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This paper demonstrates a low loss fully embedded multilayer bandpass filter (BPF) using low-temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology for 3-D integration of 40-GHz multimedia wireless system (MWS) radio. The LTCC filter implemented in a stripline configuration occupies an area of only 5.5 2.3 0.6 mm including shielding structure and coplanar waveguide (CPW) transitions. The measured insertion loss was as small as 1.9 dB at a center frequency of 41.8 GHz, and the return loss was 12.2 dB including the loss associated with two CPW-to-stripline transitions. This six-layer BPF showed 3-dB bandwidth of 10.5% from 39.6 to 44.0 GHz at a center frequency of 41.8 GHz and suppressed the local oscillator (LO) signal to 20.2 dB at a local oscillator frequency of 38.8 GHz, making it suitable for the 40 GHz MWS applications.Index Terms-Bandpass filter (BPF), embedded, low-temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC), multilayer, multimedia wireless systems (MWS).

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A compact amplifier module integrating a low‐loss stripline (SL) band‐pass filter (BPF) using low‐temperature cofired ceramic (LTCC) technology is presented for millimeter‐wave (mm‐wave) applications. A parasitic resonance‐free SL BPF is proposed by modifying a distribution of ground vias in the SL LTCC BPF. The SL BPF fabricated in the 6 LTCC layers showed a 3‐dB bandwidth of 8.4% at the center frequency of 41.8 GHz. Its measured insertion and return loss were as small as 1.7 dB and 10.2 dB, respectively. The SL BPF integrated amplifier LTCC module was implemented in the single LTCC substrate in a size of 11.3 × 12.2 × 0.6 mm3. Its gain of 10 dB and output power of 18 dBm is achieved in the pass band from 39.5 to 42 GHz. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 57:1821–1825, 2015

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