• DocumentCode
    1859912
  • Title

    A new LTCC fabrication technology for planar millimeter-wave circuits

  • Author

    Free, Charles ; Tian, Zhengrong ; Barnwell, Peter ; Robertson, Ian ; Aitchison, Colin

  • Author_Institution
    Middlesex Univ., London, UK
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    962
  • Abstract
    A new LTCC technology is described which offers excellent performance for the fabrication of millimetre-wave planar microwave circuits. The technology provides significant commercial benefits in terms of cost and suitability for high volume production when compared with alternative processes yielding the same microwave performance. Measurement data show a 50 Ω line loss of 0.03 dB/mm at 40 GHz on the LTCC material, which is comparable with that obtained with etched lines on 99.6% microwave quality alumina
  • Keywords
    ceramics; millimetre wave circuits; 40 GHz; LTCC fabrication technology; high volume production; line loss; millimetre-wave planar microwave circuit; Costs; Fabrication; Loss measurement; Microwave circuits; Microwave measurements; Microwave technology; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Production;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1999 Asia Pacific
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5761-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APMC.1999.833756
  • Filename
    833756