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September 2025 Issue

Upcoming Webinars


  • October 14, 2025 | Silicon-Based Phased-Arrays and their Impact on Satellite Communications, Point-to-Point Communications , 5G/6G and Radars| Gabriel Rebeiz (University of California, San Diego)


  • November 11, 2025 | Efficiency-linearity trade-off in Doherty Power Amplifiers | Anna Piacibello (Politecnico di Torino)


  • December 9, 2025 | Powering the Future: Overcoming Obstacles in Wireless Power Beaming | Ifana Mahbub (The University of Texas at Dallas)


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Call for Papers for Papers | Deadlines


  • October 1, 2025 | 2026 IEEE International Microwave Filter Workshop (IMFW)| Call for Papers


  • December 2, 2025 | 2026 IEEE MTT-S Radio Frequency Systems and Applications (RFSA)| Call for Papers



  • December 2, 2025 | 2026 IEEE MTT-S Radio Frequency Technology and Techniques (RFTT)| Call for Papers


  • January 6, 2026 | 2026 IEEE MTT-S Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFIC)| Call for Papers



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Congratulations to Our 2025 Outstanding Chapter Awardees!

Every year, the IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society recognizes the contributions of its chapters based on the quantity and quality of the activities and programs implemented by the chapter during a calendar year spanning the period of January 1st – December 31st.


The IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Chapter Award is given annually to a maximum of 5% of the MTT society chapters worldwide. All the chapters can apply including MTT-S chapters, joint chapters, and student branch chapters (SBC), except for a previously awarded chapter to become eligible for re-application only after three years from the year of the most recent Outstanding Chapter Award.


Congratulations again to all our winning chapters!


  • IEEE MTT-S/AP-S UK Ireland Joint Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S/AP-S/EMC-S Joint Chapter Hyderabad
  • IEEE MTT-S Kenya Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S FST Student Branch Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S University of Mount Union Student Branch Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S Government Engineering College Bartonhill Student Branch Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S/AP-S IISc Bangalore Student Branch Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S National Institute of Technology Patna Student Branch Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S/APS/GRS Dayton Section Joint Chapter
  • IEEE MTT-S Universidade estadual de campinas Student Branch Chapter

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New for 2025! MTT-S Volunteer Spotlight

IEEE Boston MTT/AP-S Joint Chapter: Keeping the Boston Hub Dynamic

IEEE MTT/AP-S Boston Joint Chapter is the first to be featured from Region 1 in Microwave Magazine!


Greater Boston is well known as a hub for microwave and antenna engineering. Because of the depth and breadth of expertise, research, and development activities that can be found in the region, it is further home to more than 700 students and 8,000 IEEE Members in a 50-mile radius as well as to a large number of world-class corporations, organizations, and universities.


The IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society Chapter has been operating continuously for approximately 15 years with regular elections and officer turnover, indicating healthy interest not just in the events but in service to the community as well. In September 2024, a merger with the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Chapter was completed in recognition of the common skills and interests of the two Societies. The Joint Chapter maintains its goal of hosting events roughly every other month, in a variety of formats and locations, to maximize its reach across all potential audiences.


Read the full text on IEEEXplore and learn more about the regular events of our highly active Joint Chapter in the heart of this historic microwave hub:


https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11118994


– MTT-S MGA & MM Featured Chapters Coordinator

Do you have a friend or colleague who is doing great things as an MTT-S Volunteer? Nominate them to be featured in the e-newsletter volunteer spotlight! Click the button below:

Featured Articles

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Space Domain Awareness and Associated High-Power Radar Transmitter Technologies


This article reviews vacuum electronic device (VED) and high power solid state phased array radar transmitter technology for space-domain awareness (SDA) applications to detect and track satellites and millions of potentially hazardous space objects. Advanced VEDs including gyrotron amplifiers in the W-band are capable of as much as 160 kW peak power. Solid state technology currently enable amplifiers capable of 1 kW in the X-band and 30 kW in the C band, and advances in power combiner technology promise a potential 5-fold increase in output power in the X-band. MMICs are finding use in SDA applications at 92 to 100 GHz. Advances in solid state phased array radar for SDA applications is advancing rapidly.

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Design of an Ultra-Wide Bandwidth Circularly Polarized Implantable Antenna for Wireless Biological Telemetry Systems

This paper presents an ultra-wide bandwidth circularly polarized implantable antenna for wireless biological telemetry systems. The effective axial ratio bandwidth of this antenna covers the 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical frequency band and the 1.9 GHz mid-field band. Its size is 0.028λ0×0.057λ0×0.004λ0. Miniaturization is achieved by adding rectangular slots to the radiation patch to form a symmetrical rectangular meandering structure, and introducing shorting probes.The study confirmed that this antenna can maintain stable performance at different implantation environments.

