News | March 26, 2010

IMS 2010 MicroApps Program Offers Broad Spectrum Of RF/Microwave Products And Applications

Source: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Microwave Theory and Techniques Society will once again present its Microwave Application Seminars (MicroApps) as part of the annual International Microwave Symposium (IMS) taking place May 23-28, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

MicroApps are engineering topics of interest to the microwave community and cover, to name a few, new products, noteworthy state-of-the-art components, emerging technologies, and novel manufacturing and design techniques that incorporate the exhibitor's products and technologies in an application-centric setting.

This year's program is the most successful yet, offering more than 57 presentations on a diverse range of topics that include hardware, software, and components, and presented by more than 30 different firms from Germany and Switzerland to Japan and Australia, as well as the United States. The papers have been categorized into seven areas of interest to provide both breadth and depth of coverage in / around any one topic:

  • high power
  • software & signal processing (signal Integrity, electromagnetics & amplifier)
  • component modeling
  • materials
  • phase noise
  • wide bandwidth
  • test equipment and measurements

This year Wednesday admission to the exhibit floor and also to the MicroApps seminars is free, enabling even more attendees to take advantage of the special talks that day, including the keynote presentation, "X-parameters: The Emerging Paradigm for Interoperable Characterization, Modeling, and Design of Nonlinear Microwave and RF Components and Systems" by Dr. David Root of Agilent Technologies. Attendees can also attend the industry-hosted reception Wednesday evening, and, at the same time, enjoy a talk by well-known industry expert Dr. James Ratio titled, "A Tutorial on Silicon Spiral Inductor Ground Return Effects on RFIC Design."

MicroApps sessions are open to everyone, thanks to sponsorship by Agilent Technologies. The MicroApps theatre is conveniently located in the midst of the exhibits at Booth 524. The complete and up-to-date MicroApps symposium schedule can be found in the IMS Program Book or online at the IMS2010.org website. A MicroApps CD of all the presentations will be available for free to all, and again this year those who are unable to attend in person will be able to view the virtual presentations online at the IEEE website.

Come to MicroApps, learn and enjoy! Looking forward to seeing you there! Booth 524, week of May 25.

SOURCE: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.