Ultra-low-profile small-size LTCC front-end module (FEM) for WLAN applications based on a novel diplexer design approach

This paper reports on the design of a very compact dual-band highly-integrated front-end module for size-critical wireless applications supporting IEEE 802.11a/b/g standards. The module consists of two novel high-rejection lumped-element diplexers which are connected to one common antenna via single...

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Main Authors: Sakhnenko, S., Orlenko, D., Vorotnikov, B., Aleksieiev, O., Komakha, P., Heide, P., Vossiek, M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Band pass filters
Ceramics
Communication switching
Diplexers
Dual band
Filters
front-end module
Information technology
LTCC
Product development
Radio frequency
Surface-mount technology
Switches
Wireless LAN
WLAN
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Summary:This paper reports on the design of a very compact dual-band highly-integrated front-end module for size-critical wireless applications supporting IEEE 802.11a/b/g standards. The module consists of two novel high-rejection lumped-element diplexers which are connected to one common antenna via single-pole-double-through (SPDT) switch. The novelty of the realized diplexers consists in a new conjugate-matching method which allows to design very compact diplexers without additional matching networks. The LTCC integrated diplexers are placed between two ground planes ensuring high electromagnetic compatibility which allows using them as building blocks of the highly-integrated wireless LAN (WLAN) front-end module. The physical dimensions of the complete module are 3.0 times 3.0 times 0.95 mm. Up to date this is a smallest LTCC-based switch-diplexer FEM published so far.
ISSN:0149-645X
2576-7216
DOI:10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165770