Department of Microelectronics
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science

Carmine De Martino

Publications

  1. Spectral Purity Evaluation of VNA Frequency Extenders to Enable Electronic Software-Based Power Control
    De Martino, C.; Lopez, J. Bueno; Spirito, M.;
    In 2023 101st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 01-04, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG57476.2023.10279333
    Keywords: ... Power measurement;Power control;Power system harmonics;Harmonic analysis;Software;Frequency measurement;Calibration;mm-wave;frequency extenders;spectral purity;device characterization;large-signal;s-parameter.

  2. Reduced Calibration Error Employing Parametrized EM models and DC Load Extraction
    Shokrolahzade, Ehsan; De Martino, Carmine; Spirito, Marco;
    In 2023 100th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG56062.2023.10148882
    Keywords: ... Semiconductor device modeling;Resistors;Radio frequency;Analytical models;Perturbation methods;Calibration;Probes;Vector Network Analyzer;calibration;on-wafer;probe-level;Short Open Load Reciprocal;SOLR;Quartz.

  3. Extending the Open-Short de-embedding frequency via metal-l on-wafer calibration approaches
    Esposito, C.; De Martino, C.; Lehmann, S.; Zhao, Z.; Mothes, S.; Kretzschmar, C.; Schröter, M.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2022 99th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG54656.2022.9896529
    Keywords: ... Radio frequency;Analytical models;Three-dimensional displays;Fixtures;Data models;Calibration;Topology;Calibration;De-embedding;mm-Wave;Open-Short.

  4. Employing M1 direct calibration/de-embedding approaches for large signal model validation at mm-wave frequencies
    De Martino, C.; Esposito, C.; Schroter, M.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2022 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    pp. 1-2, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz50927.2022.9895785
    Keywords: ... Semiconductor device modeling;Measurement;CMOS technology;Foundries;Calibration.

  5. H-band Quartz-Silicon Leaky-Wave Lens with Air-Bridge Interconnect to GaAs Front-End
    Arias Campo, M; K. Holc; R. Weber; C. De Martino; M. Spirito; A. Leuther; S. Bruni; N. Llombart;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    2021. Early Access. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3049640

  6. Wideband modeling of CMOS Schottky barrier diode detectors for THz radiometry
    S. van Berkel; S. Malotaux; C. de Martino; M. Spirito; D. Cavallo; A. Neto; N. Llombart;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 11, Issue 5, pp. 495-507, Sep. 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3085137

  7. H-Band Quartz-Silicon Leaky-Wave Lens With Air-Bridge Interconnect to GaAs Front-End
    Arias Campo, Marta; Holc, Katarzyna; Weber, Rainer; De Martino, Carmine; Spirito, Marco; Leuther, Arnulf; Bruni, Simona; Llombart, Nuria;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 11, Issue 3, pp. 297-309, May 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3049640

  8. Wideband Modeling of CMOS Schottky Barrier Diode Detectors for THz Radiometry
    Berkel, Sven van; Malotaux, Eduard Satoshi; Martino, Carmine de; Spirito, Marco; Cavallo, Daniele; Neto, Andrea; Llombart, Nuria;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 11, Issue 5, pp. 495-507, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3085137
    Keywords: ... Modeling;Ultra wideband technology;Submillimeter wave technology;Wideband;Radiometry;Schottky diodes;Noise-equivalent power (NEP);noise-equivalent temperature difference (NETD);passive imaging;radiometry;Schottky barrier diode (SBD);submillimeter wave;terahertz (THz);ultrawideband.

  9. H-Band Quartz-Silicon Leaky-Wave Lens With Air-Bridge Interconnect to GaAs Front-End
    Arias Campo, Marta; Holc, Katarzyna; Weber, Rainer; De Martino, Carmine; Spirito, Marco; Leuther, Arnulf; Bruni, Simona; Llombart, Nuria;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 11, Issue 3, pp. 297-309, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2021.3049640
    Keywords: ... Lenses;Dipole antennas;Antennas;Wideband;Silicon;Antenna feeds;Gallium arsenide;Air-bridge chip interconnect;antenna-in-package;H-band;leaky-wave antenna;lens antenna;mm-wave;off-chip antenna.

  10. Measurements of H-Band Quartz-Silicon Leaky-Wave Lens with Off-Chip Air-Bridge Interconnect
    Marta Arias Campo; Katarzyna Holc; Rainer Weber; Carmine De Martino; Marco Spirito; Arnulf Leuther; Simona Bruni; Nuria Llombart;
    In 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP),
    Düsseldorf, Germany, Mar. 22-26 2021.

  11. Pre-Silicon direct Calibration/De-embedding Evaluation and Device Parameters Uncertainty Estimation
    Esposito, C.; De Martino, C.; Lehmann, S.; Zhao, Zhixing; Schroter, M.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2021 97th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG52261.2021.9640156
    Keywords: ... Uncertain systems;Uncertainty;Transducers;Systematics;Measurement uncertainty;Mathematical models;Data models;[Calibration;De-embedding;mm-wave].

