Experimental LTCC platform for millimeter-wave applications

Abstract

Since 2009, Lab-STICC has established an LTCC prototyping laboratory where we, to this day, have worked on microwave devices, devices based on gaped waveguide technology for millimeter-wave/fluidic applications (60 GHz), grooved laminated waveguides (30 to 170 GHz), grid array antennas (145 GHz), spintronic devices as well as more basic subjects as design kit and design rule check development, passive component design, and most recently LTCC cooling implementation. This paper presents an overview of the aforementioned devices from simulation, fabrication and measurement phases as well as our fabrication possibilities and limitations.