Design of a Power Amplifier Module in a Novel Silicon-Ceramic Substrate for an LTE Transmitter

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Silva Cortes, Victor ; Liu, Lian ; Stehr, Uwe ; Fischer, Michael ; Frank, Astrid ; Chauhan, Vikrant ; Hein, Matthias ; Müller, Jens ; Weigel, Robert ; Fischer, Georg ; Hagelauer, Amelie:
Design of a Power Amplifier Module in a Novel Silicon-Ceramic Substrate for an LTE Transmitter.
In: 2017 IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference. - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia , 2017 . - S. 448-451
ISBN 978-1-5386-0640-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/APMC.2017.8251477

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Abstract

The present paper demonstrates the design of a power amplifier (PA) module on a silicon ceramic (SiCer) composite substrate. The SiCer platform combines the advantages of low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) and silicon thin-film processing technology for micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in a quasi-monolithic composite substrate. The present approach provides a methodology for the design and manufacturing of a PA module that foresees further integration with MEMS modules such as switches, oscillators, and acoustic filters. Based on a co-simulation approach in a specification-compliant software and polyharmonic distortion modeling, the impact of the PA module in a long term evolution (LTE) transmitter is evaluated.