  12. Wideband double leaky slot lens antennas in CMOS technology at sub-millimeter wavelengths
    Sven Van Berkel; Satoshi Malotaux; Carmine De Martino; Marco Spirito; Danielle Cavallo; Andrea Neto; Nuria Llombart;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 10, Issue 5, pp. 540-553, Jul. 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2020.3006750

  13. Hardware and Software Solutions for Active Frequency Scalable (Sub)mm-Wave Load–Pull
    De Martino, Carmine; Galatro, Luca; Romano, Raffaele; Parisi, Gaetano; Spirito, Marco;
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques,
    Volume 68, Issue 9, pp. 3769-3775, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.3005178
    Keywords: ... Frequency control;Hardware;Frequency modulation;Frequency synthesizers;Frequency measurement;Power measurement;Device modeling;large-signal characterization;load–pull;mixed-signal;mm-wave.

  14. Wideband Double Leaky Slot Lens Antennas in CMOS Technology at Submillimeter Wavelengths
    van Berkel, Sven; Malotaux, Eduard Satoshi; De Martino, Carmine; Spirito, Marco; Cavallo, Daniele; Neto, Andrea; Llombart, Nuria;
    IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology,
    Volume 10, Issue 5, pp. 540-553, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2020.3006750
    Keywords: ... Lenses;Silicon;Antenna measurements;Slot antennas;Metals;Bandwidth;CMOS antennas;direct detection;double slot;leaky lenses;leaky wave;millimeter waves;on-chip antennas;submillimeter waves;terahertz (THz);THz imaging;ultrawideband.

  15. Experimental validation of system NEP of a single-pixel THz imaging camera in CMOS
    S.L. van Berkel; E.S. Malotaux; C. de Martino; M. Spirito; D. Cavallo; A. Neto; N. Llombart;
    In 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation,
    Copenhagen, Denmark, Mar. 15-20 2020.

  16. Experimental Modeling and High-Frequency Characterization of NEP for a CMOS THz Imager
    S.L. van Berkel; E.S. Malotaux; C. de Martino; M. Spirito; D. Cavallo; A. Neto; N. Llombart;
    In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium,
    Montréal, Canada, Jul. 5-10 2020.

  17. System NEP verification of a wideband THz direct detector in CMOS
    S. L. van Berkel; S. Malotaux; C. de Martino; M. Spirito; D. Cavallo; A. Neto; N. Llombart;
    In 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    Buffalo, NY, USA, Nov. 8-13 2020.

  18. System NEP Verification of a Wideband THz Direct Detector in CMOS
    van Berkel, S.L.; Malotaux, E.S.; de Martino, C.; Spirito, M.; Cavallo, D.; Neto, A.; Llombart, N.;
    In 2020 45th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz),
    pp. 1-1, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz46771.2020.9370624
    Keywords: ... Antenna measurements;Semiconductor device modeling;Schottky diodes;Slot antennas;Schottky barriers;Detectors;Wideband.

  19. Towards Commercially Available Quartz Calibration Substrates
    Galatro, Luca; De Martino, Carmine; van ‘t Hof, Jos; Alomari, Mohammed; Sailer, Holger; Burghartz, Joachim; Spirito, Marco;
    In 2020 95th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-5, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG47271.2020.9241374
    Keywords: ... Semiconductor device modeling;Silicon compounds;Microwave measurement;Stability criteria;Network analyzers;Benchmark testing;Silicon;VNA;calibration;on-wafer;probe-level;RSOL;fused silica.

  20. Over-the-Air Characterization Of mm-Wave On-Chip Antennas and Tx Modules, Concept and Calibration
    De Martino, C.; Visweswaran, Akshay; Spirito, M.;
    In 2020 95th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG47271.2020.9241375
    Keywords: ... Antenna measurements;Microwave measurement;Microwave antennas;Phase measurement;Power measurement;Receivers;Calibration;Over-the-Air;Antenna Measurements;mm-wave;THZ measurements;Phase Calibration;power calibration;phase-coherent sources.

  21. Vector gain based EVM estimation at mm-wave frequencies
    Van ‘t Hof, J.; De Martino, C.; Malotaux, S.; Squillante, M.; Marchetti, M.; Galatro, L.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2020 95th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-5, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG47271.2020.9241384
    Keywords: ... Performance evaluation;Millimeter wave transistors;Power measurement;Millimeter wave measurements;Loading;Millimeter wave technology;Gain measurement;5G;EVM;linearity;mm-wave characterization;vector gain.

