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, IN IEEE MTT-S & AP-S Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON 2025)
Sep 16–19, 2025 — Baie de Saint-Brieuc, FR 13th Microwave Materials & Applications Conference (MMA 2025)
Sep 16–19, 2025 — Bari, IT 20th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Applications (AMPERE 2025)
Jun 4–5, 2025 — Luxembourg, LU EIPC Summer Conference
Apr 8–10, 2025 — Vienna, AT 5th EMMC International Workshop
Jan 29–30, 2025 — Vienna, AT 1st Pan-European Electronics Design Conference (PEDC)
Jan 22–24, 2025 — San Juan, PR IEEE Radio & Wireless Week (RWW 2025)
Dec 9–10, 2024 — Belgrade, RS Stakeholder visit to VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences
Nov 19, 2024 — Warsaw, PL 1st Annual Meeting
Sep 22–27, 2024 — Paris, FR European Microwave Week (EuMW 2024)
Aug 11–14, 2024 — Montreal, CA IEEE MTT-S NEMO 2024
Jul 1–4, 2024 — Wrocław, PL MIKON 2024
Jun 16–21, 2024 — Washington, DC, US IMS 2024
Jun 3–5, 2024 — Namur, BE INDTech 2024
Jun 4, 2024 — Warsaw, PL Space Sector Forum
Apr 9–11, 2024 — Anaheim, US IPC APEX EXPO 2024
Oct 25–27, 2023 — Taipei, TW IMPACT 2023

