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Acknowledging or Citing scikit-rf

In Publications

If you use scikit-rf for work/research presented in a publication (whether directly, or as a dependency to another package), we ask that you acknowledge it. Perhaps with something like:

This research made use of scikit-rf, an open-source Python package for RF and Microwave applications.

You can also include a link to www.scikit-rf.org (if the journal allows this) in addition to the above text.

For academic citations, please cite the IEEE Microwave Magazine article that some of the community members wrote. The IEEE-style citation for this paper is

  1. Arsenovic et al., “scikit-rf: An Open Source Python Package for Microwave Network Creation, Analysis, and Calibration [Speaker’s Corner],” in IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 98-105, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.1109/MMM.2021.3117139.

and in BibTex format

 @ARTICLE{9632487,
author={Arsenovic, Alexander and Hillairet, Julien and Anderson, Jackson and Forstén, Henrik and Rieß, Vincent and Eller, Michael and Sauber, Noah and Weikle, Robert and Barnhart, William and Forstmayr, Franz},
journal={IEEE Microwave Magazine},
title={scikit-rf: An Open Source Python Package for Microwave Network Creation, Analysis, and Calibration [Speaker’s Corner]},
year={2022},
volume={23},
number={1},
pages={98-105},
doi={10.1109/MMM.2021.3117139}}

In Presentations or Apps

If you are giving a presentation featuring work/research that makes use of scikit-rf or creating an app that uses it under the hood, we provide this “powered by” image [PNG] [SVG] :

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Publications using or citing scikit-rf

This list has been extracted from a “scikit-rf” research on Google Scholar and is certainly non-exhaustive. Please contact us or make a Pull Request if you want to add a reference in this list.

  • Anderson, J., He, Y., Bahr, B. et al. Integrated acoustic resonators in commercial fin field-effect transistor technology. Nat Electron 5, 611–619 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-022-00827-6

  • Anderson, J., 2019. SNaP SnP Utilities. https://doi.org/10/gg6xw5

  • Anderson, J. and Weinstein, D., PyMeasRF: Automating RF Device Measurements Using Python, Proceedings of the Python in Science Conferences, 2019, https://doi.org/10.25080/Majora-7ddc1dd1-014

  • Anderson, J., He, Y., Bahr, B., Weinstein, D., 2021. X-Band Fin Resonant Body Transistors in 14nm CMOS Technology. arXiv:2107.00608 [physics].

  • Arsenovic, A., 2020. A Method to Remove the Effects of LO Drift from Vector Network Analyzer Measurements, in: 2020 94th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium (ARFTG). Presented at the 2020 94th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Symposium (ARFTG), pp. 1-5. https://doi.org/10/gg6xw9

  • Arsenovic, A., Chen, L., Bauwens, M.F., Li, H., Barker, N.S., Weikle, R.M., 2013. An Experimental Technique for Calibration Uncertainty Analysis. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 61, 263-269. https://doi.org/10/f4mgfq

  • Arsenovic, A., Weikle, R.M., Hesler, J., 2014. Two port calibration insensitive to flange misalignment, in: 84th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference. Presented at the 2014 84th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conference, IEEE, Boulder, CO, USA, pp. 1-7. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxt

  • Beuerle, B., Campion, J., Shah, U., Oberhammer, J., 2018a. Low-Loss Silicon Micromachined Waveguides Above 100 GHz Utilising Multiple H-Plane Splits, in: 2018 48th European Microwave Conference (EuMC). Presented at the 2018 48th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), pp. 1041-1044. https://doi.org/10/gfz9tv

  • Beuerle, B., Shah, U., Oberhammer, J., 2018b. Micromachined Waveguides with Integrated Silicon Absorbers and Attenuators at 220-325 GHz, in: 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS. Presented at the 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS, pp. 579-582. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxm

  • Bryan, S., Che, G., Groppi, C., Mauskopf, P., Underhill, M., 2015. A Compact Filter-Bank Waveguide Spectrometer for Millimeter Wavelengths. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 5, 598-604. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxb

  • Bryndza, P., “VNA measurement calibration in cryogenic environment,” 2022 24th International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON), 2022, pp. 1-6. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9924695

  • Campbell, R., 2019. A Compact Wideband Stripline Hybrid Coupler.

