Title :
An integrated double balanced mixer on multilayer liquid crystalline polymer (M-LCP) based substrate
Author :
Yun, WanSuk ; Govind, Vinu ; Dalmia, Sidharth ; Sundaram, Venky ; Swaminathan, Madhavan ; White, George E.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the design of an integrated double balanced mixer on a novel multilayer LCP based substrate. Low-loss lumped and distributed components were realized on a 3-layer LCP stackup, which were then used for the design of novel wideband baluns. A double balanced mixer for WLAN applications was realized using embedded baluns in the substrate. The mixer exhibits 5.1-8.6 dB conversion loss over a frequency band of 3.5-5.5 GHz.
Keywords :
baluns; integrated circuit design; liquid crystal polymers; microwave mixers; wireless LAN; 3.5 to 5.5 GHz; 5.1 to 8.6 dB; WLAN applications; distributed components; integrated double balanced mixer; low-loss lumped components; multilayer liquid crystalline polymer based substrate; wideband baluns; Crystallization; Dielectric losses; GSM; Global Positioning System; Impedance matching; Liquid crystal polymers; Nonhomogeneous media; Packaging; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Gallium Arsenide and Other Semiconductor Application Symposium, 2005. EGAAS 2005. European
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
88-902012-0-7
