Eurostars-3 • Conductors • mmWave metrology

5G Foil

New millimetre-wave techniques for the experimental characterisation and computational modelling of metallic materials and applications in advanced manufacturing of circuit foils in Europe.

Call: Eurostars 3 – Call 4 Duration: 01.11.2024 – 30.10.2026 Cloud: cloud.5gfoils.qwed.eu

Funding & Programme

ProgrammeEurostars is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs, co-funded by the EU via Horizon Europe.

Co-fundingNCBR (Poland): InnovativeSMEs/4/100/5G_Foil/2023 & InnovativeSMEs/4/90/5G_Foil/2023; Luxembourg Ministry of Economy: 2023-A127-X187.

Eurostars note & co-funding per project page; see also the detailed contracts listed above.

International Consortium

LeaderQWED Sp. z o.o. (Poland)

PartnersEM Invent Sp. z o.o. (Poland); Circuit Foil Luxembourg s.à r.l. (Luxembourg)

Events & Milestones

Dec 14–18, 2025 — Kochi, India IEEE MTT-S & AP-S MAPCON
Sep 16–19, 2025 — Baie de Saint-Brieuc, France 13th Microwave Materials and their Applications (MMA)
Sep 15–18, 2025 — Bari, Italy 20th AMPERE
Jun 24–26, 2025 — Edmonton, Canada 59th IMPI
Jun 15–20, 2025 — San Francisco, USA IEEE IMS 2025
Jun 4–6, 2025 — Chania, Greece 6th EEITE
Jun 2–4, 2025 — Kraków, Poland INDTech 2025
Apr 8–10, 2025 — Vienna, Austria 5th EMMC Workshop
Mar 18–20, 2025 — Anaheim, CA, USA IPC APEX EXPO 2025
Mar 17–19, 2025 — Dresden, Germany GeMiC 2025
Jan 29–30, 2025 — Vienna, Austria 1st Pan-European Electronics Design Conf. (PEDC)
Jan 22–24, 2025 — San Juan, PR 5th MTT-S Latin America Microwave Conference (LAMC 2025)
Jan 19–22, 2025 — San Juan, PR IEEE Radio & Wireless Week (RWW)
Dec 9–10, 2024 — Belgrade, Serbia OneHealth Stakeholder Meeting – stakeholder visit to VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences
Oct 1, 2024 — Aix-en-Provence, France International Tokamak Physics Activity – 46th Diagnostic Topical Group
Sep 22–27, 2024 — Paris, France EuMW 2024
Aug 11–14, 2024 — Montreal, Canada IEEE NEMO 2024
Jul 1–4, 2024 — Wrocław, Poland Microwave & Radar Week – MIKON
Jun 16–21, 2024 — Washington, DC, USA IMS 2024
Jun 3–5, 2024 — Namur, Belgium INDTech 2024
Jun 4, 2024 — Warsaw, Poland Space Sector Forum
Apr 9–11, 2024 — Anaheim, USA IPC APEX EXPO 2024
Jan 19–22, 2024 — San Antonio, TX, USA IEEE MTT-S Radio & Wireless Week (with Committee Meetings)
Oct 25–27, 2023 — Taipei, Taiwan IMPACT 2023
Sep 25–28, 2023 — Mainz, Germany MMA 2023

