European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference

The 6th European Microwave Integrated Circuits (EuMIC)

Conference will be held from October 10-12 2011 in Manchester, UK

as part of the European Microwave Week. This microwave

integrated circuits conference will continue to help make European

Microwave Week the largest event in Europe related to RF

microelectronics.

Monolithic Microwave Integrated circuits, MMICs and RFICs, are the

foundation of today’s communication and sensing systems. While

GaAs and silicon based IC technologies are used extensively in

today’s systems, emerging technologies such as wide band gap (SiC,

GaN, etc.), InP/antimonide CNT and Graphene based devices are

expected to become commercially available within a few years, with

a big impact on system performance.

The downscaling of silicon technologies such as CMOS and SiGe-

HBT, according to Moore’s law, has now resulted in device

performance close to the III-V technologies with cut-off frequencies

exceeding 400 GHz. Highly integrated microwave and millimetre-

wave systems will also be available for many more consumer mass

market applications.

As a result of the downscaling, there are, however, numerous

technical challenges to overcome, including low breakdown

voltage, higher 1/f noise, substrate noise, and many others.

To provide short time-to-product, first-pass success in the design

becomes critical. Accurate component modelling and efficient

CAD/CAE tools are vitally important. Success in these technologies

will enable new services in the areas of safety and security, high bit-

rate wireless access, and multigigabit/s low-cost wireless links. In

such a swiftly changing environment, it is essential to be well

informed about the latest technological developments.

EuMIC is the leading conference in Europe for MMIC and RFIC

technology, design and applications and is the ideal event to keep

abreast of the latest achievements in the field.

The conference will promote the exchange of scientific and

technical information on physical fundamentals, material

technology, process technology, physics-based and empirical

modelling of microwave and optoelectronic devices, design of

monolithic ICs based on GaAs, InP, SiGe, GaN, SiC, RF CMOS and

other semiconductor materials. Special emphasis will be given to

applications covering the field of telecommunications (RF,

microwave and optical), automotive, sensors, MEMS, defence and

space, as well as emerging technologies such as wide band-gap

semiconductors.