Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

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December 2011

Volume 53, Issue 12

Pages 2717–3003

  1. Research Articles

    1. Top of page
    2. Research Articles
    3. Erratum
    1. Practical design of a high power L-band linear phase filter for radar applications (pages 2717–2721)

      G. Venanzoni, A. Morini and M. Farina

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26442

    2. Lifshitz localization-based reconfigurable photonic crystals (pages 2721–2724)

      Héctor J. De Los Santos, Seok-Won Kang and Debjyoti Banerjee

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26441

    3. Switch-mode power amplifier design method (pages 2724–2728)

      Mladen Božanić and Saurabh Sinha

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26444

    4. Printed Yagi–Uda array for on-body communication channels at 60 GHz (pages 2728–2730)

      X. Y. Wu, L. Akhoondzadeh-Asl and P. S. Hall

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26443

    5. Enhanced optical single sideband modulation based on fiber nonlinearity (pages 2730–2733)

      W. S. Tsai, Z.S. Lin and C. H. Hsu

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26388

    6. A transceiver with injection-locked frequency multiplier for short-range wireless applications (pages 2733–2737)

      Hsiao-Chin Chen, Chia-Hao Kuo and Wei-Kan Lee

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26387

    7. Design of MIMO antenna positions for mobile handset when considering nondeterministic channels (pages 2737–2742)

      Peerapong Uthansakul, Danai Assanuk and Monthippa Uthansakul

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26402

    8. HF Antenna design optimization for railway spot signalling systems (pages 2742–2746)

      Juan Ignacio Sancho, Jaizki Mendizábal, Iñaki Gurutzeaga, Almir Villaro, Iñigo Adin and Guillermo Bistue

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26400

    9. Electromagnetic analysis of planar array structures with MPIE–MoM method and neighborhood mutual coupling (pages 2746–2754)

      P. Padilla de la Torre, J.M. Fernández and M. Sierra-Castañer

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26397

    10. A spice model for multiconductor microstrip lines excited by an incident plane wave (pages 2754–2761)

      Wei Zhang and Zhengwei Du

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26396

    11. Modeling and imaging of biomechanical properties of breast using microwave pulses (pages 2761–2765)

      A. M. Abbosh

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26440

    12. Novel compact size bandstop filter with shorted-stub loaded ring resonator (pages 2766–2768)

      José-Luis Olvera-Cervantes, Alonso Corona-Chávez and D.V. B. Murthy

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26439

    13. Modified dual monopole antenna for WLAN operation (pages 2768–2770)

      Yongseok Seo, Jinwoo Jung, Hyeonjin Lee and Yeongseog Lim

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26428

    14. Wide-locking range ÷3 active-inductor injection-locked frequency divider using the push–push oscillator (pages 2771–2773)

      Chia-Wei Chang, Sheng-Lyang Jang and Chao-Wei Hsieh

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26426

    15. A compact broadband MIMO antenna for mobile handset applications (pages 2773–2776)

      Xiang Zhou, RongLin Li, Guiping Jin and M. M. Tentzeris

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26386

    16. CMOS (2.28 mW, 67.28–80.78 GHz) divide-by-4 direct injection-locked frequency divider using tunable LC source-degeneration (pages 2776–2781)

      Chang-Zhi Chen, Chien-Chin Wang, Yo-Sheng Lin and Guo-Wei Huang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26385

    17. Configurable ink-jet-printed RFID tag on paper substrate for low cost and green applications (pages 2781–2786)

      Botao Shao, Qiang Chen, Ran Liu and Li-Rong Zheng

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26412

    18. Design of a compact patch antenna using split-ring resonator embedded substrate (pages 2786–2790)

      Xing Zhao, Youngki Lee and Jaehoon Choi

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26411

    19. Closed-form design method for broadband parallel-coupled microstrip coupler with tight coupling and practical spacing (pages 2790–2794)