Articles, Presentations, Posters & Outreach

M. Celuch, “Modelling-based characterisation of copper foils for mmWave applications”, IMPACT 2023, Taipei, Oct 25–27, 2023.
M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Płacha, Ł. Nowicki, P. Kopyt, J. Cuper, “Evaluation of Surface Roughness of Copper Foils for 5G Applications Using Novel mmWave Resonators”, IPC APEX, Anaheim, Apr 9, 2024 — paper (IPC)
M. Celuch, “Application of Microwave Imaging Techniques for the Characterization of Ion-Implanted Battery Materials”, IMS MicroApps TUMA3, Jun 18, 2024 — Presentation
M. Celuch, “Screening of the mmWave Signal Loss Properties of Copper Foils without the Need for Test Circuit Manufacturing”, IMS MicroApps TUMA11, Jun 18, 2024 — Presentation
M. Celuch, "Accurate Materials’ Testing as an Enabler for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Industries", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2024, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, Th1E-1 Presentation
L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Płacha, “Impact of Substrate Parameters on Sheet Resistance Measurements using iSiPDR at 10 GHz”, MIKON 2024.
M. Celuch, Ł. Nowicki, M. Olszewska-Płacha, W. Gwarek, “Towards a Robust BCDR Design for Out-of-Plane Permittivity Measurements”, MIKON 2024.
L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Płacha, W. Gwarek, “Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling of a BCDR Test-Fixture”, NEMO 2024 — presentation
L. Nowicki, A. Romanowska, M. Celuch, A. Chlanda, “2D Imaging of Graphene Oxide Electric Parameters with a 10 GHz Inverted Single-Post Dielectric Resonator”, IEEE LAMC 2025, pp. 62–65.
L. Nowicki, T. Nalecz, M. Celuch, T. Devahif, J. Rudnicki, “Application of Dual-Mode Ruby Dielectric Resonator for Characterization of Copper Foils in High-Frequency Circuits”, 104th ARFTG, San Juan, Jan 19–22, 2025 — Poster
L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Płacha, J. Rudnicki, “Enhanced Modeling and Characterization of Copper Foils for PCB Design”, PEDC 2025, Vienna, Jan 29–31, 2025 — Presentation
L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, J. Rudnicki, “A Specialized Overlay for Advanced Full-Wave Electromagnetic Simulations within 3D CAD Environment”, IPC APEX 2025, Anaheim, Mar 19, 2025 — Presentation
W. Gwarek, M. Celuch, Ł. Nowicki, “A Novel Q-Choked Sapphire Sandwiched Resonator for Wideband Measurements of Flat Dielectric Samples,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters — DOI:10.1109/LMWT.2025.3568534
L. Nowicki, M. Milenkovic, S. Jovanović, M. Olszewska-Placha and M. Celuch, "Material Characterization of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Using Resonance Methods," 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, pp. 1013-1016, doi: 10.1109/IMS40360.2025.11103948. — Poster
Wojciech Gwarek, Malgorzata Celuch, Lukasz Nowicki, "Novel Q-Choked Sapphire Sandwiched Resonator for Wide-Band Measurements of Flat Dielectric Samples", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, Th1D-5 Presentation
Marzena Olszewska-Placha, "Precise measurements of the effective conductivity of copper foils and copper clad laminates for 5G/6G applications", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, WEMA14
Marzena Olszewska-Placha, "Resonant characterization of solid dielectrics for microwave and 5G/6G applications in the 1-220 GHz range", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, TUMA14
Malgorzata Celuch, "Computational Electromagnetics and a Facilitator of Microwave Creativity and Industrial Innovation", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, We3D-1, Keynote
Malgorzata Celuch, "Computational Electromagnetics and Material Characterization: Some Meeting Points of the Two Worlds", 2025 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2025, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2025, WML-6
T. Nalecz, Lukasz Nowicki, M. Celuch, "Inclusion of Thermal Dependent Material Relations for Modeling Microwave Ablation Antennas", 59th Annual Microwave Power Symposium (IMPI) — Presentation
T. Nalecz, L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, "Electromagnetic and Thermal Analysis of Microwave Ablation Using FDTD Simulations", AMPERE, Bari, September 2025 Presentation
W. Gwarek, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, "Wide-band extraction of dielectric material parameters preserving full accuracy of classical resonant methods", Microwave Materials and Their Applications (MMA 2025), Invited talk — Presentation
M. Olszewska-Placha, M. Celuch, T. Devahif, B. Wittmann, "Microwave and mm-Wave characterization of treated copper foils with dielectric resonator method for efficient PCB development", Microwave Materials and Their Applications (MMA 2025) — Poster
L. Nowicki, T. Nalecz, T. Devahif, J. Rudnicki, M. Olszewska-Placha, M. Celuch, "Advanced Characterization of Copper Foils for High-Frequency Applications Using Ruby Dielectric Resonator Technique", Microwave Materials and Their Applications (MMA 2025) — Presentation

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