| Wednesday, December 13   08:50-10:30 | 
              Thursday, December 14   16:00-18:00 | 
             
            
              | Wednesday, December 13   14:00-15:40 | 
              Friday, December 15   08:50-10:30 | 
             
            
              | Wednesday, December 13   16:00-18:00 | 
              Friday, December 15   10:50-12:30 | 
             
            
              | Thursday, December 14   08:50-10:30 | 
              Friday, December 15   14:00-15:40 | 
             
            
              | Thursday, December 14   10:50-12:30 | 
              Friday, December 15   16:00-18:00 | 
             
            
              | Thursday, December 14   14:00-15:40 | 
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              | TECHNICAL SESSION  | 
             
            
              | Thursday, December 14   16:00-18:00 | 
             
           
             
            
            
            
              Room A (301)  | 
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              | Session TH4A | 
             
            
              High Power Devices and Power Amplifiers 
                Chairs : M. Kuzuhara, Fukui Univ., JAPAN, & C.-S. Kwak, ETRI, KOREA | 
             
            
            
              
			  	
					- TH4A-1
 
					- Numerical Analysis and IR Scan Test for Thermal Resistance of GaAs MMIC in a Communications Satellite
 
					C. S. Kwak, K. B. Ahn, D. P. Chang, and I. B. Yom, ETRI, KOREA 
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					- TH4A-2
 
					- A 2.14 GHz Class-E LDMOS Power Amplifier
 
					Y.-S. Lee, K.-I. Jeon*, and Y.-H. Joeng, Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, *RFcore Ltd., KOREA 
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					- TH4A-3
 
					- Reduced Gate Leakage-Current and RF Power Performance of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with an Inner Field-Plate
 
					K. Lee, K. Ko, S. Lee, and K. Yang, KAIST, KOREA 
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					- TH4A-4
 
					- Prospective and Issues for GaN Microwave Electronics into Space Satellites
 
					  J.-L. Cazaux, S. Forestier, J.-F. Villemazet, O. Vendier, C. Schaffauser, C. Drevon, and J.-L. Muraro, Alcatel Alenia Space, FRANCE 
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					- TH4A-5
  (INVITED) 
					- Recent Progress of High Power GaN-HEMT for Wireless Application
 
					  K. Joshin and T. Kikkawa, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., JAPAN 
					 
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                Room B (302)  | 
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                | Session TH4B | 
               
              
                Power Amplifiers and Linearization Technique 
                Chairs : T. Yoshimasu, Waseda Univ., JAPAN, & L. Larson, Univ. of California, San Diego, U.S.A. | 
               
              
                
                    - TH4B-1
 
                    - High Linearity-Wideband PHEMT Darlington Amplifier with +40 dBm IP3
 
                      K. W. Kobayashi, Sirenza Microdevices, U.S.A. 
                     
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                    - TH4B-2
 
                    - Development of an MCPA Using Digital Pre-Distortion for Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting
 
                  K. Haeiwa, K. Kanamori*, and T. Abe*, Hiroshima City Univ., *NHK, JAPAN 
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                    - TH4B-3
 
                    - A Recursive Digital Predistorter for Linearizing RF Power Amplifiers with Memory Effects
 
                    P. L. Gilabert, G. Montoro, and A. Cesari*, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, SPAIN, *LAAS-CNRS, FRANCE 
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                    - TH4B-4
 
                    - Short Term Memory Effects Study for Optimal Predistortion-Based Linearization of Base-Stations Wireless Transmitters
 
                    M. Helaoui*,**, S. Boumaiza*, A. Ghazel**, and F. M. Ghannouchi*, *Univ. of Calgary, CANADA, **Ecole Superieure des Communications de Tunis, TUNISIA 
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                    - TH4B-5
  (INVITED) 
                    - Digital Predistortion Techniques for Linearized Power Amplifiers
 
                    L. Larson, D. Kimball, P. Asbeck, P. Draxler, J. Deng, and M. Li, Univ. of California, San Diego, U.S.A. 
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                Room C (303)  | 
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                | Session TH4C | 
               
              
                Artificial and Novel Materials for Antenna Applications (2) 
                Chairs : A. Sanada, Yamaguchi Univ., JAPAN, & J. Modelski, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, POLAND | 
               
              
                
                    - TH4C-1
 (INVITED) 
                    - Semiconductor and Ferroelectric Antennas
 
                      J. Modelski and Y. Yashchyshyn, Warsaw Univ. of Technology, POLAND 
                     
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                    - TH4C-2
 
                    - Power Combining Oscillator Array Using Metamaterial Based Injection Locking Coupling Network
 
                    K. M. K. H. Leong, A. Lai, and T. Itoh, UCLA, U.S.A. 
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                    - TH4C-3
 
                    - Design of an 8-Element Planar Composite Right/Left-Handed Leaky Wave Antenna Array for 2-D Beam Steering
 
                      T. Kaneda, A. Sanada, and H. Kubo, Yamaguchi Univ., JAPAN 
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                    - TH4C-4
 
                    - On the Reduction of Mutual Couplings between Closely Separated Patch Antennas
 
                    G. S. A. Shaker and S. Safavi-Naeini, Univ. of Waterloo, CANADA 
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                    - TH4C-5
 