  • Campion, J., Glubokov, O., Gomez, A., Krivovitca, A., Shah, U., Bolander, L., Li, Y., Oberhammer, J., 2018. An Ultra Low-Loss Silicon-Micromachined Waveguide Filter for D-Band Telecommunication Applications, in: 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS. Presented at the 2018 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS, pp. 583-586. https://doi.org/10/gfz9tq

  • Campion, J., Hassona, A., He, Z.S., Beuerle, B., Gomez-Torrent, A., Shah, U., Vecchiattini, S., Lindman, R., Dahl, T.S., Li, Y., Zirath, H., Oberhammer, J., 2019. Toward Industrial Exploitation of THz Frequencies: Integration of SiGe MMICs in Silicon-Micromachined Waveguide Systems. IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 9, 624-636. https://doi.org/10/gf9hkv

  • Campion, J. & Oberhammer, J. Silicon Micromachined Waveguide Calibration Standards for Terahertz Metrology. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 69, 3927–3942 (2021). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9485059

  • Che, G., Bryan, S., Underhill, M., Mauskopf, P., Groppi, C., Jones, G., Johnson, B., McCarrick, H., Flanigan, D., Day, P., 2015. WSPEC: A Waveguide Filter Bank Spectrometer. arXiv:1503.06528 [astro-ph].

  • Chou C. -C. and J. E. Schutt-Ainé, “Acceleration of Vector Fitting by Reusing the Householder Reflectors in Multiple QR Factorization,” 2022 IEEE Electrical Design of Advanced Packaging and Systems (EDAPS), Urbana, IL, USA, 2022, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/EDAPS56906.2022.9995103.

  • Clochiatti S. et al., “Monolithic n+-InGaAs Thin Film Resistor from DC up to 0.5 THz,” 2022 Fifth International Workshop on Mobile Terahertz Systems (IWMTS), 2022, pp. 1-3, doi: 10.1109/IWMTS54901.2022.9832445.

  • Doychinov, V., Russell, C., Somjit, N., Robertson, I.D., Chakrabarty, S., Steenson, D.P., 2018. Investigation of implantable antennas for exploratory neuroscience studies, in: The Loughborough Antennas Propagation Conference (LAPC 2018). Presented at the The Loughborough Antennas Propagation Conference (LAPC 2018), pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxr

  • Dróżdż, Piotr A., Xenidis, Nikolaos, Campion, James et al., Highly efficient absorption of THz radiation using waveguide-integrated carbon nanotube/cellulose aerogels, Applied Materials Today, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101684.

  • Elgamal, A., Heuermann, H., 2020. Design and Development of a Hot S-Parameter Measurement System for Plasma and Magnetron Applications, in: 2020 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC). Presented at the 2020 German Microwave Conference (GeMiC), pp. 124-127.

  • Elmogi, A., Ramon, H., Lambrecht, J., Ossieur, P., Torfs, G., Missinne, J., De Heyn, P., Ban, Y., Pantouvaki, M., Van Campenhout, J., Van Steenberge, G., 2018. Aerosol-Jet Printed Interconnects for 60-Gb/s CMOS Driver and Microring Modulator Transmitter Assembly. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 30, 1944-1947. https://doi.org/10/gg6xw8

  • Funke, D. A., Bredendiek, C. & Pohl, N. Analog Frontend for a Passive 5.8-GHz RFID Transponder in 130-nm CMOS Technology. in 2021 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC) 676–679 (2022). doi:10.23919/EuMC50147.2022.9784344.

  • Garrett, J.D., Tong, E., 2021. A Dispersion-Compensated Algorithm for the Analysis of Electromagnetic Waveguides. IEEE Signal Processing Letters. https://doi.org/10/gkgg8f

  • Gugliandolo, G., Marinković, Z., Crupi, G., Campobello, G., and Donato, N., ‘Equivalent Circuit Model Extraction for a SAW Resonator: Below and above Room Temperature’, Sensors, vol. 22, no. 7, p. 2546, Mar. 2022, doi: 10.3390/s22072546.

