RF/Microwave Engineering

This KG encloses all the engineers with some theoretical knowledge and work experience in design, implementation and test of RF/MW advanced components and front-end modules between the antenna and the back-end of a wireless system. The complete competence profile of the Knowledge Group is provided in the following table:

Members

Xavier Artiga Campos

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	RF/Microwave Communication System/Sub-system design/simulation	Design, implementation and measurement of an UWB receiver.
	Test/Measurement Instrumentation (Spectrum Analyzer,Network Analyzer,Logic analyzer)	Vivaldi antennas with embedded reconfigurable stop band filters
	ADS, Mentor Graphics, HFSS, Ansoft Designer
	UWB systems

David López Bueno

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	MMIC design (HBT and PHEMT)	Ku-IF Downconverters AIT (Assembly, Integration and Test) technical support
	RF/Microwave Communication System/Sub-system design/simulation	Design & AIT of an X-band SSPA MMIC
	Analog/RF/Microwave Active/Passive hybrid/discrete design/simulation	TTC Transponders MMIC Qualification Campaing documentation readiness
	Assembly, Integration and Test (Hands-on laboratory experience: prototyping, tuning, RF laboratory T&M instrumentation usage & programming)	UHF section designer of S-band up&down converters. AIT technical support to the whole product.
	4-channel Multi-band RF Transceiver development (MIMO-OFDM testbed)	Multi-channel receiver migration/upgrade from WiFi to WiMAX

Pavel Miškovský

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	Antenna measurement	UWB antennas: discone antenna, 50cent antenna, R-loaded antenna, C-loaded antenna
	CAD/CAE tools (OrCad/ADS/MWO/MWS/SPICE)	Development of UWB radiation efficiency measurement method
	Schematic Capture/PCB Layout	Monopoles on glass substrate
	Antenna design	WiMAX monopole (PIFA)
	RF/Microwave Communication System/Sub-system design/simulation
	Analog/RF/Microwave/Millimeterwave/Optical Active/Passive hybrid/discrete design/simulation
	Test/Measurement Instrumentation (Spectrum Analyzer,Network Analyzer,Logic analyzer,Signal Analyzer)design/simulation
	UWB systems
	Simulation (MATLAB/Simulink)

Selva Via Labrada

Homepage	Core Skills	Some Development Examples (professional)
	RF/Microwave circuits design and simulation (ADS, Momentum)	ISM Oscillator design
	Antenna Design and Simulation (HFSS)	Wide Band Antennas
	Antenna measurement (Anechoic Chamber)
	RF/ Microwave circuits measurement (Network Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer, Signal Generator)
	PCB Prototyping (Milling and LASER)
	Instrumets remote control using Matlab