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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
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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 NCBR Luxembourg Ministry of Economy European Union

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)
QWED EM Invent / InventSim Circuit Foil Luxembourg
Events & Milestones
Articles, Presentations, Posters & Outreach
  1. M. Celuch, “Modelling-based characterisation of copper foils for mmWave applications”, IMPACT 2023, Taipei, Oct 25–27, 2023.
  2. 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)
  3. M. Celuch, “Application of Microwave Imaging Techniques for the Characterization of Ion-Implanted Battery Materials”, IMS MicroApps TUMA3, Jun 18, 2024 — Presentation
  4. 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
  5. 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, 2024, Th1E-1 Presentation
  6. L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Płacha, “Impact of Substrate Parameters on Sheet Resistance Measurements using iSiPDR at 10 GHz”, MIKON 2024.
  7. M. Celuch, Ł. Nowicki, M. Olszewska-Płacha, W. Gwarek, “Towards a Robust BCDR Design for Out-of-Plane Permittivity Measurements”, MIKON 2024.
  8. L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Płacha, W. Gwarek, “Numerical Electromagnetic Modeling of a BCDR Test-Fixture”, NEMO 2024 — presentation
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. T. Devahif “Manufacturing, development, and characterisation of low-loss copper foils for 5G technologies”, 29-30 January, 2025, Santa Clara, CA, USA, DesignCon 2025: — Presentation
  13. L. Nowicki, M. Celuch “Task Group Proposal: Modelling and Characterisation of Rough Conductive Surfaces ”, Apr 8–10, 2025 — Vienna, Austria 5th EMMC Workshop — Poster
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. M. Baranowski, A. Lamecki, M. Mrozowski, L. Balewski, "Electromagnetic modelling of metallic materials for applications in manufacturing of circuit foils", 2025 Eurcon 2025, Gdynia, Poland – Paper
  17. L. Nowicki, M. Celuch, W. Gwarek and W. Wojtasiak, "Analysis of the Multi-Resonance Q-SSR Resonator Method for Polylactic Acid Characterization," 2025 6th International Conference in Electronic Engineering & Information Technology (EEITE), Chania, Greece, 2025, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/EEITE65381.2025.11166319. Presentation
  18. 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, 10.1109/IMS40360.2025.11103948. — Poster
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. W. Gwarek, M. Celuch and L. Nowicki, "A Novel Q-Choked Sapphire Sandwiched Resonator for Wideband Measurements of Flat Dielectric Samples," in IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology Letters, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 900-903, June 2025, doi: 10.1109/LMWT.2025.3568534
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. M. Celuch, M. Olszewska-Placha, L. Nowicki, "Advances in Material Measurements with Microwave and MMWave Multimode Resonators",AMPERE 2025, 16 Sep. 2025 - Keynote
  29. M. Baranowski, A. Lamecki, M. Mrozowski, L. Balewski, "Electromagnetic modelling of metallic materials for applications in manufacturing of circuit foils", 2025 Eurocon 2025, Gdynia, Poland – Paper
  30. Special Workshop R&S VNA mmWave portfolio up to 1.1THz - Electromagnetic material measurements with resonant methods in 1-30 GHz frequency range (Marzena Olszewska-Placha, QWED, Poland and Electromagnetic material measurements with a Fabry-Perot open resonator in 10-170 GHz frequency range (Bartlomiej Salski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland) - Event
  31. M. Olszewska-Placha, L. Nowicki, B. Salski, T. Devahif, M. Celuch, "New Instruments for Fast Industrial Testing of Copper Foils for 5G Applications", IEEE MapCon 2025, Kochi, India
  32. L. Nowicki, C. Nouvellon, M. Celuch, F. Monteverd, B. Salski, "Surface Resistance Mapping of Graphite Battery Cathodes with a 10 GHz Inverted Single Post Dielectric Resonator Scanner", IEEE MapCon 2025, Kochi, India - Poster

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