As a technique for calibrating electric-field probes used in standardized SAR (Specific Absorption Rate) assessment, we have studied the technique using the Friis transmission formula in the tissue-equivalent liquid. It is difficult to measure power transmission between two reference antennas in the far-field region due to large attenuation in the liquid. This means that the conventional Friis ...

In this paper, we present the design and the measurement of two antennas realized on a 130nm CMOS process. They both radiate in the 60 GHz band and are dedicated to Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) applications. The antennas are manufactured within the frame of a multi-wafer project with several surrounding microelectronic circuits. The first antenna is an Inverted-F antenna (IFA). It has ...

In this paper, a 5.2GHz low noise amplifier in 0.25um CMOS utilizing inter-stage matching is designed. Two realizations for a low value of inductor within the LNA are implemented. The measurement results are 7dB gain and 5.86dB noise figure is achieved for the on-chip inductor realization, and 8.3dB gain and 5.74dB noise figure is achieved for the bond-wire inductor realization.

This paper describes a new, experimentally verified, noise analysis and the design considerations of the dynamic characteristics of silicon radiometers. Transimpedance gain, loop gain, and voltage gain were optimized versus frequency for photodiode current meters measuring ac and dc optical radiation. Silicon radiometers with improved dynamic characteristics were built and tested. The frequency...

—A 48 GHz fully integrated two stages power amplifier (PA) for mm-wave application is presented in this paper. The PA is implemented in 90 nm LP CMOS technology with Cascode topology to enhance gain and stability. The single ended PA achieves around 15 dB small signal gain, 4.5 dBm saturated output power and a peak power added efficiency of 9% in measurement. Patterned ground shield coplanar tr...

This paper presents background information and experiment procedures for an antenna measurement laboratory course to be held in a new anechoic chamber at California Polytechnic State University. The lab consists of five experiments and one design project intended to give students practical experience with antenna measurement techniques and to creatively apply analytical skills to design, constr...

An automatic method able to recognize a presented section through the biparietal plane of the fetal head and a section through the fetal femur in ultrasound images is developed. Once the correct anatomical section for measurement is identified by the machine, the placement of the measurement calipers is automatically determined by fitting an active contour model to the structure of interest. Th...

Background Visually enhanced vestibulo-ocular reflex (VVOR) is a well-known bedside clinical test to evaluate visuo-vestibular interaction, with clinical applications in patients with neurological and vestibular dysfunctions. Owing to recently developed diagnostic technologies, the possibility to perform an easy and objective measurement of the VVOR has increased, but there is a lack of computa...