PASSIVE COMPONENTS, CIRCUITS AND SUBSYSTEMS

• Planar Passive Components and Circuits: Transmission line elements and devices, distributed-line and lumped-element approaches, circuit synthesis and analysis, equivalent circuits

• Planar and Non-Planar Filters and Multiplexers: Planar, waveguide, coaxial, dielectric filters, resonators, couplers, dividers/combiners, frequency and time domain approaches, performance evaluation

• Tunable and Reconfigurable Circuits and Systems: Electronic, magnetic, mechanic, thermal tuning approaches, switches and switching devices, tunable, reconfigurable or programmable devices, performance metrics and evaluation

• Multiferroics, Electro-Optics, RF MEMS and NEMS, and MOEMS: Electronically and magnetically controllable RF properties, multi-physical transduction mechanisms and devices, micromachined components, ferrite, bulk and surface acoustic devices, multi-layer

• Metamaterials, Frequency-Selective Surfaces, and Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures: components, radiative and non-radiative leaky-wave structures, simulation of periodic structures, dispersion and bandgap engineering

• Interconnects, Packaging and Multi-Chip Modules: First- and second-level interconnects, hybrid integration, substrate technologies, thin- and thick-layer multi-layer technologies, low-parasitic assembly and packaging approaches, electronic, mechanic and

• Emerging Material, Circuit, and Device Technologies: Inorganic and organic, solid-state, soft or liquid, crystalline or amorphous electronic materials and devices, superconducting RF materials and devices, fabrication and characterisation techniques

ACTIVE COMPONENTS, CIRCUITS AND SUBSYSTEMS

• Active Tunable and Metamaterial Circuits and Non-Foster-Circuits: Artificial transmission line elements and circuits, electronic reactance elements, active matching circuits, stability and noise considerations, active, tunable and integrated filters

• Low-Noise Circuits and Modules: Low-noise detectors, amplifiers and frontends, radiometers, semiconductor technology and circuit-design issues, noise modelling

• Linear and Nonlinear Frequency Conversion Techniques: Modulators, mixers, frequency multipliers/dividers, short- and long-term stability, harmonic distortion, intermodulation and spectral purity

• High-Frequency Generation Techniques: Two- and three-pole oscillator circuits, analog, digital and mixed-signal oscillator architectures, small- and large-signal design approaches, reference oscillators, phase-locked loops, frequency synthesizers, frequency conversion and control systems

• Power Amplifiers and Smart Transmitters: Efficiency Enhancement, Linearisation, and Hybrid Integration: Cartesian and polar power amplifier design, behavioral modelling, continuous and switch-mode operation, linearisation and predistortion techniques, efficiency enhancement, adaptive gain

• Vacuum Electronics: Standing and traveling-wave tube amplifiers and generators, efficiency enhancement, modelling and simulation, packaging and integration

• Front-End and Transceiver Modules: Analog and digital front-end designs, heterodyne low- and zero-IF and homodyne architectures, mixed-signal approaches, multi-standard and multi-band capabilites, system noise temperature, effi ciency, dynamic range and bandwidth considerations

FIELD AND CIRCUIT ANALYSIS, SIMULATION AND CHARACTERISATION TECHNIQUES

• Electromagnetic Field Theory and Numerical Techniques: Resonant and broadband waveguiding structures, frequency and time domain modelling, finite difference, finite element, integral equation and hybrid methods, periodic structures, sparse arrays, boundary conditions and mode matching, multi-scale and multi-physics approaches

• Electromagnetic Compatibility, Signal Integrity and Electromagnetic Interference: Field emission and immission modelling and measurements, electromagnetic compatibility, robustness and interference issues, signalflow device modelling, distortion and stability analyses, digital pre- and postdistortion techniques

• Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Matter, Electromagnetic Scattering: Electromagnetic propagation and absorption phenomena and numerical modelling, effective medium approaches, electrodynamic characterisation of biological materials and living systems, interaction on atomic/molecular/macroscopic level, radar cross-section

