A compact LTCC-based Ku-band transmitter module

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 374-384

  Lee, Chang Ho ^a   Sutono, Albert ^b   Han, Sangwoo ^a   Lim, Kyutae ^c   Pinel, Stéphane ^c   Tentzeris, Emmanouil M ^c   Laskar, Joy ^c  

^a RF Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b INFINERA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACPR; Coupled line filter; DBS; Dual gate mixer; Ku band; LTCC; MESFET; MMIC; Negative resistance VCO; Power amplifier; Satellite communications; SOP; Transmitter; Up converter

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; INSERTION LOSSES; LOW TEMPERATURE PHENOMENA; MESFET DEVICES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; TRANSMITTERS; VARIABLE FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS;

LOW TEMPERATURE CO-FIRED CERAMIC (LTCC) TECHNOLOGY;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036706202     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2002.805315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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