Title :
A new LTCC fabrication technology for planar millimeter-wave circuits
Author :
Free, Charles ; Tian, Zhengrong ; Barnwell, Peter ; Robertson, Ian ; Aitchison, Colin
Author_Institution :
Middlesex Univ., London, UK
Abstract :
A new LTCC technology is described which offers excellent performance for the fabrication of millimetre-wave planar microwave circuits. The technology provides significant commercial benefits in terms of cost and suitability for high volume production when compared with alternative processes yielding the same microwave performance. Measurement data show a 50 Ω line loss of 0.03 dB/mm at 40 GHz on the LTCC material, which is comparable with that obtained with etched lines on 99.6% microwave quality alumina
Keywords :
ceramics; millimetre wave circuits; 40 GHz; LTCC fabrication technology; high volume production; line loss; millimetre-wave planar microwave circuit; Costs; Fabrication; Loss measurement; Microwave circuits; Microwave measurements; Microwave technology; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1999 Asia Pacific
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5761-2
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1999.833756
