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

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2007

fDate

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

579

Lastpage

587

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);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2006.890527

Filename

4118414