• DocumentCode
    2168809
  • Title

    HTCC based Ku/IF/BB Down Converter for satellite on board processing applications

  • Author

    Comparini, M.C. ; Leone, C. ; Montanucci, P. ; Tursini, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Alenia Spazio S.p.A., Equipment Engineering Unit, Via Saccomuro 24, 00131 Roma, Italy. Phone: +39 06 41512488 Fax: +39 06 41512507
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    23-26 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the demonstration of an ultra compact High Temperature Cofired Ceramic (HTCC) based down converter for satellite on board processing equipment. The down converter is composed of three sections: the RF Front end in KU Band, the first IF at 400 MHz and a base-band chain at 50 MHz. The overall gain is of 90dB and the OIP3 is of 20 dBm. GaAs MMICs, Si RF-IC and ceramic saw filter have been integrated on a compact HTCC module of a size of 59x66x6 mm.
  • Keywords
    Ceramics; Demodulation; Gallium arsenide; MMICs; Noise figure; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; SAW filters; Satellites; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 2002. 32nd European
  • Conference_Location
    Milan, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.2002.339220
  • Filename
    4140300