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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2008.19.8.844

Design of a LTCC Front End Module with Power Detecting Function  

Hwang, Mun-Su (Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, SoonChunHyang University)
Koo, Jae-Jin (Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, SoonChunHyang University)
Koo, Ja-Kyung (Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, SoonChunHyang University)
Lim, Jong-Sik (Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, SoonChunHyang University)
Ahn, Dal (Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering, SoonChunHyang University)
Yang, Gyu-Yeol (Sawnics, Co. Ltd.)
Kim, Jun-Chul (Korea Electronics technology Institute)
Kim, Dong-Su (Korea Electronics technology Institute)
Park, Ung-Hee (Department of Electronics, Kangwon National University)
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Abstract
This paper describes the design of a FEM(Front End Module) having power detection function for mobile handset application. The designed FEM consists of a MMIC(Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) power amplifier chip, SAW Tx filter and duplexer, diode power detector and stripline matching circuit. An LTCC(Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics) technology is adopted for miniaturized FEM. The frequency band is $824{\sim}869$ MHz which is the uplink Tx band of the CDMA mobile system. The size of designed FEM is $7.0{\times}5.5{\times}1.5\;mm^3$, which is an ultra-small size even though the power detector circuit is included. All sub-components of FEM have been developed and measured in advance before being integrated into FEM. The measured output power and gain are 27 dBm and 27 dB, respectively. In addition, the measured ACPR characteristics are 46.59 dBc and 55.5 dBc at 885 kHz and 1.98 MHz offset, respectively.
Keywords
FEM; LTCC;
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