BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20201029T123933Z UID:EB824C8B-1DAE-4CA2-B156-C2DC26461403 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201023T140000 DESCRIPTION:CLASTECH Will be online this year. We have 4 great speakers.\n\ nRegistration is free for the On-Line event. Click on the orange "Register Now" button\n\n10 AM Simone Bastioli\, "Nonresonating Modes Do It Better" \n11 AM James M. Schellenberg\, "MM-wave GaN Power Amplifiers: Technology to Power the Future"\n12 PM Bill Milroy\, Thinkom\, "Commercial and Milita ry Trends in Ground\, Aeronautical\, and Space-Based SATCOM Antennas"\n1 P M John Dunn\, "Microwave Office: An Integrated Design Environment for Ante nna Arrays in Packages"\n\nWe will follow the times so that you can log on for all of them\, or just the talks you want to see.\n\nCLASTECH 2020 at 10 AM on Friday Oct 23\n\nCo-sponsored by: Coastal Los Angeles Section\, A P03\n\nSpeaker(s): Jim Schellenberg\, Bill Milroy\n\nAgenda: \n10 AM Simon e Bastioli\, "Nonresonating Modes Do It Better"\n11 AM James M. Schellenbe rg\, "MM-wave GaN Power Amplifiers: Technology to Power the Future"\n12 PM Bill Milroy\, Thinkom\, "Commercial and Military Trends in Ground\, Aeron autical\, and Space-Based SATCOM Antennas – The VICTS Phased-Array Anten na"\n1 PM Dr. John Dunn\, "Microwave Office: An Integrated Design Environm ent for Antenna Arrays in Packages"\n\nSpeaker: Simone Bastioli\nTitle: No nresonating Modes Do It Better\nAbstract: The innovative concept of nonres onating modes and how this has been recently exploited to extend the perfo rmance and capabilities of the state-of-art of microwave filter technology will be presented in this talk. Although the concept is presented by most ly focusing on filters\, as these are the components where this new techni que has found large application over the past few years\, all general feat ures are explained and illustrated in detail thus potentially paving the w ay for new applications involving other passive microwave components. Afte r a brief discussion highlighting the importance of microwave filters from a system perspective\, the main concept of the talk will be introduced by defining what is a nonresonating mode and by illustrating what are the be nefits of this approach. The concept is then gradually explained by using some waveguide as well as planar SIW examples\, as the rectangular wavegui de technology is where these modes were first observed\; most importantly\ , these examples have been proved to considerably ease the understanding o f the concepts from both students and non-experts perspectives. The genera l multimode environment of these structures is described step-by-step and several animations are introduced during the explanation thus really allow ing the audience to absorb the more general multimode concept that otherwi se often remain an obscure myth for many microwave engineers. The presenta tion is then extended to the most various filter technologies\, such as co nventional coaxial structures\, dielectric resonators based architectures\ , as well as more original mixed technologies. The presentation will also cover few examples regarding different applications such as three-port jun ctions for duplexing purposes\, and showing how actually some well-establi shed four-port components have indeed always “unconsciously” exploited some form of nonresonating modes. Several manufacturing examples of actua l products developed at RS Microwave (Dr Bastioli‘s affiliation) are goi ng to be presented along this talk\, thus also satisfying the more practic al taste of an industry audience.\n\nSpeaker: Dr. John Dunn\,\n\nTitle: "M icrowave Office: An Integrated Design Environment for Antenna Arrays in Pa ckages"\n\nAbstract: This presentation demonstrates how Cadence® AWR Desi gn Environment® is being used in the design of phased-array systems in pa ckages (SiPs). Several key new features have been designed into AWR® Micr owave Office® circuit design software to make the designer’s task easie r.\nPhased arrays are a popular technology for implementation of 5G and ra dar applications. These arrays are a natural choice for RF designers who a re searching for a compact antenna solution that can meet the performance criteria required of modern communication systems. The arrays are usually placed in a package or module with RF circuitry driving them\, which prese nts two important challenges. First\, the package must be accounted for be cause it can affect the antenna’s performance. Second\, the array intera cts with the driving circuitry because the array’s port impedances affec t the performance of the amplifiers.\nThe ways in which these specific ant enna design challenges are being addressed using AWR software will be disc ussed\, including:\n-The AWR AXIEM® and Analyst® integrated\, 3D EM simu lation environment for drawing and simulation of antenna arrays\n-How circ uit simulation results can be coupled with array performance using in-situ simulation\n-How antenna arrays can be included in system-level simulatio ns using AWR Visual System Simulator™ (VSS) system design software\n\n5G system design examples will be presented.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtoo ls.ieee.org/m/239513 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/239513 ORGANIZER:c.jackson@ieee.org SEQUENCE:26 SUMMARY:CLASTECH 2020\, MTT and APS Meeting URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/239513 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>CLASTECH Will be online this year.