  • Harrison, S.T., Hovey, G.J., Veidt, B., Ljusic, Z., Burgess, T., 2018. A digital beamformer for the advanced focal array demonstrator (AFAD), in: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. Presented at the Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, International Society for Optics and Photonics, p. 1070834. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxn

  • Hammond, I. M., Hammond, A. M. & Camacho, R. M. Deep learning-enhanced, open-source eigenmode expansion. Opt. Lett. 47, 1383 (2022).

  • Hatab Z., Ernst Gadringer M., Bösch W., A Thru-free Multiline Calibration, 2023, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.03597

  • Hatab Z., Ernst Gadringer M., Bösch W., Propagation of Linear Uncertainties through Multiline Thru-Reflect-Line Calibration, 2023, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2301.09126

  • Hillairet, J., 2019. RF Network Analysis of the WEST ICRH Antenna with the Open-Source Python scikit-rf Package, in: 23rd Topical Conference on Radiofrequency Power in Plasmas (RFPPC 2019). Hefei, China. https://hal-cea.archives-ouvertes.fr/cea-02459571/

  • Huber A., Scott C. Chapman, Adrian K. Sinclair, Locke D. Spencer, Jason E. Austermann, Steve K. Choi, Jesslyn Devina, Patricio A. Gallardo, Doug Henke, Zachary B. Huber, Ben Keller, Yaqiong Li, Lawrence T. Lin, Mike Niemack, Kayla M. Rossi, Eve M. Vavagiakis, and Jordan D. Wheeler “CCAT-prime: optical and cryogenic design of the 850 GHz module for Prime-Cam”, Proc. SPIE 12190, Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI, 121901D (31 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630370

  • Humphries, J.R., Reed, F.K., Carmichael, C.P., Fuhr, P.L., McIntyre, T.J., Weeks, A.R., Malocha, D.C., 2017. Noise Radar Approach for Interrogating SAW Sensors Using Software Defined Radio. IEEE Sensors Journal 17, 6760-6769. https://doi.org/10/gcf249

  • Imtiaz Kamrul Md., Lihour Nov, Jae-Young Chung, Byeung-Ju Lee, Eon-Joong Kim, Broadband insertion loss measurement of flexible copper clad laminate with direct metallization, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 356, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114349.

  • Kaniecki, M., Saenz, E., Rolo, L., Appleby, R., Breinbjerg, O., 2014. Scattering-parameter extraction and calibration techniques for RF free-space material characterization, in: The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014). Presented at the The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014), pp. 1093-1097. https://doi.org/10/gg6xw3

  • Kawahara K., J. Sawada, T. Kamo, Y. Umeda, K. Takano and S. Hara, “Bandwidth Tripler: Broadband Signal Generation With an Image-Rejection Analog Multiplexer for Fiber Optic Transmitters,” in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2022, doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2022.3190480.

  • Kawahara K., Y. Umeda, K. Takano and S. Hara, “A 0.0058-mm 2 Inductor-Less CMOS Active Balun With Gain and Phase Errors Within − 0.1 ± 0.2 dB and − 0.18 ± 1.17 ∘ From DC to 8 GHz,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, doi: 10.1109/TCSI.2023.3257089.

  • Kellermeier, M., Lemery, F., Floettmann, K., Hillert, W. and Assmann, R., Self-calibration technique for characterization of integrated THz waveguides, arXiv:2104.01401 [physics.acc-ph], https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.01401

  • Land, S.O. ‘t, Ramdani, M., Perdriau, R., 2018. Dominant Coupling Mechanism for Integrated Circuit Immunity of SOIC Packages Up To 10 GHz. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility 60, 965-970. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxk

  • Lee, C. and Reimann, O., ‘T-RAX: Transversely Resonant Axion eXperiment’, Available: http://arxiv.org/abs/2203.15487

  • Iyer, A.K., Smyth, B.P., Semple, M., Barker, C., 2021. Going Remote: Teaching Microwave Engineering in the Age of the Global Pandemic and Beyond. IEEE Microwave Magazine 22, 64–77. https://doi.org/10/gm2bwf

  • Merletti G. and Altieri A., Diseño, simulación y caracterización de un kit decalibración TRL, 2022 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON), 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ARGENCON55245.2022.9940045.

