| Title |
Implementation of LTCC Triplexer Band Based on Conjugate Matching Method |
| Authors |
하상훈(Ha, Sang-Hoon) ; 김형석(Kim, Hyeong-Seok) |
| Keywords |
LTCC(Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic) ; Triplexer ; Open Matching ; Conjugate matching |
| Abstract |
In this paper, a compact triplexer has been implemented for Cellular/GPS/USPCS applications. In order to realize the proposed triplexer, we use a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate to enable a fully compact integrated module using a multi-layer high-density architecture, and conjugate-match the channels instead of the open matching technique. The three dimensional design capability of LTCC substrates can reduce the overall size of the triplexer, resulting in dimensions on the order of 3.2 mm × 2.5 mm × 1 mm. The measured result shows that the triplexer has, in Cellular/GPS/USPCS bands, the insertion loss of less than 0.5dB, less than 1.7dB, and less than 0.9dB in order. Also, the triplexer has an isolation of more than 15dB in the cellular and USPCS bands and an isolation of more than 20dB in the GPS band. |