  22. An integrated 132-147GHz power source with +27dBm EIRP
    Visweswaran, Akshay; Haag, Alexander; de Martino, Carmine; Disch, Karina; Maiwald, Tim; Vignon, Bastien; Aufinger, Klaus; Spirito, Marco; Zwick, Thomas; Wambacq, Piet;
    In 2020 IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC),
    pp. 219-222, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/RFIC49505.2020.9218353
    Keywords: ... Transistors;Substrates;Dielectric resonator antennas;Stability analysis;Power amplifiers;Layout.

  23. A TRL Error-box Split Procedure to Compensate for the Bias Dependency Effects in Device Test-Fixtures
    De Martino, C.; Malotaux, E.S.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2019 93rd ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-6, 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2019.8739197
    Keywords: ... Calibration;Electrostatic discharges;Perturbation methods;Fixtures;Capacitance;Mathematical model;Scattering parameters;mm-wave;ESD;on-wafer;Antenna effect;S-parameters;TRL calibration.

  24. Direct mm-Wave On-Wafer Power Calibration Employing CMOS as a Transfer Device
    De Martino, C.; Malotaux, E. S.; Galatro, L.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2018 91st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2018.8423821
    Keywords: ... Microwave measurement;Meters;MOSFET;Power measurement;Power control;Measurement uncertainty;Time measurement;mm-wave;power calibration;power control;on-wafer;S-parameters;large signal characterization;square-law detector.

  25. On the Impact of Radiation Losses in TRL Calibrations
    Spirito, M.; De Martino, C.; Galatro, L.;
    In 2018 91st ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-3, 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2018.8423820
    Keywords: ... Substrates;Calibration;Coplanar waveguides;Metals;Boundary conditions;Permittivity;Dielectrics;Surface waves;multimode propagation;dispersion;on-wafer calibration;(sub)mm-wave.

  26. A Planar Near-Field Setup for Millimeter-Wave System-Embedded Antenna Testing
    Alonso-delPino, Maria; Rosa, Marco di; Simeoni, Massimiliano; Spella, Maristella; De Martino, Carmine; Spirito, Marco;
    IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters,
    Volume 16, pp. 83-86, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2016.2557239
    Keywords: ... Antenna measurements;Probes;Semiconductor device measurement;Antenna radiation patterns;Phase measurement;Frequency measurement;Embedded antenna;near-field measurement;on-module antenna.

  27. A Planar Near-Field Setup for Millimeter-Wave System-Embedded Antenna Testing
    M. Alonso-delPino; M. d. Rosa; M. Simeoni; M. Spella; C. De Martino; M. Spirito;
    IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters,
    Volume 16, pp. 83-86, 2017.
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  28. A near-field setup with independent amplitude and phase control of the stimuli for phased antenna testing
    De Martino, Carmine; Spirito, Marco; Lager, Ioan E.; Simeoni, Massimiliano;
    In 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP),
    pp. 2851-2855, 2017. DOI: 10.23919/EuCAP.2017.7928515
    Keywords: ... Antenna arrays;Antenna measurements;Antenna radiation patterns;Testing;Calibration;Europe.

  29. A near-field setup with independent amplitude and phase control of the stimuli for phased antenna testing
    C. De Martino; M. Spirito; I. E. Lager; M. Simeoni;
    In 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation,
    Paris, France, pp. 2862-2866, Mar. 19–24 2017.

  30. Design and linearity analysis of a D-band power amplifier in 0.13 μm SiGe BiCMOS technology
    Hu, Z.; Sarris, G.; De Martino, C.; Spirito, M.; McCune, E.;
    In 2017 IEEE Compound Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Symposium (CSICS),
    pp. 1-4, 2017. DOI: 10.1109/CSICS.2017.8240469
    Keywords: ... Silicon germanium;BiCMOS integrated circuits;Power amplifiers;Heterojunction bipolar transistors;Radiofrequency integrated circuits;CMOS technology;Millimeter wave integrated circuits;D-band;HBT;millimeter-wave integrated circuits;power amplifier (PA);silicon-germanium (SiGe).

  31. Power level control of mm-wave test benches for accurate small and large-signal DUT measurements
    De Martino, C.; Hu, Z.; Galatro, L.; Sarris, G.; Spirito, M.;
    In 2016 88th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG),
    pp. 1-4, 2016. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2016.7839723
    Keywords: ... Power measurement;Frequency measurement;Scattering parameters;Calibration;Power control;Frequency control;Ports (Computers);Power control;Power calibration;S-parameters measurements;mm-wave;sub-mm-wave.

  32. An IQ-steering technique for amplitude and phase control of mm-wave signals
    Visweswaran, Akshay; de Martino, Carmine; Sirignano, Emilio; Spirito, Marco;
    In 2015 86th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference,
    pp. 1-4, 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ARFTG.2015.7381471
    Keywords: ... Calibration;Mixers;Phase modulation;Phase measurement;Hardware;Minimization;IQ modulation;phase coherent;calibration;mm-wave.

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