Title :
A Triple Balanced Mixer in Multi-layer Liquid Crystalline Polymer (LCP) Substrate
Author :
Yun, WanSuk ; Sundaram, Venky ; Swaminathan, Madhavan
Author_Institution :
Packaging Res. Center, Atlanta
fDate :
May 29 2007-June 1 2007
Abstract :
The LCP-based technology provides high-Q embedded passive components that increase system performance such as insertion loss, phase noise, and noise figure. This paper presents the design of an integrated triple-balanced mixer on a multi-layer LCP-based substrate for a CDMA receiver. The designed mixer has 20 embedded passives, integrated in multi-layer LCP substrate. The mixer has the RF frequency of 1400 MHz and the LO frequency of 700MHz, resulting the 700 MHz IF bandwidth. The three-dimensional (3D) integration of 20 embedded passives reduced the size of the triple-balanced mixer to 7.9 mm x 7.13 mm x 2.1 mm for low frequency applications.
Keywords :
UHF mixers; liquid crystal polymers; passive networks; radio receivers; CDMA receiver; embedded passives; frequency 1400 MHz; frequency 700 MHz; high-Q embedded passive components; multilayer liquid crystalline polymer substrate; size 2.1 mm; size 7.13 mm; size 7.9 mm; triple balanced mixer; Absorption; Circuits; Costs; Crystallization; Filters; Impedance matching; Liquid crystal polymers; Multiaccess communication; Packaging; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Electronic Components and Technology Conference, 2007. ECTC '07. Proceedings. 57th
Conference_Location :
Reno, NV
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0985-3
Electronic_ISBN :
0569-5503
DOI :
10.1109/ECTC.2007.374076
