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2013-09-25
Miniaturized 0.3-6 GHz LTCC Six-Port Receiver for Software Defined Radio
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Cristina de la Morena-Álvarez-Palencia,

    Dr. Cristina de la Morena-Álvarez-Palencia

    Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications

    Technical University of Madrid

    Spain

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Mateo Burgos-Garcia,

    Dr. Mateo Burgos-Garcia

    Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications

    Technical University of Madrid

    Spain

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Javier Gismero-Menoyo

    Dr. Javier Gismero-Menoyo

    Univ Politecn Madrid

    Spain

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 142, 591-613, 2013
doi:10.2528/PIER13070806
Abstract
The six-port architecture reemerges from the search of low-cost, multi-band and multi-standard transceivers. Its inherent advantages, especially its broadband behavior, make this a structure a good candidate to implement a Software Defined Radio (SDR). However, broadband six-port network designs lead to large size circuits, especially for operating frequencies in the lower gigahertz region. New technologies must be explored in order to achieve compact size and low-cost productions for configurable radio terminals and mobile communication applications. In this paper, the Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) technology is proposed for implementing a broadband six-port receiver. A compact (30 mm × 30 mm × 1.25 mm) four-octave LTCC sixport receiver is presented. Experimental demodulation results show a good performance over the frequency range from 0.3 to 6 GHz. The demodulation of up to 15.625 Msymbol/s signals, i.e., 93.6 Mbps for 64-QAM, has been satisfactorily performed, with a measured Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) value of 3.7%.
Citation
Cristina de la Morena-Álvarez-Palencia, Mateo Burgos-Garcia, and Javier Gismero-Menoyo, "Miniaturized 0.3-6 GHz LTCC Six-Port Receiver for Software Defined Radio," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 142, 591-613, 2013.
doi:10.2528/PIER13070806
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