Title :
An LTCC-Based Wireless Transceiver for Radio-Over-Fiber Applications
Author :
Pergola, Luca ; Gindera, Ralf ; Jäger, Dieter ; Vahldieck, Rüdiger
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich
fDate :
3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the realization of a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC)-based wireless transceiver with optical interface for radio-over-fiber applications involving several standards. The RF front-end including an antenna is fabricated in LTCC technology, while the optical transceiver with a single-mode optical interface is built on a silicon motherboard. The front-end operates in the 5-6-GHz band, while the modulated optical carrier is transmitted at 1.55-mum wavelength. The front-end module is an attractive solution for wireless local area network applications such as IEEE 802.11a or HIPERLAN2 requiring a direct link to an optical backbone
Keywords :
ceramic packaging; optical fibre LAN; optical receivers; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; transceivers; wireless LAN; 1.55 micron; 5 to 6 GHz; HIPERLAN2; IEEE 802.11a; LTCC-based wireless transceiver; RF front-end; low-temperature co-fired ceramic; modulated optical carrier; optical backbone; optical transceiver; optically fed antennas; radio-over-fiber applications; silicon motherboard; single-mode optical interface; wireless local area network; Ceramics; Fiber lasers; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Radio frequency; Surface emitting lasers; Transceivers; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wireless LAN; Low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC); optically fed antennas; opto-electronics; radio-over-fiber; transceiver; wireless local area network (WLAN);
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2006.890527