      Amin M. Abbosh

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26395

    20. Microstrip antenna array for multiband dedicated short range communication systems (pages 2794–2796)

      Tiago Varum, João Matos, Pedro Pinho, Ricardo Abreu, Arnaldo Oliveira and Jorge Lopes

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26394

    21. A dual-band RF front end for DVB-H direct conversion receiver (pages 2796–2799)

      Seung Hwan Jung and Yunseong Eo

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26438

    22. Dual-band applicable CMOS PA with a switched inductor for 802.16e WiMAX application (pages 2799–2802)

      Hyun Jin Yoo, Moon Kyu Cho, Jeong Geun Kim and Yun Seong Eo

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26437

    23. Compact dual-mode bandpass filter using meander defected ground waveguide loop resonator (pages 2802–2805)

      Haiwen Liu, Wenyuan Xu, Li Shen, Yang Jiang, Liyun Shi, Jing Wan, Jongsik Lim and Dal Ahn

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26425

    24. Phased array antenna with crossed dipole antenna for mobile satellite communications (pages 2805–2809)

      Shohei Hasegawa, Takenori Yasuzumi, Yasuhiro Kazama and Osamu Hashimoto

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26424

    25. Microwave transmission characteristics of electromagnetic crystals with modified diamond lattice (pages 2809–2811)

      Zhi-Hui Yuan and Di-Chen Li

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26384

    26. A novel microstrip band-pass filter based on hole coupling structure (pages 2811–2814)

      Yan Yuan, Jun Xu, Yan-Qing Xu and Xiao-Chuan Zhang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26373

    27. Application of microstrip cavity couplers for wideband bandpass filters (pages 2814–2817)

      Jui-Ching Cheng, Eric S. Li and Chin-Chung Chuang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26410

    28. Compact monopole antenna with two bands—notched characteristic for ultra-wideband applications (pages 2817–2821)

      M. Naser-Moghadasi, S.Faraji Gotolo and G. Dadashzadeh

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26409

    29. A CPW-fed annular slot-antenna with an L-shaped strip (pages 2821–2827)

      The-Nan Chang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26416

    30. On the design of inscribed pentagonal-cut fractal antenna for ultra wideband applications (pages 2828–2830)

      Raj Kumar and Prem Narayan Chaubey

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26415

    31. A broadband single layer edge-fed cavity-backed microstrip antenna (pages 2831–2834)

      H.-T. Zhang, W. Wang, Z.-H. Zhang and X.-P. Lu

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26436

    32. Electromagnetic inversion with the multiscaling inexact Newton method—experimental validation (pages 2834–2838)

      Andrea Randazzo, Giacomo Oliveri, Andrea Massa and Matteo Pastorino

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26435

    33. Broadband compact planar monopole (pages 2838–2842)

      Giuseppina Monti, Laura Corchia, Luciano Tarricone, Tonio Idda, Fabio Coccetti and Robert Plana

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26378

    34. Ultra-broad and multiband 3D-monopole antennas (pages 2843–2846)

      Dalia M. Elsheakh and Amr M. E. Safwat

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26417

    35. Design of a broadband power amplifier using an optimized feedback network (pages 2846–2851)

      K. Kim, M. Seo, J. Jeon, M. Kim, H. Kim, H. Lim, C. Park and Y. Yang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26372

    36. High selectivity dual-wideband bandpass filter with triple-mode stub-loaded stepped-impedance resonators (pages 2851–2854)

      Hong-Wei Deng, Bing Liu, Yong-Jiu Zhao, Wen Chen and Xue-Shun Zhang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26371

