An LTCC Coupled Resonator Decoupling Network for Two Antennas

An integrated low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) coupled resonator decoupling network (CRDN) for two coupled antennas is proposed in this paper. By virtue of LTCC technology, a second-order CRDN is realized by two tightly coupled lumped-element resonators in a volume of 3.2×2.5×1.2 mm3. Theoretical analysis has revealed that a wide range of mutual admittance of a CRDN can be realized by choosing appropriate I/O coupling elements while the coupled resonators can be consolidated in an LTCC device. This “one-fit-all” feature allows for decoupling a wide range of coupled antennas with different form factors for a given frequency band. To prove the concept, two LTCC CRDNs for decoupling different forms of antennas working in the 2.45-GHz band are designed, fabricated, and tested. Measurement results have demonstrated that significant improvement in isolation can be achieved within a wide operating frequency range in all cases. The presented design theory and circuit topology are general and can be applied to both symmetric and asymmetric two-element antenna arrays.

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