Title :
Q-band millimeter-wave SIW filter using LTCC technology
Author :
Hizan, Hizamel M. ; Ambak, Zulkifli ; Ibrahim, Azmi ; Yusoff, Mohd Zulfadli Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Commun. Technol., TM R&D Sdn Bhd, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper describes technique for the design of Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) filter using multilayer Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) technology at Q-band frequency region. The design is based on a circular cavity structure operating at TM010 mode. A single order filter is chosen to demonstrate the feasibility of using in-house LTCC fabrication technology. Measured insertion loss of -1.954 dB and passband return loss of more than 10 dB at 38 GHz were achieved. Good filtering response is observed which shows that SIW filter using LTCC technology is a suitable candidate for implementation of filtering devices for a millimeter-wave uplink/downlink Remote Antenna Unit for a Radio-over-Fibre (RoF) system.
Keywords :
ceramic packaging; millimetre wave filters; radio-over-fibre; substrate integrated waveguides; waveguide filters; Q-band frequency region; Q-band millimeter-wave SIW filter; filtering response; frequency 38 GHz; insertion loss; millimeter-wave uplink/downlink Remote Antenna Unit; multilayer LTCC technology; multilayer low temperature co-fired ceramic technology; passband return loss; radio-over-fibre system; substrate integrated waveguide filter; Band-pass filters; Cavity resonators; Filtering theory; Microwave filters; Millimeter wave technology; Passband; Resonator filters; Circular cavity; SIW; circular SIW filters; millimeter-wave; millimeter-wave filters; resonators; single-mode filters; substrate integrated waveguide;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics (APACE), 2014 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6602-8
DOI :
10.1109/APACE.2014.7043778