• Measurement Techniques and Systems from RF to Terahertz: Frequency and time domain measurements, narrowband and wideband characterisation, de-embedding and calibration, automated performance testing

• Simulation of Electrically Large Problems: Characteristic mode analysis, numerically effi cient simulation approaches, model order reduction, methods of approximation

ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION

• Integrated Antennas: Design, implementation and measurements of integrated active and passive antennas and feed circuitry, hybrid and monolithic integration, substrate and packaging technologies, size and efficiency considerations

• **) Phased Arrays (Active/Passive), Related Circuits and Components, Tx/Rx Module Technologies: Array design, feed and distribution network, phase shifters and delay lines, receive and transmit arrays, active and passive retrodirective arrays, bias and control circuitry,

• Antenna Systems: Theory, Modelling, Calibration and Measurements: Modelling and design of electrically small antennas, characteristic mode analysis, sparse arrays, nearfield measurements, time-domain measurements, nearfield-farfield transformations

• Smart Antennas, Antenna Systems with Digital Beam Forming, MIMO Antennas: Smart antennas, multi-beam antennas, beam forming and beam steering, analog and digital vector-modulators, multi-antenna systems, diversity schemes, MIMO antennas, massive-MIMO approaches

• Channel Measurements and Modelling: Narrowband and wideband channel measurements at RF, microwave, millimetre-wave and THz frequencies, channel modelling for mobile and car-to-x communications, extended channel models, cluster representation

• Channel Emulation and Over-the-Air Testing: Wave-field synthesis, cluster emulation, virtual radio environment, conducted and wireless over-the-air testing, wireless-cable approaches, MIMO-OTA testing, radio channel emulators

SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

• System-in-Package Technologies from RF to Terahertz and Photonics: Dielectric and substrate materials, LTCC, LCP and MCM technologies, component and subsystem packaging, assembly methods, 3D-printing, wafer stacking, 3D-interconnects

• System Technologies from RF to Terahertz: High-speed, wideband and ultra-wideband systems, mixed-signal architectures and systems, analog-digital conversion, programmable and software-defined systems, commercial as well as industrial-scientific-medical applications,

• Ultra-Wideband Technology and Systems: Ultra-wideband sensing, localisation and communication techniques and applications, imaging and spectroscopy, system implementation, performance evaluation

• Emerging Architectures for Wired and Wireless Systems from RF to Terahertz: Flexible and wearable devices, system architectures and topologies, embedded systems, distributed systems, electronic dust

• Mobile and Satellite Communications: Antennas, sensors and front-ends for base transceiver stations and user terminals for mobile and car-to-x communications, sensing and wireless data transmission, MIMO antennas, ground- and space-based antennas and microwave equipment

• Navigation and Localisation: Satellite-based navigation systems, multiconstellation and multi-band receivers, robust navigation systems for safety-, security-, environmental- or liability-critical applications, in-door navigation, intelligent navigation

• Process Automation, Mobility, and Logistics: Microwave devices, systems and applications in process automation (Industry 4.0), intelligent transport systems and smart logistics, machine-to-machine communications, smart metering, smart cars, smart grids

• Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Harvesting: Short and long-range device and system designs, nearfield and farfield techniques, high-power applications, rectifier circuits, energy harvesting techniques, circuits and devices

• High-Power Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Applications: Microwave and millimetre-wave-assisted heating, sintering, and physical/chemical material synthesis and processing, nuclear fusion, non-destructive evaluation and testing

• Biological and Medical Applications, Wireless Health Care and Ambient Assisted Living: Diagnostic and therapeutic applications, biological and clinical measurement and treatment systems, wireless medical sensors and implants, body-area networks, medical telemetry and te

• RFID, Near Field Communication, Sensor Networks and Sensor Data Fusion: Passive and active RFID tags and readers, low-power nearfield communication, multi-physical sensor design, non-destructive testing, remote sensing, sensor networks, sensor fusion and data fusion

• Cognitive Radio and Wireless Multimedia Communications: Adaptive antenna and front-end concepts, circuits for cognitive radio applications, broadband high-speed power and spectrum sensing, software-defined radio