High-SRF VHF/UHF Lumped Elements in LTCC

Author

Mousavi, S. Hassan ; Kouki, Ammar B.

Author_Institution

Commun. & Microelectron. Lab., Ecole de Technol. Super., Montreal, QC, Canada

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan. 2015

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

27

Abstract

Novel techniques to increase the self-resonant frequency (SRF) of parallel plate capacitors and toroid inductors are presented. A new capacitor interconnection technique is proposed and shows 23% increase in SRF. Judiciously placed air cavities are proposed for toroid inductors and lead to a 22% increase in SRF. All inductors and capacitors are designed and fabricated in LTCC technology with very small form factor. Simulation and measurement results are in close agreement.

Keywords

UHF circuits; VHF circuits; capacitors; inductors; interconnections; LTCC technology; air cavity; capacitor interconnection technique; high-SRF VHF-UHF lumped elements; parallel plate capacitors; self-resonant frequency; small form factor; toroid inductors; Capacitance; Capacitors; Cavity resonators; Inductance; Inductors; Static VAr compensators; UHF measurements; High self-resonant frequency (SRF); LTCC; parallel plate capacitors; toroid inductors;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2014.2369952

Filename

6960924