Abstract

Although mm-wave MMIC's are relatively new components we have witnessed a significant progression of microwaves for civil applications in recent years. There are distinct advantages in moving higher in frequency once these components become available however and these will be discussed. Then we will see the availibility of MMMIC's (mm -wave rnonolithic IC's) at the present time and examine the specific needs of Europe and the rest of the world. The technologies that are being developed will be only touched on however as there are several invited papers already on the subject (M. BAYE, H. DAMBKES, A. CETRONIO) in this conference.