLUTION FOR SPACE AND DEFENSE MARKET HOT ELECTRONS INDUCED DEGRADATION IN ALGAN/GAN HEMTS A6/3 CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF LOW-COST, HIGH-PERFORMANCE GAN/SI TECHNOLOGY A6/4 A6/5 GAN BROADBAND POWER AMPLIFIERS FOR TERRESTRIAL AND SPACE TRANSMITTERS WIDE BANDGAP DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES IN THE EVOLUTION OF FUTURE SPACE SYSTEMS C. Lanzieri, A. Pantellini, P. Romanini: SELEX-SI, Italy G. Meneghesso, M. Menegnini, E. Zanoni: University of Padova, Italy A. Bentini, W. Ciccognani, S. Colangeli, E. Limiti: Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”,Italy A. Nanni: SELEX-SI, Roma R. Giofrè, P. Colantonio, F. Giannini: University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy M.C. Comparini, M. Feudale: Thales Alenia Space, Italy B6. SENSORS, DETECTORS & VEHICULAR RADARS Session Co-Chairs: H. Zirath: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden R. Dufrene: BUMAR Electronics, Poland B6/1 B6/2 B6/3 THE RADAR SIGNATURE IN RECOGNITION SYSTEM DATABASE DRIVER’S DROWSINESS MONITORING SYSTEM UTILIZING MICROWAVE DOPPLER SENSOR SIGNAL QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS FOR FREE-SPACE UWB MOISTURE MEASUREMENTS B6/4 LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE CHARACTERISATION OF BIASED SILICON CMOS TERAHERTZ DETECTORS B6/5 USING SDF METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUS LOCATION OF MULTIPLE RADIO TRANSMITTERS J. Matuszewski: Military University of Technology, Poland K. Staszek, K. Wincza, S. Gruszczyński: AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland H. Mextorf, F. Daschner, M. Kent, R. Knöchel: University of Kiel, Germany S. Pralgauskaitė, J. Matukas, J. Vyšniauskas, V. Kornijčuk, V. Palenskis: Vilnius University, Lithuania L. Minkevičius, G. Valušis: Center for Physical Science and Technology, Lithuania A. Lisauskas, S. Boppel, V. Krozer, H. G. Roskos: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Germany P. Gajewski, C. Ziółkowski, J. M. Kelner: Military University of Technology, Poland C6. WIRELESS & PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS Session Co-Chairs: M. Amanowicz: Military University of Technology, Poland R. Mzyk: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany C6/1 C6/2 C6/3 C6/4 A PRACTICAL BEAMSTEERING ALGORITHM WITH LOW PHASE FLUCTUATION FOR WCDMA/HSUPA UPLINK USING TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL BITS AS FEEDBACK AN ENERGY EFFECTIVE METHOD FOR TOPOLOGY CONTROL IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS SIMULATION OF WIRELESS CHANNEL MODEL STATISTICS FOR PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS INDOOR LOCATION SYSTEMS THE PROPOSAL OF IEEE 802.11 NETWORK ACCESS POINT AUTHENTICATION MECHANISM USING A COVERT CHANNEL 9 S. Schroeter, R. Weigel, G. Fischer, A. Koelpin: Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany M. Wawryszczuk, M. Amanowicz: Military University of Technology, Poland A. K. Jastrzebski, P. H-Huang: University of Kent, United Kingdom K. Sawicki, Z. Piotrowski: Military University of Technology, Poland MIKON-2012 ORAL SESSIONS Wednesday, May 23 10:40 – 12:20 A7. MICROWAVE & OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Session Co-Chairs: B. Galwas: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Pospieszalski: NRAO Technology Center, USA A7/1 A7/2 A7/3 COHERENT SVD-ASSISTED AND ITERATIVELY DETECTED MIMO MULTIMODE TRANSMISSION FLEXIBLE AGILE HYBRID OPTICAL-RF ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR RADIO-OVER-FIBER LINK FOR WLAN AND LTE SYSTEMS S. Aust, A. Ahrens, S. Lochmann: University of Technology, Germany N. A. Riza: University College Cork, Ireland A. Urzędowska, K. Godziszewski, Y. Yashchyshyn: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland V. Xarcha, A.N. Stassinakis, H.E. Nistazakis, G.P. Latsas, M.P. Hanias, G.S. Tombras: University of Athens, Greece A. Tsigopoulos: Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece A7/4 WAVELENGTH DIVERSITY FOR FREE SPACE OPTICAL SYSTEMS: PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OVER LOG NORMAL TURBULENCE CHANNELS A7/5 APPROXIMATION OF FILTER CHARACTERISTIC TO TUNING ELEMENT POSITIONS USING COARSE SET T. Kacmajor, J. Julian Michalski: TeleMobile Electronics Ltd., Poland B7. PASSIVE DEVICES Session Co-Chairs: A. Abramowicz: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland R. Snyder: RS Microwave, USA B7/1 Inv. A NEW APPROACH TO DESIGN OF DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS W. Gwarek: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland B7/3 B7/4 SLOW-WAVE RESONANT STRUCTURES IN BRANCH-LINE COUPLER MINIATURIZATION: A CASE STUDY CYLINDRICAL FERRITE COUPLED SLOTLINE JUNCTION FOR FARADAY NONRECIPROCAL DEVICES MULTI-BAND PLANAR BALUNS DESIGN BASED ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING B7/5 PASSIVE COMPONENTS USING QUASI-CPW IN EWLAN PACKAGE B7/2 P. Kurgan, A. Bekasiewicz, M. Kitlinski: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland