Articles by W. Simon, J. Kassner, O. Litschke, H. Fischer and S. Holzwarth, IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

The design of a highly integrated Ka-band TX front-end module is presented. The integration and packaging techniques, which combine the LTCC front-end module with the LO signal generation board, the IF distribution board and the cooling system are considered in detail. The efficient RF design process of the different...