Special Issue on Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technology ========================================================= . FOREWORD ........................................................ 891 Masami AKAIKE INVITED PAPERS ============== . Millimeter Waves and Beyond ..................................... 893 Tsukasa YONEYAMA . Review of Recent Developments in Microwave Research in Australia 902 Janina CEREMUGA PAPERS ====== . A WSiN-Gate GaAs HMESFET with an Asymmetric LDD Structure for MMICs ........................................................ 907 Kazumi NISHIMURA, Kiyomitsu ONODERA, Kou INOUE, Masami TOKUMITSU, Fumiaki HYUGA and Kimiyoshi YAMASAKI . Novel Architecture and MMIC's for an Integrated Front-End of a Spectrum Analyzer ............................................... 911 Tsutomu TAKENAKA, Atsushi MIYAZAKI and Hiroyuki MATSUURA . Three-Dimensional MMIC and Its Application: An Ultra-Wideband Miniature Balun ................................................. 919 Ichihiko TOYODA, Makoto HIRANO and Tsuneo TOKUMITSU . An 11-GHz-Band Subharmonic-Injection-Locked Oscillator MMIC ..... 925 Kenji KAMOGAWA, Ichihiko TOYODA and Tsuneo TOKUMITSU . A GaAs Single Voltage Controlled RF Switch IC ................... 931 Kazuo MIYATSUJI and Daisuke UEDA . Analysis of High Power Amplifier Instability due to f0/2 Loop Oscillation ..................................................... 936 Tadashi TAKAGI, Mitsuru MOCHIZUKI, Yukinobu TARUI, Yasushi ITOH, Seiichi TSUJI and Yasuo MITSUI . High Fmax AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs with Pt/Ti/Pt/Au base contacts for DC to 40 GHz Broadband Amplifiers ..................................... 944 Tohru SUGIYAMA, Yasuhiko KURIYAMA, Norio IIZUKA, Kunio TSUDA, Kouhei MORIZUKA and Masao OBARA . Fabry-Perot Multiple-Device Oscillator Using an Axially Symmetric Mode ............................................................ 949 Minoru SANAGI, Shigeji NOGI, Kiyoshi FUKUI and Kazuyuki WATANABE . Microstrip Active Filters Using GaAs FET Negative Resistance Circuits for Loss Compensation .................................. 957 Ulun KARACAOGLU, Ian D.ROBERTSON and Marco GUGLIELMI . A Novel Noise Parameters Extraction Technique for Microwave Packaged BJT and FET ..................................................... 965 Kaijun GU and Son LE-NGOC . A Novel Millimeter-Wave IC on Si Substrate Using Flip-Chip Bonding Technology ...................................................... 971 Hiroyuki SAKAI, Yorito OTA, Kaoru INOUE, Takayuki YOSHIDA, Kazuaki TAKAHASHI, Suguru FUJITA and Morikazu SAGAWA . Highly Efficient 1.5-GHz Band Si Power MOS Amplifier Module ..... 979 Isao YOSHIDA and Mineo KATSUEDA . Enhanced Feeding Structure of Microstrip Antenna ................ 984 Sanghoon CHOI and Sangwook NAM . A Slot Coupled Microstrip Antenna with a Multi-Layer Thick Ground Plane ........................................................... 988 Kazunori TAKEUCHI, Isamu CHIBA and Yoshio KARASAWA . Radiation Properties of Ring-Shaped Microstrip Antenna Array .... 995 Motohiko KOBAYASHI, Eko Tjipto RAHARDJO, Shin-ichiro TSUDA and Misao HANEISHI . Thin-Film Slot Antenna for 700 GHz Submillimeter Wave Radiation 1002 Takashi SHIMIZU, Yasuhiko ABE and Yoshizumi YASUOKA . High-TC Superconducting Active Slot Antenna with a YBCO Step-Edge Josephson Junction Array ....................................... 1007 Wataru CHUJO, Hisashi SHIMAKAGE, Zhen WANG and Bokuji KOMIYAMA . Performance of a Circularly Polarized Base-Station Antenna in a Microcellular Environment ...................................... 1012 Alexander KUKUSHKIN . A Dual Mode Dielectric Waveguide Resonator and Its Application to Bandpass Filters ............................................... 