LTCC Front-end Modules for Multi-band Applications

Author

Kim, Dongsu ; Cho, Hyun Min ; Kang, Nam Kee ; Park, Jong Chul ; Kim, Jun Chul

Author_Institution

Electron. Mater. & Packaging Res. Center, Korea Electron. Technol. Inst., Gyeonggi-do

fYear

2006

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

541

Lastpage

544

Abstract

This paper presents LTCC front-end modules for multi-band applications. A dual-band module composed of a diplexer, a CDMA SAW duplexer, and a GPS SAW filter for CDMA/GPS applications and a tri-band module employing PIN diodes for CDMA/GPS/PCS applications are implemented based on LTCC substrates. The measured results of the dual-band module show that the insertion loss is less than 2.4 dB and 3.5 dB in CDMA Tx and Rx bands, respectively. The insertion of GPS path is about 1.8 dB. The tri-band module provides an insertion loss of less than 0.8 dB and 1.1 dB in CDMA and PCS bands, respectively. The insertion of GPS path is about 0.4 dB. The overall size of both modules is only 4.5 mm times 3.2 mm

Keywords

Global Positioning System; ceramic packaging; code division multiple access; microwave receivers; multiplexing equipment; transmitters; 3.2 mm; 4.5 mm; CDMA SAW duplexer; GPS; Global Positioning System; PCS; PIN diodes; Personal Communications Service; code division multiple access; low-temperature co-fired ceramic; Ceramics; Dual band; Global Positioning System; Insertion loss; Loss measurement; Multiaccess communication; Packaging; Personal communication networks; SAW filters; Surface acoustic waves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-6-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2006.281430

Filename

4057871