    37. Wideband planar slotted radiating ground plane antenna for portable devices (pages 2854–2858)

      Marko Sonkki, Eva Antonino-Daviu, Miguel Ferrando-Bataller and Erkki T. Salonen

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26408

    38. Design of miniaturized broadband and high gain metamaterial patch antenna (pages 2858–2861)

      Tao Liu, Xiang-Yu Cao, Jun Gao, Qun Yang and Wen-Qiang Li

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26383

    39. Radiation measurement of 60 GHz high resistivity silicon on insulator double slot antenna (pages 2861–2865)

      Moussa H. Barakat, Christophe Delaveaud and Fabien Ndagijimana

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26414

    40. Design of a compact multiband internal antenna for mobile application (pages 2865–2868)

      Jianxing Li, Yansheng Jiang, Anxue Zhang, Juan Chen and Xiong Sheng

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26413

    41. Metamaterial focusing device for microwave hyperthermia (pages 2868–2872)

      María C. Velázquez-Ahumada, Manuel J. Freire and Ricardo Marqués

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26434

    42. High-performance low-power 27-GHz CMOS voltage-controlled oscillator for Ka-band applications (pages 2872–2875)

      Mei-Ling Yeh, Yao-Chian Lin and Chung-Cheng Chang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26433

    43. Low power and high conversion gain 21-GHz receiver front end in a standard 0.18 μm CMOS technology (pages 2875–2879)

      Chi-Chen Chen and Yo-Sheng Lin

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26423

    44. Frequency-tunable terahertz electromagnetic-pulses generation based on an optical Fabry–Perot microresonator with variable birefringence material (pages 2879–2882)

      Ming Chen

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26422

    45. A CPW-fed slot antenna with embedded ring-type strip for dual-frequency operation (pages 2882–2887)

      Meng-Ju Chiang, Chia-Yen Wei and Sheau-Shong Bor

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26370

    46. Modified cylindrical dielectric resonators excited with loaded fork monopole antenna (pages 2887–2890)

      M. Khalily, M. K. A. Rahim and M. R. Kamarudin

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26407

    47. Design of dualband antenna for IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n applications (pages 2890–2893)

      Yabin Zhang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26399

    48. Enhancement of the rejection bandwidth of microwave-coupled lines filters using spurline structures (pages 2893–2896)

      J. R. Loo-Yau, O. I. Gómez-Pichardo, F. Sandoval-Ibarra, M. C. Maya-Sánchez and J. A. Reynoso-Hernández

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26382

    49. Compact, harmonic suppressed power divider using open complementary split-ring resonator (pages 2897–2899)

      S. S. Karthikeyan and R.S. Kshetrimayum

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26393

    50. All-electronic terahertz spectrometer for biosensing (pages 2899–2902)

      Christian Debus, Gunnar Spickermann, Michael Nagel and Peter Haring Bolívar

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26392

    51. Optical millimeter-wave generation based on an external modulator (pages 2902–2907)

      Jia Hu Zhu and Xu Guang Huang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26432

    52. Bipolar dual-band MPRS-FSS sectoral antenna for base station applications (pages 2907–2912)

      M. Hajj, M. Salah Toubet, R. Chantalat, T. Monediere and B. Jecko

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26431

    53. Wwan/lte printed loop tablet computer antenna and its body sar analysis (pages 2912–2919)

      Kin-Lu Wong, Wan-Jhu Wei and Liang-Che Chou

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26377

    54. Ultra-wideband bandpass filters with a controllable and highly selective notch-band (pages 2920–2922)

      Liang Zhou, Shao-bin Liu, Xiang-kun Kong, Hai-feng Zhang and Ya-nan Guo

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26376

    55. Wideband low-noise amplifier design using the LC-ladder and capacitive shunt–shunt feedback topology (pages 2922–2931)

      Marnus Weststrate and Saurabh Sinha

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26406

    56. A 5.8-GHz frequency synthesizer chip design for worldwide interoperability for microwave access application (pages 2931–2935)

      Jhin-Fang Huang, Chun-Wei Shih and Ron-Yi Liu

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26405

    57. Broadband circularly polarized gap-coupled arrangement of rectangular patches for modern communication systems (pages 2935–2939)