  • Nadri, S., Percy, R., Kittiwatanakul, L., Arsenovic, A., Lu, J., Wolf, S., Ii, R.M.W., 2014. Terahertz coded aperture mask using vanadium dioxide bowtie antenna array, in: Terahertz Emitters, Receivers, and Applications V. Presented at the Terahertz Emitters, Receivers, and Applications V, International Society for Optics and Photonics, p. 91990C. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxs

  • Nallandhigal, S.N., Wu, K., 2021. Analysis and Impact of Port Impedances on Two-Port Networks and Its Application in Active Array Antenna Developments. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 69, 2357-2370. https://doi.org/10/gj47hf

  • Nazrin, M., Hashim, S.J., Rokhani, F.Z., Ali, B.M., Yusoff, Z., 2019. Error correction and uncertainty measurement of short-open-load calibration standards on a new concept of software defined instrumentation for microwave network analysis [WWW Document]. Journal of Measurements in Engineering. https://doi.org/10.21595/jme.2019.20329

  • Ploeg, S., Gunther, H., Camacho, R., 2020. Simphony: An open-source photonic integrated circuit simulation framework. Computing in Science Engineering. https://doi.org/10/gg6xwz

  • Preuss, V.H.B., de Sousa, F.R., 2019. A Study on Low-Cost Calibration Kits for U.FL Connector Systems, in: 2019 4th International Symposium on Instrumentation Systems, Circuits and Transducers (INSCIT). Presented at the 2019 4th International Symposium on Instrumentation Systems, Circuits and Transducers (INSCIT), pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxp

  • Price D. C., C. -Y. E. Tong, A. T. Sutinjo, L. J. Greenhill and N. Patra, “Measuring Noise Parameters Using an Open, Short, Load, and λ/8-Length Cable as Source Impedances,” in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 1102-1111, March 2023, doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2022.3225317.

  • Ragona, R., Hillairet, J., Durodié, F., Yu, C., Mollard, P., Yang, Q., Xu, H., Batal, T., Li, J., Messiaen, A., Bernard, J.-M., Lombard, G., Song, Y., 2021. RF network analysis of the WEST TWA mock-up in TITAN. Fusion Engineering and Design 168. https://doi.org/10/gjzjbx

  • Ragona, R., Durodié, F., Messiaen, A., Ongena, J., Schoor, M.V., Agzaf, S., Batal, T., Bernard, J.-M., Courtois, X., Delaplanche, J.-M., Dumont, R., Durand, F., Faisse, F., Firdaouss, M., Gargiulo, L., Garibaldi, P., Hillairet, J., Hoang, T., Lombard, G., Mollard, P., Chen, Z., Song, Y., Xu, H., Yang, Q., Yu, C., 2022. Status of the WEST travelling wave array antenna design and results from the high power mock-up. Nucl. Fusion 62, 026046. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac4467

  • Redford, J., Wheeler, J., Karkare, K., Hailey-Dunsheath, S., Bradford, C.M., Shirokoff, E., Barry, P.S., Che, G., Glenn, J., Leduc, H.G., Mauskopf, P., McGeehan, R., Reck, T., Zmuidzinas, J., 2018. The design and characterization of a 300 channel, optimized full-band millimeter filterbank for science with SuperSpec, in: Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. Presented at the Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, International Society for Optics and Photonics, p. 107081O. https://doi.org/10/gg6xxg

  • Shimizu, Y., N. Ishii, T. Nagaoka and S. Watanabe, “Measurement Method for Dielectric Property of Lossy Liquid Using Waveguide Well for SAR Probe Calibration,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-12, 2023, Art no. 1003912, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2023.3271004.

  • Segura Chávez, P.A., Bonhomme, J., Bellaredj, M.L.F., Olive, L., Beyssen, D., Oudich, M., Charette, P.G., Sarry, F., 2022. Love Wave Sensor with High Penetration Depth for Potential Application in Cell Monitoring. Biosensors 12, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12020061

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  • Smith M., Dielectric Spectroscopy with the NanoVNA2, 2022, https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/862.22/people/miana/Final_proj_write_up.pdf

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