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Inverse Design of Broadband Optimal Power Amplifiers Enabled by Deep Learning

An inverse design method for broadband power amplifiers (PAs) is presented in this article that does not rely on the designer’s expertise and can directly synthesize the optimal layout of the output matching network (OMN). A highly randomized patterned microstrip (PM) is employed as the OMN, which can significantly expand the design space. A high-speed electromagnetic (EM) simulator is implemented through deep learning (DL) to accomplish highly accurate prediction of S-parameters. Based on the fast responsiveness of DL, two inverse design methods are proposed. As a verification of the method, a 6–18 GHz PA is designed and fabricated in a 0.25- μ m gallium nitride (GaN) technology.

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Low-Noise and High-Survivability 55–65-GHz GaN MMIC LNA for Millimeter-Wave Communications

This letter reports the design, fabrication, and measurement of a high-input-power-survivability V-band GaN monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) LNA with an average measured noise figure of 2.08 dB in the 55–65-GHz range and a measured noise figure (NF) of 1.97 dB at 65 GHz. The 40-nm-gate-length GaN-on-SiC MMIC process used enables a record low noise figure for high-frequency GaN technology and a high-input-power survivability, ≥27 dBm, not possible on traditional high-performance GaAs and InP MMIC processes. This is a state-of-the-art result in terms of both lowest noise figure and highest survivability for millimeter-wave GaN MMIC LNA.

MTT-S News and Announcements

New Journal! The IEEE Journal on Wireless Power Technologies (JWPT)

The IEEE Journal on Wireless Power Technologies (JWPT) is a multi-disciplinary publication promoting the latest developments in wireless power technologies with an emphasis on hardware implementation.


JWPT is jointly sponsored by the following IEEE groups: Power Electronics Society, Microwave Theory and Technology Society, Industrial Electronics Society, Antennas and Propagation Society, Industry Applications Society, Electron Devices Society, Council on Radio Frequency Identification, and Electromagnetic Compatibility Society.


To submit a paper, please visit this link.


Learn more about the journal.

Upcoming Events


The 28th edition of the European Microwave Week (EuMW 2025) will come to Utrecht to continue the annual series of highly successful microwave events that started back in 1998. EuMW 2025 comprises three co-located conferences: The European Microwave Conference (EuMC), The European Microwave Integrated Circuits Conference (EuMIC), and The European Radar Conference (EuRAD). In addition, EuMW 2025 includes the Forum on Defence, Security and Space, the Automotive Forum, the 6G Forum, and an extensive trade show. EuMW 2025 provides the opportunity to participate in conferences, workshops, short courses, and special events such as Women in Microwave Engineering.


IEEE EPEPS is the premier international conference on advanced and emerging issues in electrical modeling, analysis and design of electronic interconnections, packages and systems. It also focuses on new methodologies and design techniques for evaluating and ensuring signal, power and thermal integrity in high-speed designs. EPEPS is jointly sponsored by the IEEE Electronics Packaging Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society.


Dear Colleagues, we are thrilled to invite you to be part of the International Microwave & Antennas Symposium (IMAS) 2025, a premier IEEE conference bringing together global experts, researchers, and industry leaders in microwave, antennas, and electromagnetic technologies. Hosted in Nairobi, Kenya, in October 2025, this landmark event will serve as a platform to explore cutting-edge advancements, emerging trends, and real-world applications in wireless communication, radar, sensing, and beyond. With a strong focus on industry-academia collaboration, IMAS 2025 offers an unparalleled opportunity for networking, knowledge exchange, and strategic partnerships. As an industry partner or sponsor, you will gain direct access to top-tier professionals, researchers, and decision makers who are shaping the future of wireless and antenna

technologies.

The 21st SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC) is an international event held in collaboration between the Brazilian Microwave and Optoelectronics Society (SBMO) and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). For this edition, we will also count on the technical support of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S). The conference focuses on the latest advancements in microwave, optoelectronics, and related technologies, covering topics such as wireless communications, radar systems, antennas, optical fibers, photonics, and emerging applications like IoT and 5G. IMOC 2025 will serve as a leading international platform for sharing advancements in research and development across the theoretical and experimental domains of Microwaves and Optoelectronics. The conference will cover cutting-edge topics, including Millimeter Waves, Terahertz Technology, Antennas, Propagation, Wireless Communication, Fiber Optics, and Photonic Networks.


Editorial Board

NEW! Editor-in-Chief

Joel Arzola

Raytheon, USA

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