1018 Ikuo AWAI and Takeharu YAMASHITA . A Signal-to-Noise Enhancer with Extended Bandwidth Using Two MSSW Filters and Two 90 Hybrids ................................... 1026 Youhei ISHIKAWA, Toshihiro NOMOTO, Takekazu OKADA, Satoru SHINMURA, Fumio KANAYA,Shinichiro ICHIGUCHI and Toshihito UMEGAKI . Rat-Race Hybrid Rings with a Microwave C-Section ............... 1033 Iwata SAKAGAMI, Hiroshi MASUDA and Sinji NAGAMINE . Derivation of New Equivalent Circuit for Interdigital Transducers with Leaky SAWs Using Integral Equation Approach ............... 1040 Mitsutaka HIKITA, Atsushi ISOBE, Atsushi SUMIOKA, Naoki MATSUURA and Katsunori OKAZAKI . Miniaturized Stepped Impedance Resonators with a Double Coaxial Structure and Their Application to Bandpass Filters ............ 1051 Morikazu SAGAWA, Michiaki MATSUO, Mitsuo MAKIMOTO and Kazuhiro EGUCHI . An SBR/Image Approach for Indoor Raido Propagation in a Corridor ....................................................... 1058 Shin-Hon CHEN and Shyh-Kang JENG . Temperature Depending SAR Distribution in Human Body During Hyperthermia Treatment ......................................... 1063 Yoshio NIKAWA . Multifrequency Microwave Radiometry for Non-Invasive Thermometry Using a New Temperature Profile Model Function ................. 1071 Hiroyuki OHBA, Masahiro KINOMURA, Michimasa ITO, Toshifumi SUGIURA and Shizuo MIZUSHINA . Amplitude and Phase Control of an RF Signal Using Liquid-Crystals by Optoelectronic Method .......................................... 1082 Osamu KOBAYASHI and Hiroyo OGAWA . An Electro-Optic BFN For Array Antenna Beam Forming ............ 1090 Yoshiaki KAMIYA, Yasushi MURAKAMI, Wataru CHUJO and Masayuki FUJISE . Characterization of Single and Coupled Microstrip Lines Covered with Protective Dielectric Film ..................................... 1095 Kazuhiko ATSUKI, Keren LI and Shoichiro YAMAGUCHI . Dynamic Analysis of Uniplanar Guided-Wave Structures with Trapezoidal Conductor Profile and Micro-shielding Enclosure .... 1100 Tongqing WANG and Ke WU . Influence of Films' Thickness and Air Gaps in Surface Impedance Measurements of High Temperature Super-conductors Using the Dielectric Resonator Technique ................................. 1106 Janina CEREMUGA, Jerzy KRUPKA, Richard GEYER and JoLzef MODELSKI . Fundamental Time Domain Solutions for Plane TEM-Waves in Lossy Media and Applications ............................................... 1111 Michael SCHINKE and Karl REISS . Efficient Fullwave Analysis of a Waveguide T-Junction with an Inductive Post ................................................. 1117 Zhewang MA and Eikichi YAMASHITA . Dielectric Measurements in the 60-GHz Band Using a High-Q Gaussian Beam Open Resonator ............................................ 1125 Philippe COQUET, Toshiaki MATSUI and Masahiro KIYOKAWA . Radiation from a Parallel-Plate-Fed Slit in a Thick Conducting Screen ......................................................... 1131 Hyo J.EOM and Tah J.PARK LETTERS ======= . A Ku-Band Transversal Filter Using Directional Couplers Made of a Multilayer Ceramic ............................................. 1134 Toshiro HIRATSUKA, Yutaka IDA, Nobuaki IMAI and Eiichi OGAWA . Narrowband Experimental Study for Indoor Propagation Characteristics in the 60 GHz Band ............................................. 1139 Kazumasa TAIRA, Kazunori FUJIWARA, Takeshi MANABE, Mitsuhiko MIZUNO and Yoshinori KASASHIMA . Field Matching Analysis of a Hybrid Structure Including a Radial Cavity and H-Plane Coupled Rectangular Waveguides .............. 1146 Marek E.BIALKOWSKI, Vesa P.WARIS and Paul W.DAVIS . ABSTRACTS (IEICE Trans., Vol.J78-C-I, J78-C-II, No.8 in Japanese) ....................................................... 1151