DocumentCode
2216596
Title
Low Cost LTCC Filters for a 30GHz Satellite System
Author
Rosário, M. João ; Le-Strat, Fabrice ; Alléaume, Pierre-Frank ; Vaz, J.Caldinhas ; Schroth, Joerg ; Müller, Thomas ; Freire, J.Costa
Author_Institution
Instituto de Telecomunica??es - IST, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
fYear
2003
fDate
Oct. 2003
Firstpage
817
Lastpage
820
Abstract
This paper deals with the improvement on low cost LTCC technology to achieve the specifications of planar filters for a 30GHz Satellite system transmitter. Test structures were fabricated on low cost LTCC technology, presently available for lower frequencies, to characterise its performances up to 40GHz. From this study, guidelines for the design of 30GHz circuits were obtained. Based on these results and their constraints, several solutions for a 30GHz transmitter filter were designed. A comparison between the LTCC filters with active and passive alternative solutions implemented on GaAs monolithic technology is also presented. The feasibility of millimeterwave filters on LTCC with a reasonable yield for mass production is demonstrated.
Keywords
Active filters; Circuit testing; Costs; Frequency; Gallium arsenide; Guidelines; Passive filters; Performance evaluation; Satellites; Transmitters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 2003 33rd European
Conference_Location
Munich, Germany
Print_ISBN
1-58053-834-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMA.2003.341078
Filename
4143142
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