&nbsp\; We have 4 great speakers.</p>\n<p>Registration is free for the On-Line eve nt. Click on the orange "Register Now" button</p>\n<p>10 AM&nbsp\;<strong> Simone Bastioli</strong>\, "Nonresonating Modes Do It Better"<br />11 AM&n bsp\;<strong>James M. Schellenberg</strong>\, "MM-wave GaN Power Amplifier s: Technology to Power the Future"<br />12 PM <strong>Bill Milroy</strong> \, Thinkom\, "Commercial and Military Trends in Ground\, Aeronautical\, an d Space-Based SATCOM Antennas"<br />1 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\;<strong>John Dunn</ strong>\,&nbsp\;"Microwave Office: An Integrated Design Environment for An tenna Arrays in Packages"</p>\n<p>We will follow the times so that you can log on for all of them\, or just the talks you want to see.</p>\n<p>&nbsp \;</p>\n<p>CLASTECH 2020 at 10 AM on Friday Oct 23</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>10 AM&nbsp\;Simone Bastioli\, "Nonresonating Mode s Do It Better"<br />11 AM&nbsp\;James M. Schellenberg\, "MM-wave GaN Powe r Amplifiers: Technology to Power the Future"<br />12 PM Bill Milroy\, Thi nkom\, "Commercial and Military Trends in Ground\, Aeronautical\, and Spac e-Based SATCOM Antennas &ndash\; The VICTS Phased-Array Antenna"&nbsp\;<br />1 PM&nbsp\; &nbsp\;Dr. John Dunn\,&nbsp\;"Microwave Office: An Integrat ed Design Environment for Antenna Arrays in Packages"</p>\n<p>Speaker: Sim one Bastioli <br />Title: Nonresonating Modes Do It Better<br />Abstract: The innovative concept of nonresonating modes and how this has been recent ly exploited to extend the performance and capabilities of the state-of-ar t of microwave filter technology will be presented in this talk. Although the concept is presented by mostly focusing on filters\, as these are the components where this new technique has found large application over the p ast few years\, all general features are explained and illustrated in deta il thus potentially paving the way for new applications involving other pa ssive microwave components. After a brief discussion highlighting the impo rtance of microwave filters from a system perspective\, the main concept o f the talk will be introduced by defining what is a nonresonating mode and by illustrating what are the benefits of this approach. The concept is th en gradually explained by using some waveguide as well as planar SIW examp les\, as the rectangular waveguide technology is where these modes were fi rst observed\; most importantly\, these examples have been proved to consi derably ease the understanding of the concepts from both students and non- experts perspectives. The general multimode environment of these structure s is described step-by-step and several animations are introduced during t he explanation thus really allowing the audience to absorb the more genera l multimode concept that otherwise often remain an obscure myth for many m icrowave engineers. The presentation is then extended to the most various filter technologies\, such as conventional coaxial structures\, dielectric resonators based architectures\, as well as more original mixed technolog ies. The presentation will also cover few examples regarding different app lications such as three-port junctions for duplexing purposes\, and showin g how actually some well-established four-port components have indeed alwa ys &ldquo\;unconsciously&rdquo\; exploited some form of nonresonating mode s. Several manufacturing examples of actual products developed at RS Micro wave (Dr Bastioli&lsquo\;s affiliation) are going to be presented along th is talk\, thus also satisfying the more practical taste of an industry aud ience.</p>\n<p><br />Speaker: Dr. John Dunn\,</p>\n<p>Title: "Microwave Of fice: An Integrated Design Environment for Antenna Arrays in Packages"</p> \n<p>Abstract: This presentation demonstrates how Cadence&reg\; AWR Design Environment&reg\; is being used in the design of phased-array systems in packages (SiPs). Several key new features have been designed into AWR&reg\ ; Microwave Office&reg\; circuit design software to make the designer&rsqu o\;s task easier.<br />Phased arrays are a popular technology for implemen tation of 5G and radar applications. These arrays are a natural choice for RF designers who are searching for a compact antenna solution that can me et the performance criteria required of modern communication systems. The arrays are usually placed in a package or module with RF circuitry driving them\, which presents two important challenges. First\, the package must be accounted for because it can affect the antenna&rsquo\;s performance. S econd\, the array interacts with the driving circuitry because the array&r squo\;s port impedances affect the performance of the amplifiers.<br />The ways in which these specific antenna design challenges are being addresse d using AWR software will be discussed\, including:<br /> -The AWR AXIEM&r eg\; and Analyst&reg\; integrated\, 3D EM simulation environment for drawi ng and simulation of antenna arrays<br /> -How circuit simulation results can be coupled with array performance using in-situ simulation<br /> -How antenna arrays can be included in system-level simulations using AWR Visua l System Simulator&trade\; (VSS) system design software</p>\n<p>5G system design examples will be presented.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR