A novel 5GHz and 2.4GHz dual band transmitter using microstrip defected ground structure

Author

Kang, Sung Min ; Choi, Jae Hong ; Koo, Kyung Heon ; Nam, Sang Wook

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Incheon Univ., South Korea

fYear

2005

fDate

12-17 June 2005

Abstract

This paper presents a novel dual band module which operates as amplifier or frequency doubler according to the input frequency. It satisfies the 802.11a/b/g frequency band of wireless LAN standard. A conventional dual band wireless LAN transmitter consists of the separating power amplifiers operating at each frequency band, but the proposed dual band module operates as an amplifier for the 802.11b/g signal and as a frequency doubler for the 802.11a signal according to signal frequency and bias. We have obtained stop band characteristics by using the microstrip defected ground structure (DGS) to suppress the fundamental frequency of the frequency doubler as well as the second harmonic of the amplifier. Second harmonic suppression is below -59dBc in the amplifier mode, fundamental suppression is below -35dBc in the frequency doubler mode. The designed module has 17.8dBm output at 2.4GHz and 10.1dBm power for 5.8GHz output, and shows 0.8dB and 2.8dB output power at 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz, respectively.

Keywords

IEEE standards; UHF power amplifiers; frequency multipliers; harmonics suppression; microstrip components; microwave power amplifiers; radio transmitters; wireless LAN; 2.4 GHz; 5.8 GHz; IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard; dual band modules; dual band transmitter; frequency doublers; microstrip defected ground structure; second harmonic suppression; stop band characteristics; wireless LAN transmitter; Broadband amplifiers; Costs; Dual band; Microstrip; Power amplifiers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Transmitters; Voltage-controlled oscillators; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2005 IEEE MTT-S International

ISSN

01490-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8845-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1517204

Filename

1517204