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A Highly Integrated Triple-Band RF Front-End Module for WiMAX Applications

Dongsu KIM, Dong Ho KIM, Jong In RYU, Chong-Dae PARK, Jun Chul KIM, Jong Chul PARK

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This paper presents a compact and highly integrated triple-band RF front-end module (FEM) for worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) applications using multilayer low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology. The proposed RF FEM is composed of a TX triplexer, an RX triplexer, and a TX/RX switch. Both TX and RX triplexers are fully embedded in an LTCC substrate and the TX/RX switch is placed on the substrate. The TX triplexer consists of 2- and 5-GHz lowpass filters, a 3-GHz highpass filter, and a matching circuit. On the other hand, the RX triplexer consists of miniaturized 2-, 3-, 5-GHz coupled-resonator bandpass filters and a matching circuit, which are stacked up for space saving. In TX path, the RF FEM provides an insertion loss of 1.8 dB, 2.1 dB and 2.5 dB at 2-, 3-, and 5-GHz band, respectively, with a high second-harmonic suppression characteristic. In RX path, the RF FEM also provides a low insertion loss at three passbands with high attenuation at other passbands. The size of the proposed RF FEM is only 4.0 mm5.0 mm with a substrate thickness of 0.73 mm. The measured results are in good agreement with the simulated results.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics Vol.E93-C No.8 pp.1315-1322
Publication Date
2010/08/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1353
DOI
10.1587/transele.E93.C.1315
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Microwaves, Millimeter-Waves

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