Joseph Staudinger and David W. Runton
Figure 1. Attendees at MicroApps presentations.
The MicroApps seminars (Figures 1 and 2) have been an integral part of IMS for many years and provide an unique venue for attendees to hear from industry experts on specific topics covering a wide gamut of technical topics. MicroApps presentations are given by “paying” exhibiting companies from the tradeshow floor, and speakers are encouraged to share industry-useful information, not company advertisements. The spirit of the presentations encourages early and new breaking information that may not be fully ready for the technical sessions. Over the past two decades, there have been great examples of early industry trends being first introduced in the MicroApps seminars. These include
now-standard measurement techniques, design approaches, packaging, and even system-level integration considerations.
Each presentation is 15 min in duration and is given “live” to the audience. The IMS2023 MicroApps and Industry Workshops Committee will group and schedule the MicroApps seminars based on subject matter, allowing interested attendees to gather information on a specific topic from a variety of industry experts at one time. The grouping also allows other exhibitors seeking industry partners and supply chains to quickly access all relevant companies and subject matter experts.
Figure 2. MicroApps presentation stage in the heart of the exhibition.
The MicroApps seminars are held at the MicroApps theater in the exhibit area to facilitate easy access (at no additional charge) for all of the attendees and exhibitor personnel. Companies presenting the MicroApps seminars are encouraged to invite attendees to participate. The MicroApps seminar presentation materials, i.e., PowerPoint files converted to PDF, will be available electronically through a cloud distribution service at the IMS website and the IMS Week mobile app.
IMS2023 MicroApps looks forward to continuing to build in both depth and breadth on the success of 2022, which featured 71 presentations delivered over three days. Topics ranged over the full gamut of RF and microwave disciplines, touching upon, for example, power amplifiers and linearization, materials characterization for 5G millimeter-waves, 5G emissions testing, RF filters for space, and designing waveguide filters, to name but a few.
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MMM.2023.3242849