A. Kusiek, W. Marynowski, J. Mazur: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland W. Shahzad, J. D. Xu, M. H. Kalil: Northwestern Polytechnical University, China M. PourMousavi, R. Weigel: University of Erlangen, Germany M. Wojnowski, K. Pressel, G. Sommer: Infineon Technology, Germany C7. ULTRAWIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY Session Co-Chairs: W. Hong: Southeast University, China J. Kołakowski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland C7/1 PHASE SHIFTER FOR ANTENNA ARRAY OF DECAMETER RANGE RADIO TELESCOPE C7/2 ELLIPTICAL SLOT UWB MONOPOLE ANTENNA C7/3 ULTRA WIDE BAND POWER AMPLIFIER USING GAN ON SI HEMT DEVICE C7/4 C7/5 CENTER FREQUENCY OF WIDEBAND DIRECT-COUPLED RESONATOR FILTERS PERFORMANCES OF FM-DCSK UWB FOR WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK S. N. Yerin, A. A. Gridin, P. L. Tokarsky: The Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine Ł. Sorokosz, A. Rydlewska, W. Zieniutycz: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland R. Giofrè, P. Colantonio, F. Giannini: University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy A. Pantellini, A. Nanni, C. Lanzieri: SELEX Sistemi Integrati S.p.A., Italy D. Pistoia: Elettronica S.p.A., Italy M. Zukociński, A. Abramowicz: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland L. Kong, P. Chen, W. Xu, L. Wang: Xiamen University, P.R. China 10 MIKON-2012 ORAL SESSIONS Wednesday, May 23 13:00 – 14:20 A8. MILLIMETER & SUB-MILLIMETER TECHNOLOGY Session Co-Chairs: E. Limiti: Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy S.P. Voinigescu: University of Toronto, Canada A8/1 Inv. A8/2 A8/3 A8/4 A8/5 ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES: STATE OF ART AND OUTLOOK Z. Hotra: Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine H-BAND MMIC AMPLIFIERS in 250 nm InP DHBT CRYOGENIC AMPLIFIERS FOR JANSKY VERY LARGE ARRAY RECEIVERS DESIGNING AND OPTIMIZATION OF MICROSTRIP RECTANGULAR PATCH ANTENNA TO WORK ON HUMAN BODY DESIGN AND PROGRESS OF A WIDEBAND 120−210 GHZ LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER K. Eriksson, H. Zirath, V. Vassilev: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden M. W. Pospieszalski: NRAO Technology Center, USA M. Woźniak, A. Durka, M. Bugaj, R. Przesmycki, L. Nowosielski, M. Wnuk: Military University of Technology, Poland S. Eskanadri, F. Tavakkol: Hamedani Semnan University, Iran B8. MICROWAVE FILTERS Session Co-Chairs: G. Czawka: Białystok University of Technology, Poland L. Nickelson: Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, Lithuania B8/1 B8/2 B8/3 B8/4 FILTER DESIGN FOR MODERN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS OCTAVE-BANDWIDTH BAND-PASS FILTER WITH HIGH SELECTIVITY AND WIDE HIGHLYSUPPRESSED STOPBAND DESIGN OF THE VARACTOR-TUNED BANDPASSHEXAGONAL RESONATOR FILTER WITH SOURCELOAD COUPLING A DUAL-BAND FILTER USING STEPPED-IMPEDANCE RESONATOTS WITH COUPLED FEED LINEDS R.V. Snyder: RS Microwave, USA S. Farsi, D. Schreurs, B. Nauwelaers: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium J. Chen, X. Zhu, Z. Jiang, J. Zhai: Southeast University, China J. Konpang, L. Thongnoi: Rajamangala University of Technology, Thailand C8. MICROWAVE MEASUREMENTS II Session Co-Chairs: W. Zieniutycz: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Y. Prokopenko: National Technical University of Ukraine “KPI”, Ukraine C8/1 C8/2 C8/3 C8/4 THE ISOLATOR TUNING USING SEQUENTIAL METHOD WITH APPLIED ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK DETERMINATION OF PARAMETERS OF THIN SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS BY MEANS OF ONEDIMENSIONAL MICROWAVE PHOTONIC CRYSTALS SOURCE-PULL NOISE CHARACTERIZATION OF GAASPHEMTS ENHANCING PERFORMANCE OF SWITCHED PARASITIC ANTENNA FOR LOCALIZATION IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS M. Mazur, J. J. Michalski: TeleMobile Electronics Ltd., Poland D.V. Ponomarev, S.A. Nikitov, D.A. Usanov, A.V. Skripal, A.E.Postelga: Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Russia W. Wiatr: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland M. Rzymowski, K. Nyka, Ł. Kulas: Gdansk University of Technology, Poland 11 CLOSING SESSION Wednesday, May 23 14:40 – 16:10 CLOSING SESSION - PLENARY Session Co-Chairs: Z. Mierczyk: Military University of Technology, Poland J. Modelski: Warsaw University of Technology, Poland RESEARCH ADVANCES IN MICROWAVE AND MILLIMETER WAVE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS IN THE SKLMMW - Invited Paper W. Hong, Wei Hong, Jianyi Zhou, Xiaowei Zhu, Jixin Chen, Peng Chen, Haiming Wang, Nianzu Zhang, Guangqi Yang, Cheng Yu, Hui Zhang, Southeast University, China COGNITIVE WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS IN URBAN ENVIRONMENT – Invited Paper J. Łopatka, Military University of Technology, Poland Address: Franco GIANNINI - President of the Gallium Arsenide Applications Symposium (GAAS) Association AWARD CEREMONY MIKON-2014 OUTLOOK 12