A special workshop entitled "Ferroelectric Materials and Microwave Applications" was held at the International microwave Symposium in Boston, MA, June 2000.  This workshop brought together a number of speakers engaged in research on thin-film ferroelectrics in the U.S., featuring a tutorial introduction on the subject by Dr. Steve Streiffer at Argonne National Labs.  the presentations are listed below:

Workshop Outline: Ferroelectric Materials and Microwave Applications

1. Single-Crystal Ferroelectrics: Fundamental Physical and Electronic Properties
2. Paratek Microwave, Inc.
3. Thin-Film Ferroelectrics: Deposition Methods and Applications
4. Applications of Ferroelectrics in Military Systems
5. Electronically-Scanned Lens Antenna
6. Nonlinear Dielectric Materials for Low Cost Electronically Scanned Lens Antenna
7. Applications of Ferroelectrics for Communication Antennas
8. Thin Film BST Phase Shifters and Multipliers
9. Sputter Deposition and Characterization of Ferroelectric Thin Film
10. Large Signal RF Applications of BST Varactors
11. Hybrid Ferroelectric/Superconducting Microwave Circuits
12. Ferroelectrics Combined with Ferrites
13. Tunable Filters for Wireless Communications
14. Ferroelectrics with Ferrites and High-Temperature Superconductors