CPW‐to‐SL transition in LTCC technology. Issue 9 (1st April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bhutani, A.; Goettel, B.; Thelemann, T.; Zwick, T.
• Is Part Of: Electronics letters. Volume 53:Issue 9(2017)
• Page Start: 609
• Page End: 611
• Publication Date: 2017-04-01
• Subjects: coplanar waveguides -- strip line transitions -- ceramic packaging -- S‐parameters; coplanar waveguide -- stripline -- low‐temperature co‐fired ceramic technology -- largest‐bandwidth LTCC vertical signal transition -- probe‐based S‐parameter measurements -- single‐ended CPW‐to‐SL signal transition -- low‐cost fully integrated surface‐mountable millimetre‐wave system‐in‐package -- frequency 0 GHz to 150 GHz; Electronics -- Periodicals; 621.381
• DOI: 10.1049/el.2017.0140
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0013-5194

Abstract

Abstract : A coplanar waveguide (CPW)‐to‐stripline (SL) via‐based signal transition operating from DC to 150 GHz is presented. The signal transition is manufactured using low‐temperature co‐fired ceramic (LTCC) technology and it is the largest‐bandwidth LTCC vertical signal transition published to date, according to the best of the authors' knowledge. Probe‐based S ‐parameter measurements of the transition show that the single‐ended CPW‐to‐SL signal transition has below 1 dB insertion loss for frequencies up to 150 GHz, thereby demonstrating it as a suitable component for realisation of a low‐cost, fully integrated, surface‐mountable millimetre‐wave system‐in‐package.