Articles, Presentations, Posters & Outreach

M. Celuch, “Modelling-based characterisation of copper foils for mmWave applications”, IMPACT 2023: Intl. Microsystems, Packaging, Assembly and Circuits Technology Conf., Taipei, Taiwan, 25–27 Oct 2023. Open version (PDF).
M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, Ł. Nowicki, P. Kopyt, J. Cuper, “Evaluation of Surface Roughness of Copper Foils for 5G Applications Using Novel mmWave Resonators”, APEX EXPO IPC, Anaheim, USA, 9 Apr 2024. Paper under IPC copyright; posted with permission.
T. Nałęcz, Ł. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Baranowski, A. Łamecki, M. Mrozowski, “An Open Platform Tool for 2D Multipactor Simulations in Metallic Microwave Components”, 25th Int. Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON), Wrocław, Poland, 1–3 Jul 2024 — poster. Poster (PDF)
M. Celuch, T. Devahif, T. Nałęcz, J. Rudnicki, “A Systematic Study of Correlation between Surface Roughness and Microwave Effective Conductivity of Copper Foils for Ultra-Low-Loss Applications”, 25th MIKON, Wrocław, Poland, 1–3 Jul 2024 — presentation. Slides (PDF)
T. Devahif, “Last update on correlation between copper foil surface conductivity and roughness”, Space Expo, Noordwijk — EIPC Summer Conference, 4–5 Jun 2024 — presentation (PDF).
M. Olszewska-Placha, “2D Scanner for Surface-Wise Measurements of Complex Permittivity of Emerging LTCC and ULTCC Materials”, IMS MicroApps TUMA2, 18 Jun 2024 — slides (PDF).
M. Celuch, “Screening of the mmWave Signal Loss Properties of Copper Foils without the Need for Test Circuit Manufacturing”, IMS MicroApps TUMA11, 18 Jun 2024 — slides (PDF).
M. Celuch, “Accurate Materials Testing as an Enabler for Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Industries”, Industry Keynote, IEEE IMS 2024, Washington, DC, 20 Jun 2024 (Th1E-1) — slides (PDF).
M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, Ł. Nowicki, W. Gwarek, “A Novel Q-Choked Resonator for Microwave Material Measurements Alleviating Sample Thickness Limitations of Existing Techniques”, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 845–848, Jun 2024 — article (IEEE Xplore PDF). Companion slides
M. Celuch, “Advances in full-wave computational modelling of microwave probe–material interactions to support metrology applications”, EuMW 2024 — WM-01, 23 Sep 2024 — presentation (PDF).
M. Olszewska-Placha, “Advances in computational modelling of radar wave–material interactions”, EuMW 2024 — WM-06, 23 Sep 2024 — presentation (PDF).
M. Celuch, T. Devahif, T. Nałęcz, J. Rudnicki, “Modeling-Based Methodology for Electromagnetic Screening of Copper Foils for High-Frequency Applications”, IEEE MTT-S NEMO 2024, Montreal, Canada, 12–14 Aug 2024 — presentation. Extended abstract | Slides (PDF)
T. Nałęcz, M. Baranowski, M. Celuch, A. Łamecki, Ł. Nowicki, M. Mrozowski, “Multipactor Modeling in 2D for Open Insight into the EM Behavior of Metallic Microwave Components”, IEEE MTT-S NEMO 2024, Montreal, Canada, 12–14 Aug 2024 — presentation / abstract (PDF).
Ł. Nowicki, A. Romanowska, M. Celuch, A. Chlanda, “2D Imaging of Graphene Oxide Electric Parameters with a 10 GHz Inverted Single-Post Dielectric Resonator”, in 2025 IEEE MTT-S Latin America Microwave Conference (LAMC), 2025, pp. 62–65. DOI
Ł. Nowicki, T. Nałęcz, 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, USA, 19–22 Jan 2025 — poster.
Ł. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, J. Rudnicki, “Enhanced Modeling and Characterization of Copper Foils for PCB Design”, 1st Pan-European Electronic Design Conference (PEDC), Vienna, Austria, 29–31 Jan 2025 — presentation.
T. Devahif, “Manufacturing, development, and characterisation of low-loss copper foils for 5G technologies”, DesignCon 2025, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 29–30 Jan 2025 — presentation (PDF).
A. Isaac, E. Quinn, Ł. Nowicki, M. Celuch, S. Ethridge, T. Senese, E. Kelley, “iNEMI Reliability and Loss Properties of Copper Foils for 5G Applications”, IPC APEX 2025, Anaheim, CA, USA, 18 Mar 2025 — session slides (PDF).
Ł. Nowicki, M. Celuch, J. Rudnicki, “A Specialized Overlay for Advanced Full-Wave Electromagnetic Simulations within 3D CAD Environment”, IPC APEX 2025, Anaheim, CA, USA, 19 Mar 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, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/LMWT.2025.3568534
M. Celuch, “Computational Electromagnetics and Material Characterization: Some Meeting Points of the Two Worlds”, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, 16 Jun 2025 — talk.
M. Olszewska-Placha, “Resonant characterization of solid dielectrics for microwave and 5G/6G applications in the 1–220 GHz range”, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, 17 Jun 2025 — talk.
M. Olszewska-Placha, “Precise measurements of the effective conductivity of copper foils and copper clad laminates for 5G/6G applications”, IEEE MTT-S IMS, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, 18 Jun 2025 — talk.
Ł. Nowicki, M. Milenković, S. Jovanović, M. Olszewska-Placha, M. Celuch, “Material Characterization of Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide Using Resonance Methods”, IEEE MTT-S IMS, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, 18 Jun 2025 — talk.
M. Celuch, Keynote: “Computational Electromagnetics as a Facilitator of Microwave Creativity and Industrial Innovation”, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, 18 Jun 2025.
W. Gwarek, M. Celuch, Ł. Nowicki, “A Novel Q-Choked Sapphire Sandwiched Resonator for Wide-Band Measurements of Flat Dielectric Sample”, IEEE MTT-S IMS, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, 19 Jun 2025 — presentation.
T. Nałęcz, Ł. Nowicki, M. Celuch, “Inclusion of Thermal Dependent Material Relations for Modeling Microwave Ablation Antennas”, Annual Microwave Power Symposium (IMPI-59), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 26 Jun 2025 — presentation.

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