                    - A Broadband Planar Patch Array Resonator Antenna
 
                    D. Kim, M. Kim, M. Tanaka*, and K. Matsugatani*, Korea Univ., KOREA, *DENSO Corp., JAPAN 
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                Room D (304)  | 
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                | Session TH4D | 
               
              
                Waveguide Based on Metamaterials 
                Chairs : H. Kubo, Yamaguchi Univ., JAPAN, & T. Itoh, UCLA, U.S.A. | 
               
              
                
                    - TH4D-1
 
                    - Leaky Wave Radiation from Left-Handed Transmission Lines Composed of a Cut-off Parallel-Plate Waveguide Loaded with Dielectric Resonators
 
                    T. Ueda, A. Lai*, N. Michishita*, and T. Itoh*, Kyoto Institute of Technology, JAPAN, *UCLA, U.S.A. 
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                    - TH4D-2
 
                    - Guided-Wave Characteristics of Coplanar Waveguide Metamaterials Composed of Unsymmetrical Unit Cells
 
                    J. Gao and L. Zhu, Nanyang Technological Univ., SINGAPORE 
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                    - TH4D-3
 
                    - Metallic Wire Substrate (MWS) for Miniaturization in Planar Microwave Applications
 
                    H. V. Nguyen, J. Gauthier, J. M. Fernandez*, M. S. Sierra-Castaner*, and C. Caloz, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, CANADA *Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, SPAIN 
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                    - TH4D-4
 
                    - Parallel Conductor Particle for Artificial Magnetic Material in Microwave Frequency
 
                      H. Kubo, A. Matsumoto, and A. Sanada, Yamaguchi Univ., JAPAN 
                     
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                    - TH4D-5
 (INVITED) 
                    - Left-Handed Wave Propagation in Rod Media
 
                    A. Sanada, Yamaguchi Univ., JAPAN 
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                Room E (311+312)  | 
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                | Session TH4E | 
               
              
                System-Related Technologies (2) 
                Chairs : K. Hamaguchi, NICT, JAPAN, & R. Weigel, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, GERMANY | 
               
              
                
                    - TH4E-1
 
                    - Dual-Mode & Dual-Band RF Module Designed Based on Homodyne Technology
 
                        Z. Jiang, J. Zhao*, and X. Zhu, Southeast Univ., *Greast Communication Technology Co., Ltd., CHINA 
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                    - TH4E-2
 
                    - A Novel Linear Polar Transmitter Architecture Using Low-Power Analog Predistortion for EDGE Applications
 
                      W. Woo, K. H. An*, O. Lee*, J. J. Chang, C.-H. Lee, K. Yang*, H. Kim**, and J. Laskar*, Samsung RFIC Design Center at Georgia Tech, *Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A., *Hanbat National Univ., KOREA 
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                    - TH4E-3
 
                    - All-Microstrip Design of Three Multiplexed Antennas and LNA for UWB Systems
 
                    A. Serban, M. Karlsson, and S. Gong, Linkoping Univ., SWEDEN 
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                    - TH4E-4
 
                    - Design and Characteristics of High Order Derivative Gaussian Pulse Generator for DS-UWB
 
                    D.-H. Kim, G.-N. Bang, and C. Park, Myongji Univ., KOREA 
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                    - TH4E-5
 (INVITED) 
                    - The System Design of Integrated Passive Transponder Devices
 
                    K. Seemann and *R. Weigel, Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, GERMANY 
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                Room F (313+314)  | 
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                | Session TH4F | 
               
              
                Silicon Frequency Generation and Conversion ICs 
                Chairs : T. Masuda, Hitachi, Ltd., JAPAN, & M. Madihian, NEC Laboratories America, Inc., U.S.A. | 
               
              
                
                    - TH4F-1
 
                    - A Double Tuned Ku-Band SiGe-MMIC VCO with Variable Feed-Back Capacitor
 
                      K. Tsutsumi, M. Kagano, and N. Suematsu, Mitsubishi Electric Corp., JAPAN 
                     
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                    - TH4F-2
 
                    - A Low Phase Noise 26-GHz Push-Push VCO with a Wide Tuning Range in 0.18-ƒÊm CMOS Technology
 
                        C.-H. Chiu, K.-H. Liang, H.-Y. Chang, and Y.-J. Chan, National Central Univ., TAIWAN 
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                    - TH4F-3
 
                    - A 16-GHz CMOS Differential Colpitts VCO for DS-UWB and 60-GHz Applications
 
                      C.-C. Lee, C.-L. Lu*, and H.-R. Chuang, National Cheng Kung Univ., *Kun Shan Univ., TAIWAN 
                     
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                    - TH4F-4
 
                    - A 1.5-V 2.4 GHz CMOS Variable Gain Front-End for Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Applications
 
                      S. K. Alam, The Ohio State Univ., U.S.A. 
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                    - TH4F-5
  (INVITED) 
                    - CMOS Devices and Circuits for Microwave and Millimetre Wave Applications
 
                      H. Zirath*,**, M. Ferndahl*, B. M. Motlagh*, A. Masud*, I. Angelov*, and H.-O. Vickes***, *Chalmers Univ. of Technology, **Ericsson AB,***Ericsson Microwave Systems, SWEDEN 
                 
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