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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2008.19.6.621

Multi-Pole Low Pass Filter Embedded K-Band LTCC Upconverter  

Jeong, Jin-Cheol (Global Area Wireless Technology Research Department, ETRI)
Yom, In-Bok (Global Area Wireless Technology Research Department, ETRI)
Yeom, Kyung-Whan (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Abstract
This paper presents a low temperature co-fire ceramics(LTCC) Upconverter for a Ka-band OBS satellite transponder in order for size reduction which is one of the most important requirement for satellite components. A S-band low-pass filter(LPF), a K-band band-pass filter(BPF), and an upconverting MMIC mixer are embedded in the multi-layer structure of the upconverter. All spurious can be selectively rejected by employing a modified Elliptic low pass filter with a multi-pole structure for the S-band LPF. Also an improved performance of out-of-band rejection can be obtained. At the K-band BPF design a layer coupled configuration is employed. The upconverting mixer is an MMIC diode mixer with a double-balanced configuration. Conversion loss and isolation of the upconverter are 9 dB and 51 dBc, respectively. The size of the LTCC upconverter is only $8{\times}7{\times}0.6mm^3$ which is one-third for the thin-film based upconverter.
Keywords
LTCC; Upconverter; Multi-Pole; Spurious Rejection; Satellite Transponder;
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