      Pratibha Sekra, S. Shekhawat, D. Bhatnagar, V.K. Saxena, J. S. Saini and L. M. Joshi

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26398

    58. Substrate integrated waveguide filter design with wave concept iterative procedure (pages 2939–2942)

      A. Ismail Alhzzoury, N. Raveu, G. Prigent, O. Pigaglio, H. Baudrand and K. Al-Abdullah

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26381

    59. Design of broadband transitions for substrate integrated circuits (pages 2942–2945)

      Slawomir Koziel and Stanislav Ogurtsov

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26391

    60. A CPW-fed antenna with the circular shaped form with the slots for UWB application (pages 2945–2949)

      M. Moosazadeh and Z. Esmati

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26390

    61. A novel ultra-wide band bandpass filter with notched band using slotline and microstrip resonators (pages 2949–2951)

      Xuehui Guan, Peng Chen, Wei Fu, Haiwen Liu and Guohui Li

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26430

    62. Multiband double-folded PIFA design for mobile applications (pages 2952–2960)

      Chow-Yen-Desmond Sim and Wen-Bin He

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26429

    63. A simple and an accurate method for measuring the phase-frequency response of fiber fabry-perot tunable filter (pages 2960–2963)

      Haibing Qi, Shuhua Wei and Yonglin Yu

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26375

    64. Quasihybrid scheme of nonuniform rational B-spline–uniform geometrical theory of diffraction method for radiation of antennas (pages 2963–2967)

      Nan Wang, Xiaojie Dang, Haobo Yuan and Changhong Liang

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26374

    65. A low phase noise oscillator with a high-Q split ring resonator using MNG metamaterial (pages 2967–2971)

      Ki-Cheol Yoon and Jong-Chul Lee

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26404

    66. Micromachinned monopole antenna by CMOS-Compatible deep trench technology (pages 2971–2973)

      Tao Wang and Shey-Shi Lu

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26403

    67. A 3.4/5.5 GHz dual-band notched UWB printed monopole antenna with two open-circuited stubs in the microstrip feedline (pages 2973–2978)

      Jyoti Ranjan Panda and Rakhesh Singh Kshetrimayum

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26380

    68. Investigation of an ultra-wideband microstrip antenna using finite elementary lines approach (pages 2978–2985)

      S. Senouci, A. Zerguerras, J. Tao and T. H. Vuong

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26379

    69. A Q-band CMOS low-noise amplifier using a low-voltage cascode in 0.13-μm CMOS technology (pages 2985–2988)

      Seong-Gwon Lee and Jong-Wook Lee

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26389

    70. UMTS diplexer design using the antiparallel-coupled lines loaded with a stepped impedance resonator (pages 2988–2990)

      Min-Hua Ho and Wei-Chen Lin

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26421

    71. A new technique for bandwidth improvement and size reduction of helical antennas (pages 2990–2994)

      H. Alsawaha and A. Safaai-Jazi

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26427

    72. Circularly polarized annual ring antenna perturbed by asymmetrical defected ground structures for improved gain (pages 2994–2996)

      S. Pyo, M.-J. Lee, H.-S. Lee, S.-H. Kim and Y.-S. Kim

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26420

    73. Optical amplification based on slow light effects in the photonic crystal waveguide (pages 2997–3001)

      Yejin Zhang, Wanhua Zheng, Aiyi Qi, Hongwei Qu and Lianghui Chen

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26419

    74. A method to improve radiation efficiency by using a slot on a ground plane (pages 3001–3003)

      Seung-Jun Lee, Jae-Min Seo and Young-Sik Kim

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26401

  2. Erratum

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      Erratum: Implementation of an efficient shooting and bouncing rays scheme (page 3003)

      Fatih Dikmen, A. Arif Ergin, A. Levent Sevgili and Bilgin Terzi

      Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011 | DOI: 10.1002/mop.26418

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