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Millimetre-Wave Users Group Meeting - 4 April 2008

The agenda and presentations from the third Millimetre-Wave Users Group Meeting held on Friday, 4 April 2008 can be found below. Please click on the relevant links to view downloads (available where Permission to Publish has been granted).

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Speaker

 
09:45 SESSION I
 

 

Sub-millimetre wave components for steerable antennas with supporting MMIC design

David Linton, Queen's University Belfast
 
Micromachined microwave circuits to 325 GHz Mike Lancaster, University of Birmingham
 
Fabrication of Schottky diodes for mixer and multiplier applications at millimetre-wave frequencies Byron Alderman, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
 
11:20 SESSION II
   

 

Millimetre wave work at QinetiQ

Roger Appleby, QinetiQ, Malvern
 
Discussion: International document standard for rectangular waveguide above 100 GHz
 

 

Advanced studies with steam and mirrors

Graham Maxwell-Cox, Astrium
 
Quasi-optical work at Queen Mary, University of London Xiaodong Chen, Queen Mary, University of London

12:45

 Lunch

 
 
13:45 SESSION III
 
Measurements of materials using dielectric waveguide Chris Eio, NPL
 

 

 Plans for extending NPL's dielectric waveguide impedance measurement capabilities Nick Ridler, NPL
and Richard Collier, Consultant
   
Discussion: Putting in place national standard measurement facilities for S-parameters:
90 – 140 GHz, 110 – 170 GHz, 140 – 220 GHz
 

 

RF and microwave power standards at NPL (UK): extending beyond 110 GHz

John Howes, NPL
   

15:10

SESSION IV

 
       
  Millimetre-wave Cryogenic Noise Calibration Standard for 26 - 170 GHz David R Vizard, CTO VivaTech
   
New measurement solutions for millimetre-wave frequencies Jamie Lunn, Rohde & Schwarz (UK) Ltd
 
Discussion: Decision on a comparison exercise of S-parameter measurements at millimetre wavelengths in rectangular waveguide
 
Review of meeting outcomes and plans for future meetings
 

16:10

Meeting close

 


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