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http://dx.doi.org/10.4218/etrij.10.1409.0091

40 GHz Vertical Transition with a Dual-Mode Cavity for a Low-Temperature Co-fired Ceramic Transceiver Module  

Byun, Woo-Jin (Broadcasting & Telecommunications Convergence Research Laboratory, ETRI)
Kim, Bong-Su (Broadcasting & Telecommunications Convergence Research Laboratory, ETRI)
Kim, Kwang-Seon (Broadcasting & Telecommunications Convergence Research Laboratory, ETRI)
Eun, Ki-Chan (Department of Information & Communications Engineering, KAIST)
Song, Myung-Sun (Broadcasting & Telecommunications Convergence Research Laboratory, ETRI)
Kulke, Reinhard (Unit "RF Modules," IMST GmbH)
Kersten, Olaf (Unit "RF Modules," IMST GmbH)
Mollenbeck, Gregor (Unit "RF Modules," IMST GmbH)
Rittweger, Matthias (Unit "RF Modules," IMST GmbH)
Publication Information
ETRI Journal / v.32, no.2, 2010 , pp. 195-203 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new vertical transition between a substrate integrated waveguide in a low-temperature co-fired ceramic substrate and an air-filled standard waveguide is proposed in this paper. A rectangular cavity resonator with closely spaced metallic vias is designed to connect the substrate integrated waveguide to the standard air-filled waveguide. Physical characteristics of an air-filled WR-22 to WR-22 transition are compared with those of the proposed transition. Simulation and experiment demonstrate that the proposed transition shows a -1.3 dB insertion loss and 6.2 GHz bandwidth with a 10 dB return loss for the back-to-back module. A 40 GHz low-temperature co-fired ceramic module with the proposed vertical transition is also implemented. The implemented module is very compact, measuring 57 mm ${\times}$ 28 mm ${\times}$ 3.3 mm.
Keywords
SIW (substrate integrated waveguide); LTCC (low-temperature co-fired ceramic); millimeter wave; waveguide transition; transceiver module;
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