D2  Filters and Tunable Microwave Circuits

Saturday, January 6  08:20-11:20  Room 1B51

Session Chairs:  Dimitra Psychogiou, Zoya Popovic

08:20  D2-1  BALANCED MICROWAVE RF FILTERS WITH QUASI-ELLIPTIC-TYPE DIFFERENTIAL-MODE PASSBAND AND MULTI-NOTCH COMMON-MODE SUPPRESSION

Dakotah J. Simpson*, Dimitra Psychogiou

Dept. of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO


08:40  D2-2  QUASI-REFLECTIONLESS BANDPASS FILTERS WITH FLAT IN-BAND GROUP DELAY

Alexander J. Rosner*1, Roberto Gomez-Garcia2, Jose-Maria Munoz-Ferreras2, Dimitra Psychogiou1

1Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
2Dpt. of Signal Theory and Communications, University of Alcala, Alcala de Henares, Madrid, SPAIN


09:00  D2-3  A 3.5/5.8-GHZ DUAL-BAND EFFICIENCY-OPTIMIZED POWER AMPLIFIER

Allison Y. Duh*, Taylor Barton, Zoya Popovic

ECEE, University of Colorado, Boulder


09:20  D2-4  DIRECT TUNING OF CAVITY POSITION NUMBERS FOR CIRCUIT OPTIMIZATION USING AN EVANESCENT-MODE CAVITY TUNER DESIGNED FOR RECONFIGURABLE RADAR TRANSMISSION

Lucilia R. Hays*1, Sarvin Rezayat1, Zachary Hays1, Austin Egbert1, Christopher Kappelmann1, Charles Baylis1, Robert J. Marks1, Edward Viveiros2, Dimitrios Peroulis3, Mohammad Abu-Khater3, Abbas Semnani3

1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN


09:40  D2-5  3D FAST PAE OPTIMIZATION USING AN EVANESCENT-MODE CAVITY TUNER

Zachary Hays*1, Charles Baylis1, Mohammad Khater2, Edward Viveiros3

1Baylor University, Waco
2Purdue University, West Lafayette
3Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi


10:20  D2-6  REAL-TIME MULTI-VARIABLE AMPLIFIER OPTIMIZATION USING A NONLINEAR TUNABLE VARACTOR MATCHING NETWORK IN THE POWER SMITH TUBE

Sarvin Rezayat*1, Charles Baylis1, Ed Viverios2, John Penn2, Robert J. Marks II1

1Baylor University, Waco,TX
2Army Research Labratory, Adelphi,MD


10:40  D2-7  AN EVANESCENT-MODE CAVITY-BASED HIGH-POWER IMPEDANCE TUNER FOR ADAPTIVE RADAR APPLICATIONS

Abbas Semnani*1, Mohammad Abu Khater1, Dimitrios Peroulis1, Charles Charles Baylis2, Lucilia Hays2, Christopher Kappelmann2, Zachary Hays2

1Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2Baylor University, Waco, TX


11:00  D2-8  RECONFIGURABLE PLANAR DIPOLE USING LIQUID-METAL NODES FOR FREQUENCY-TUNING APPLICATIONS

Anthony W. Combs*, Kent J. Sarabia, Kareem S. B. Elassy, Aaron T. Ohta, Wayne A. Shiroma

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI