• DocumentCode
    1845074
  • Title

    A semi-lumped balun fabricated by low temperature co-fired ceramic

  • Author

    Ching-Wen Tang ; Chi-Yang Chang

  • Author_Institution
    Phycomp Taiwan Ltd., Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2-7 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    2201
  • Abstract
    A new chip-type multi-layer ceramic balun is presented in this paper. This balun is designed in the ISM band and fabricated using low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology. It involves the semi-lumped concept and the multi-layer structure to realize the LTCC-MLC balun. The symmetric structure provides the excellent characteristics of phase balance and amplitude balancing. Measured results of the LTCC-MLC balun match well with the computer simulation.
  • Keywords
    UHF circuits; baluns; ceramic packaging; equivalent circuits; 2.25 to 2.65 GHz; LTCC technology; LTCC-MLC balun; MIM capacitors; RF components; amplitude balancing; chip-type balun; low temperature co-fired ceramic technology; multi-layer ceramic balun; phase balance; semi-lumped concept; symmetric structure; Ceramics; Coupling circuits; Distributed parameter circuits; Fabrication; Impedance matching; Inductance; MIM capacitors; Radio frequency; Temperature; Transmission lines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2002 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Seattle, WA, USA
  • ISSN
    0149-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7239-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2002.1012309
  • Filename
    1012309