Title :
A Ku-Band Hairpin Filter Based on LTCC Technology
Author :
Li, Yinqiao ; Hu, Le ; Chen, Jiechen ; Fei, Yuanchun
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Beijing Inst. of Technol., Beijing
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates a low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) hairpin filter for Ku-band receiver. Electromagnetic Field (EM) simulation is employed in determining the physical dimension of the filter. The implemented LTCC filter occupies an area of only 5.6 mm times 2.3 mm. The hairpin filter is fabricated on an eleven layers LTCC substrate. The dimension of the filter is 9.6 mm times 8.6 mm times 1.1 mm. The measured insertion loss is smaller than 2.93 dB with a center frequency of 16.57 GHz; the insertion loss is below -14.5 dB including the RF connector. The bandwidth of the filter is 2.94 GHz. The tolerance of the LTCC process is also analyzed by EM simulation.
Keywords :
ceramic packaging; circuit simulation; microwave filters; microwave receivers; EM simulation; Ku-band hairpin filter fabrication; Ku-band receiver; LTCC process tolerance; LTCC technology; RF connector; bandwidth 2.94 GHz; filter physical dimension; frequency 16.57 GHz; low temperature co-fired ceramic hairpin filter; size 1.1 mm; size 2.3 mm; size 5.6 mm; size 8.6 mm; size 9.6 mm; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Connectors; Electromagnetic fields; Filters; Frequency measurement; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Radio frequency; Temperature; Bandpass filter; Hairpin; LTCC;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2008 China-Japan Joint
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3821-1
DOI :
10.1109/CJMW.2008.4772473
