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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2007.18.7.774

Antenna-Diplexer Module for Cellular/SDMB Band Using LTCC Technology  

Ha, Jeung-Uk (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Chang, Ki-Hun (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoon, Young-Joong (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Abstract
This paper presents an integrated packaging antenna-diplexer module for wireless communication systems in the Cellular and SDMB band. The design and the realization of the proposed one are experimentally analyzed and discussed. It consists of a dual-resonance antenna and a diplexer with a multi-layer LTCC(${\varepsilon}_r=7.8,\;tan\;{\delta}=0.0043$) technology with integration capability and low loss. The dual-resonance antenna of the proposed module has the meander line structure for size reduction and has the shorting structure of an inverted F antenna to achieve good impedance matching. The diplexer of the proposed module was designed with the combination of low pass filter(LPF) and high pass filter(HPF). Decreasing the mutual interference between them provides a high isolation characteristic. The proposed antenna-diplexer module with dimensions of $27.5{\times}12.0{\times}2.2mm$ operates within a range from 813 MHz to 902 MHz for the cellular band and from 2,586 MHz to 2,655 MHz for the SDMB band. And the measured gain of the fabricated module is -1.96 dBi for Cellular band and -5.43 dBi for SDMB band. The parameters for the antenna-diplexer module are investigated and the several performances are discussed.
Keywords
LTCC; Cellular/SDMB; Module; Diplexer; Antenna;
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