Integration of a 5-GHz radio front-end in PCB

Author

Gong, Shaofang ; Backström, Anders ; Ågesjö, Mats ; Serban, Adriana ; Karlsson, Magnus

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sci. & Technol., Linkoping Univ., Norrkoping

fYear

2006

fDate

27-28 June 2006

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

148

Abstract

A radio frequency (RF) front-end module at 5 GHz has been designed and implemented in a conventional printed circuit board (PCB). The module consists of two switches, two bandpass filters, a balun, a low noise amplifier and a power amplifier. Distributed components and sub-circuits based upon the transmission line theory have been utilized for the module design. All the sub-circuits and the entire module have been evaluated by both simulation and measurements. It is shown that RF modules at 5 GHz can be integrated in a PCB utilizing a conventional PCB process. This module integration technique provides not only low cost but also high performance because of the elimination of parasitics associated with lumped components in a conventional design

Keywords

baluns; band-pass filters; low noise amplifiers; microwave filters; microwave integrated circuits; microwave power amplifiers; microwave switches; modules; printed circuit design; band-pass filters; low noise amplifier; power amplifier; printed circuit boards; radiofrequency front-end module; Band pass filters; Costs; Impedance matching; Low-noise amplifiers; Printed circuits; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Transmission line measurements; Transmission line theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Density Microsystem Design and Packaging and Component Failure Analysis, 2006. HDP'06. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0488-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HDP.2006.1707582

Filename

1707582